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...

[UK Sentinel]

Apologies, I missed this one, I will give @dodgydrains a nudge incase they can advise 😉

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[dodgydrains]

Not sure what the question is, is it how to ‘bind’ a device to a specific ‘node’.

If so, using the browser UI, go to the AiMesh section and you can ‘bind’ a device to only connect to a specific node.  There is a icon next to each device that looks like a paper clip.  You can use that to bind a device so it always connects to that router or node.

You can also go to ‘Professional’ tab under Wireless section and reduce RSSI lowere than the -70 dBm default.  That way, when moving around the device will connect to the closest node.

I tend to use the manual binding method for devices that stay in one place i.e TV, desktop PC etc

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[LarryR]

dodgydrains wrote:

Not sure what the question is, is it how to ‘bind’ a device to a specific ‘node’. If so, using the browser UI, go to the AiMesh section and you can ‘bind’ a device to only connect to a specific node. There is a icon next to each device that looks like a paper clip. You can use that to bind a device so it always connects to that router or node. You can also go to ‘Professional’ tab under Wireless section and reduce RSSI lowere than the -70 dBm default. That way, when moving around the device will connect to the closest node. I tend to use the manual binding method for devices that stay in one place i.e TV, desktop PC etc

I had found with this past Firmware that devices seemed to “hang” on to the weaker node even though I hadn’t changed any settings. With past firmwares over a day or 2 systems would more naturally find the best node to connect to. I ended up looking for the weaker signals and manually bound them to the other node which is stronger.

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[dodgydrains]

I had exactly the same issue with the latest 388.22068 fw.  What I found was the node in my room was dropping connection mostly in the early morning and evening, and my devices migrated to the node in the other room.  My PC failed to reconnect back to the node in my room even after turning the computer on and off, it kept reconnecting to the node in the other room.  Only solution was to bind the PC to the node in my room.

I have now reverted back to 386.49873 fw, which has mostly been stable for me.  Asus need to sort this messy 388 fw branch.

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[dodgydrains]

Looks like the FW release dates are back now….

https://www.asus.com/uk/supportonly/asus%20zenwifi%20ax%20(xt8)/helpdesk_bios/

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[UK Sentinel]

dodgydrains wrote:

Looks like the FW release dates are back now….

Great news, just checked dates for the DSL-AX82U and non as yet, but hopefully just a server replication delay

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[UK Sentinel]

Just checked again and can now see firmware release dates for the DSL-AX82U as well as XT8

 

 

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[dodgydrains]

@UK Sentiinell, Any ideas if Asus have managed to pinpoint the issues with XT8 on 388 branch?

As mentioned, I am on 386.49873 and will stick with this until they fix the issues with 388.  Not ideal as newer FW have latest security patches.  But the disconnections were horrible on all 388 FW for me, including Gnuton 388 FW as well.  386.49873 is rock solid.

 

 

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[LarryR]

I had a horrible go of it with 388 firmware’s as well – both official ASUS and the Gnuton/Merlin. I’ve gone back to the last 386 gnuton release just because I want to stay gnuton.

I’ll go back to latest gnuton as soon as I hear something definitive about fixes.

 

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[UK Sentinel]

ASUS ZenWiFi XT9, ET12 and other ASUS models are also having issues with the 388 builds.

Issues from slow UI, wired nodes dropping connections and auto selecting WPA2/WPA3 not providing wireless stability etc.

I will touch base with ASUS next week, but an uphill battle I feel

 

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[LarryR]

I do have one question for the gang here. I’ve always done “dirty” installs – have never done a reset to factory (or whatever the language is in the GUI). Why would it be recommended to do one and can you restore a backup after resetting to avoid manually recreating settings?

 

 

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[UK Sentinel]

Dirty Install: Flash firmware over the current version which should maintain current settings and should work as is. This is what I do unless I notice any issues at which point, I then perform a soft factory reset to see if issue remains.

Factory Reset – Soft:  Resets your router to the factory default settings, you can Press and Hold the Reset button on your router. However, in some cases, this may not successfully reset the router to the default status and data can remain (logs).

Hard Factory Reset: Reset your router to the factory default settings, this should remove all logs and clear NVRAM (I believe)

Restore saved settings after you do a factory default reset is not ideal. The idea behind a factory default reset is to have your router start using a set of NEW default values. If you restore your saved settings, you will then overwrite those new default values with the old ones, you are then back to square one and maybe copy original issue also.

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[dodgydrains]

LarryR wrote:

I do have one question for the gang here. I’ve always done “dirty” installs – have never done a reset to factory (or whatever the language is in the GUI). Why would it be recommended to do one and can you restore a backup after resetting to avoid manually recreating settings?

Totally agree with @Uk Sentinell.  I always factory reset after update and never restore settings.  Most times I do this Friday night or Saturrday morning, to keep the family from complaining and shouting.

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[UK Sentinel]

@nickholland – I have moved you post to

ASUS ZenWiFi ET12 and Pro ET12– Official Thread

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[UK Sentinel]

So I have touched base with ASUS and explained that a few of there ZenWifi models are having Wifi and Ethernet node issues with the 388 builds and screen shotted a few comments from this forum for there reference.

ASUS have said they would look into this but did not hint as to whether this was already a known problem to them  🤪

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