[RT-AX88U] Beta firmware

[spritezf]

Do you also place the beta firmware of the GT-AX11000?

No FW for GT-AX11000 on hand yet

New beta FW for RT-AX88U
RT-AX88U_9.0.0.4_384_5787-g0fcfebf_cferom_ubi.w:
https://www.asuswebstorage.com/navigate/a/#/s/634D1E556CE34A1AB7E4C968183B35E6Y

and you can download an official FW V3.0.0.4.384_5644 from ASUS Janpen web site.

 

[doc octopus]

Thank you.

 

[AndyD]

RT-AX88U beta 5787 cant connect as aimesh node on GT-AX11000
One can connect as aimesh node using previous beta (or release firmware) and upgrade from that

 

[AdrianSz]

I am using the beta firmware for RT-AX88U since last night.
Three spontaneous reboots during the night.
The reason I changed to this firmware is because I get kernel crash every second day with the original 3.0.0.4.384_5640 ASUS firmware.

Any idea where to post this feedback/syslogs to developers?

Feb 19 04:40:25 kernel: CONSOLE: 045989.757 wl0: wlc_ampdu_tx_recv_delba: AMPDU OFF: tid 0 initiator 0 reason 1
Feb 19 04:41:40 kernel: CONSOLE: 046106.456 wl1: wlc_ampdu_tx_recv_delba: AMPDU OFF: tid 0 initiator 0 reason 39
Feb 19 04:41:43 kernel: CONSOLE: 046109.378 wl1.0: wlc_send_bar: for 14:4f:8a:a7:eb:7b seq 0x6cd tid 0
Feb 19 04:43:02 kernel: CONSOLE: 046146.447 wl0.0: wlc_send_bar: for b0:72:bf:ee:e7:9f seq 0x1cd tid 0
May 5 07:05:09 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.24.1 (2019-02-14 13:53:34 CST)

I didn't see anything obvious in the syslog.

 

[L&LD]

I am using the beta firmware for RT-AX88U since last night.
Three spontaneous reboots during the night.
The reason I changed to this firmware is because I get kernel crash every second day with the original 3.0.0.4.384_5640 ASUS firmware.

Any idea where to post this feedback/syslogs to developers?

Feb 19 04:40:25 kernel: CONSOLE: 045989.757 wl0: wlc_ampdu_tx_recv_delba: AMPDU OFF: tid 0 initiator 0 reason 1
Feb 19 04:41:40 kernel: CONSOLE: 046106.456 wl1: wlc_ampdu_tx_recv_delba: AMPDU OFF: tid 0 initiator 0 reason 39
Feb 19 04:41:43 kernel: CONSOLE: 046109.378 wl1.0: wlc_send_bar: for 14:4f:8a:a7:eb:7b seq 0x6cd tid 0
Feb 19 04:43:02 kernel: CONSOLE: 046146.447 wl0.0: wlc_send_bar: for b0:72:bf:ee:e7:9f seq 0x1cd tid 0
May 5 07:05:09 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.24.1 (2019-02-14 13:53:34 CST)

I didn't see anything obvious in the syslog.

After flashing to the latest firmware you want to test, did you perform a full reset to factory defaults followed by a minimal and manual install?

You may just be carrying forward bugs that really are fixed in the latest firmware.

See the links in my signature for details.

 

[AdrianSz]

After flashing to the latest firmware you want to test, did you perform a full reset to factory defaults followed by a minimal and manual install?

You may just be carrying forward bugs that really are fixed in the latest firmware.

See the links in my signature for details.

No. I didnt. I switched the firmware without any factory reset.
I see what you mean by carrying forward bugs.

 

[AdrianSz]

I have now followed the "Minimal and manual install" for 9.0.0.4.384_5787.
Router restarted tonight, after around 5 hours:

Feb 21 03:05:54 kernel: CONSOLE: 164043.900 sp+ec 00011783
Feb 21 03:05:54 kernel: CONSOLE: 164043.900 sp+f4 0001291d
May 5 07:05:08 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.24.1 (2019-02-14 13:53:34 CST)
May 5 07:05:08 kernel: Kernel command line: coherent_pool=4M cpuidle_sysfs_switch pci=pcie_bus_safe rootwait

 

[AdrianSz]

I have now followed the "Minimal and manual install" for 9.0.0.4.384_5787.
Router restarted tonight, after around 5 hours:

Here is another reset:
Feb 22 07:20:31 acsd: acsd_watchdog(934): tick:85230
Feb 22 07:20:31 acsd: acs_update_assoc_info(1176): acs_update_assoc_info@1176
Feb 22 07:20:31 acsd: acs_update_assoc_info(1181): WLC_GET_ASSOCLIST
May 5 07:05:09 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.24.1 (2019-02-14 13:53:34 CST)
May 5 07:05:09 kernel: Kernel command line: coherent_pool=4M cpuidle_sysfs_switch pci=pcie_bus_safe rootwait

crashlog.log is empty.

Any idea which logs to look into, how to check various watchdogs, if they pull the reset signal?

