I tested extensively on this and it’s really the 6ghz band (ie:WiFi 6e/7) devices that are busted. Particularly only APs too and how it communicates with the quest 3. Unify & Omada APs for 6 ghz do not have a stable connection any more.
It is definitely a quest issue.
I’m on a 5ghz only router and still have this problem. And I have never had this happen even a single time before v64 so it is 100% a problem with the update.
Oh so that’s a known issue. I’ve been having it a bunch but I don’t play online so I’ve been turning my wifi off so the darn popup doesn’t keep happening.
Huh, I’ve had a couple disconnects, but blamed it on my household WiFi dropping out for a second.
Other family members wouldn’t have noticed a quick disconnect/reconnect, unless they were gaming at the time.
If it happened a couple more times, I was going to contact my ISP, lol
Yeah this is complete bullshit. I went from perfectly smooth pcvr to completely avoiding my headset within a week. And it was the same damn week I upgraded my graphics card. :(
>Meta support useless.
This is true on everything except the most trivial problem. My interactions with them have been the worse support experience I have ever had. It's like their support is purposefully incompetent to make you go away.
Ah good to know this is a common issue. I started getting frequent disconnects (one lasting roughly 20-30 seconds every few minutes) after switching to 6GHz, but also updated to the latest firmware at the same time.
I thought it's my network doing odd things.
6Ghz is prone to being interrupted if there’s noise going on. Do a site survey using a scanner for mobile or desktop to check available channels and noise.
A dedicated 5Ghz at 80 width. Disable 2.4Ghz.
I’ve literally not had a single disconnect.
A site survey would indicate potential issues outside the network affecting reliability. It doesn't matter if there's 1 device or 20 on an AP if neighboring APs are in close proximity with overlapping channels causing issues.
Trust me, thats not the case, i have tried to connect other devices to the 6GHz band without issues, its a software problem that appeared with the 64 update, before that, it was working perfectly.
What brand AP is it?
I have 20 or so devices on my WiFi at home. Nothing that really uses data and different SSIDs but still the same device pulling it all.
PC is wired though.
What’s your 5Ghz settings?
Cant change any settings at all on the router turned AP? What make and model is it?
Tried on the 5Ghz network? Just curious if it’s the same.
Edit: ahh you meant Q3 works fine on 5Ghz? It might be some tightening up on 6Ghz compatibility during version update. Many consumer 6Ghz devices really aren’t following specs.
2.4ghz has like a 500Mbps a second speed. I didn’t think the Q3 supported speeds anywhere near that? I don’t even think it supports more than that with a link cable.
2.4Ghz has 450Mbs theoretical limit. Or let’s say under ideal conditions. But the way WiFi you works you to cut it in half for actual throughput.
Often much less in reality. Try doing a speed test of your network wirelessly.
Oh thats the issue? I was wondering why my quest 3 struggled to find the wifi6e connection. Had to change it to a MLO setup so it could connect vis 5ghz and utilize 6ghz when it found it
Yeah. It's awefull!
Tried everything.
Habe a good router with open config.
Tried prioritizing.
Switching channels.
Switching bandwidth.
Disabled ipv6.
Gave static ip and macs.
Created a private network just for the quest.
It drops the connection every 10 minutes for 2-3 sec. No other device does. Sucks but I guess I'll just play single player games from now on.
Omg I thought I was going crazy! After the v64 update my quest kept disconnecting from my dedicated "PCVR" 6ghz and my Main 5ghz, didn't know this was a super huge bug! Wish I knew before support made me factory reset smh
I have multiple, Linksys Hydra 6E, ubiquity u7 pro, and Kevin (The minion).
I haven't pulled the hydra back out to test, but both of the other two drop at random lately. It's not related to which software I'm using as I can see the OS drop the connection. Happened after an OS update.
Yeah I think those are better than my AXE75, but I only use the 6ghz band for the quest 3 exclusively and it's been fine through v64 and 65
I am noticing occasional spikes if I use h264+ 500mbps and the router randomly decides to only assign 80mhz 1200mbps though.
Actually, in my case - Huawei B818 router was to blame. It also failed same way with mobile when attempting to transfer huge ammounts of data. Disassembled, installed a cooler. Problem now gone.
Commenting here to add a voice because I've been completely ignored on the meta forums (as expected).
