Asus wifi

My 5g signal from 3 different Asus DSL-N55U routers is alternating on my Inssider display with the control channel switching on and off every few seconds. This happens on all 3 routers. Is it supposed to do this? The 2.4g stays on all the time. eg channel 1 + 5 solid but 5g 48 + 44 with the 44 turning on and off every few seconds.

I've a dim memory of this happening to me on 2 x 20 2.4GHz and found somewhere it was only using the second channel when carrying traffic. Not when idling. Which I then proved for myself. I didn't have any kit that could use 5GHz at that time.

Edited by RobertoS (Sun 02-Sep-18 22:21:19)

Could be similar to that. All 3 routers cant be faulty. My ZyXEL 3925 only has one transmitting channel although data was not flowing. I have had trouble with my Alexa devices disappearing from the network list on the Asus so was wondering if one of them had gone faulty.

Maybe an issue with Inssider?

Worth trying out an alternative wifi scanner such as Acrylic to see if you get the same behaviour.

https://www.acrylicwifi.com/en/

2.4g and 5g signals go on and off on Acrylic but signal strength graph remains fairly constant. Wonder if the dongle or driver is not well.

Have set Acrylic to monitor through the night and see if my Amazon devices stay connected to the 5g signal. Also looked at the Professional wifi settings on the router for 5g and nothing seems worth tweaking.

So no 5g dropouts after monitoring for 24 hours on Acrylic. Hopefully just a blip with my Amazon devices or router.