Hi
@RMerlin any plans to add the new ROG GT6 to your list of supported models in the future? I just purchased a pair, but the “initial” firmware (22233) is a mess when it comes to playing nice with other mesh broadcasters in their Wi-Fi 6 line.
I have a GT-AX11000 Pro as my main router, with your 388.1 firmware installed. I had been using five ZenWifi XT9s with native ASUS firmware (22068) as mesh nodes on a wireless backhaul, using channel 173 on the U-NII-4 spectrum on the 160mhz channel width with excellent results. Seamlessly, to be frank—I’m delighted!
I thought I would try replacing a couple of my XT9s with GT6s in a couple of rooms where I have a number of streaming/gaming clients, to take advantage of their 4X4 antenna configurations and their proposed 4804 mpbs throughout on the 5GHz-1 band (as opposed to the 2X2 configuration on the XT9s).
On initial setup, with the shipped firmware, they seemed to work beautifully. The native firmware was something in the 3.0.0.4.388.21XXX range—I only saw it briefly before I made the mistake of reflexively updating to the 22233 release. Strangely, the ASUS website claims that this version is the “initial firmware release”, but that is clearly not true, based on what mine shipped with.
As soon as I did the firmware update, the GT6s refused to connect to my GT-AX11000 Pro with your 388.1 build, despite showing that they were recognized and set up without incident. They would only bind to one of the other XT9 nodes, with a weak connection, and when I ran optimization they would drop off entirely and stay indefinitely in the flashing blue light of death.
I’ve searched everywhere trying to locate that 21XXX stock firmware version without any luck. I have no choice but to either return them or wait for a future firmware release either for your GT-AX11000 Pro build or for the GT6s themselves. If you have any troubleshooting suggestions I’d appreciate it!
As an aside, do you have any plans to add the 160mhz channel width and the U-NII-4 channels to your Wi-Fi Radar solution in the future?
Thanks as always for all the great work you do.
—Steve Klemow