Have a tplink deco in AP mode with a dedicated router elsewhere serving as the DHCP server. Only client on the deco is the quest 3. 6GHz used to work for me on v63, completely busted on v64 (disconnect every few seconds). 5GHz works just fine in v64 on the same tplink deco with 0 configuration changes.
Kinda ticked off a feature that was working (and that I bought the router for) was busted with 0 acknowledgement from meta a week into ownership. Oh well at least I have a backup for now.
Wifi isn't broken for me but seems I and most quest 3 have broken space setups currently. Boundary will appear but furniture you setup no longer does when you get close.
I hadn't realize there was an issue. Wonder if this might relevant. Im using the official d-link made air brige adapter, which seems to have improved quite a bit since the update. If others with it have also seen improvement, could be a breadcrumb to follow. Tuning for one device causing others to fail, etc. Would need a bigger sample size though.
One question .. is your router sending out a shared 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signal on one SSID or are the bands split so you have a 2.4ghz WiFi SSID and a separate 5ghz SSID
example when you look for your WiFi signal you see
My home WiFi ( whatever your router name is ) and a second one that says ...
My home router_5Ghz ( again whatever your router name is with 5ghz at the end )
It's absolutely atrocious, and now I cannot play all my PC VR games as my Quest disconnects and I don't have a link cable, and I have to use Ethernet on my PC so the half baked solution of using hotspot on the quest to get no disconnect doesn't work either 🫠
I'm on 5ghz, and this started with v64. Runs fine for maybe 10 minutes, then it drops. Reconnects within a few seconds. Super frustrating, as I can't commit to anything multiplayer.
You know... wifi sucks.. period. There are so many cheap routers out there with underpowered CPUs and no buffer, and the number of dead zones in a room is mind blowing.
[https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/this-3d-wifi-mapping-device-illustrates-the-finicky-nature-of-wireless-signals.208843/](https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/this-3d-wifi-mapping-device-illustrates-the-finicky-nature-of-wireless-signals.208843/)
Thats just not it.
I bought a high quality fritz box and game right next to it. Even on 2.4ghz the quest looses the connection every 10 minutes for about 2-3 seconds. No other of my devices does that. The quest 2 never did that. It's devastating. I am an IT professional and did everything I could think of. It's a problem with the device. I don't even want to play PCVR. I just want to play multi-player.
So many people are using 5ghz now too because it’s faster not realizing the range sucks ass and barely goes through walls. I only use 5ghz in the same room as the router.
5ghz range isn't THAT awful, and it clearly goes through walls just fine. 2.4ghz while a little better with walls contends with fewer bands and a highly congested space where other 2.4ghz transmitters share which impact speeds, the fastest being 600mbps.
But rf coverage is not uniform and thus is not consistent. Pretty terrible when you deal with a high bandwidth stream that cannot be buffered.
5ghz may be alright for a small apartment but it absolutely does suck ass in a larger home where it has to travel through several walls. I’m sure there’s a lot more interference in an apartment too if it doesn’t have sound isolating walls but not so much in a house.
The problem is.. because 2.4ghz was drawn up decades ago, it was not designed with the kind of wifi coverage we have now. It only has 13 channels, less then that because if you want fast speeds you need to bond 2 adjacent channels together. Because 2.4ghz is the choice for IOT devices because the wifi chips are cheaper it is way more crowded than it was intended to be.
I tested extensively on this and it’s really the 6ghz band (ie:WiFi 6e/7) devices that are busted. Particularly only APs too and how it communicates with the quest 3. Unify & Omada APs for 6 ghz do not have a stable connection any more. It is definitely a quest issue.
I’m on a 5ghz only router and still have this problem. And I have never had this happen even a single time before v64 so it is 100% a problem with the update.
Same. Rock stable 5Ghz connection on Q1, 2 and 3, right near the router, v64 comes around, I get dropped connection every 5 mins.
Quest3 and ASUS AXE7800 6E band; works great ! (PTC v65)
Oh so that’s a known issue. I’ve been having it a bunch but I don’t play online so I’ve been turning my wifi off so the darn popup doesn’t keep happening.
Huh, I’ve had a couple disconnects, but blamed it on my household WiFi dropping out for a second. Other family members wouldn’t have noticed a quick disconnect/reconnect, unless they were gaming at the time. If it happened a couple more times, I was going to contact my ISP, lol
I'm the same, I was gonna look for a new router lol. Can't use bigscreen now, which was my favourite app. Hopefully they fix it soon.
