Why would a good link drop connection?

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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I have a link that has -70 dbm signal with ccq 87/82 on 2.4ghz 802.11b. s/n 23

15db panel antani’s both sides.

Why would this connection drop like 20 times a day?

-Michael

2

You aren’t giving enough information to form an opinion. Could be any number of reasons.

3

Spuratic Noise

I have a link -59/-59 100%/100% at 5.8GHz and it will drop for a second periodically.

4

20 times a day, first thing that springs to mind is someone within 50ft of your client or AP has a 2.4GHz cordless phone.

My mother in law calling has gotten me killed on online games as well as turned off my wireless controller until I changed phones. All it has to do is ring.

5

Well I’ll tell ya…

My drops happen most in the wee hours of the morning when little to no phone activity occurs.

When I do a signal usage I can see a sweeping signal, which I suspect is another wireless company playing games.
The sweeping signal disappears just before 6am.

Another Tower within 6Kms of this one does not see the sweeping, yet it is a taller tower.

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I have many connections that have been up for 40+ days (last time I reset the unit after an upgrade). But this one connection above shows good signal but keeps dropping out.

But I think the suggestion that it is interference in the house from a phone or perhaps a microwave is probably a good place to start.

Thanks
-Michael