KeBul wrote: > There's a similar issue reported here, on post #12 > > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?112167-Wi-Fi-6/page2 > > And the poster seems to thinks it's when he has wifi 6 enabled on a > nearby access point. > > It would seem from reading all the forum reports that there's an issue > within the firmware and/or drivers of the Squeezebox Radio that under > certain weaker signal conditions or due to external interference the > wifi ends up in a sort of hung state, one user working on the issue felt > that the Atheros driver got into a uni-directional state - traffic > outbound on the IP layer but nothing inbound. (aidy_w - > https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?115124-Work-around-for-SqueezeBoxRadio-wifi-drop-out. > ) > > At present there is no simple fix, updated drivers and firmware are not > available and it seems there are multiple causes, from poor wifi signal, > signal interference (wifi 6 or other), wifi auto channel selection > through to incompatibility with some newer wifi features (fast roaming > for example) and probably more. > > There are various fixes/workarounds... > Wlanpoke (script to monitor the connection and restart it if needed) > seems to work for some, but not for all, > I tried the aidy_w script (in link above) but it did not work for me. > Turning off some advanced wifi 6 features have worked for some, but > obviously only if you have control of the wifi 6 device, if it's a > neighbours device that is causing the interference then you can not do > that. > If you cannot resolve the "interference" and you do not need to use the > Radio as a portable on battery, then using a mini router in bridge mode > to do the wifi bit and connect the SB radio to the mini router using > ethernet wired (Vonets VAP11 or TP Link TL-WR802N) has worked for some. > Other things to check - your wifi is using a fixed channel and will not > auto change channel. > > And finally to show just how complicated this can be... > > After many years of running a Squeezebox Radio on wireless without > problems, I started to get the locked on red wifi symbol, I had changed > nothing, initially I just rebooted the Radio to fix, but at some stage I > also noticed I couldn't get on the wireless access point web > configuration when the Radio had a red wifi... So I thought I had a > failing access point. > I replaced the access point, but the red wifi issues remained, I was > beginning to think a neighbour had upgraded to wifi 6, but I then > noticed I couldn't web access a second access point (which was much > further away from the Radio) - when I rebooted that access point the > Radio connected to it (still red wifi though). > So why wasn't the Radio connecting to the access point that was much > closer? > > It turns out there was a setting deep within the access point (Draytek > Vigor AP910C) that monitored the channel it was on for interference, > once the interference was over a threshold, despite being configured for > a fixed channel, the access point switched to auto channel and changed > to a channel with less interference, (seems the SB Radio doesn't like a > dynamic channel change) and to make it worse sometimes it chose channel > 13 - which I don't think is supported on the last released Logitech > firmware for SB Radio. Whatever was going between the Radio and the > access point on at this stage it stopped the access point from > responding on its web ui for quite a while. > > Anyway to resolve my issue, in my access points I've had to disable the > change to auto channel, disable channel 13 and disable the Squeezebox > Radio mac address on the two access points that are further away - thus > forcing the Radio to only use the nearest access point. > > Since then It's been very stable although I still get a red wifi if > using the microwave oven, it recovers when the microwave stops, it > didn't do the red wifi thing on the original access point, when using > the microwave - and the original AP indicated a stronger signal, so when > I get the chance I'll go back to the original one. > So after many weeks troubleshooting it looks like my issue was just a > wifi interference tolerance issue made worse by how the access point was > configured to behave when it exceeded its interference threshold... I > had changed nothing, so it must have been an increase in 2.4Ghz "noise" > in the area the AP and Radio are located. > > Now back to your problem... I mentioned wifi 6 interference because you > said you had moved... so you are in a new environment, you've probably > eliminated your own wifi access point/router configuration by using your > phone's wifi hotspot, but any interference in your new location will > remain in play regardless of you using wifi or phone hotspot. > You could maybe prove this by taking the Radio to another location and > using your phone hotspot, if that works without any red wifi, then it > looks like the issue will be something in your new environment. Then > back in your new home you could try the phone hotspot and if possible > turn off your wifi/router completely for a while - see if it is that > causing the interference, and then work from there maybe just turn off > wifi 6 if your AP/Router has it. > > Hope that helps. > > Sorry to carry on in english in the german forum, but wasn't convinced > the google translation would be good. > > KevThanks again and no worry about continuing in english!
>From what you're describing it seems to be a complicated issue. I do not have any Wifi6 devices on my network although I have been send 2 new Mesh-APs from my provider (Telekom) to replace my old ones, so for now it seems that possibly a neighboring Network causes my problem. Next I will try a fixed channel and see if that changes anything, but if not I am at a loss, because I need the portability of the Squeezebox so the AP thing to circumvent the Squeezeboxes WLAN doesn't work for me. I guess with no support from Logitech anymore I probably will have to look for an alternative radio [emoji20] Thanks again for your detailed explanation and help! Regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kosh_ac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63473 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116164 _______________________________________________ slimserver-de mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/slimserver-de
