ASUS ZenWiFi AX Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System Not sure if this is the right place to ask…. I am thinking of upgrading my Google Mesh wifi to the above. Has anyone used this and does it...

[dodgydrains]

It now looks like FW 42095 has been removed from the ASUS servers.

There also seems to be a chipset or design change on the XT8 on routers with production year 2022?

This is what it says on FW prior to 46061, Any ideas what it could be:

Version 3.0.0.4.386.45934
2021/11/03 55.78 MBytes
ASUS ZenWifi_XT8 Firmware version 3.0.0.4.386.45934

If your router’s production year is 2022 or above, DO NOT downgrade to this versionPlease check the back label for the production year.

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[UK Sentinel]

Dave wrote:

I’ll do some extra research for a replacement as I do need one.

Not sure if you have seen the comments for @dodgydrains, can you check the back of you XT8 and see when it was manufactured, ASUS have pulled some firmwares relating to older models, pre 2022

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[UK Sentinel]

dodgydrains wrote:

This is what it says on FW prior to 46061, Any ideas what it could be:

I will drop them a message to see what is going on

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[dodgydrains]

UK Sentinel wrote:

dodgydrains wrote:

This is what it says on FW prior to 46061, Any ideas what it could be:

I will drop them a message to see what is going on

I also messaged the contact who helped with providing beta FW for testing but I no longer get any reply.  If it is a hardware change to fix known issues (rev 2) then that will be very suspicious.  It could also be due to the shortage they are using different chip manufacturer.

 

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[UK Sentinel]

Usually a bit of both where ASUS and simular companies are concerned, will be interesting to see what they say when I hear back from them

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[Dave]

Just checked mine and they are both 2021 models

 

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[UK Sentinel]

Dave wrote:

Just checked mine and they are both 2021 models

At least that is a good point, from a firmware perspective ?

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[Grisu]

Or there is only a different (newer) bootloader not compatible with previous firmwares or changed file/partition structures.

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[Jonathan Morris]

I recall my old Asus Wi-Fi 5 (advanced at the time) DSL router having two chipset variations, and third-party ROMs only ever worked with the newer type. I wouldn’t have known with the official ones as they’d clearly just release two variants, possibly with the same revision number.

It isn’t uncommon to make slight changes in hardware through a production run of any product (sometimes even within a production run with multiple component suppliers) and it could be that Asus has used a new component to fix an issue, had to change due to a shortage, or even just to cut costs (in which case, it might actually make the newer models inferior).

It’s really hard to tell and without knowing, and Asus might not ever tell us the changes, we can’t know if it’s a good or bad thing. It might be insignificant, or it might be the ‘smoking gun’ that confirms there are issues with the original models that cannot be fixed through software alone.

I’m now waiting to hear of any further issues with Teams or connectivity issues in general, and so far at 1330 all seems good. I’ll continue to monitor until I return to work next Tuesday.

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[dodgydrains]

Another day of Microsoft Teams calls without any noticeable issues .

Hopefully the ‘protocol 0000 is buggy, dev archer’ error was a one off and doesn’t happen again.

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[Jonathan Morris]

Likewise, no issues reported either.

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[dodgydrains]

I finally got a reply from the ASUS UK customer services person who helped with Beta FW.

He just told me if problems persist to raise RMA with the seller!!!  Looks like a stock response from him.

Totally ignored my question about the 2022 production units and what, if any, changes there were.

 

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[UK Sentinel]

dodgydrains wrote:

I finally got a reply from the ASUS UK customer services person who helped with Beta FW. He just told me if problems persist to raise RMA with the seller!!! Looks like a stock response from him. Totally ignored my question about the 2022 production units and what, if any, changes there were.

Yep, poor customer service 👎

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[Dave]

Unfortunately that’s what I ended up having to do.

RMA as faulty

😔

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[Jonathan Morris]

Still no major issues. Wife mentioned one Teams chat where it said poor connection, but it didn’t drop and she can’t think of any other issues all week. The mesh is still connected on 5GHz and appears to have remained solid all week.

So, for me, I think this new firmware is working fine.

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