I'm having issues with wired client unable to connect after suspend on the 2.5G port. Is anyone else seeing that? Started 25.12.0 and now happening more frequently with .1. Client interface restart brings it back.
Not happening to me so far
Happened enough to mention but not enough yet to investigate further. May just be a client issue.
25.12.2 should be out soon.
25.12.2 running fine so far on BT8 and BT8 Uboot mod.
Just updated to 25.12.2 myself. Working fine, but can’t for the life of me get MLO to connect on more than one band. It was connecting on 2.4+6Ghz on 25.12.0. I’m using the same SSID/sae encryption+pass for all three radios +
config wifi-iface 'ap_mlo'
list device 'radio0'
list device 'radio2'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'OpenWrt-MLO'
option encryption 'sae'
option key 'password'
I’ve tried adding option mlo ‘1’ (not sure if it’s needed?) but to no avail.
Radio 1 is currently used as a sta client connection so I’m leaving it out of the equation, but I’ve also tried removing it as a sta client for testing purposes. The mlo network connects fine, gets internet from radio1 (or doesn’t get internet if I remove it :D), but no matter what I do it only connects on the 6GHz band.
My adapter is 2x2x2 so it should be able to connect on two bands.
Anyone else having mlo issues? It irks me because it was working fine on 25.12.0 >.<
Edit: Tried downgrading to 25.12.0 just to test it out again. Tried my own config, hecate’s, lamelogins’… nothing. Just connects at either 2.4 or 6GHz. I give up.
Back on 25.12.2, running as a wireless repeater and working like a charm. MLO be damned at this point >.> (but if someone could clue me in I’d be grateful :D)
I have not made any "in depth" investigations regarding MLO but I know that my wifi7 adapter in Windows connects multiple radios when connected with BT8 - original firmware.
Connected to BT8 OpenWRT (set up as I think it is supposed to be) it only connects one radio - notice also that it says Protocol Wifi7 on BT8 original and Protocol 802.11be on BT8 OpenWRT.
But as far as I know there are different kinds of MLO and have not read all information.
Yeah, I had it connect on two bands on the Asus’ original FW too.
Those are all from the original FW when I first got the router.
But in my previous post from March 6th it was working on OpenWrt too (on 25.12.0 - all same SSIDs and sae encryption as per hecate’s instructions). Tried the exact same config today - only connected on 6GHz xD
So I really don’t know what’s up. Also I see you have the same adapter as me. Piece of junk -.- Can’t even saturate the USB3 port 
Guess we’ll have to live with ax speeds for the time being 
But I don’t even care at this point. Just happy to see OpenWrt making progress
I actually dont have the Asus ROG USB-92, I have dirt cheap models from Comfast and Fenvi with the same chip inside (RTL8912AU) then I "force" Windows to use the ROG Drivers since they are far more developed than the ones from Comfast and Fenvi 
Works just fine.
I assume that is win10/win11. Can either of you test a linux live usb? (Fedora 43/fedora 44 | (https://www.fedoraproject.org/) 44 may be required for wifi7 drivers.
Can either of you run wireshark? You should be able to install and run it if you boot fedora.
Note: both of you are running the same client 
Above is an S24. If 320Mhz is enabled on 6Ghz, MLO doesn't work. Both of you appear capped at 2800/2800 i.e. "why use MLO if 6Ghz delivers that?" may be happening to you.
Try limiting 6Ghz and try again.
Yeah. Go buy something name branded and use the correct drivers. You should definitely try out fedora 44.
Hell no - what Im doing is smart! 
Im using Ubuntu on at least 7 computers at home - most work is done on my two arm-based laptops.
The Windows computer is just a backup for weird programs that only run on Windows.
In this case its interesting since its a basic standard setup Windows 11 with nothing extra installed.
Edit:
My main laptop is running Ubuntu 26.04 (beta) and has a Qualcomm QCNCM865 Wifi7 card - but I dont know if MLO is working yet - I did however install Wireshark, but I have never used it before.
(https://mrncciew.com/2026/02/26/wi-fi-7-how-to-verify-mlo-multi-link-operation/)
+
(https://mrncciew.com/2025/09/02/get-rockstarwifi-wireshark-profile/)
+
put wifi card in monitor mode
I answer myself, I'm back on Openwrt on my BT8 and it now works flawlessly when playing CS2. 
Hi all, I have a couple of bt8’s on order and openwrt plans of course.
Can anyone confirm the max ssids per radio?
