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...

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@dodgydrains is our resident expert on factory resetting the XT8  main router and nodes, hopefully he will see this post and comment

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[dodgydrains]

I always first do a pin reset at the bottom of the XT8 and then hard factory reset like below:

https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1046973/#:~:text=Turn%20the%20power%20off.,and%20turn%20the%20router%20on.

I do this on each XT8’s.

Always find that this way it clears everything in terms of settings.

Also, try plugging the XT8 to a different power socket.  I had a situation where my extension lead was faulty and caused the XT8 to reboot.

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dodgydrains wrote:

I always first do a pin reset at the bottom of the XT8 and then hard factory reset like below: https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1046973/#:~:text=Turn%20the%20power%20off.,and%20turn%20the%20router%20on. I do this on each XT8’s. Always find that this way it clears everything in terms of settings. Also, try plugging the XT8 to a different power socket. I had a situation where my extension lead was faulty and caused the XT8 to reboot.

may i ask, so you haven’t had any downtimes or wireless backhaul switching to 2.4ghz ever since updating to this latest update (and doin the factory reset)?

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LarryR wrote:

Just adding that I have a MACID lookup table and 44:a8:fc is showing as “Apple” device of some kind. And in reference to the May 5 date in the log – that is normal when it reboots until it can connect to NTP to get current date/time. I also had my node drop to 2.4 after 33-34 days of uptime, which is still great in my mind. I’ve just decided to schedule a once a week 4am reboot and hopefully things stay as stable as they have been for me. I have my backhaul locked to channel 173 and locked to 160 and GUI shows “Great” for connection strength.

am doin this now too, i bought a smart wifi outlet plug, set a sked to turn off the node everyday  4am and turn back on again after 2mins. Small annoyance but hopefully keeps my 5ghz wireless backhaul up and steady daily.

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Jaime Salud Castillo wrote:

dodgydrains wrote:

I always first do a pin reset at the bottom of the XT8 and then hard factory reset like below: https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1046973/#:~:text=Turn%20the%20power%20off.,and%20turn%20the%20router%20on. I do this on each XT8’s. Always find that this way it clears everything in terms of settings. Also, try plugging the XT8 to a different power socket. I had a situation where my extension lead was faulty and caused the XT8 to reboot.

may i ask, so you haven’t had any downtimes or wireless backhaul switching to 2.4ghz ever since updating to this latest update (and doin the factory reset)?

I have had no occasion where my backhaul went to 2.4GHz on FW 22525.

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dodgydrains wrote:

Jaime Salud Castillo wrote:

dodgydrains wrote:

I always first do a pin reset at the bottom of the XT8 and then hard factory reset like below: https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1046973/#:~:text=Turn%20the%20power%20off.,and%20turn%20the%20router%20on. I do this on each XT8’s. Always find that this way it clears everything in terms of settings. Also, try plugging the XT8 to a different power socket. I had a situation where my extension lead was faulty and caused the XT8 to reboot.

may i ask, so you haven’t had any downtimes or wireless backhaul switching to 2.4ghz ever since updating to this latest update (and doin the factory reset)?

I have had no occasion where my backhaul went to 2.4GHz on FW 22525.

well, that’s really encouraging. I suppose resetting is really the key to this problem. Thanks again.

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Reset may resolve your issues, but your setup may be very different to mine.

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ASUS ZenWiFi AX XT8 Firmware version 3.0.0.4.388.23012

New features:
-Built-in Surfshark in VPN Fusion allows you to surf the internet anonymously and securely from anywhere by encrypting connections. Please refer to https://asus.click/SurfsharkVPN

-iPhone/Android USB auto backup WAN allows you to connect your phone to the router’s USB port and use it as an internet source. Please refer to https://asus.click/AutobackupWAN

-DDNS transfer allows you to transfer your ASUS DDNS hostname from your original router to the new one. Please refer to https://asus.click/ASUSDDNS

Bug fixes and functionality modifications:
-Resolved the issue with login and password changes.
-Resolved the IPSec VPN connection issues.
-Resolved the Instant Guard connection issues.
-Fixed the AiCloud login issue after unplugging and plugging the HDD into the USB port.
-Fixed the issue where Traffic Analyzer sometimes couldn’t record data.
-Fixed the time display issue for the preferred upgrade time in the Auto Firmware Upgrade function.
-Fine-tuned the description for port status.
-Enabled DynDNS and No-IP DDNS to use IPv6.
-Fixed AiMesh preferred AP identification in site survey results.
-Updated timezone list for Greenland, Mexico, and Iran.
-Modified the USB application option text in dual WAN.
-Allowed WireGuard Server clients to access the Samba server.
-Fixed memory leak issue.
-Enabled the failback function when using the iOS/Android USB backup WAN.

Security updates:
-Enabled and supported ECDSA certificates for Let’s Encrypt.
-Enhanced protection for credentials.
-Enhanced protection for OTA firmware updates.
-Fixed DoS vulnerabilities in firewall configuration pages. Thanks to Jinghe Gao’s contribution.
-Fixed DoS vulerabilities in httpd. Thanks to Howard McGreehan.
-Fixed information disclosure vulnerability. Thanks to Junxu (Hillstone Network Security Research Institute) contribution.
-Fixed CVE-2023-28702 and CVE-2023-28703. Thanks to Xingyu Xu(@tmotfl) contribution.
-Fixed null pointer dereference vulnerabilities. Thanks to Chengfeng Ye, Prism Research Group – cse hkust contribution.

V1 – https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/ZenWiFi_XT8/FW_ZENWIFI_XT8_300438823012.zip?model=ASUS%20ZenWiFi%20AX%20(XT8)

V2 – https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/ZenWiFi_XT8/FW_ZENWIFI_XT8_V2_300438823012..zip?model=ASUS%20ZenWiFi%20AX%20(XT8)

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Nice and they have fixed the memory leak issue.

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What the heck… Dirty upgrade done. Let’s see how it goes.

 

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LarryR wrote:

What the heck… Dirty upgrade done. Let’s see how it goes.

Perfect

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I have also updated as soon as I saw it.  If it’s as good as 22525 then it’s a winner for me.  Only had one small bug with that.

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dodgydrains wrote:

If it’s as good as 22525 then it’s a winner for me.  Only had one small bug with that.

What was bug with 22525 ?

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I had to manually set 160MHz on the backhaul on 22525.  Once set, it was perfectly stable.  When set to Auto, it always defaulted to 80MHz and stayed there.

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I remember now, hopefully this has been fixed in this release

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