Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
jonjones1
Legend

@chubrock07 wrote:

At the risk of sounding pesimistic, when will there be enough people who tack on with "me too" to merit a response on the matter? 

Just curious as the only thing to do now seems to be wait for VZ to fix the issue. But are we even sure they are aware that there is an issue?


See the post above yours. Evidently Verizon is aware of it. Don’t see how they couldn’t with complaints here and on other sites. Throw in phone calls, twitter feed and they know.

However this is a customer helping customer forum. Very doubtful any mucky muck high in tech support will ever see this, nor will a customer representative be of much help.

I know for many the prospect of buying your own routers like Netgear or Asus or TP Link Archers is beyond your wanting to spend that higher money. I can understand that.

but if your WiFi Service is being interrupted 5 Ghz you can still get WiFi with longer distance under 2.4 Ghz until there is a solution.

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
stever1388
Newbie

I've been messing around with different settings to try and fix it, and I enable SSID broadcast (just for the 5g) and it worked for over a day (longer than it had previously). I'm turning the SSID broadcast back off to see if it drops again. Not sure how many people run with broadcast turned off, but that could be the issue and turning it back on may fix the issue. If it drops out again I'll turn broadcast back on and let it run for a few days to really know for sure. I'll post back tomorrow and then again in a few days.

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
chubrock07
Enthusiast - Level 2

Yea, the 2.4 is working which is allowing me to get my daily tasks done.

I'm holding off on purchasing my own router because, well i'm paying Verizon monthly for theirs! Its a matter of principle (and my own stubborness I suppose). I mean, lets say this outage continues for another month or so. Is it outlandish for those of us affected to ask for a credit to our accounts? We are paying for services that are not being rendered. /rant.

That said, you are correct this is a customer-customer help forum and you've certainly done your part to offer solutions and alternatives, thank you sir.

I wait anxiously with the rest of you all for better news of a return to service!

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
RichLux
Contributor - Level 1

@stever1388 wrote:

...  If it drops out again I'll turn broadcast back on and let it run for a few days to really know for sure. I'll post back tomorrow and then again in a few days.


I've tried changing just about every setting including broadcast and it doesn't solve the problem.

It's really baffling to me. If there's been no firmware update, then the only other thing I can think of is a bug in the code (or something put there on purpose) that was triggered by a specific date. This just seems highly unlikely.

Rich 

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
jonjones1
Legend

@chubrock07 wrote:

Yea, the 2.4 is working which is allowing me to get my daily tasks done.

I'm holding off on purchasing my own router because, well i'm paying Verizon monthly for theirs! Its a matter of principle (and my own stubborness I suppose). I mean, lets say this outage continues for another month or so. Is it outlandish for those of us affected to ask for a credit to our accounts? We are paying for services that are not being rendered. /rant.

That said, you are correct this is a customer-customer help forum and you've certainly done your part to offer solutions and alternatives, thank you sir.

I wait anxiously with the rest of you all for better news of a return to service!


Unfortunately they will not issue credit. Verizon only guaranteed speed from their servers to your home. They do not care about the WiFi speeds only the direct connects. The other issue of a bad code sounds plausible however if that was the situation then there would be a flood of complaints here and all over the net.

The other problem is maybe, just maybe certain routers actually crapped out. Maybe a certain manufacturer date. I noted on one of my laptops it gives a creation date in system properties, it maybe the Quantum Gateway Router is dying because it was made say for example June 2016, August 2017 etc. 

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
RichLux
Contributor - Level 1

@jonjones wrote:

The other problem is maybe, just maybe certain routers actually crapped out. Maybe a certain manufacturer date. I noted on one of my laptops it gives a creation date in system properties, it maybe the Quantum Gateway Router is dying because it was made say for example June 2016, August 2017 etc. 


I don't think the manufacture date is an issue because many of us have gotten replacement routers that are years newer and still have the same problem.

Rich

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
jonjones1
Legend

@rich_lux wrote:

@jonjones wrote:

The other problem is maybe, just maybe certain routers actually crapped out. Maybe a certain manufacturer date. I noted on one of my laptops it gives a creation date in system properties, it maybe the Quantum Gateway Router is dying because it was made say for example June 2016, August 2017 etc. 


I don't think the manufacture date is an issue because many of us have gotten replacement routers that are years newer and still have the same problem.

Rich


Actually you don’t think Verizon Fios has inventory made say last month, month beforehand? It is more than likely a gross manufacturer date for them. And as folks return them the units are refurbished. Unlike computers and tablets and cell phones which are made on certain months to bolster sales.

the replacement phones and tablets are normally refurbished but I don’t know about returned computers. 

Greenwave makes the Fios Quantum Gateway Router so I could not say for certain.

but, not every Quantum is broken as to the 5 Ghz radios dropping. Otherwise there would be 100’s of thousands or more complaints or returns.

i am still searching the net for another reason. 

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
opop1
Newbie

Just wondering about this, we all seem like power users, perhaps it's that we have Ethernet directly connected from ONT to router instead of the coxial setup the installation leaves?

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
RichLux
Contributor - Level 1

@opop wrote:

Just wondering about this, we all seem like power users, perhaps it's that we have Ethernet directly connected from ONT to router instead of the coxial setup the installation leaves?


I'm using Coax, so that's not the issue.

Rich

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Re: Quantum G1100 Router suddenly not keeping 5ghz connections
Simbapenn
Enthusiast - Level 3

I've been up for almost 2 days straight for the first time in a while.  I don't know why or what happened, but something is working again (waits for disconnect jinx) 

Settings:

2.4ghz channel 11

5GHz channel 149

WMM disabled on 5GHz

WPA2 security on both

SSIDs being broadcast

One other thing I did was move my router outside a cabinet I had it in.  It worked for over a year in there, and the 2nd one they sent was crapping out for a bit outside.  However, just pointing that out as a possibility, in case everyone is keeping theirs within a cabinet of some kind.  

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