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I have had no issues with any of my devices dropping wireless connection.  No complaints so far from the rest of the family, other than the initial setup down time.

Already started tinkering around and turned on ‘MLO Fronthaul for clients’.

My S25 ultra has connected as MLO rather than 5G or 6G.

I think I will leave the tinkering for a bit and see how stable it is.  So far so good.

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. UK Sentinel Said:

The device with MAC address 64:B5:C6:18:33:E0 has a good signal strength 37 as -20dBm to -70dBm is considered good.

Smarthaul is a new term I am not familiar with so will chat to ASUS at some point, is the above MAC address associated with an Apple product ?

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

I think that MAC address is the Nintendo Switch

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It seems like the web GUI has become snappier for me now, much better than when I first set it up in the afternoon.

Also did a ‘bufferbloat’ test and got B.  With the XT8’s it was mostly C.  This is with me connected wirelessly to the furthest away node.

Any ideas what this means?  Seems to have a lot more log entries than I am used to.

Mar 1 22:25:46 smarthaul: : cycle 4466: mbh 0 linkset red to 1, new tidmap fff0f0(L0L1L2)
Mar 1 22:25:52 smarthaul: : cycle 4468: mbh 0 linkset exp to 3, new tidmap fffff0(L0L1L2)
Mar 1 22:29:09 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(696): wl1.1: Auth 64:B5:C6:18:33:E0, status: Successful (0), rssi:-37
Mar 1 22:29:09 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(733): wl1.1: Assoc 64:B5:C6:18:33:E0, status: Successful (0), rssi:-37
Mar 1 22:29:43 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(673): wl1.1: Disassoc 64:B5:C6:18:33:E0, status: 0, reason: Disassociated because sending station is leaving (or has left) BSS (8), rssi:0
Mar 1 22:29:43 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(656): wl1.1: Deauth_ind 64:B5:C6:18:33:E0, status: 0, reason: Deauthenticated because sending station is leaving (or has left) IBSS or ESS (3), rssi:0

I have hope that this will be a bigger success than the XT8. So much so, I have asked my brother to see if he can sell them….

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. Superhands Said:

Sounds like a great deal you found. Have you confirmed in the ui that it is indeed only the first node that uses MLO?

If using wireless backhaul you may find you have better performance using fewer nodes if the WiFi signal strength itself isn’t a problem with fewer

From my initial testing, nodes have to be connected to the main unit for MLO.  I tried to connect my furthest away node to the other node and MLA went away.  There may be some workaround that I am not aware of, unless you have some information?

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I purchased from a local shop as ‘ex display’ – open boxed.  I think they may be closing down soon, so a bit apprehensive when buying.

I have registered it with Asus and registration expiry shows as 11/09/2027.  Not sure what that means.

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. UK Sentinel Said:

Congrats on your new purchase and sounds like a real bargain you found.

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

I thought the price was too good to be true when I made those initial silly setup mistakes.  I just could not pass on 3x BT10 for £508.  Hopefully I have not been scammed with a dodgy pack….

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. UK Sentinel Said:

Congrats on your new purchase and sounds like a real bargain you found.

No problem and great news on future Feedback, shall I start a new Topics called “ASUS ZenWiFi BT10 – Official Thread” or Rename this current Thread “ASUS ZenWiFi BT10 Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 7 System – Official Thread” or are you happy to leave Title as is and hope other BT10 owners contribute over time also

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

Happy for you to add official or change the name.  Whatever you think will make it easier for others to find.

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Looks like a new FW has released:

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/ZenWiFi%20BT10/FW_BT10_300610236921.zip?model=ZenWiFi%20BT10

ASUS ZenWiFi BT10 Firmware version 3.0.0.6.102_36921

Version 3.0.0.6.102_36921

59.73 MB

2025/02/19

SHA-256 ：6473AEAEF5A27D43E925B96F4581384CC88B2AD0FD7182A933C5A28C3E99F63C

Security:
1.Enhanced input parameter handling techniques to improve data processing stability and system security.
2.Enhance system access control mechanisms.

Bug Fixes and Enhancements：
1. Enhanced Client Connection Stability.
2. WPA Encryption Settings Update. Added new configuration options for WPA encryption, including the option to select AES for improved client compatibility. This setting can be found under “Network > Main Network”.
3. Improved AiMesh Backhaul Compatibility.

 

I manually updated to it and then went into the GUI and it updated to 3.0.0.6.102_36921-gab1ff70_1212-gaab6f_BB0B.  I think the one from Asus had _1207_

The web GUI seems to me to be less responsive than I am used to on the XT8’s.

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Took the plunge and bought the 3 pack.  Got a decent offer of £508 for the pack of 3.

Setting up with the app was a breeze after me being an idiot and plugging the ethernet cable from the router to the wrong port on the main BT10 .  I have done this so many times, not sure why I made that silly mistake – nearly 45 minutes of scratching my head.

Initial thoughts are underwhelming, not much improvement (if any) from my XT8 setup from the furthest room.

I will keep testing and then sell my 4x XT8’s (2 packs of 2) if the BT10 are not any worse.  At least the BT10’s will be ‘future proof’ for a few years

@UK Sentinel, should we make this the official thread for the BT10?  I am happy to provide feedback and if anyone else wants to as well that would be amazing?

Now waiting for Merlin to adopt the BT10, so that I can start my tinkering again….

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I am on 12 months Fixed November 24 V2.

Dreading what the tariffs will be when that expires.

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I have been trying to read up on the BT10.  It looks like the wireless backhaul has MLO.  If you have a 3 units, do both nodes connect with MLO?

There seems to be not much information on MLO and how that technology works.  Probably the initial users of this new tech will be guinea pigs.

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I do not use the guest wifi, it is always disabled.

Not had any issues for 43 days uptime.  I’ll just let it continue until something goes wrong and then do a reboot at some point

No issues in 43 days is amazing.

 

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Any ideas what this ‘error’ means?

It is repeated many times in the log:

 

Feb 24 09:45:05 kernel: ^[[0;33;41m[ERROR archer] archer_mcast_activate,577: ADD_PORT: WLAN SSID has already been added: egress_port 7, current 0x0006, new 0x0004^[[0m

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What a shame, it was being rumoured to happen for a while now.

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. UK Sentinel Said:

Great news, I am looking for a new Integrated Dishwasher currently and noted Haier had a couple of options, hence thought to check how your Haier Washing machine was performing.

Seems Haier is one of the better Chinese brands.

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

I did a lo of research before I bought it.  Haier has not disappointed at all.

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