# Poor WiFi performance **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues\ **Created:** [December 8, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618 "2020-12-08T01:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![D3IIOT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/d3iiot/32/761_2.png) [@D3IIOT](https://wled.discourse.group/u/D3IIOT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618/21 "2020-12-09T20:16:51Z")
Thanks for confirming it is working for you! That was immensely helpful. I captured some wireshark traffic on my wifi network and have figured out the issue. My DHCP server has the lease time set to one hour and that was causing a significant amount of broadcast traffic that was causing issues with the ESP8266 devices. I increased the DHCP timeout to 1 day and the devices are now very stable. I also confirmed more stable behavior by using static IP on the devices as well. Issue seems to be resolved. I have some occasional crashes but I will work on that separately. ---
**Author:** ![felie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/felie/32/861_2.png) [@felie](https://wled.discourse.group/u/felie)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618/22 "2020-12-10T16:42:58Z")
I see this issue as well. Or a similar at least, where some devices on the network actually have uninterrupted healthy access to WLED but others don’t. Same test, i flashed another ESP8266 with another application (ESPHome) and i dont see this issue (inconsisstent ping, or access to webGUI). I ended up creating another SSID in my AP + a VLAN with a different IP address range on DHCP and i see no issue now at all. So the WLEDs connect to the other SSID and use a different IP address range on my network. Yes i am on a UniFi network There is an open discussion here about that issue: https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-going-offline/1289/12 ---
**Author:** ![HypnoToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@HypnoToad](https://wled.discourse.group/u/HypnoToad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618/23 "2020-12-10T20:12:47Z")
I’m not experiencing this issue myself, but something that I quite like about the Tasmota firmware is the ability to add 2 different SSID’s, and there is a setting where you can tell the firmware to auto connect to the strongest WAP in range once an hour. Is WLED had the option for a 2nd/backup SSID input then may be handy for people running multiple Wifi access points. ---
**Author:** ![Sci666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sci666](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Sci666)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618/24 "2024-05-06T11:21:49Z")
Hello to all, i got the same issue !!! BUT i found a VERY strange solution - for me ! i dont know if it works for you as well. i have a ESP8266 board for the WLED. i just found out that the wlan connection is very unstable. device not reachable and so on … ping -t shows conection losses high pings and low pings … for testing issue the device was powered via the mini USB Port … and thats the point … it seems that something is wrong with the USB Port !!! if its just plugged in the connection is very bad. i bend the pluggeg in Plug with my finger a bit upwards and hold it like this … and there the miracle happens … ping goes very good and no connection losses and the device is always reachable !!! maybe a bad conenction or a mini short that causes wlan to collapse ?! and then i switched over to the VIN and Ground pin to power the device and there is absolutely no issue anymore with bad signals !!! so powering via Pin VIN and G works well … USB is messed up !!! can anymody confirm this strange issue ??? ---
**Author:** ![kilrah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/kilrah/32/5927_2.png) [@kilrah](https://wled.discourse.group/u/kilrah)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618/25 "2024-05-06T13:17:51Z")
> [@Sci666](#): > > for testing issue the device was powered via the mini USB Port … and thats the point … it seems that something is wrong with the USB Port !!! if its just plugged in the connection is very bad. That’d be on par for a bad USB cable or damaged port yes. ---
**Author:** ![Sci666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sci666](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Sci666)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 7:59am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618/26 "2024-05-16T07:59:47Z")
i dont now cable is crosschecked and everything … can somebody help me with a new bin file for the ESP8266 and raise the GPIO Buttons from 2 to 10 ? i dont know how to make one ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618/27 "2024-05-16T19:51:02Z")
You could use this: [https://wled-compile.github.io/](https://wled-compile.github.io/) to create a script and then compile with github or vsc/platformIO. They give you all the details. ---
**Author:** ![Sci666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sci666](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Sci666)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618/28 "2024-05-17T12:01:31Z")
thanks for the hint i manage to getit to work with it ! 😃 awesome ! [Previous page](https://wled.discourse.group/t/poor-wifi-performance/1618.md?page=1)