[TriLUG] The Case of the insane wifi location

[Roy Vestal via TriLUG]

Depending on your budget, you may want to consider replacing the 
system(s) with a managed wifi system.

Our church used to have this issue to with mutliple WAPs, different 
brands, etc.  We finally replaced it with an UBEE system. Granted I 
prefer the Meraki (if you know where I work that makes sense :P ) but 
this solved *multiple* issues for us.

-Roy

On 9/24/16 4:20 PM, James Jones via TriLUG wrote:
> All,
>
> Our church has a wifi hotspot location in our basement ( fellowship
> hall ). It connects to a router in our sound room. The wired distance
> is approximately 200 feet through conduit.
>
> When first put in, we used a not new wifi router in the fellowship
> hall. It developed what I refer to as an insane mode. It is up and
> broadcasting, but doesn't connect to the internet. The "repair" was to
> power it down for 30 seconds and repower unit.
>
> When this became too aggravating, I replaced with a known good Netgear
> router/wifi. It soon developed the same problem. Since the netgear was
> also used, I finally replaced with a brand new E900 linksys
> router/wifi. Two weeks later, it begins the same problem.
>
>   I have  used a cable tester on the run and no problems were found at the time.
>
> What is happening? Is it wiring? power fields? Anyone have any ideas.
> Does it need a tin foil hat???
>
> I could use power over ethernet to make it easier to reset, but there
> are times when the Fellowship hall is being used and no  one is
> available to do reset.
>
> Any hints would be appreciated.
>