AiMesh for Tri-band routers: RT-AC5300, GT-AC5300

[ggruszynski]

Is Anyone using 9.0.0.4.382_19612-g01e94f5 ? I didn't see it mentioned at all in this thread. That's what I'm currently using for my GT-5300 and so far Aimesh is working flawlessly with my AC88u and AC68W. (knock on wood) The new Beta dropped but as far as I can tell since I can't find patch notes it fixes an issue with a feature I don't use so I don't want to risk messing up my setup as its actually working without flaws at the moment.

Yes, what I’m using. Seemed to work fine with my 2 GT-AC5300’s prior to “upgrading” to what appeared to be an official beta (but was not). Have been unable to get it working since then.


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[cc666]

Is Anyone using 9.0.0.4.382_19612-g01e94f5 ? I didn't see it mentioned at all in this thread. That's what I'm currently using for my GT-5300 and so far Aimesh is working flawlessly with my AC88u and AC68W. (knock on wood) The new Beta dropped but as far as I can tell since I can't find patch notes it fixes an issue with a feature I don't use so I don't want to risk messing up my setup as its actually working without flaws at the moment.

Where can I d/l that version?

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[Skyler LaVey]

OK, so my frustration lies in the fact that I've spent ~$800 USD for 2 of these in good faith that this AiMesh would work. It was working fairly good, but after mistakenly loading a firmware posted here that had same ASUS naming convention, I haven't been able to get it working again. The router will discover the node and says it's been added, but won't show in the node list. Seems to be there as I did a firmware downgrade it seems successfully from the admin tab on the node. But network performance has been abysmal as of late, which shouldn't be the case with FTTH and the money invested in what should be superior hardware.

Clear your NVRAM, factory reset, use the Asus restore tool to put the last official firmware on the router, clear NVRAM, factory reset, then clear the NVRAM again. Don’t use AIMesh...yet.


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[ggruszynski]

Clear your NVRAM, factory reset, use the Asus restore tool to put the last official firmware on the router, clear NVRAM, factory reset, then clear the NVRAM again. Don’t use AIMesh...yet.


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Thanks. Had done all except using the restore tool. Will give that a try today.


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[xbladr]

You have only yourself to blame for any frustration. Even the released versions of AiMesh need work.

You should have gotten a clue from how long it has taken ASUS to work the kinks out of Lyra--a mesh system (allegedly) designed to work as a system and not a science experiment primarily aimed at goosing sales of older products.

"Good faith" and "trust" are not terms I would use in discussing Wi-Fi marketing.

I think the frustration comes from a $400 flagship router that doesn't even have a properly working official firmware outside of aimesh. I agree though I tested aimesh in the beta and have since gone away from it till actual progress and testing can be done. It's far from ready

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[ggruszynski]

I’m also looking forward to some progress on this next firmware. I hope it allows us to lock the backhaul to the 2nd 5ghz channel and then allows 2.4 and 5ghz 1st channel to be available for client connections.


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Will likely only use 5G-1 since that is the same channel set that dual-band routers would use, so would need the wireless backhaul to stay there for use with AiMesh. Assume that holds true for those sold abroad (located in US) as well.

 

[drabisan]

There are big pros and cons. I saw the node tends to use the same channel as router radio#1. But radio#1 chooses UNII1 or 2A while radio#2 most (if not all times) chooses UNII2C.
But power allowed by 2C is bigger than 1or 2A. By a factor of 4. Consequently coverage is nearly double. Subject to instability due to DFS, but that's a different beast.
So, in theory, if I would have 2 3 bands router with a wireless backhaul, I would love to be able to choose backhaul to be radio#2.

At least that's the theory. It remains a big deal for me I can't really choose the channels for both router and node since I have a perfect ethernet backhaul. Maybe in the future that will be possible.

 

[ggruszynski]

Yeah, using U-NII-1 here for 5G-1 (and backhaul for AiMesh) and U-NII-3 for 5G-2. So initially just set clients up to use 5G-2 until the firmware turns backhaul off once ethernet is manually selected. Big difference in power...50mW vs 250mW, so would seem node spacing based off lower power when using wireless backhaul would cause a lot of interference/ handoff issues on the higher power channel. Know the higher freq doesn't propagate as well, but don't think it requires that much more power to overcome those losses.

 

[cc666]

Can anyone tell me where I can D/L this beta firmware: 9.0.0.4.382_19612-g01e94f5

 

[ggruszynski]

Can anyone tell me where I can D/L this beta firmware: 9.0.0.4.382_19612-g01e94f5

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/o...r-rt-ac68u-rt-ac86u-rt-ac5300-rt-ac88u.40745/

Will point you to this link for download:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oqeaAefItZ3zKzuXrngo6rqfYwMhhF_U

 

[Wadadli]

OK 384 is out people. Now you can change your bitching from "where's the firmware" to "this firmware is terrible" !

 

[dwadj]

OK 384 is out people. Now you can change your bitching from "where's the firmware" to "this firmware is terrible" !

But first where's the link?

 

[Wadadli]

But first where's the link?

https://www.asus.com/Networking/RT-AC5300/HelpDesk_Download/

 

[ggruszynski]

Just go to the support page for your router. GT5300 is here:

https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/ROG-Rapture-GT-AC5300/HelpDesk_BIOS/

 

[tnrst1]

https://www.asus.com/Networking/RT-AC5300/HelpDesk_Download/

Here is the link if it doesn't show up in your browser yet:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-AC5300/FW_RT_AC5300_300438420287.ZIP

 

[dwadj]

https://www.asus.com/Networking/RT-AC5300/HelpDesk_Download/

Ok, but is RT not GT....
Let's hope GT firmware is coming too

 

[Jimmy Glenn]

Yeah not seeing GT


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[ggruszynski]

Yeah not seeing GT


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Go to support page for GT-AC5300. Click on Bios/ Firmware and it is there. AiMesh page hasn't been updated...still says coming soon.

 

[Jimmy Glenn]

All I see


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[dwadj]

All I see


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Yip latest still 382.15984
Already waiting several months so a few days won't matter right ...