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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
May 25, 2023

New - RAX35/38/40/42/43/45/50/54 Firmware Version 1.0.15.128 - Hot Fix Released

New Features: 05/24/2023 Support Speedtest server selection in web GUI. Support Unicode character for attached device name and router name. Bug Fixes: Fixes the issue where USB stick ca...
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microchip8
Master
May 26, 2023
Which RAX43 version you have? v1 or v2? I did the upgrade on mine (v1) and had absolutely no problems. No resets done or needed, WiFi works as previously. No issues.
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Twitchrot
Star
May 27, 2023

I have a V1 just to clarify.   Again, will do a full factory reset and start fresh to see if that makes a difference.   Glad the upgrade worked for you without issue.   

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    Twitchrot
    Star
    May 27, 2023

    Hi all,

     

    Have done a factory reset and reconfigured everything from scratch.   Even changed DHCP to allocate between 100-200 only.  

     

    The only issue it seems would be to do with the 5Ghz WIFI and the constant dropouts or disconnections, which ever way you want to see it.   Everything else seems to be solid which is great.

     

    Previously no issues with 5Ghz WIFI dropouts and all connections remained stable (connected for days/weeks).

    No issues on the 2Ghz network, connections remain stable and do not disconnect.

     

    5Ghz settings are all default out of the box.  

    Using WPA2

    Channel 44

    Mode: Up to 3600

    AX is enabled

    OFDMA is enabled

    Fragmentation Length: 2346

    CTS/RTS Threshold: 2347

    Long Preamble

    Explicit Beamforming: Enabled

    Disable PMF: Enabled

     

    Unit has been restarted since the update (couple of times) and any device that connects to the 5Ghz WIFI disconnects at random intervals (iPhone, iMac, Windows 11).  Even gone so far as restarting devices that are having connection issues as well.   All devices that connect to 5Ghz WIFI exhibit the same behaviour, regardless of type or OS.

     

    I have noticed that the log file shows a LOT of DHCP activity sometimes every 5 mins or so and sometimes for the same IP address.   Interested to see if anyone else is seeing a similar thing.   It doesn't seem to be related to IP address allocated to a particular device which is using 5Ghz WIFI but will do some more digging.

    • FURRYe38's avatar
      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      May 28, 2023

      What device seems to be repeating DHCP requests? 

      Can you turn this device off then see if the 5Ghz radio stops this drop out? 

       

      Is Smart Connect enabled or disabled? 

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        Twitchrot
        Star
        May 28, 2023

        Smart Connect is not on by default and disabled.

         

        I have isolated everything off the 5Ghz band and only have the one device connecting to it while troubleshooting.  

         

        The DHCP logs show something interesting for the one device that is connecting but as you will see below a number of devices are all doing the same thing regardless of WIFI band.  

         

        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:50:48
        [WLAN access rejected: incorrect security] from MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:50:44

         

        Further back in the logs there is multiple entries for the device connected that are from DHCP as well.

         

        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:36:49
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:36:48
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:35:39
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:35:36 

         

        The DHCP lease time seems to be really short as I can see the previous time this lease was renewed,

         

        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:45:05

         

        And previously to that,

         

        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:08:29
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:08:28
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:08:14
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:08:12
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:08:10
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:08:08
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:08:02
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:07:52
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.102)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:42, Sunday, May 28, 2023 08:06:35

         

        Other devices, connecting to 2GHz also have multiple DHCP entries which seems odd.

         

        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.136)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:36, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:46:43
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.136)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:36, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:46:40
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.136)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:36, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:44:37
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.136)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:36, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:44:15
        [DHCP IP: (192.168.0.136)] to MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:36, Sunday, May 28, 2023 14:44:12

         

        Thinking to rule out the DHCP SYN/ACK traffic I might assign a static address to the device on the 5Ghz network and see if it stays connected.