Strange. Mines been better than ever!
mine too, weird stuff. I wonder if it is a specific brand of router that it has issues with?
Seems router and frequency specific. 6GHz for me went from working in v63 to totally busted in v64, but I have a fallback 5GHz AP I use.
Yeah this is complete bullshit. I went from perfectly smooth pcvr to completely avoiding my headset within a week. And it was the same damn week I upgraded my graphics card. :(
>Meta support useless. This is true on everything except the most trivial problem. My interactions with them have been the worse support experience I have ever had. It's like their support is purposefully incompetent to make you go away.
I have that problem only on 6GHz band, if i use the 5GHz (exact same AP) everything is perfect.
I wish I could, where I live there are so many 5ghz channels around me used up I can't get a good connection on 5ghz. 6ghz was working perfectly.
Ah good to know this is a common issue. I started getting frequent disconnects (one lasting roughly 20-30 seconds every few minutes) after switching to 6GHz, but also updated to the latest firmware at the same time. I thought it's my network doing odd things.
6Ghz is prone to being interrupted if there’s noise going on. Do a site survey using a scanner for mobile or desktop to check available channels and noise. A dedicated 5Ghz at 80 width. Disable 2.4Ghz. I’ve literally not had a single disconnect.
My AP is 100% dedicated to the headset, pc wired to it as well.
A site survey would indicate potential issues outside the network affecting reliability. It doesn't matter if there's 1 device or 20 on an AP if neighboring APs are in close proximity with overlapping channels causing issues.
Trust me, thats not the case, i have tried to connect other devices to the 6GHz band without issues, its a software problem that appeared with the 64 update, before that, it was working perfectly.
What brand AP is it? I have 20 or so devices on my WiFi at home. Nothing that really uses data and different SSIDs but still the same device pulling it all. PC is wired though. What’s your 5Ghz settings?
other devices working fine with 6GHz. It's just the quest 3.
What is your channel width in your 6Ghz network? Do you have many devices using 6Ghz. Is it from a router or an AP?
running in access point mode, don't know the channel width and can't change it. No other devices connected at 6GHz. Everything AOK at 5GHz.
Cant change any settings at all on the router turned AP? What make and model is it? Tried on the 5Ghz network? Just curious if it’s the same. Edit: ahh you meant Q3 works fine on 5Ghz? It might be some tightening up on 6Ghz compatibility during version update. Many consumer 6Ghz devices really aren’t following specs.
I only use 2.4 for the Q3. It has by far the best range and wall penetration and the Q3 doesn’t exactly need super fast speeds for anything.
It absolutely does for pcvr
2.4ghz has like a 500Mbps a second speed. I didn’t think the Q3 supported speeds anywhere near that? I don’t even think it supports more than that with a link cable.
2.4Ghz has 450Mbs theoretical limit. Or let’s say under ideal conditions. But the way WiFi you works you to cut it in half for actual throughput. Often much less in reality. Try doing a speed test of your network wirelessly.
Try it, the difference is quite visible
Oh thats the issue? I was wondering why my quest 3 struggled to find the wifi6e connection. Had to change it to a MLO setup so it could connect vis 5ghz and utilize 6ghz when it found it
Yeah. It's awefull! Tried everything. Habe a good router with open config. Tried prioritizing. Switching channels. Switching bandwidth. Disabled ipv6. Gave static ip and macs. Created a private network just for the quest. It drops the connection every 10 minutes for 2-3 sec. No other device does. Sucks but I guess I'll just play single player games from now on.
Been having this since launch day of Quest 3, welcome to the club... We have sad cookies :(
Omg I thought I was going crazy! After the v64 update my quest kept disconnecting from my dedicated "PCVR" 6ghz and my Main 5ghz, didn't know this was a super huge bug! Wish I knew before support made me factory reset smh
Seems to depend on a reboot for me, but yes - Wifi 6e drops for me a lot lately.
I have 6e at 10feet line of sight. WiFi drops so much I was considering returning my new router. Glad I sub here.
It’s probably quest issue, not the router
What router do you have? Is it the only thing connected to WiFi 6E? What bitrate and streaming software are you using?
I have multiple, Linksys Hydra 6E, ubiquity u7 pro, and Kevin (The minion). I haven't pulled the hydra back out to test, but both of the other two drop at random lately. It's not related to which software I'm using as I can see the OS drop the connection. Happened after an OS update.
