Re: Network stops passing traffic randomly

[Steve Newcomb <srn@coolheads.com>]

On 6/2/20 4:02 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
> Have you tried using IPQ4019 based systems?  They seem pretty 
> affordable, and the 3-radio Linksys MR8300 & EA8300 seem pretty stable
> in my testing recently (in AP mode, not tested mesh).
No.  Used, on E-bay, the cheaper of the two, the EA8300  is at least 
twice as expensive as what we're using now.  To buy a dozen or so in 
hope of getting them to work with Batman is out of the question, alas.

Ben, I fully understand your lack of incentive to spend your time on 
drivers for older hardware.  This is not your problem, really. (Unless, 
like me, you are seeking ways to address the digital divide, where low 
entry cost is the key consideration.  Every dollar cheaper means more 
people can connect, which was important even before the pandemic began.  
I selected these Archer [AC]7 v[245] units because there are so many of 
them for sale that they are kind of hard to sell.  True, I didn't know 
the QCA driver would limit me to 3 nodes per mesh, nor did I know your 
driver couldn't support encryption nor DFS, at least not out of the 
box.  It looked like a reasonable bet at the time; with 2 drivers to 
choose from, what could go wrong?  Oh, well, nothing worthwhile was ever 
easy.)

Steve