rc3 had WLAN.HK.2.9.0.1-01837 drivers when I installed 12 days ago.
There's some talk about merges here:
I'm not sure what snapshots are on now?
I'm on Thursday's snapshot and that's at
WLAN.HK.2.9.0.1-01862-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
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You can try other firmwares if you like I have collected the ones from firmware 2.9.0 in my github repo with instruction how to change the firmware.
It contains 1835, 1837, 1862 and 1890
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The official Qualcomm firmware repo is here https://github.com/quic/upstream-wifi-fw
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How does 1835 perform?
Just for the record, I been running DL-WRX36 with 802.11r on 5 GHz with WPA3 since Jan-Feb, and it's been rock solid so far with both of snapshot and rc images. However, in my case it's 802.11r between DL-WRX36, Netgear EX7300 v2 and ClearFog SolidRun Pro with Compex WLE900VX (QCA9880). In you case you have three DL-WRX36, is that right? So it's seems like there is possibility that DL-WRX36 knock out each other somehow?
As for 2.4 GHz on DL-WRX36 - in my case it's regular WPA2 AP that serve more than 30 devices - no issues, at all.
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What are your wan and wifi specs? ath11k fw version? multicast-to-unicast enabled?
Mine: 300/10 cable with sqm, 2.4n 20mhz / 5ax 80mhz WPA2-AES, 1890, m-t-u yes.
So strange I'm having issues than. Are you running a current fw? Or from Jan/Feb?
Okay, merged WLAN.HK.2.9.0.1-01837 with build, testing now, fingers crossed!!
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Yes correct, 3 of the same. Yes, 802.11r likely is the common denominator as they all go down at the same time but pairing of a nearby smart device seem to knock it down.
DL-WRX36 serve as just an access point in my case, so WAN is unused. WiFi channel is 116, NL reg, width is 80 MHz.
WLAN.HK.2.9.0.1-01385-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
It's in default state, so it's enabled on wireless interfaces.
rc2 (didn't had chance to install rc3 yet)
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Okay, so, rc3, newest firmware, wifi radios dropped again.
To clarify, I'm only using 802.11r on 5Ghz radios, 2.4Ghz is reserved for IoT smart switches and plugs, so, I don't use 802.11r as there is no need to.
My 2.4Ghz is running 2 ssids so I've removed one now to see if that improves things
Update: Utilizing only one ssid on the 2.4Ghz radio seems to have fixed the issue. I can pair now with smart switches / smart power points and not bring down the radios!!
Thanks for helping guys!
Currently running with 4 5Ghz ssids w 802.11r on 3 of these routers and One independent 2.4Ghz IoT ssid on each router!
Perhaps 6 ssids was a bit much!
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You're the power user this router needs, it should be able to handle that though. Hope it holds up for you
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Also check your scaling_governor if you're on 'performance' and not 'ondemand'.
Thx mate, will do!
I fixed the devices dropping out of 5ghz by turning off Disassociate On Low Acknowledgement and increasing Time interval for rekeying GTK to 3600
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Right, so, I'm sorted! WiFi has been stable for me, no drop outs 24hrs+, recommend for VLAN & 802.11r
The fix was merged yesterday to both main/master and 23.05, so the sysupgrade should be more reliable than earlier.
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I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been helping to get OpenWRT working on the WRX36. Installation went well, I initially installed 23.05-rc3 and while it worked I noticed that range was a little lower than my trusty Netgear R7800, as on the 5 GHz band it was limiting to 23 dBm power. Upgrading to a recent snapshot release (SNAPSHOT r23900-7f54d9ba1a) I noticed that the range had significantly improved and was better than my R7800, as it was now using 29 dBm. Based on recommendations I have the the "Multi to Unicast" option enabled on the 5 GHz band and everything has been very stable for >4.5 days. So far I only have a few clients on the WRX36 but will slowly migrate my old networks over.
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So how does it work correctly with the same BDF on the manufacturer's software?