Yeah I think those are better than my AXE75, but I only use the 6ghz band for the quest 3 exclusively and it's been fine through v64 and 65 I am noticing occasional spikes if I use h264+ 500mbps and the router randomly decides to only assign 80mhz 1200mbps though.
I ended up disabling 6GHz on my router assuming the router was acting up, guess it’s nice to know it’s not just an issue on my end!
I had to set my Wifi 6 transmitter to only use a fixed channel and then it was fine. I used a wifi analyzer and luckly one channel was a clear winner.
Actually, in my case - Huawei B818 router was to blame. It also failed same way with mobile when attempting to transfer huge ammounts of data. Disassembled, installed a cooler. Problem now gone.
Commenting here to add a voice because I've been completely ignored on the meta forums (as expected). Have a tplink deco in AP mode with a dedicated router elsewhere serving as the DHCP server. Only client on the deco is the quest 3. 6GHz used to work for me on v63, completely busted on v64 (disconnect every few seconds). 5GHz works just fine in v64 on the same tplink deco with 0 configuration changes. Kinda ticked off a feature that was working (and that I bought the router for) was busted with 0 acknowledgement from meta a week into ownership. Oh well at least I have a backup for now.
exact same for me...
Wifi isn't broken for me but seems I and most quest 3 have broken space setups currently. Boundary will appear but furniture you setup no longer does when you get close.
I hadn't realize there was an issue. Wonder if this might relevant. Im using the official d-link made air brige adapter, which seems to have improved quite a bit since the update. If others with it have also seen improvement, could be a breadcrumb to follow. Tuning for one device causing others to fail, etc. Would need a bigger sample size though.
One question .. is your router sending out a shared 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signal on one SSID or are the bands split so you have a 2.4ghz WiFi SSID and a separate 5ghz SSID example when you look for your WiFi signal you see My home WiFi ( whatever your router name is ) and a second one that says ... My home router_5Ghz ( again whatever your router name is with 5ghz at the end )
It's absolutely atrocious, and now I cannot play all my PC VR games as my Quest disconnects and I don't have a link cable, and I have to use Ethernet on my PC so the half baked solution of using hotspot on the quest to get no disconnect doesn't work either 🫠
I'm on 5ghz, and this started with v64. Runs fine for maybe 10 minutes, then it drops. Reconnects within a few seconds. Super frustrating, as I can't commit to anything multiplayer.
i got frequent disconnects on wired ... its a hell atm, buyed the new crystal light so its finaly an end for disconnecting
You know... wifi sucks.. period. There are so many cheap routers out there with underpowered CPUs and no buffer, and the number of dead zones in a room is mind blowing. [https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/this-3d-wifi-mapping-device-illustrates-the-finicky-nature-of-wireless-signals.208843/](https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/this-3d-wifi-mapping-device-illustrates-the-finicky-nature-of-wireless-signals.208843/)
Thats just not it. I bought a high quality fritz box and game right next to it. Even on 2.4ghz the quest looses the connection every 10 minutes for about 2-3 seconds. No other of my devices does that. The quest 2 never did that. It's devastating. I am an IT professional and did everything I could think of. It's a problem with the device. I don't even want to play PCVR. I just want to play multi-player.
So many people are using 5ghz now too because it’s faster not realizing the range sucks ass and barely goes through walls. I only use 5ghz in the same room as the router.
5ghz range isn't THAT awful, and it clearly goes through walls just fine. 2.4ghz while a little better with walls contends with fewer bands and a highly congested space where other 2.4ghz transmitters share which impact speeds, the fastest being 600mbps. But rf coverage is not uniform and thus is not consistent. Pretty terrible when you deal with a high bandwidth stream that cannot be buffered.
5ghz may be alright for a small apartment but it absolutely does suck ass in a larger home where it has to travel through several walls. I’m sure there’s a lot more interference in an apartment too if it doesn’t have sound isolating walls but not so much in a house.
The problem is.. because 2.4ghz was drawn up decades ago, it was not designed with the kind of wifi coverage we have now. It only has 13 channels, less then that because if you want fast speeds you need to bond 2 adjacent channels together. Because 2.4ghz is the choice for IOT devices because the wifi chips are cheaper it is way more crowded than it was intended to be.
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