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Thanks for the response. Do you mind telling me if I’ve done it correctly please ? (see attached screenshot)

 

 

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Same here,. had an uptime of 2 months and did the update on both BQ16’s last night. All well and see how it goes, have been rock stable so far

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I have a pair of Asus BQ16’s and just updated their firmware to the latest yesterday (only released a couple days ago). Should I be blocking those specific IPs as per the article to be safe or ?

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Thanks, downloaded

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. Grisu Said:

And what is bad with this one?
https://www.asus.com/de/networking-iot-servers/whole-home-mesh-wifi-system/zenwifi-wifi-systems/asus-zenwifi-bq16/helpdesk_bios?model2Name=ASUS-ZenWiFi-BQ16
direct download: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/ZenWiFi_BQ16/FW_ZenWiFi_BQ16_300610236869.zip?model=ZenWiFi%20BQ16

ok, understand, fw file is faulty and much smaller than it should be (zip is corrupted)
Just wait that it will be corrected.

Seems pro and non-pro get different FWs, I wouldnt try to install pro, but probably it would be refused anyway.

Unfortunately it gives an error when you try to download it “404 Not Found”

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I would, but although it’s likely they are the same (BQ16 Pro & BQ16), I’m not sure and it’ll be better to wait. I’m not in a rush anyway.

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. UK Sentinel Said:

Changelog for ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16

Firmware version 3.0.0.6.102_36869

Release Note:
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.
4. Strengthened certificate protection, providing enhanced data security.

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This is good news, unfortunately when i try to download it it gives a “404 Not Found” blank page….

FYI i try to download it from here: https://www.asus.com/uk/supportonly/zenwifi%20bq16%20/helpdesk_bios/

Any idea ?

 

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. UK Sentinel Said:

ASUS will offer security update support to the networking products complied with UK PSTI(Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act) until the date specified below.

The PSTI came into affect on the 29th Apr 2024, 4 years is the requirement but ASUS do usually go beyond that.

Note: frequency of updates is a totally different scenario

 

https://www.asus.com/uk/support/faq/1051929/

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Support for BQ16 until December 2026 ?!?!?!?! Seriously ? Must be a mistake… It comes with supposedly at least 3 year warranty but updates and security support for not even 2 years ?

 

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. UK Sentinel Said:

So ASUS have come kindly come back and said, Firmware release for the ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 and ASUS ZenWiFi BT10 …..

 

• ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 – BQ16 should be released in a few days
• ASUS ZenWiFi BT10 – by end of first QTR 2025

I will post changelog as soon as I receive it.

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Great, thanks for the update. To be honest, I bought a set of BT8s first but after some further research into these I realised that ongoing and up to date support would potentialy become problematic for the “lesser” versions long term (ie: the BT8 and BT10), so I returned the BT8 set and replcaed it with BQ16s in hoping that it would be better supported with firmware updates etc (although for my needs on paper the BT8 was more than capable and enough).

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. UK Sentinel Said:

Welcome and I will check with ASUS

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

Thanks for the welcome ! And I appreciate your input (main if not sole reason I have been lurking as guest these forums, decided to register now that I have the BQ16 setup).

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Any idea if the non Pro version of the BQ16 will also get any update for us in the UK?

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