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Update: I've reverted to 40MHz channels as losing channel bonding was noticably hitting linkspeed & throughput to the laptop when viewing HD video stored on the NAS. I've also scheduled the 2.4 GHz wifi to disable for a minute twice a day to reset the wireless interface. Been running in this configuration for a few days and so far it seems to be doing the trick.

Hoping that 2.32c will let me drop the scheduled resets.

Those of you that are impatient can find the new 2.32c firmware on the Australian Billion site http://au.billion.com/products/firmware.html....
Factory reset not required coming from 2.31 onwards, however if you do, some default settings are different (e.g. ADSL VPI/VCI)...
(i.e. Do so at own risk - read the included PDF notes too)

Thanks for that, doesn't say too much about wifi fixes/improvements?

Hi

I'm running the 2.32c and all seems okay although didn't really have issues before with Wi-Fi.

The Wi-Fi driver is the same on this version as the last. They have said there is some work around for the Wi-Fi issues, could be nothing more than a hidden reboot of the Wi-Fi driver over night, they just don't say.

A nice extra is the ability to plug in an Android or IOS phone and share the Internet connection, although for most of us caution is needed as plugging in the phone could quickly eat all the data allowance if several devices are connected and updates start coming through for Windows or Android. Still, it is handing perhaps as an emergency back up if ADSL/Fibre goes down.

Regards

Phil

Is there any detail re the "10. Workaround for WLAN issue ‐‐ WiFi devices can't be reconnected after a period." (per the 2.32c Release Notes).

Also, this sounds like a symptomatic fix and hopefully a fix to the root cause will come subsequently.

(Another somewhat disappointed user who just swapped out PlusNet's Technicolor 582N. I have been considering turning off wireless on the Billion and unboxing my Asus RT-AC66U)