WG103 Constantly Having to Reboot

[slug72]

New firmware released: 2.0.37. Just installed in all 3 APs. Will wait to see if the need to reboot once a week disappears. Otherwise, my management wants to replace all 3 with another brand.

[adrianmarsh]

As I'm just about to deploy WG103s, it seems prudent to ask if the firmware fixed your issue.

However we've been seen the same results here on our WG102. We were running one AP, with up to 100 devices possibly attaching. The AP would fall over fairly constantly as we added more people to the office.

After some research we found the max #clients these units would probably handle would be about 30 before they were maxed out.

I spoke with a netgear engineer who recommended a full Wireless Controller setup, however its out of our budget, so we're going to try multiple APs, same SSID/WPA2. However, the engineer did point our that wifi clients tend to be 'sticky'.. i.e., if they attached to an AP, and can still 'see' it, they won't switch over to a nearer one. In our environment, this means that as people walk through the door in the morning, and their devices pickup the closest AP, that AP may end up with the same issue, as our phsyical office space is quite small, and one APs signal can be seen all around it.

[jscamba26]

I have the same problem with 3 separate WG103 all running firmware v2.0.37.
Now I noticed that this firmware is no longer available on their support site for download. I contacted tech support and they are only seeing firmware v2.0.25. in their system. Originally my WG103 had this v2.0.25 and they had the same problem - reboot every day. Mine are powered with the ac adapter, not even using POE. Something definitely wrong here, my WG102 work Great!!!!!!

[M_Bruno]

I was a Netgear dealer, and sold/installed many WG102s. They worked very well. The WG103s are junk, and I've told my Netgear reps so. Netgear doesn't care. I have moved on to other vendors, and I suggest others do the same.