Asus BT10 - still not stable at all even after latest firmware - been tinkering for months - high frustration

[jzchen]

@citizengris I have very few IoTs in comparison, but sharing my BE router settings for 2.4 GHz...

 

[raven-au]

So this one works better with Wi-Fi 7, MLO, single SSID, WPA2/WPA3, etc? This is a Qualcomm hardware set and mesh features are built in what they call Networking Pro platform. What is working there is actually coming from Qualcomm. In Asus case AiMesh is additional software on top of whatever Broadcom provided in their black box closed source software. Perhaps the main source of issues and slow fixing over time. I remember XT8 users were looking for stable firmware for like 2 years after release.

I don't think the vendor SDKs are black boxes.
I believe (I haven't actually looked recently) AiMesh has been kept closed by ASUS but I don't think that's part of the board SDK.
Some of the kernel modules used for drivers (eg. WiFi) are binary only but the firmware is built mostly from source, you can see what's what by looking at the Merlin gitbub repository to see what the SDK is made up of, there are several versions of the SDK that have been added as support for newer models have been added.
I doubt the Qualcomm SDK is any different, they won't be contributing their WiFi 7 chipset driver source to the Linux kernel yet although I get the impression Qualcomm is more willing to contribute than Broadcomm.
But I digress ...

 

[raven-au]

You may need to solve wireless cameras bandwidth issue. They are eating up most of what's available as bandwidth on the 2.4GHz channel. All your routers are on the same channel, they see each other and wait to transmit data. Single heavy on 2.4GHz band node will negatively affect the entire network. Outdoor wired and dedicated to cameras APs on different 2.4GHz channel may help.

The Orbi 970 series kit, also Quallcomm based, work well too but it is so limited in configuration options there's no way to make the Nintendo switches in our house connect to the 5GHz instead of 2.4GHz, a real problem for local LAN game play.

 

[Tech9]

They are all in what I call "Easy Button" category. Perhaps the better option for average consumer user.

 

[raven-au]

They are all in what I call "Easy Button" category. Perhaps the better option for average consumer user.

LOL, indeed, and that's the attraction of the ASUS devices, they have quite a comprehensive and flexible interface, and most of the time, in the long run, the firmware settles well.
This recent Pro / non-Pro division caused by the differing regional usage policies has really caused a problem for just about everyone but I think ASUS may be most affected.
For example Merlin WiFi 7 support, the number of different devices because of this makes it so much more difficult to add a broad range of these new devices.

 

[Broken Hope]

I had lots of problems with a GT98, my Sonos gear refused to work properly over WiFi with it, all problems went when I changed to an Orbi 970, single router no satellites.

 

[raven-au]

Even with a single main network with only 2.4Ghz band enabled and nothing else (no secondary network, no wifi7 no mlo - nothing) seems to be too much to ask... Neither my MacStudio or Iphone can manage to stay connect to it... it cycles and roams, but nothing...

Could we maybe start there ? If that by itself does not work... I don't think anything will...

Hi, glad to see you again.

It's a pity we don't have someone else with a BT10.
Even though the hardware is very similar and the SDK the firmware is built from should be the same, as @Tech9 says, not having the exact same makes it really hard to check things.

The other thing here is that while I have several iDevices we (at our home) don't rely on them as our primary devices.
But I have seen a number of cases here were people have been having WiFi problems with iDevices.
That just makes working out what's going on a lot more difficult when you have possibly got more than one problem which I think is the case.
Also, from what I see there are a number of people waiting for new firmware to resolve the iDevice problems and I also see similar problem reports for other routers that I use so it looks to be primarily an Apple problem and not restricted to the Braodcomm WiFi 7 firmwares.

For me, while it may be too early to tell, It turns out that using a UPS was a problem for me and plugging the router into a wall outlet appears to have helped, but at least another 24 hours is needed though.
I'm now not sure that setting the Modulation scheme made much difference after the power supply change but that change on the 2.4GHz wireless should not cause a problem for IoT devices either (although it might limit performance a bit for devices using later WiFi standards).
I always set the wireless channel to a set value for the 2.4GHz of 1, 6 or 11 since the auto setting has been known be less than perfect.
I'm also still using 20MHz only on 2.4GHz and I think that helps with my IoT devices.
I'm also now not sure (after the power supply change) that WiFi 7 and MLO settings are a problem but having said that within the next 6-9 hours a bunch of my IoT devices will probably drop off the network or start having flaky responses,

Anyway, all this is certainly a problem and I wish I could be more help but, to a large extent, I'm in the same situation.