Hi there, I am using Relayd to make a wireless bridge on my TP-Link Archer C7 V2 (Qualcomm Atheros QCA9958) to connect to my main router TP-Link TL-WR1043N/ND V2.
The bridge works fine most of the time, but sometimes it just starts losing packets and sometimes even fully loses connection for ~15 minutes.
Here is a ping from a client connected via Ethernet to the relayd router
C:\Windows\System32>ping 192.168.1.1 -n 64
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=143ms TTL=63
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=168ms TTL=63
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=72ms TTL=63
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=116ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=63
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=63
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=93ms TTL=63
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=63
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=148ms TTL=63
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 37, Received = 14, Lost = 23 (62% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 168ms, Average = 97ms
However, here is a ping from a laptop connected directly to the main routers wireless network (at the same distance)
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
What am I doing wrong?
I followed this guide: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/relay_configuration