when my home is full house (a lot of devices connected) or a week of usage without restarting the router then the network will start to misbehave like page with stuck loading forever.

after I a throw in a fan for ~ 1/2 month, network so far stable without need to restart the router.

Do u guys received the sim card upon registrstion?

I dont understand about this sim card thing, because i didnt received any.

Do i need to subscribed to other plan?

Im using home fibre 100mbps.

Read in their website, its for Biz plan fibre.

And, if i have this sim card, can i use it in my iPad?

Cannot, the SIM card is 4g backup only once your fibre down.

They will block your 4g backup sim if they found unusual activity regarding SIM card.

They either give u by usb dongle or they put into the router.

Hi,

Not sure how u position ur usb fan. after reading ur post, i decided to blow it from side vent of the router and modem. Hopefully it will resolve the unstable connection issue.

really vomit blood with maxis

thanks bro!

you can touch the back and it is no longer warm as the heat is being blow away, let us know if you find any different before and after

No idea why maxis supply such a device and unstable firmware

This post has been edited by AhBoy~~: Feb 6 2019, 04:02 PM

Hi guys, am also a user with the Maxis router Archer C5v!
Noticed with this router it really messed up my Chromecast connectivity. My chromecast is first generation which means it can only connect to 2.4ghz wifi, but somehow if I switch my device to the 5ghz wifi I am able to connect to the Chromecast. But it is really unstable and not always reliable, my device will often lose connection to the Chromecast after a while.

Then, I noticed my devices on 5ghz wifi is always disconnected intermittently - I finally decided to disable 5ghz altogether. This helped the Chromecast connectivity a bit because it is no longer 'confused'. However, I noticed even with just the 2.4ghz active, the device can't find the 'cast' icon and is occasionally unable to connect to the Chromecast I noticed it will return to normal after I decide to restart the router, then my devices are able to cast to the Chromecast as normal, this issue will recur every 2 days for some reason. It's like after a while, Chromecast decides that it wants to disappear and does not want to be found.

Can anyone give any suggestions on what router to switch to? I am not sure whether this is a Chromecast issue or a router issue. I know that this Archer c5v is really shit and I am willing to make an investment on a good router provided that the none of the above-mentioned issues appear again...but if it's just maybe that Chromecast itself is unreliable, then perhaps I should get an Android TV box where I don't have to bother about 'casting' because the only reason why I would cast is to watch Netflix, YouTube and Spotify which are all easily available on an Android TV box...

This post has been edited by cherriedpie: Feb 7 2019, 10:34 PM

Tenda ac18

I just replace the black one here and connection will be more stable? Mine is 30mbps

If you don't use VOIP then replace black one will do.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but 4 months after switching from unifi to maxis (100Mbps) I'm regretting and counting down the months before the contract is over so I can switch back to unifi (20 months to go - yikes!)

First problem is intermittent connection on my PC (with LAN cable) when I'm having a lengthy teleconference (over an hour) or downloading a huge file (above 300MB) from file hosting websites. This is especially true during the nights when I suppose it is peak hours.

Second one, to echo cherriedpie, my mobile devices on the 5Ghz channels also keep getting disconnected or worse, at times, the devices can't pick up the 5Ghz channel even though I could be just in the next room, a mere 5 meters away from the C5v router. It's annoying. Has anyone here changed the router to your own and have better connection? I'm wondering if that is the cause...

Sigh, if only unifi had launched their 100Mbps plan for RM129 earlier...

My fren replaced with tenda ac18
All the prob gone

Huh, really so miraculous? A router change will solve my problems?

Are you using VOIP? If no direct change the router. I confirm its router issue. If you change then your problems will go away.
For the LAN port it's proven a problem. To avoid this problem I set static IP from the router for the pc.

I use a mesh to connect to Maxis TP Link. My WiFi is controlled by mesh fully and I no longer have WiFi issue.

Actually if you are worried, what you can do is get a spare router or if you have an old router, let it run the WiFi and you will see the difference in terms of stability.

I confirm a router change will do wonders

Is xiaomi router compatible?

Not really sure about that as I don't have their products to try.


https://s.lazada.com.my/s.mVZ7

Please read this that I found from Lazada. Require original router to connect to Xiaomi router to run as AP

This post has been edited by supervai: Feb 11 2019, 11:11 PM

same issue on youtube as well, only found out yesterday

Forget about the Maxis stock TPlink Router, change to the different router for resolution, example tenda ac18, anyway it is known problem without fixed by maxis

Thanks guys, I think I'll do that this weekend and will report back here if that works!