Linksys was owned by Cisco and sold to Belink, and Marvell's wifi division was bought by NXP, neither of them showed any interest in this device / chipset, there was an official statement declaring it as not-a-priority, and development ceased abruptly...
Yes, this new version of the firmware is a big surprise.
I like WRT3200ACM(WRT32X), because it is fastest AC WiFi performer(on 80MHz) on OpenWrt platform.
iperf3 with multi-stream(8 concurrent connection) speed test is useful. (802.11ac / 80MHz / 149ch)
On stock firmware world, 1st is Netgear R7800. 640-660Mbps is possible. But R7800's OpenWrt ath10k, ath10k-ct firmwares/drivers are much much slower than stock.
Thus, WRT3200ACM(WRT32X) with mwlwifi(20181210) is 1st place.
I ran iperf3 multi-stream(8 concurrent connection) speed test of Latest Linksys OEM firmware.
Apple iOS Devices (iPhone 6s, XR, Pad Pro) <-> Desktop
Has anybody figured out if the Linksys firmware source archive actually contains mwlwifi sources?
I have not found them, so far...
(most of the actual Linksys modifications are in /src/linux/patches , especially the 14 MB sized linux-3.10.70_000_BSP.patch, but apparently not mwlwifi)
They don't use mwlwifi they're using the proprietary mrvl driver which is only available via the Marvell dataroom or now, behind NXPs dataroom. This is just disclosure of parts of the code under a GPL license.
It'd take something like a CandelaTech whose business relies on customizing/adding value to NXP/Marvell chipsets/SoCs to be able to sign an NDA and obtain sources/buildtools.
Definitely, after years of use in different scenarios and after recent disappointments with other products and having seen the panorama of all-in-one devices with images already ready in the official OpenWrt project, after the latest update of the stratospheric 88W8964 (a real bomb, can challenge anyone), I am told that the WRT3200ACM is the state of the art of home routers (naturally not to be compared with real custom solutions). The latest firmware for me has given tangible improvements on the WiFi side, although for years I have never had problems with this device to which the digital life of my whole family is connected (20 devices between 5GHz and 2.4GHz), without disconnections and with excellent quality, going from the cascade position, when I was on FTTC to a router / modem connected with a transcreiver, now that I am on FTTH. I hope the new firmware is implemented directly in the master code without needing to use the patch anymore. It deserves. Long live the Linksys WRT3200ACM!
On 2.4GHz never had any problems sincerely. The main difference is on the improved speed. Otherwise always very reliable. Did you have any specific problems?
it's very long tyme that i don't use 2.4 ghz on this device, i have it doing access point wds on 5ghz radio, on dfs channel, 100, and for me it's and always was rock solid. i remember some problem on 2.4 ghz, but i can't really remember the problem, us i sayd was long time ago.
I purchased the 3200 in early 2017 and have always had several devices connected on 2.4. Now the devices have increased on both frequencies, but I have never had any major problems. I have read about many complaints about this device. I'm probably just very lucky.
those of you with no problems on the wrt3200 do you use ipv6? I suspect the main issues I have are ipv6 multicast neighbor Discovery issues, when devices are sleeping.