Balance One Firmware 8.5.1 APs dropping off

Upgraded to 3.9.4, and the problem is still happening.

In fact, I can now reproduce the issue:

  • Connect a client to my AP One Mini on 5GHz (in this case, it’s a SteamDeck, but I don’t think that’s important)
  • start a big download
  • a few minutes later, the AP goes offline with a red light.

When this happens, the AP feels quite hot - these AP One Minis normally run pretty warm, as shown here:

But this feels hotter.

Also, I have 3 AP One minis, all running on PoE, but only one keeps rebooting. This is the one running on a lower power profile (7W Class 2: see my prior description )

My theory is that perhaps something in AP firmware 3.9.3 or 3.9.4 is using a little more CPU, which is increasing the power draw, and eventually the AP goes offline?

I’ll try putting this AP back on a full 12W (Class 3) PoE and see if that fixes the issue.