Berry x airs

So tonight we must have been in a very slim percentage of unluckyness.

Took a x air 16 out on a job and was fine during the Sound checks etc.

Ten minutes before doors it lost connectivity via WiFi and refused to connect via lan.

Replaced it with a spare x air 12 we have and this crapped out straight away and would t connect.

They’ve worked faultlessley 3 out of 4 weekends for the last 13 months.

Any one else had similar issues with them?
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Had a read up and the issue maybe our fault.

The apps upto date but not the firmware on the unit and apparantly they don’t like each other when there not both up to date, been a major pain, traveled a 2 hour round trip for the other one not to work either

Lesson learnt

This was over the built in WiFi as the tablet was at on the rack
Also the lan to the Laptop didn’t work either

Edited by nuclearbass - 25 February 2018 at 11:08am

If your app is running a newer version then it does create issues. Always make sure you have flashed the firmware.
We use an external router (only a sky one) and it works faultless

Got a Mackie dl32r as well and connection was an issue on that until we got it configured to static ip's

It is well known over on this side of the pond that the built-in wireless access point(AP) in these things is sketchy at best and it is always recommended that you use an external AP, and there are a series of best practices that will go a long way to ensuring you have a solid connection all night. These including using the 5ghz band exclusively because 2.4ghz is too crowded, not using DHCP and setting static IPs on the mixer and connected devices that are outside the commonly used range, and even not broadcasting your network because most punters have their phones set to automatically connect to the strongest signal available and that can crash your network when the room fills up. And a wireless connection works best with a clear line of sight so it's always a good idea to position the AP well above head level hanging off a lighting stand for example, I know it is convenient to rack everything together and stuff it in a corner but that is pretty much the worst possible position for it.

Are the wireless mic's cheap 2.4ghz ones or CH38?