My Wave WiFi antenna SUCKS

Could it be that the systems are experiencing a peak in connections? Mike keep an eye on this over time. If the service improves it will tell you the airwaves are too crowded.
As Fall approaches perhaps things will improve. I know in the Bahamas when bad weather approaches and all of the boats move into the Harbour and marinas the internet response time drops dramatically as well as connectivity.
 
Another anomaly with the newest versions of WINDOWS wireless is many wireless connections including the Cable Alliance Hotspots is they show up as a metered connection. I resolved this by changing the wireless profile to be a non-metered connection.
Dave because you're not having the same repetitive problems Mike is tells me it's the devices OS (WINDOWS).
Apple OS devices still use the same wireless connection manager they always have where Windows changed the connection manager from 8.1 through 10.
Mike when you loose connectivity do you get the no internet connection found screen with prompts to repair it on your Windows 10 machine?
There are also DNS issues being seen on devices using Windows 8.1 - 10.
 
I am not a huge Rogue Wave fan as I think the unit is over-hyped. However, I've got one with the latest firmware and it is working fine where decent marina Wi-Fi is available. The only issue I've had with the unit was due to a 10 year old antenna. Once I swapped that out the re-branded Ubiquity Bullet has worked rather well.
 
I believe Mike's problems are not ROGUE related but end user devices OS related.
 
I was wondering about that, Bill. I'm thinking he should try a nice and cheap Alfa unit as he's got some cash in his wallet (yeah, Mike, we know what you do for a living :-) and it's always nice to have a backup.
 
The Alpha won't prove much Kurt. For starters the Alpha uses the computers USB port and it doesn't use the computer's WiFi card.
Since Mike tried hooking the ROGUE up directly to his computer's LAN port and that wouldn't work this leads me back to the computer's Operating System quirks. Google "Windows 8.1 or 10 dropped WiFi connection" there many posts directed at fixing this issue. Even MICROSOFT doesn't seem to have a direct fix.
Here is what they say,
Make sure your wireless card has the latest correct drivers.
Change the wireless card's properties bandwidth to 20MHz only.
Make sure the wireless card's roaming is set to no roaming or the lowest value possible.
Under power settings make sure the wireless card is set to never turn off or sleep.
All the above apply when using the WiFi card as a stand alone modem or through an external WiFi booster or bridge.
Googling the OS and CableVision yields similar results as the steps outlined above.
OS.
 
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Originally posted by HOGAN

when we on eastern long island, it worked fine, even in Block where I was connected to Beacon

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Then it's not the Rogue nor any of your equipment.
 
Mike we could be back to the issue where your home marina has more than 1 CableVision hotspot that are near the same signal levels.
This is a difficult fix, there is a fix but it would require you switch the outside antenna from an Omni to s small directional antenna when in your home marina.
If the system is working fine in more than one other location then everything in your ROGUE system must be working. I really need you to call me while you're onboard so I can have you run some basic tests to determine what's going on at your marina.
 
So I have narrowed down my problem with the rouge and I can connect to networks but unable to obtain an IP address if the network is encrypted. For example he cablevision hotspots are working but network like at my home I connect but the scan screen says no internet and no IP address. Any ideas?
 
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So I have narrowed down my problem with the rouge and I can connect to networks but unable to obtain an IP address if the network is encrypted. For example he cablevision hotspots are working but network like at my home I connect but the scan screen says no internet and no IP address. Any ideas?

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Taking this 1 step further if you enter the encryption key can you get an IP and Internet connection?
Without the encryption key or no credentials for the access point, no WiFi booster will give you an internet connection.
 
I can enter the key and if accepted I get a yes under the connection column on the scan page but it says no under the IP address column. I have also tried to enter an incorrect key and it returns a the same unable to connect message but under the connected column it says no. I thought this was limited to certain networks including my home network but we are traveling now and coming across many networks, some I am familiar with, and experiencing the same. It just seems to be with any network with encryption I cannot get an ip address even with full signal but networks without I can connect and get an IP address and Internet even with less than good signal.
 
If these networks use a administrator assigned (static not dynamic)IP it won't work unless you get the static IP from the AP manager or business then configure the WAVE for a static IP.
I encourage anyone having strange connection issues to contact Richard at GeoSat aka WAVE WiFi.
Bill
 
I just grabbed my MIMO WAVE WiFi usit running BETA software 7.54m. The scan page shows all the AP's without hidden SSID's that the receiver can see. Once I got past this initial scan I can see numerous devices some semi open like Xfinity and Cable WiFi, with these the connection is simple when I click on a Cable WiFi access point it then shows me "connected" the 1st column, the IP column then shows connected however on a fresh dead start the internet connection tab shows "no internet". I can either open a browser and sign in with my Comcast credentials then refresh the Wave WiFi connections page where all 3 columns show connected then I can surf away.

The "settings tab" allows me to assign a static IP to the WAVE WiFi MIMO unit if needed.
I believe it's important to add your common hotspot connections under the "favorites" icon.

I tried setting the wrong credentials on the various WPA2 protected access points that my WAVE unit can see. I know the credentials for many of the access points that are encrypted. If I get the "password" wrong I only get a YES under "connected" the column right after the access point's name.
Does this help?
 
That's interesting, I get the opposite results if I get the credentials wrong(I know the credentials and purposely used 123 to see the difference). Where did you set the static ip I. The settings, I wonder if I did that last year for my home network. I did just call wavewifi and they were unable t figure it out they want me to send it in but if it needs a new board there if a charge Aprox 150. I thought I only paid 279 for it. This is he 3rd season with it.
 
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Originally posted by Danno

Where did you set the static ip I.

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Static IP can be selected under the "Settings" tab.
 
You can reset the static IP to dynamic. As Kurt said it's under the settings tab.
I would be curious to know what the lower right settings are when you run into this problem.
Here is what an Xfinity public hotspot looks like under the settings tab
Current Settings are: ?
IP address: 172.20.20.20
MAC address: 24:A4:3C:70:A2:20
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 172.20.20.1
DNS: 75.75.75.75 75.75.76.76

Here are the settings when I only have a green YES under connection, but both IP & Internet are red NO's
Current Settings are: ?
IP address:
MAC address: 24:A4:3C:70:A2:20
Netmask:
Gateway:
DNS: 75.75.75.75 75.75.76.76

Here is the WPA PSK protected access point with all 3 indicators being Green and YES meaning I logged in with the correct credentials.

Current Settings are: ?
IP address: 10.0.0.90
MAC address: 24:A4:3C:70:A2:20
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 10.0.0.1
DNS: 75.75.75.75 75.75.76.76

I used the same AP only the VLAN for the 1st was the Xfinity public connection (the same modem), the 2nd and third were the same access point one with incorrect credentials the 3rd was using the correct security credentials. See the identical MAC address proving I was on the same access point.
I hope this helps if you want me to run and record any other conditions using WAVE WiFi's GUI let me know, I'd be happy to help.
 
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