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[jksmurf]

Some more observations re Asus's still flaky Network Table in a separate post.

I installed the Alpha on a Hard Reset RT-AX88U Pro that I picked up second hand for US$100 and re-entered all the settings from my screen caps, then added a RT-AX3000 as an AIMESH Node.

I thought I would post my trials and observations in a separate thread and link it from here as these are a bit long winded and include (inter-alia) issues that are not unknown, mainly surrounding the maximum no of Wifi Interfaces, which reached a maximum far earlier than I expected, essentially it seemed to limit the interface to ONE set per node?) and the Client List, which is ASUS closed source). They are also more in response to queries raised in that thread (which has an obscure subject line, apologies).

The big issue for me was a limited no of Wifi Interfaces, which seemed (with Two VLANs Guest and IoT), to be limited to one or the other (unless I am not setting it up right, see that post and these screencaps for details.

https://imgur.com/a/uubCRRN

 

[bennor]

@jksmurf, the use of red color for your comments in those images are basically unreadable (at least to me). May want to repost using a different color (brighter) for the text.

Edit to add: The whole Guest Network Pro feature feels half baked beta test, at least in the stock Asus firmware for the RT-AX86U Pro. In some cases it just doesn't work as one would expect. Good number of posts elsewhere about the wonky nature of Guest Network Pro in the 3006 firmware.

 

[jksmurf]

@jksmurf, the use of red color for your comments in those images are basically unreadable (at least to me). May want to repost using a different color (brighter) for the text.

Yeah sorry about that, brain fart; I think you’ll find the same comments (as the red ones) in more depth in the link to the response to the other thread.

[EDIT] Have redone the imgur screecaps with white text.

Edit to add: The whole Guest Network Pro feature feels half baked beta test, at least in the stock Asus firmware for the RT-AX86U Pro. In some cases it just doesn't work as one would expect. Good number of posts elsewhere about the wonky nature of Guest Network Pro in the 3006 firmware.

Yup …

 

[ryosuke]

Hi Guys,

afteer updating to this version. My guest network does not seem to have connection.. any ideas what should i look out for?

@RMerlin any idea what should i do? i reconfigure the guest network but when i try to connect to it. it says that it does not have any network?

 

[octopus]

@RMerlin any idea what should i do? i reconfigure the guest network but when i try to connect to it. it says that it does not have any network?

Please read first post in red.

 

[ryosuke]

Please read first post in red.

ohh alright.

 

[jerry6]

so far 30 0 0 6 works well on my GT AX1100 pro no problems changed my guest networks . Unlike the Asus 3006 FW this works thanks again for all the work you put in to bring us working FW

 

[maghuro]

Everything ok on gt-ax6000, except DNS for guest networks.
If "default" is chosen, clients don't have internet access.
Manually choosing a DNS provider solves the issue.

Also - controld doesn't catch guest wifi clients (maybe because guest wifi changes), but this is related to controld daemon, I think.

Edit: to anyone using YazFi (or if anyone used it on the past), please remove it and remove manually any traces of it. Uninstalling it kept traces of it on dnsmasq postconf and broke the guest networks.

 

[maghuro]

@RMerlin any idea what should i do? i reconfigure the guest network but when i try to connect to it. it says that it does not have any network?

Instead of "default" for DNS provider, choose one of the defined or manually add one.

 

[XIII]

Upgraded my GT-AX6000 from 3004.388.8_4. Everything seems to work fine so far (except for the already reported issues).

That was way more painless than I feared. Nice job!

Was thinking (before I upgraded) of going back to 3004.388.8_4 today as well, but I might keep 3006 for now.

 

[Adamm]

Upgrading to this firmware kills the wan on my GT-AXE16000 using automatic ip. Factory reset keeping all settings stock doesn’t resolve the issue either. Nothing obvious in syslog. I’ve also tried using both the 2.5G WAN port and 10G to rule that out. Downgrading resolves the issue and the connection works fine again.

Just adding to my previous post as it seems I’m the only one with reproducible connection issues. My provider has to whitelist third party routers when theirs is used in bridge mode. Does the 3006 branch change the routers MAC address in some way?

 

[RMerlin]

Just adding to my previous post as it seems I’m the only one with reproducible connection issues. My provider has to whitelist third party routers when theirs is used in bridge mode. Does the 3006 branch change the routers MAC address in some way?

Not that I'm aware of, but the new Multi WAN implementation might be affecting things. If using a DOCSIS modem, try powering it off for ~20 minutes to reset the connection with the ISP, or try cloning the MAC.

 

[Darkje]

So, i have internet on fibre. And i have it connected to the 2.5gb wan port. I need to tag vlan for internet under iptv. When i do so iam forced to use the 1gb port else the settings will not be set. This seems different since i have it connected on the 2.5gb port for like ... Ever.
Model: ax86u pro

 

[ryosuke]

Instead of "default" for DNS provider, choose one of the defined or manually add one.

Hi @maghuro

Thanks for the tips. This works. My guest network is back again after i added the DNS provider. You are a savior

 

[ryosuke]

anyway i noticed that the smart connect for this version only have tri-band. no longer just have 5Ghz 1 and 5Ghz 2 as well

 

[maghuro]

Another thing I noticed - I set a schedule on the guest wifi to work only on the weekend. Today is Monday. The wifi symbol on the guest network has a "/" on it (meaning it is disabled). However, it is enabled, with internet connection.

Edit: digging further, I discovered it has problems with aimesh nodes.
It is indeed turned of in the main routed, but on the node it is on. (RT-AC86U).
I know it says it may have some troubles synching with old nodes, but it was working flawlessly on 3004.

Edit 2: also, when guest is ON, the node only uses the 2.4g band for the guest. The 5g is off.
I have a guest network with both 2.4g and 5g. On 3004, I had two guests each of them using their own.

 

[jksmurf]

Edit 2: also, when guest is ON, the node only uses the 2.4g band for the guest. The 5g is off.
I have a guest network with both 2.4g and 5g. On 3004, I had two guests each of them using their own.

See my slr observations here (and the post following that here).

 

[Calkulin]

On my GT-AX11000 Pro setup in AP mode, if I setup a Guest network to use a VLAN, no device will connect to it. If I let it use the same subnet as main network, it works as it should. It almost seems like they are not getting DHCP but I'll have to do more testing today to verify if that's the issue. Also, the Aura RGB is turning back on with every wireless change I make and/or reboot.

EDIT: As suspected, no DHCP. Just getting a 169.x.x.x IP. I guess that makes sense being it's in AP mode and getting DHCP from the somewhere else

 

[jerry6]

guess I'm retarded can't get the guest network to work it will connect but no internet access had to ho back to the old 288.4 .The android devices my kids and wife use need some QR queer code to use the network Guest network is needed because wife and kids have over 200 hits on malicious sites that were blocked , don't need to take chances they could infect the network OR ROUTER

 

[purpleman]

Installed on my GT-AX6000. Everything worked pretty flawlessly. One thing I had to work around is if I set up a guest network in "VPN mode" and check the option to direct all traffic to the VPN -- clients connected get no Internet access.
I was able to work around that by setting this as a regular ("non-vpn") guest network and just use VPN director to direct all of that subnet to the VPN -- that worked fine.

Outside of that, everything I played and tinkered with worked great. Amazing work and thank you!