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schplat
Feb 14, 2026Aspirant
CAX 80 injecting malformed TCP RSTs
I have a CAX80 that appears to be actively interfering with and terminating encrypted TLS connections by injecting malformed TCP Reset (RST) packets. This occurs even with the following disabled: ...
schplat
Feb 15, 2026Aspirant
What FW version is loaded on the CAX80?
v5.1.1.8
Is your laptop wireless or ethernet connected?
Wireless
Brand and model# of the wireless or ethernet adapter on the laptop?
$ sudo lspci -v -s 00:14.3 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) AX211 160MHz 2x2 [Garfield Peak] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 13 Memory at 618d1d4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [40] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, IntMsgNum 0 Capabilities: [80] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=16 Masked- Capabilities: [100] Latency Tolerance Reporting Capabilities: [164] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0010 Rev=0 Len=014 <?> Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi
Drivers for adapters up to date?
$ sudo dmesg | grep iwl | grep -m 1 firmware [ 5.046536] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 89.df9556fc.0 so-a0-gf-a0-89.ucode op_mode iwlmvm $ modinfo iwlwifi | grep ^filename filename: /lib/modules/6.18.7-arch1-1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko.zst
Which ISP are you connected too [sic}?
Xfinity
Happens with a different PC or laptop?
Hard to reproduce, the things that I can use to reproduce are tied to my work, and my laptop is the only thing that can interface with work resources at that level. I can connect to my phone hotspot, disconnect the phone from WiFI, and the problem goes away.
Wireless configuration on the CAX80?
Forums not letting me post a screenshot. AX enabled, Smart Connect disabled, 2.4GHz Enabled, WPA2-PSK [AES}, 5 GHz enabled, different SSID than 2.4, same security settings.