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New firmware for AX8 1.0.1.56 available and not good results
Updated to the new firmware and it lowered my Wi-Fi speed. I have Comcast blast 250 Mbits. With 1.0.1.40 I was getting 300 Mbits down and with new firmware my speeds lowered to 50-70 Mbits. Back to 1...
I found the problem. Login and change the 5g wireless channel to 153 and the mode to 2400Mbit. For some reason the new firmware changes this. All is back to normal now with my wireless speed which is back to 300Mbits.
you're beta testing still. People rushing immediately to get the latest and greatest instead of waiting to mature are virtually always beta testing, especially firmware-wise
Same results here too. Went from 450 to 120 and that's with an ethernet connection, not wifi.