4300 refuses to use two 2.4GHz for Wireless n
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4300 refuses to use two 2.4GHz for Wireless n
2013-03-29 05:17:19
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Region : Australia
Model : TL-WDR4300
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version : 3.13.23 Build 121225 Rel.37950n
ISP : Optus
I note that my 4300 never uses two channels in 2.4 GHz wireless n mode as reported by Inssider. I can see a few other routers on Inssider, one of which uses channel 11+7 ALL the time, though it's not a TP-Link router. Mine sometimes will connect to two channels, thus enabling 300 Mbps, but then quickly drops to 1 channel. I believe this is a firmware fault as I only have 3 or 4 routers in the area of my house and I can't believe this would generate sufficient interference to force the router to run at a lower speed. If the router does behave this way by design, then TP-Link should stop advertising it as a 300 Mbps router as it will almost never operate at that speed.
Here's the data from the status page of the router:
Wireless Radio: Enable
Mode: 11bgn mixed
Channel: Auto (Current channel 1) --- in 300 Mbps mode this should read 1 + 7 or 7 + 11 or some other pair of channels
Channel Width: 40MHz
WDS Status: Disable
Model : TL-WDR4300
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version : 3.13.23 Build 121225 Rel.37950n
ISP : Optus
I note that my 4300 never uses two channels in 2.4 GHz wireless n mode as reported by Inssider. I can see a few other routers on Inssider, one of which uses channel 11+7 ALL the time, though it's not a TP-Link router. Mine sometimes will connect to two channels, thus enabling 300 Mbps, but then quickly drops to 1 channel. I believe this is a firmware fault as I only have 3 or 4 routers in the area of my house and I can't believe this would generate sufficient interference to force the router to run at a lower speed. If the router does behave this way by design, then TP-Link should stop advertising it as a 300 Mbps router as it will almost never operate at that speed.
Here's the data from the status page of the router:
Wireless Radio: Enable
Mode: 11bgn mixed
Channel: Auto (Current channel 1) --- in 300 Mbps mode this should read 1 + 7 or 7 + 11 or some other pair of channels
Channel Width: 40MHz
WDS Status: Disable
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Re:4300 refuses to use two 2.4GHz for Wireless n
2013-06-08 14:28:54
That's very interesting.
Even in forcing the 40MHz and choosing the primary it drops the secondary?
Do you have the same thing when a client is near the router?
Even in forcing the 40MHz and choosing the primary it drops the secondary?
Do you have the same thing when a client is near the router?
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2013-06-10 19:52:22
Exactly the same, always drops the second channel.From reading a little more about the 802.11n spec, there is a very big push to ensure that all router's DON'T use two channels unless no other routers are around because it is deemed not to be neighbour friendly. It takes many special setting to get 300n to work. Thus, it seems pretty much a general fib. The industry is really wanting everyone to move to 5GHz which has much better performance. I get the feeling that Tp-lInk HAD to design the firmware this way as good corporate citizens, though it would be nice if they said so as it's very deceiving. 300n that almost never runs at 300n.
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Re:4300 refuses to use two 2.4GHz for Wireless n
2013-06-10 20:37:53
I'm doing a lot of tests with my WDR4900 and I have been obliged to roll back the firmware because of poor throughput.
I identified that when choosing channel 9 it selects channel 5 for the extension instead of 13.
In fact the firmware should propose lower or upper to choose +4 or -4.
The TP-link firmwares are badly designed...
I identified that when choosing channel 9 it selects channel 5 for the extension instead of 13.
In fact the firmware should propose lower or upper to choose +4 or -4.
The TP-link firmwares are badly designed...
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