 

[AdrianSz]

9.0.0.4.384_5787 is unstable for me. Its restarting router every day without any obvious reason.
Does anyone know the location of the source code for this beta firmware?
But also how to get in touch with developers of this beta track?

 

[Frankflash]

9.0.0.4.384_5787 is unstable for me. Its restarting router every day without any obvious reason.
Does anyone know the location of the source code for this beta firmware?
But also how to get in touch with developers of this beta track?

router_feedback@asus.com click on link
their is a feedback forum on the gui on the stock

 

[AdrianSz]

router_feedback@asus.com click on link
their is a feedback forum on the gui on the stock

I mailed them to the mail address.
But which feedback forum on the gui?
Thanks

 

[AdrianSz]

I got a kernel panic this morning with 9.0.0.4.384_5787 firmware.
This is not related to the previous restarts because I always checked the content of this file and it was empty until now.
/jffs/crashlog.log

Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks
CPU: 3 PID: 1113 Comm: watchdog Tainted: P O L 4.1.51 #20
Hardware name: Broadcom-v8A (DT)
Call trace:
[<ffffffc000087658>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x150
[<ffffffc0000877bc>] show_stack+0x14/0x20
[<ffffffc000518ac0>] dump_stack+0x90/0xb0
[<ffffffc00051678c>] panic+0x110/0x260
[<ffffffc0000f7b78>] watchdog+0x0/0x48
[<ffffffc0000dcca4>] hrtimer_run_queues+0x8c/0x1c8
[<ffffffc0000dc1bc>] update_process_times+0x2c/0x70
[<ffffffc0000e9f48>] tick_nohz_handler+0x80/0x108
[<ffffffc000371af0>] arch_timer_handler_phys+0x30/0x40
[<ffffffc0000d1ab0>] handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x78/0xa0
[<ffffffc0000cd5cc>] generic_handle_irq+0x34/0x50
[<ffffffc0000cd8dc>] __handle_domain_irq+0x5c/0xb8
[<ffffffc000080c18>] gic_handle_irq+0x38/0x90
Exception stack(0xffffffc02ddc7910 to 0xffffffc02ddc7a40)
7900: 3ffe6048 ffffffc0 00000000 00000080
7920: 2ddc7a60 ffffffc0 000eeb5c ffffffc0 00000003 00000000 3ffd0d00 ffffffc0
7940: 00000001 00000000 006fbb48 ffffffc0 00000001 00000000 fffffffe ffffffff
7960: 00000000 00000000 008639e8 ffffffc0 3e9e1188 ffffffc0 00000001 00000000
7980: 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
79a0: 00000020 00000000 00000000 00000000 00185f88 ffffffc0 00000000 00000000
79c0: 00000000 00000000 3ffe6048 ffffffc0 3ffe6040 ffffffc0 006fb000 ffffffc0
79e0: 006fba54 ffffffc0 006f1000 ffffffc0 00000001 00000000 00101478 ffffffc0
7a00: 00000000 00000000 006fba54 ffffffc0 00000004 00000000 2ddc7a60 ffffffc0
7a20: 000eeb2c ffffffc0 2ddc7a60 ffffffc0 000eeb5c ffffffc0 80000145 00000000​

...

[<ffffffc000083f00>] el1_irq+0x80/0xf8
[<ffffffc0000eed1c>] on_each_cpu_mask+0x3c/0xa8
[<ffffffc000101bac>] drain_all_pages+0x104/0x120
[<ffffffc0001043c8>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x380/0x6a0
[<ffffffc000138c88>] cache_alloc_refill+0x350/0x610
[<ffffffc0001390e8>] kmem_cache_alloc+0xa0/0xd8
[<ffffffc00013fb68>] get_empty_filp+0x68/0x160
[<ffffffc00014c568>] path_openat+0x38/0x5c0
[<ffffffc00014dbe8>] do_filp_open+0x30/0x98
[<ffffffc00013d3a0>] do_sys_open+0x148/0x230
[<ffffffc000185f94>] compat_SyS_openat+0xc/0x18​

...

CPU: 2 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Tainted: P O L 4.1.51 #20
Hardware name: Broadcom-v8A (DT)
Call trace:
[<ffffffc000087658>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x150
[<ffffffc0000877bc>] show_stack+0x14/0x20
[<ffffffc000518ac0>] dump_stack+0x90/0xb0
[<ffffffc00008df10>] handle_IPI+0x190/0x1a0
[<ffffffc000080c68>] gic_handle_irq+0x88/0x90
Exception stack(0xffffffc00dfcfdc0 to 0xffffffc00dfcfef0)
fdc0: 42bd05e8 00000945 00000000 00000080 0dfcff10 ffffffc0 0036f5e4 ffffffc0
fde0: 42bd05e8 00000945 f0000000 006c2f69 02e562da 00000000 14000000 00000000
fe00: 01348b24 00000000 00000018 00000000 e8000000 003243b0 223c0670 00000945
fe20: 0dfc3a70 ffffffc0 0dfcfec0 ffffffc0 f73ca000 00000000 00000000 00000000
fe40: ff88e754 00000000 ff88e768 00000000 f73c34d0 00000000 00000000 00000000
fe60: 000f57b8 ffffffc0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 42bd05e8 00000945
fe80: 3ffd52f8 ffffffc0 00000001 00000000 00000001 00000000 42bbe0a0 00000945
fea0: 0dfcc000 ffffffc0 00839000 ffffffc0 006f0000 ffffffc0 3ffd52f8 ffffffc0
fec0: 0072ca30 ffffffc0 0dfcff10 ffffffc0 0036f5dc ffffffc0 0dfcff10 ffffffc0
fee0: 0036f5e4 ffffffc0 60000145 00000000
[<ffffffc000083f00>] el1_irq+0x80/0xf8
[<ffffffc00036f6e8>] cpuidle_enter+0x18/0x20
[<ffffffc0000c63f4>] cpu_startup_entry+0x1ec/0x250
[<ffffffc00008d990>] secondary_start_kernel+0x150/0x178
SMP: failed to stop secondary CPUs​

