Totally baffled - wireless clients disconnect when I leave the area.
Wireless clients disconnect when I leave the area and reconnect when I return
I have a Archer A7 with a EAP 225 as a AP, the wireless is off on the A7. There are wall mounted garage door openers (Genie) that are wirelessly connected to the AP. Everything works great on the Aladdin app until I drive away, then the openers disconnect from the wifi. They stay offline until I return to the area and like magic, they reconnect.
I thought there must be a issue with the openers so I changed one out with a Liftmaster opener and the MyQ app does the same thing. I can watch both apps drop offline and reconnect when I return to the site.
Back story:
I had the openers connected just to the A7 and the router was doing the same thing but I could not connect to the router remotely and found that the spectrum modem was the issue causing the router go offline. I had the modem changed out and now the remote connection to the router is solid and I can log into see that the A7 / EAP225 is still connected after the openers disconnect. There are wired security cameras on the router with static IP addresses that never drop connection.
I thought the signal may be weak at the openers so I added the AP closer to the openers.
Things tried:
I have defaulted the router, set a DHCP reservation for the openers MAC address, set a QoS for the AP, Changed out the cable to the AP, tried a different A8 router, checked all the recommended settings in the openers in the router settings -( ie. Setting channel, port Fwd.) shut off the routers wifi so just AP was connected. Removed the AP and just tried the router closer to the opener. The site has a static IP address and I have shut off the wifi to the modem. As stated above, I have even changed out one of the openers with a different brand.
I have another location with the same setup with a A7 with default settings and it has no issues at all.
Does anyone have any recommendations or have seen anything like this ???