Is there a way to update the RC3? Attended Sysupgrade is telling me the latest version is RC1 (which I'm on). Also had the same issue with RC2. 
No upgrade available
The device runs the latest firmware version 22.03.0-rc1 - r19302-df622768da
Looks like RC3 has not been enabled in the AUC server https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org/. It is unlikely to be enabled before official announcement of RC3 release.
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Unfortunately just had the infamous 5GHz disappearing issue happen on RC3.
It did last for a full week without disappearing though
Is this something that just you are experiencing? Or is this an issue that more people have? I have personally never experienced it, but I am still on an older snapshot.
I wonder the same thing. Never had any issues with 5 GHz wireless but I am on a recent master build.
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Same here on 2 devices - no issues with 5g
I have experienced it while on SNAPSHOT for many versions and all RC builds so far.
It was especially bad on r19616-98bb26f9f7 (SNAPSHOT) dmsg also included
The second post I linked talking about WPA3 only has solved the problems turned out only to be partially true. It only works if the 2.4GHz radio is disabled entirely.
If it matters I don't use software/hardware offloading. I do use Isolate clients mode.
I leave ipv6 as default.
Possibly the channel is causing it? 124 is a dfs channel at least here in the states (not sure about the regs in other countries). I haven't seen any 5ghz disappearances on the rc builds either, using wpa2/wpa3 sae mixed on one of the upper channels (148-165), although I've only been on rc3 for a day.
Oh yikes, I completely missed that! You may have been on to something, adjusted my channels. I'll report back if the issue occurs again.
Also try 80 MHz instead of 160 as this one doesnât support 160 stock and thereâs a lot of channels overlapping.
Is either of these routers still available in Europe? I bought one (Belkin rt3200) a few months ago, but I am unable to find either the e8450 or the rt3200 now that I want to buy a second one.
At least on Amazon FR and IT you can find one, in stock and better price on AMZ italy.
Here in the US same thing happened, I got the first one to set up for my sister, then went to find another for my own to play with, but no one had any (well, amazon had e8450s for like $200+, so NO).
I ended up going to the Belkin company website to search for "local distributors" or whatever, and saw that they were selling them direct. Got a first-time-user $10 coupon and picked up my second RT3200 for $90... Might be worth a try to see if they are doing direct sales in your locale.
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I imported mine from the States since it was so cheap there that with import and handling fees it was cheaper then buying one locally. However, hearing people from the US here, it seems like it's harder to source.
I got mine from ebay uk unfortunately came dead (it was a return). If anyone needs photos i can do some
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I think initially I was in 160MHz, but as of late I use 80MHz for same reason. Currently using 80MHz.
No issues so far but we'll see. Changed nothing except channel.
Would anyone happen to know if it's possible to disable the lan port leds on these routers? I don't see them listed in /sys/class/leds -
~# ls /sys/class/leds
**inet:blue** **inet:orange** **mt76-phy0** **power:blue** **power:orange**
so I'm assuming it's not possible, but just thought i'd see if anyone might know of a way.
Has anyone else observed 802.11ax speeds fall off dramatically with distance, much more so than 802.11ac?
My wife's MacBook Pro supports 802.11ax but I noticed her SpeedTest (Ookla) results were far slower than mine.
I disabled all networks and set up a single 802.11ax network just for her on channel 120 with 80mhz width.
Leaving the MacBook in the same location, her speeds on 802.11ax would be fairly abysmal. Changing the network from AX to AC would reliably increase her upload speeds by 4,586% from around 15 Mbps to 680 Mbps and download speeds by 78% from 330 to 480 Mbps.
Moving the laptop super close to the station would bring 802.11ax levels closer to 802.11ac, but is there any logical reason why speeds fall off so dramatically for 802.11ax over 802.11ac?
Observing this on both the development snapshot build (commit ce90ba1) and on 22.03.0-rc3.
edit: found a thread mentioning this same issue
Added more notes in the other thread:
Bringing the TX power down a bit or moving the band from 80Mhz to 40Mhz does bring the upload speeds closer to 802.11ac (about 280 Mbps), but at the cost of lowering download speeds and still nowhere near enough not to just drop
AXin favor ofAClike @dsouza.It also, TBH, just doesn't make sense - isn't 802.11ax supposed to increase throughput, theoretically?
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I...would guess all of those are GPIO controlled and the others are switch controlled. Luckily, the switch supports driving the LEDs through GPIO. I can whip up a PR if you want. Unfortunately, I cannot test as I have a Belkin RT3200 and not an E8450.
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Oh no, donât worry about it, I appreciate the offer but itâs not that important, a strip of tape is working fine, I was actually thinking there might already be a way to do it through gpio.