Beta GT-AXE16000 9.0.0.6.102_4856 New Beta Firmware Release Notes

[d5aqoep]

More than a year for a beta cycle means it's a failed beta.

 

[L&LD]

Or, it means it works as expected (i.e. Asus' expectations).

 

[cc666]

More than a year for a beta cycle means it's a failed beta.

Thats totaly not true, if it was failed it would have been taken down, like they did with other beta firmwares. I agree with L&LD's comment.

CC

 

[RaveBoy]

Interested to see how the vlan's are working so quite tempted to go with this beta.

Any issues with AiMesh, on this beta ? I'm not reading complains so assuming it's working ...

 

[ryan806]

The beta is the only firmware that works fine for me, I tried the latest stock and merlin firmware and I get this message.

Your ISP's DHCP does not function correctly

Update: The message is appearing on the beta now so it must be an ISP issue.

 

[ronan_zj]

my only complaint is AXE16000 does not enable UNII-4 channels on 5G-2 while the sale feature clearly states 3 160Mhz channel in 5G. my wireless AIMesh with 5G-2 channel at 160Mhz is not stable at all. Just hope the next firmware would have a significant update. ( my AX11000Pro and XT8s get more firmware update than my AXE16000). Both of my AXE16000 and AX11000Pro are on Beta, and I may flash it back to regular one later this week.

 

[OzarkEdge]

I don't think that graphic is correct for the U-NII-3 (ch149-165) and U-NII-4 (ch169-177) bands(?)

OE

 

[ronan_zj]

its my understanding that 1st 160Mhz channel matches UNII-1 and UNII-2, the 2nd 160Mhz Channel matches UNII-3, then 3rd 160Mzh channel matches UNII-4. the top screenshot is from AXE16000 Asus website directly. Similar photos for AX11000Pro and GT6. see my screenshot below

 

[RMerlin]

my only complaint is AXE16000 does not enable UNII-4 channels on 5G-2 while the sale feature clearly states 3 160Mhz channel in 5G

You don't need UNII-4 to offer 3 160 MHz channels.

Their marketing claim is correct - they do allow three 160 MHz channels, provided your region supports it.

Retroactively adding new frequencies isn't always possible. It requires re-certifing the device with the FCC for the new frequencies if these wreen't already validated.

 

[ronan_zj]

You don't need UNII-4 to offer 3 160 MHz channels.

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Their marketing claim is correct - they do allow three 160 MHz channels, provided your region supports it.

Retroactively adding new frequencies isn't always possible. It requires re-certifing the device with the FCC for the new frequencies if these wreen't already validated.

thanks for the clarification. I thought the 3 extra channels were 167.173 and 177. I was just suprised that XT8 could get recertified while AXE16000 a premium line didn't get it.

 

[RMerlin]

I was just suprised that XT8 could get recertified while AXE16000 a premium line didn't get it.

Odd indeed. Maybe it was already certified up to that higher frequency, or they could request a status change that didn't require an expensive recertification. I don't know.

Very few client devices will support UNII-4, so using that band might not be very reliable I suspect, even if the router did support it.

 

[ronan_zj]

Odd indeed. Maybe it was already certified up to that higher frequency, or they could request a status change that didn't require an expensive recertification. I don't know.

Very few client devices will support UNII-4, so using that band might not be very reliable I suspect, even if the router did support it.

To me, its the 5G-2 wireless backhaul at 160Mhz, UNII-4 provide Non DFS channels, so channel won't get disconnected so often. with 160Mhz and nonDFS channels, I could get stable 1700-2000Mbps PHY rate without disconnection. Otherwise, I really don't care about UNII-4 bands