Hello,
with my Balance One running on 8.1.1 build 5033 I am facing a 2,4 GHz Output Power drop on channel 1 from 20 dBm to 16 dBm only.
This is stated by opening the AP Details Popup via AP → Access Point → Edit.
Screenshot:
It doesn’t change, whatever I set AP Radio Settings on Auto (with or without Boost) or on Custom 20 dBm using Incontrol2.
Screenshot:
In addition, I found 2 more issues (unclear if this has to do with the current RC2 firmware version):
Maybe only a simple WEBUI display issue:
The schedule, that I defined and assigned to a VLAN using Incontrol2 is not correctly shown in Network → Oubound Policy (shown as "Schedule: undefined (Ineffective)), even though it is correctly defined. Screenshot:
Maybe only a simple WEBUI display issue, too:
The Name of Captive Portal, that I defined and assigned to a VLAN using Incontrol2 is not correctly shown in Network → Captive Portal. It just displays a kind of ID instead of the correct Portal name I defined in Incontrol.
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On a Surf SOHO MK3 with Firmware: 8.1.1 build 4991 (which is RC2) the messaging about when changes are applied is not consistent. If I am anywhere but the Dashboard, the router quickly says that “Changes applied successfully”. After seeing this message, I go to the Dashboard and it says “Applying changes…” in a yellow stripe at bottom. It takes maybe 30 seconds or so for the dashboard message to go away.
I am using the internal AP of this Balance One.
The additional AP AC One Minis I am using, too, on fw 3.7.3 don‘t have this issue and run with 20 dBm transmission power.
FYI. I see the same issue (changes still being applied on the Dashboard after another page said they had already been applied) on a Balance 20X Firmware: 8.1.1 build 4987 too.
I just upgraded to this firmware (build 4991) for my SOHO MK3 and noticed that in Real-Time Usage Reports on the Status Tab that you cannot select individual WAN Connections - it only shows All WAN Connections. I’m pretty sure I was able to do this before.
I’m not sure if the following is related to this release or just a general problem but I’ll report it here for what it’s worth. I’m running a MAX BR1 MK2 with 8.1.1 build 4991.
My usage logs seem to be somewhat messed up. I’ve been watching the daily log for the last few weeks and it was showing a few GB every day.
Most of those numbers have now changed to 0 MB.
The data is still there because I can click on a date and the “Client usage” and “PepVPN usage” tables that pop up show the data. It’s just the totals on the summary page show zero. I’m using a FusionHub.
I don’t know if this is relevant but it seemed to happen last night after I plugged the WAN of the household LAN router into the LAN of the Pepwave because the local cable internet provider was down. It got a lot more clients than it has every seen before.
Pepwave still saved the day The online family Christmas meetup was able to continue despite the local ISP being down.
In QoS → User Groups, it seems that you can only change the type of the group, but not the scope. In 8.1.0, you could change the type and scope. We lost the scope part.
Each device has different limitation. Different channel has different output power too. Please find the screenshots below. I configured 20dBm at the Balance One (Controller, an AC Mini is connected to it).
Yes this is correct. In my network setup, I am using 2 AP AC One Mini devices for WIFI distribution. Both are not controlled by the Balance One, but directly through InControl2. Both distribute 20 dBm on 2,4 GHz WLAN similar to your “AC Mini” Screenshot above.
It is just the AP Light of the Balance One not beeing able to increase up to 20 dB on 2,4 GHz (which is the legal maximum in Europe). See Screenshot:
Assuming you have the Output Power set to “MAX” and no country restriction for the power, you should able to have the 20dBm for the 2.4Ghz WIFI AP. Please open a support ticket for support team to check.
On mobile devices (Android at least) the “Dashboard” link in the menu is disabled. So there does not seem to be a way to go back to the home screen after navigating elsewhere. Is this a bug?