nyxagamemnon
Regular Contributor
Asus is slacking for there Top of the line router. Usually it's around 30 days per firmware update it's going on 1 1/2 months now no new update. There's a crap ton of issues that need to be fixed...
PS Just heard from Asus Product Manager that they are targeting next week for a firmware release.
My GT-AC5300 has been rock solid no issues with it at all, I am using a firmware from http://www.52asus.com/thread-3053-1-1.html and no issues to speak off,
The website above requires you to make an account but I have uploaded the firmware on my google drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BysNvRrdmokWZFlrMGpXMEhPQW8/view?usp=sharing
Thanks..
I'm curious this has a 9 where mine (US) has a 3. Perhaps it's just a region thing..
GT-AC5300_9.0.0.4_382_12413-ga3258db_cferom_ubi
GT-AC5300_3.0.0.4_382_12184-g4a5d7783_cferom_ubi
Looks like a much later firmware.. are you sure it's compat with GT5300 ? Seems kinda generic.
Anyone with 1Gb internet connection here? Can you achieve 1Gb on your router (WAN-LAN)? In the review it achieved only 719 Mb/s WAN-LAN. Do your real-world tests confirm that?
Anyone with 1Gb internet connection here? Can you achieve 1Gb on your router (WAN-LAN)? In the review it achieved only 719 Mb/s WAN-LAN. Do your real-world tests confirm that?
My GT-AC5300 has been rock solid no issues with it at all, I am using a firmware from http://www.52asus.com/thread-3053-1-1.html and no issues to speak off,
The website above requires you to make an account but I have uploaded the firmware on my google drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BysNvRrdmokWZFlrMGpXMEhPQW8/view?usp=sharing
This weekend started out with me only getting 15 MB/sec transfer via both Lan to USB 3, and Wireless 867/867. What I did was unplug/plug the USB cables in. Then restarted the router. After that I made sure I did not go into the config even to browse, or make any changes.
All of a sudden, Boom - All weekend, I am getting a very solid 75 MB/sec wired or wireless. It's like there is a wall, I copied several batches of files, sizes of 300gig to 800gig. It stayed steady, did not drop, at 74.9 - 75 MB/sec.
So now that I kinda figured out how to deal with some of the quirks of this router, what is the real world max speeds I should be getting on 1gb Lan or 867/867 wireless connection.
Oh, did I mention, the AiCloud app now works to play files bigger than 4 gig via 4G to my cell. I was playing easily .MKV's as large as 30+ gigs. I can't really say what I did, I just stopped going in and out of the config and hitting Apply constantly. Maybe the new GUI and firmware is just that flaky, it doesn't like changes.
Where did you find this firmware? I asked asus for beta software and they said they didn’t have any.
I just did a Google search. These appear to be coming from Chinese ASUS forums. There appears to be an even more recent beta version GT-AC5300_9.0.0.4_382_15431-g7834041.
This version says it has more WiFi stability fixes.
I don't mind living on the edge, but I'm not sure I want to install firmware on my Wi-Fi router from sources that I don't fully trust.
I've actually hit over 800mbps for WAN-LAN with a 1gbps connection. It's lowered drastically if I enable QoS.
I'm sure there are other factors as well.
Frankly speaking, there are so many firmware issues with this router at the moment that it's hard to say if we're even seeing full performance at all at any time.
Bonding is broken, QoS is broken, random intermittant stalling, and more.
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