ASIAIR+ Extremely slow connection

dane

Hi,

Does anyone also have the phenomenon that the connection is only a few Kb/s fast, sometimes even going down to bytes/s? As you can see in the photo, I am directly connected to the ASIAIR+. How can this be? Pressing the Rest button on the Wifi module did nothing.

Astrop

If that's a V1 plus it's WiFi is awful, I got rid of mine.

ZWO improved the WiFi with the mini which came out after the v1 plus as they started making custom boards, then changes were implemented into subsequent releases of the plus in V2 and I think there's a V3 without zwo stating they'd improved this particular feature as a standout quality of life improvement selling feature.

With my plus I installed a short 1M SMA extension cable and moved the existing aerial away from the OTA, this improved it considerably but nowhere as good as the performance I get from the mini.

Corsair

So many, many things can impact Wi-Fi. Looks at this video for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49JBYSv3Nig

Also, positioning your device right next to the ASIAIR is also not a good thing, as the way the WiFi signal works means you'd want the device some distance away from the ASIAIR.

The thing you have to remember is that the ASIAIR is not a very high powered device and as such the Wi-Fi on it won't be the strongest (hence it being impacted by the types of material it is passing through, the saturation of other Wi-Fi signals in your area, how you are mounting the ASIAIR itself, etc etc).

Interestingly, mounting your ASIAIR on your OTA/Telescope can often be a cause for issues, as this makes the antenna constantly move around and potentially be impacted by the thermals and material of the OTA/Telescope itself. Better off mounting the ASIAIR to the tripod (I have mine on the tripod accessory tray/spreader of my HEQ5 Pro mount).

You also have to remember that the device your are using to connect to the ASIAIR Wi-Fi will always look for the strongest Wi-Fi signal that allows it connect to the Internet unless you explicitly tell it not to.

This is why it is important, the first time you connect to the ASIAIR Wi-Fi, you make sure you select the option to stay connected to the ASIAIR Wi-Fi.

You can, of course, also choose to forget all other Wi-Fi networks that your device has remembered so it can only connect to the ASIAIR Wi-Fi. This could also mean turning off Mobile Data as well if your device has a SIM/eSIM.

You will always have a better time of things if - at least with the ASIAIR Plus and ASIAIR Pro - you connect your ASIAIR to a Travel Router (such as the GL.iNET MT-3000) via an Ethernet cable. A small travel router is much better at providing Wi-Fi than the ASIAIR is and can handle Wi-Fi saturation/interference much better.

Astrop

Corsair many things can impact Wi-Fi

All valid points. But in my usage case whereby I could repeat the tests with the same conditions the Plus V1 I had had woeful WiFi, at times it was similar to the Pro I had with its essential external USB WiFi antenna. The mini mounted in exactly the same way would work much better, in fact I always use them from an upstairs room, their range is that good (not perfect but I can consistently get Mb transfer rates to make real time monitoring possible, even with multiple minis transmitting at the same time). With a 6dbi or 8dbi antenna upgrade they work even better.