Asus RT-AX88U – Firmware Updates

[Mrk26Participant Posts 460UKTechHub Addict]

Unfortunately I had similar issue when rt-ax88u came to my house and I have to update wifi drivers on all laptops and pc in my house. One thing you can try is to create guest network for 2.4Ghz and see if that will work.

[UK SentinelModerator Posts 2110UKTechHub Skipper]

Also look under Advanced Settings > Wireless > General is an option for ‘Wireless Mode’ Select N for 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz and create new SSID just for that legacy laptop.

I think as @Mrk26 said, Guest option with Wireless Mode set to N should work if that option is available via guest wifi, but I think guest wifi does not allow access to local printers etc, only internet access.

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

[bwjParticipant Posts 13UKTechHub Regular]

OK thanks for the tips

The laptop was blocked from acessing wifi printers etc anyway so guest network sounds like the way to go for simple internet access.

[Mrk26Participant Posts 460UKTechHub Addict]

New Fw available here:

Version 3.0.0.4.384.9559

2020/07/28

69.39 MBytes

ASUS RT-AX88U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.384.9559
– Fix CallStranger vulnerability (CVE-2020-12695)
– Improved system stability.

So far so good, no issues after upgrade.

[UK SentinelModerator Posts 2110UKTechHub Skipper]

Hi @Mrk26 – thanks for update news, some are saying there maybe issues with ISP’s DHCP and  some Wireless N clients are struggling with AX radios enabled ?

Let us know how yours RT-AX88U works out with this latest firmware if you have not switched to ASUSWRT-Merlin already ;-)

 

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

[Mrk26Participant Posts 460UKTechHub Addict]

I have connected several different devices and no issues at all, nice and stable like previous official build.

I used Merlin fw on mine a while ago and once switched to previous official fw didn’t have a chance to messing around. Can’t really afford any possibly unstable builds especially where I still working from home so stable broadband connection is a key.

[UK SentinelModerator Posts 2110UKTechHub Skipper]

stable broadband is very important, thanks for letting us know how good the new ASUS RT-AX88U firmware build is, good to know the build is good

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

[Mrk26Participant Posts 460UKTechHub Addict]

New fw available here

Version 3.0.0.4.384.9566

Date 2020/08/03

Size 69.4 MBytes

ASUS RT-AX88U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.384.9566
– Fixed static IP WAN connection issues.
– Fixed wan link aggregation stability issues.

Please unzip the firmware file first then check the MD5 code.
MD5: 26434f89415f68d9dec463bf4c598705

Didn’t have any issues with previous fw or this one. Nice and smooth after update.

[UK SentinelModerator Posts 2110UKTechHub Skipper]

With these recent firmware’s for the RT-AX88U that seem to be working well,  you must be enjoying all the extra free time you have nowadays

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

[Mrk26Participant Posts 460UKTechHub Addict]

UK Sentinel wrote:

With these recent firmware’s for the RT-AX88U that seem to be working well, you must be enjoying all the extra free time you have nowadays

I think we all appreciate peace of mind from time to time

It’s nice to see that this router is supported properly by Asus.

[UK SentinelModerator Posts 2110UKTechHub Skipper]

I read this on SNBForums the other day, almost got worried I did. (RMerlin a little unhappy with ASUS (RT) models development/release cycles)

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/release-asuswrt-merlin-384-19-is-now-available.65801/page-10#post-611807

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

[Mrk26Participant Posts 460UKTechHub Addict]

I read something similar in different topic where Merlin was upset with the way how Asus upgrade fw on routers, but that is the only problem for Merlin because he tried hard to push updates to older routers which Asus slowly left behind.

[UK SentinelModerator Posts 2110UKTechHub Skipper]

Mrk26 wrote:

I read something similar in different topic where Merlin was upset with the way how Asus upgrade fw on routers, but that is the only problem for Merlin because he tried hard to push updates to older routers which Asus slowly left behind.

I hope ASUS are working hard to keep @RMerlin onside with there newer 386 GPL releases , 

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

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