Try installing 24.10.0-rc2 or take a look at this patch - it is a hacky way to fix an issue that can sometimes happen when one client disconnects that stops wifi working for all clients for a minute or two.
Hi everyone,
I am running 23.05.5 on my TP Link Archer C6 V3.2 without any issues. I have decided to move to the 24.10 release, however, after the upgrade I always end with no internet connection.
I have tried upgrading both via auc (by using the advanced option to be able to migrate to a different branch) and through a "regular" systemupgrade process via the LuCI interface. Always the same result - no internet.
I have also tried to upgrade with preserving the current configuration and with "clean" install. Same outcome - no intenet.
One clue that I can see is that the WAN interface has Rx: 0B.
Before writing here, I did try to google my issue, but I could not find anything that resembles to what I am facing (at least nothign that matches my device and the OpenWRT version that I am trying to install).
I am far from expert on the topic, and I would very appreciate some guidance on resolving this problem.
Thank you very much in advance!
UPDATE: I just relized that I've posted my issue in a "For developers" topic; my appologies for not being more attentive. If there are admins on this topic, please feel free to delete my post if you deem it to be not suitable for the topic.
Are you having problems with this router, especially with the 5GHz? In my case, only the 5G works on channel 36 with 80MHz. 160MHz doesn't work even though it's available, and no other channel works either.
Hej Fabiano,
I did not get to the point to test the wifi since this is my only router in the house and I was always forced to revert to 23.05.5 after some time of debugging (I have tried to upgrade 2-3 times, spending around 1h on each occasion).
Nonetheless, when I was upgrading to 24.10 while preserving the existing configuration I could always see my network ssid on both 5 and 2.4GHz. I could connect to either of the networks and interact with the router (both via the web interface and ssh in the terminal). Based on what I just described, I would say that wifi works fine, but please take my response with a grain of salt since my efforts were neither systematic nor extensive.
Did you manage to flash the 24.10 version on your router and establish a (intenet) connection with your ISP? In the meanwhile, I found the following issue on github: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/15348, which sounds like it might be related to what I am experiencing.
Cheers!
I am using version 24.10, but the issue I reported occurs in all versions, and with the original TP-Link firmware, there is no reported issue. The problem only happens on the 5 GHz interface. The Ethernet connections are perfect and working at Gigabit speed. My router is using VLAN bridge, I haven’t tested the connection with the ISP in L3 yet.
Hej Fabiano,
I have resolved my problem by running the following command:
ethtool --set-eee wan eee off tx-lpi off
here is the theread which suggested the solution: WAX206 24.10.0-rc4 WAN port OoO - #6 by fmaurer
I wonder if the bug has been reported for this model? Do you (or anyone else who is reading this post) maybe have some experience and/or possibility to guide me in how to report this bug for this device?
Cheers!
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@FabianoTSS you seem to have a different issue with wifi. Does it also not work with 20MHz width on 5GHz?
@predragf can you take a look in logread to see if you have this periodic link down+up described here:
If disabling eee helps for you, you can try to disable it in uci or /etc/config/network using something like the following:
config device
option name 'wan'
option eee '0'
config device
option name 'lan1'
option eee '0'
I also experienced issues when using 100MBit links, similar to the thing described in:
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/15348 - in this case disabling eee did solve it as well.
Typically the c6-v3 is a also a ramips-mt7621 with the mt7530 driver (like most of this target) and is affected. I don't think that reporting a new ticket helps much.
But it might help others with the same device that you also have this problem so they find their device name on one of the issues I mentioned 
thanks for the elaborate reply @FMunyoz
So, I did "clean" upgrade to 24.10, followed by a config restore from my previous 23.05.5 instance, and modification of the /etc/config/network as per your instructions. After that everything was working fine.
Subsequently, I performed an upgrade of the firmware with owut upgrade (some packages required upate), after which everything resumes working as expected.
Interestingly enough, I did try to disable eee before by editing the /etc/config/network, however, it did not yield any effect. It could be the case that I was having some typo in my config or similar.
Regarding the link down-up behavior, I checked logread and after some 1h of uptime (since the owut upgrade) I can see the following:
logread | grep down
Sat Apr 5 15:00:29 2025 daemon.notice netifd: bridge 'br-lan' link is down
Sat Apr 5 15:02:35 2025 daemon.notice netifd: bridge 'br-xxx' link is down
Sat Apr 5 15:02:36 2025 daemon.notice netifd: bridge 'br-yyy' link is down
Sat Apr 5 15:02:36 2025 daemon.notice netifd: bridge 'br-zzz' link is down
which coencides with the time when I run owut upgrade (thus, expected behavior). After that no links down+up messages in the log.
I will let the device run for some time (48h+) before I check the logs again. After that, I will update this reply with the outcome.
Once again, thanks a lot for the help
Cheers!
Hej @fmaurer,
after 48+ hours of operation, I do not see any unexpected link ups and downs in the logread.
Hope you find this helpful.
All the best!
Can you please again share the stripped version? One drive in not working anymore. Help pleaseeee...
Still saving lives.
I have confirmed, the link still works.
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Hi @dsouza , can you confirm that this method still works today with the same firmware? I want to try it on my Archer A6 US 3.0
Worked for me without a problem today, I wanted to go back to stock firmware as I with OpenWRT I was getting speeds at around 200 down 400 up, but with stock firmware I was getting full 1gbit without a problem. Seems to be a known thing but I didn't know about it.
Is it possible (on this particular device) to configure the router as a WiFi client (like on a 1st gen ZyXEL Keenetic) AND as an ordinary router simultaneously? In other words, to make it use a wired network and a WiFi access point (e. g. on a smartphone) as WANs and share both WANs via LAN and via WiFi. According to the OpenWRT wiki, connecting to a WiFi network requires significant configuration changes, is it true?
Hi everyone,
Are there any efforts in getting the TP-Link Archer C6 v3.2 (MT7613) to support DFS? If so could you point to them?
If not, I would like to give it a shot, could anyone please point to any resources to start work on it?
Thanks,
skran
See here: https://github.com/openwrt/mt76/issues/925
To my knowledge, nobody so far could verify that DFS actually works, which is why it’s disabled in the driver. It’s trivial to enable the channels, but it’s unknown whether the actual radar detection will work on this chip.
The FCC docs for the MT7613/7663 do hint that DFS has been tested/certified, but I’ve yet to see a stock firmware that enables DFS for MT7613, which in turn hints to DFS not working properly.
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I am facing a very strange issue. The WAN port does not work after reverting back to stock firmware. No matter what I do, on stock firmware the Archer C6 is not able to get a WAN IP at all and just shows 0.0.0.0
Here is what I have tried:
- Following these steps exactly and upgrading to the latest firmware available from the TP Link Website.
- Trying out the latest and oldest firmware for the Archer A6 v3 (US firmware)
- Trying out the latest and the oldest firmware for the Archer C6 v3.2 (Global firmware)
- Using 3 different LAN cables to rule out any possibility of bad cables.
Here’s the weird part though. As soon as I flash OpenWRT back on my router, the WAN port is immediately recognized and gets an IP Address. I am not sure why this is occurring and have tried searching a lot but have not found any answers.
It would be great if anyone could help me out, this issue is driving me nuts.
Attaching one screenshot
Thanks!
What happens if you use “Dynamic IP” instead of “PPPoE” as connection type? Or is the router’s usage in your network in fact dependend on the PPPoE connection on WAN? If so, did you check the settings and potential differences between IPv4 and IPv6, as given from your Provider?