Chip should allow 16 ssid per radio. I don’t need 16 but current max is insufficient…
Supported wiphy radios:
* Idx 0:
RTS Threshold: -1
Frequency Range: 2400 MHz - 2500 MHz
Radio's valid interface combinations:
* #{ AP, mesh point } <= 16, #{ managed } <= 19,
total <= 19, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match, radar detect widths: { 20 MHz (no HT), 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz }
* Idx 1:
RTS Threshold: -1
Frequency Range: 5000 MHz - 5900 MHz
Radio's valid interface combinations:
* #{ AP, mesh point } <= 16, #{ managed } <= 19,
total <= 19, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match, radar detect widths: { 20 MHz (no HT), 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz }
* Idx 2:
RTS Threshold: -1
Frequency Range: 5900 MHz - 7200 MHz
Radio's valid interface combinations:
* #{ AP, mesh point } <= 16, #{ managed } <= 19,
total <= 19, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match, radar detect widths: { 20 MHz (no HT), 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz }
Globally valid interface combinations:
* #{ IBSS, managed, AP, mesh point } <= 57,
total <= 57, #channels <= 3, radar detect widths: { 20 MHz (no HT), 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz }
I just ordered a BT8 and 2.5gb switch earlier today. Hope the wifi is stable enough and cake_mq works well enough to retire my flint 2 and x86 router. I was going to wait for the flint 4 but the stupid router ban ruined that.
Currently not working for filogic targets.
Eh well I have to retire the x86 anyway it only has 1 gig ethernet. I bricked my good x86 trying to fix stability problems with the i226v nics.
GPL for RT-BE59 was posted and has BT8 config. Binary uboot is there too. Not too experienced digging through GPL from asus. Unknown if this helps any.
(https://www.asus.com/us/networking-iot-servers/wifi-7/all-series/rt-be59/helpdesk_download?model2Name=RT-BE59)
GPL of ASUS RT-BE59 Firmware version 3.0.0.6.102_58833
/asuswrt/release/src-mtk-7988_7990/uboot-mtk/
asuswrt/release/src-mtk-7988_7990/.bin/
U-Boot 2025.04-rc3
Other notes:
BT8=BT6=BT8P (8P has two 5G radios)
config-EBA76 Expertwifi EBA76 PoE AP with 2.5G uplink exists:
The ExpertWiFi EBA76 PoE access point delivers up to 9400Mbps with 6GHz 320MHz bandwidth, and features Multi-Link Operation and 4K-QAM for enhanced performance. It can be powered via Power over Ethernet (PoE) and a USB Type-C® connection, and has versatile mounting options for flexible deployment options.
I learned a pretty simple way to check if MLO is working on the client side to today:
iw wlan0 link
Then change wlan0 to your actual name if your computer has changed it (i look in dmesg)
When I connect to a BT8 with OpenWRT I get
iw wlx90de80c6f58c link
Connected to bc:fc:e7:24:c1:da (on wlx90de80c6f58c)
SSID: OpenWRT
freq: 5180.0
RX: 2567126 bytes (2664 packets)
TX: 153887 bytes (856 packets)
signal: -45 dBm
rx bitrate: 1200.9 MBit/s 80MHz EHT-MCS 11 EHT-NSS 2 EHT-GI 0
tx bitrate: 1200.9 MBit/s 80MHz EHT-MCS 11 EHT-NSS 2 EHT-GI 0
bss flags: short-slot-time
dtim period: 2
beacon int: 100
Connected to BT8 with original firmware running MLO:
iw wlx40a5ef2d3632 link
Connected to 06:28:aa:6e:40:58 (on wlx40a5ef2d3632)
SSID: BT8
Link 1 BSSID ce:28:aa:7e:40:59
freq: 5560.0
MLD 06:28:aa:6e:40:58 stats:
RX: 139009 bytes (504 packets)
TX: 2744 bytes (15 packets)
signal: -35 dBm
rx bitrate: 6.0 MBit/s
tx bitrate: 1200.9 MBit/s 80MHz EHT-MCS 11 EHT-NSS 2 EHT-GI 0
bss flags:
dtim period: 1
beacon int: 100
The correct would be to see two Links:
Link2
freq: 6135.0
Link1
freq: 5500.0
Edit:
I actually got MLO to work from my Arm-based Ubuntu Laptop running 26.04 that has a qualcomm QCNCM865 Wifi7 adapter connected to the TP-link router running MLO:
iw wlP4p1s0 link
Connected to b0:19:21:05:ef:b1 (on wlP4p1s0)
SSID: TP-Link_EFAC_MLO
Link 2 BSSID b2:19:21:05:ef:b1
freq: 6295.0
Link 1 BSSID 02:19:21:05:ef:af
freq: 5200.0
MLD b0:19:21:05:ef:b1 stats:
RX: 7252 bytes (48 packets)
TX: 12232 bytes (59 packets)
signal: -40 dBm
rx bitrate: 3459.3 MBit/s 320MHz EHT-MCS 8 EHT-NSS 2 EHT-GI 0
tx bitrate: 2882.6 MBit/s 320MHz EHT-MCS 7 EHT-NSS 2 EHT-GI 0
bss flags:
dtim period: 1
beacon int: 100
But not to the BT8 with original firmware running MLO or the BT8 with OpenWRT.
(Support for Asus ZenWiFi BT8 Tri-band Wifi7 (Mediatek MT7988) - #527 by cookiemonster)
Wireshark OEM vs snapshot for changes in this:
.... .... .... 0000 = Maximum Number of Simultaneous Links: 0
The above should theoretically be 3 and that is what OEM should report and eventually openwrt. This should be the number one thing to find out before focusing on clients.
iw dev on the BT8 and client will give mld/mlo info.
Wireshark to find out what is actually happening and what is actually supported.
iw dev look for "MLD with links:"