 

[Frankflash]

I mailed them to the mail address.
But which feedback forum on the gui?
Thanks

after you sign in down the botton by help @ support Utility Product Reg App Sent feedback click on send feedback and fill out your info etc

 

[AdrianSz]

after you sign in down the botton by help @ support Utility Product Reg App Sent feedback click on send feedback and fill out your info etc

Are you talking about signing in to ASUS account at asus.com and issue product support case (which I have done, but these guy tells you to restart the router ) ?
I dont find any "Send feedback" button.

 

[Grisu]

Are you talking about signing in to ASUS account at asus.com and issue product support case (which I have done, but these guy tells you to restart the router ) ?
I dont find any "Send feedback" button.

beliebe me or not, but you will never be happy with your router or get any support by them other than prepaired standard answers - like me, so I just sold all of them and changed to a working and reliable solution.

 

[AdrianSz]

beliebe me or not, but you will never be happy with your router or get any support by them other than prepaired standard answers - like me, so I just sold all of them and changed to a working and reliable solution.

Yes, those standard answers are disappointing and made me doubt alot finally ending up in this interesting place. I would not even qualify it as "Technical support", but everything is relative.
I am still in evaluation phase. Right now, all firmwares I tried are shaky on my AX88U device. Could be the hardware problems so perhaps I will return it and get a new one. But since nobody can comment on the stack traces & syslog output it is hard to judge.

Grisu, which path did your heart guided you to go?

 

[Grisu]

It may not be helpful for you if you need some advanced features from Merlin.

I got a Fritzbox 7590 (modemrouter) from provider, so I use previous 7582 as mesh node and going to buy one more 7590 (or cheap 7530 or 1750E-repeater) in mesh too.
This 7590 got no AX, but 160MHz bandwith in AC-mode perfect for my Intel AC9260 and doulbing speed (compared to 80MHz).
Mesh ist JUST RUNNING SMOOTH!!!
Guest-WiFi supported on nodes.
NAS on router (USB-HDD) without troubles (not usable on Asus).
Secured DDNS access to router and intranet from outside well done too.
Everything just running fine without faults, thats what I want to have, no hassle anymore!
All the basic stuff I need is runing like advertised, exatly what I want to.

Its time for me to say goodbye to all in this forum ...

 

[AdrianSz]

It may not help for you if you need some advanced features from Merlin.

I got a Fritzbox 7590 (modemrouter) from provider, so I use previous 7582 as mesh node and going to buy one more 7590 (or cheap 7530 or 1750E-repeater) in mesh too.
This 7590 got no AX, but 160MHz bandwith in AC-mode perfect for my Intel AC9650 and doulbing speed (compared to 80MHz).
Mesh ist JUST RUNNING SMOOTH!!!
Guest-WiFi supported on nodes.
NAS on router (USB-HDD) without troubles (not usable on Asus).
Secured DDNS access to router and intranet from outside well done too.
Everything just running fine without faults, thats what I want to have, no hassle anymore!
All the basic stuff I need is runing like advertised, exatly what I want to.

Its time for me to say goodbye to all in this forum ...

I have not tried the 160Mhz mode on router which is one of few chips such as Intel AC9650 offer. I just recently replaced wifi chip to AC7260. Couldn't go for AC9650 due to pcie mid-size in my old laptop.
Sounds like an interesting setup, thanks for sharing. But are your clients getting the announced speeds? Since it took me some time to get 866 mbit handshaked for my 7260 chip in linux mint. And I tried all the nasty ***t, including VFIO & PCI passthrough & ip forwarding to win10 VM since intel driver performance claimed better under windows.

 

[Grisu]

I have not tried the 160Mhz mode on router which is one of few chips such as Intel AC9650 offer. I just recently replaced wifi chip to AC7260. Couldn't go for AC9650 due to pcie mid-size in my old laptop.
Sounds like an interesting setup, thanks for sharing. But are your clients getting the announced speeds? Since it took me some time to get 866 mbit handshaked for my 7260 chip in linux mint. And I tried all the nasty ***t, including VFIO & PCI passthrough & ip forwarding to win10 VM since intel driver performance claimed better under windows.

 

[AdrianSz]

View attachment 16391

Did you generate those? How to understand this?