We have liftoff

[RMerlin]

 

[HorseCalledHorse]

Exciting news! So does this mean you think the 3006 firmware is at a point now where it's an improvement over 3004 on these devices?

 

[DJones]

Great news. Is asus at the point of determining whether more devices (and which) will be ported over to 3.0.0.6? I understand 3.0.0.6 is or was developing still and was spotty at best on current routers using the latest version.

 

[RMerlin]

Exciting news! So does this mean you think the 3006 firmware is at a point now where it's an improvement over 3004 on these devices?

It has more features for sure. I don't know however how bug-free these new feature are at this point, I haven't been keeping track. Too many unique scenarios that might possibly still cause issues, where people try to make some really weird setups that nobody but them ever considered doing... All I can say is that 3006 has been working fine for me on my RT-BE96U.

Some people just like enabling every single feature they can see until at some point something crashes down.

Great news. Is asus at the point of determining whether more devices (and which) will be ported over to 3.0.0.6? I understand 3.0.0.6 is or was developing still and was spotty at best on current routers using the latest version.

Asus hasn't announced any plans to upgrade any other WIfi 6 devices to 3006 beside those based on HND 5.04/BCM4912 CPU.

 

[GaselK]

based on HND 5.04/BCM4912 CPU

This means ?
SDK HND 5.04: kernel 4.19
ZenWiFi Pro XT12
GT-AX6000
GT-AXE16000
GT-AX11000_PRO
RT-AX86U_PRO
RT-AX88U_PRO

 

[CaptnDanLKW]

Two competing and conflicting thoughts right now.
OH YEA!!!
...
OH NO!!!

Ironic.

 

[szymko]

It has more features for sure. I don't know however how bug-free these new feature are at this point, I haven't been keeping track. Too many unique scenarios that might possibly still cause issues, where people try to make some really weird setups that nobody but them ever considered doing... All I can say is that 3006 has been working fine for me on my RT-BE96U.

Some people just like enabling every single feature they can see until at some point something crashes down.


Asus hasn't announced any plans to upgrade any other WIfi 6 devices to 3006 beside those based on HND 5.04/BCM4912 CPU.

Do you think there are any chances for update for BCM4908-based routers like RT-AX86U?

 

[RMerlin]

Do you think there are any chances for update for BCM4908-based routers like RT-AX86U?

As I said:

Asus hasn't announced any plans to upgrade any other WIfi 6 devices to 3006 beside those based on HND 5.04/BCM4912 CPU.

 

[STRUZZIN]

Just curious will we be able to test this soon ?
I have an AX88U Pro I can help check for issues.

 

[RMerlin]

Just curious will we be able to test this soon ?
I have an AX88U Pro I can help check for issues.

Should be. I got the last missing model GPL late last night, and I fixed the compiling issues affecting some of these models just before going to bed. I still need to ensure that they do boot properly. So far I only tested the RT-AX88U_PRO and RT-AX86U_PRO.

It will depend on how the other models go when I test flashing each of them individually.

Another gain from 3006: Asus has increased nvram from 128 KB to 192 KB for these WIfi 6 Pro models.

 

[Mutzli]

Looks like it comes with new WiFi drivers too.

 

[RMerlin]

Looks like it comes with new WiFi drivers too.

I don't remember what the previous version was. Don't base it just on the date tho, that only indicates the date Asus compiled them for the GPL archive. I did see a number of changes at the SDK and kernel level, so that's possible.

 

[RMerlin]

For addon developers (like @thelonelycoder ), do make sure that you don't determine if a router is on 3006 based just on its model, but on its actual version, i.e. check the firmver nvram content.

 

[Mutzli]

The old one is version 17.10.121.41

 

[Darkje]

@RMerlin cant wait bro. Ax86u pro ready to test/load fw. Great job and thanks for your effort.

 

[PoliteWaifer]

Incredible! Does this mean RT-AX88U will use the same GPL as well?

 

[Analog-1]

Incredible! Does this mean RT-AX88U will use the same GPL as well?

No just the Pro model.

 

[dave14305]

I don't know however how bug-free these new feature are at this point

What news, if any, on bwdpi?

 

[RMerlin]

What news, if any, on bwdpi?

The bwdpi issues were specific to Wifi 7 models AFFAIK, unrelated to the firmware codebase itself.

 

[dave14305]

The bwdpi issues were specific to Wifi 7 models AFFAIK, unrelated to the firmware codebase itself.

Are those WiFi 7 models still broken? Will the QoS Classification page function again on 3006.102.4?

EDIT: refreshing my memory with commit history, I see the page is hidden for wifi7 models.