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SAM_the_GAM
May 29, 2020Luminary
New Firmware Released RAX80 1.0.3.88
Bug Fixes: Fixes the issue where the wireless transmit power does not match the percentage set by the “Transmit Power Control” setting, which is on the of Advanced-Wireless-Settings page of the rou...
magfred
Jun 02, 2020Guide
Just want to chime in with my experience using 1.0.3.88 for the last few days. From the client side it has been great, my wifi 6 units have been working flawlessy with WPA3 enabled. in short, no dicernable disconnects etc to report from the end user point of view.
When digging a little deeper the RAX80 still present some peculiarities, though. First a little about my setup: Internet -> ISP provided cable modem/router in bridge mode -> RAX80 (with AX, OFDMA & MU-MIMO all enabled) -> Netgear MS510TX switch connected to all wired clients. For further context; I live in an appartment building with around a dosen networks "fighting for supremacy", but using wifi 6 and a channel without much congestion wifi has been stable.
Now the peculiarities:
- The "Show statistics" page on the advanced home screen still show intermittent WAN drops/reconnects (about once every 24 hours). Strangely I have yet to find corresponding log entries in the ISP modem or the RAX80 log.
- The connected LAN port also seems to reconnect/drop from time to time, albeit less frequent than the WAN port. No log entries for these drops show up in the router log, nor the switch log either.
- Trying to disable the "inlude known DoS attacks and Port scans" log category results in a ERR_CONNECTION_RESET page when clicking apply.
- The "Attached devices" page is clearly an improvement, yet I still find it somewhat unpredictable. Devices seem to linger in this list long after they have been turned off/disconnected, even after pressing refresh several times. Also, depending on how you view the list (router web view or Nighthawk app), the number of devices may also differ.
I have no idea if the log or the statistics view are correct, but there are clearly some discrepancies between them. In general this firmware release has been nice, just some oddities evident for the network tinkerers among us.
magfred
Jun 02, 2020Guide
I forgot to mention that I also did a factory reset after upgrading.
- NmouneimneJun 02, 2020Apprentice
When was WPA3 added to the RAX80?
- magfredJun 03, 2020Guide
In the 1.0.3.88 release, even though it isn't listed in the release notes.
- SAM_the_GAMJun 03, 2020Luminary
WAN / LAN disconnections / reconnections are still occuring but not occuring as often like on previous firmware.