I uploaded the other models.
@RMerlin this is astonishing..
I have been watching this conversation for some time, because on an RT-AC86U, from 386.10, I have been getting (initially) an issue where at a certain moment (after about two weeks of uptime) the router would refuse any further connections on 2.4GHz. The "fix" was to power cycle the router (literally pull the power out). [
I know that others have said to cycle 2.4Ghz on/off and/or a reboot from the UI - but that just didn't work for me]
I started to get more insight into this issue, as I migrated through 386.11 and 386.12 - because I discovered that this was
not just a 2.4Ghz issue. It was as if, at the point at which 2.4Ghz wouldn't accept any new connections (it had about 30 max - and existing connections remained fine), I realised, that it wasn't accepting any new connections - via ethernet or Wifi. So I kind of got to thinking that maybe it wasn't a WiFi issue, just simply that the router wouldn't accept new connections OR would not provide a DHCP lease (I couldn't tell from the logs which).
So I upgrade all the way to 386.12 (when it was released) and the situation got progressively worse - to the point at which the router becomes completely and utterly unusable - doesn't accept wifi or any ethernet connections (windows marks ethernet as down - so I couldn't even connect to look at the logs). It has been this way for months (since 386.12 was released) - necessitating a full power-cycle every 6-7 days or so.
To be clear, this is stock, no tools, no scripts, no VPN. The ONLY config change I made, was on the DHCP side, to block just one IOT device from having internet access.
So today, I install RT-AC86U_386.12_1-g0251ee445a_ubi.w - because even being alpha, anything is better than what I have been wrestling with - right?
Obviously, it is early days - we'll know if this is more stable in a week or two, but why I call this astonishing is this:
I am in a small village in the countryside in the UK. The theoretical max we have in the village is 80Mbps up/20Mbps down FTTC - and my personal max (down the copper phone line approx 0.5 KM from the FTTC street cabinet) is 67Mbps - so any extra bandwidth I can wring out of this link, is always a bonus. Imagine my surprise with this alpha build when I find that:
1. My download speed has increased to 74Mbps.
2. Free memory has gone from 96MB to 226MB.
3. I haven't seen CPU go much over 10% on either core - and it is mostly tinkling along at around 3%
4. Temp is kind of unchanged (in a 20C environment) at around 86C
I just want to say a BIG thank you - loving your work!