It doesn’t matter whether the version is beta or stable, both have high latency problems at 2.4GHz and limited to 100MB even though they are at 40Hz on old and Android devices.
Not to mention that I can’t connect to WiFi after a period of inactivity, it seems to be related to devices connected via an ethernet cable, as I had exactly the same problem on my mt3000
I’m talking about some people not being able to connect to the internet after upgrading to 4.5.4 and then when they downgrade to 4.5.3 it starts working again.
When it comes to 2.4GHz I’ve found the latency to be the same as 5GHz, but it’s speed and range is lacking. And after looking at some FCC IDs I don’t know if things will improve.
I can’t replicate this issue at all, although I’m using OpenWrt snapshots since I don’t need the simplified GL.iNet UI and I’d rather receive fixes and package updates quickly.
unfortunately it’s not something isolated to me, there are other users above with the same problem, apparently going back to version 4.5.3 “resolves” it but after a while the same thing happens again, with the wifi connection error on all devices from the location, just restarting the router to return.
Running 4.5.2 since first powering up and had it running for about 9 days, went to look at the logs today and only found a single line under system log stating:
"Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 kern.emerg kernel: "
Nothing displayed under the crash log and nothing out of the ordinary under the kernel log section. The only thing I changed vs stock was the WIFI names, and I haven’t had anything plugged into the USB port yet.
Anything not able to use except for the log? e.g. wifi issues?
The WIFI is still working and so is a PC via Ethernet. It has since had a couple things added to the system log and it no longer shows that one I previously mentioned:
Mon Dec 18 15:24:35 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 10:2d:xx:xx:xx:xx WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN) Mon Dec 18 15:24:35 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 6a:da:xx:xx:xx:xx WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
Using a Google Pixel 6 Pro I would get the following a couple times a day in the system log, and if I don’t set it to auto reconnect in the Pixel’s WIFI settings, it doesn’t reconnect without me manually doing it. Not too sure what its about, but I have another wireless device that didn’t show/do the same thing:
Mon Dec 11 00:57:19 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 6a:da:e6:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: disassociated Mon Dec 11 00:57:20 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 6a:da:e6:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE) Mon Dec 11 00:57:52 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 6a:da:e6:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: authenticated Mon Dec 11 00:57:52 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 6a:da:e6:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Another issue I’ve always had is I have another AX capable device (Formuler Z11 Pro Max) and I can’t seem to get over 300mbps on the 5G band and much lower on the 2.4G with the Flint 2 only a couple metres away in the same room with it connected to a 1GB Fiber connection. I run the same Speedtest on the same server as with my Pixel 6 Pro and it can achieve the full 900mbps+ using the 5G.
It seems compatibity issues with wifi devices and not surprise.
After some initial problems before changing to v4.5.4 as reported earlier, my two Flint 2 routers are now working fine without any unexpected reboots. One of them is running with around 70 devices (50 Wifi 2.4, 10 Wifi 5, 10 LAN) with activated WireGuard, DLNA and Guest Account. The only issue I noticed is that the 5 GHz Wifi sometimes shows very slow when running a speed test on my iPad (3-5 Mbps) and only after I reconnect it gets back to 600 Mbps.
The same happens to me and after a runtime of more than 1 day the WiFi becomes unusable for me and new clients cannot connect anymore.
My Flint 1 instead gives me the full speed 24/7 and I can connect to it anytime i want.
Are the 70 clients shown correctly in the OpenWRT/Luci webinterface (Advanced settings). Do you really have 70 clients?
I see much more clients than which are really connected at the moment.
Yes, I can see the correct number of clients in the Luci interface, under Wireless radio0/radio1: 31 Wifi 2.4 + 18 Guest 2.4 = total 49 Wifi 2.4, and 9 Wifi 5 at the same time. All these are indeed my devices connected to the router.
I have a Flint 1 connected to one of the LAN ports of my Flint 2, and many times when I noticed the slow Wifi 5 Ghz speed of 3-5 Mbps coming from the Flint 2 I checked with a second iPad the Flint 1 Wifi 5 speed which was every time correct (around 500 Mbps). This shows that the issue is not related to the incoming signal (apparently the Flint 2 LAN transfers the full 1Gbps speed) and indeed not happening for the Flint 1, but clearly related to the Wifi speed of the Flint 2.
dnla? Are you using something via USB? Are you having WiFi disconnections?
I have a USB key connected to the router, to be able to stream music. I have no Wifi disconnections but sometimes the Wifi becomes very slow.
Lets go.
My unit reboots ramdomly, and after one day of use (10 to 15 devices connected), the wifi kicks everyone and the device dont accept any client. There is no error on logread or dmesg when i try to connect. I dont have anything connected to the USB.
When the wifi begins to drop any client, in the dmesg i got a lot of this messages:
[72366.598688] ieee80211 phy0: WA: free done event
[72366.598688] 1022e740
[72366.598688] len = 20
[72366.598688] DW0 : 14 00 01 30
[72366.598688] DW1 : 01 07 b4 38
[72366.598688] DW2 : 00 40 03 89
[72366.598688] DW3 : 01 00 00 41
[72366.598688] DW4 : 00 80 ff 3f
iwinfo and iw <wlan[0|1]> info Give this information: (i replace my macaddr with XX)
root@GL-MT6000:~# iw wlan0 info
Interface wlan0
ifindex 20
wdev 0x3
addr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ssid XXXXXXXXXXXX
type AP
wiphy 0
channel 2 (2417 MHz), width: 40 MHz, center1: 2427 MHz
txpower 30.00 dBm
multicast TXQ:
qsz-byt qsz-pkt flows drops marks overlmt hashcol tx-bytes tx-packets
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
root@GL-MT6000:~# iw wlan1 info
Interface wlan1
ifindex 21
wdev 0x100000003
addr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ssid XXXXXXXXXX
type AP
wiphy 1
channel 36 (5180 MHz), width: 160 MHz, center1: 5250 MHz
txpower 30.00 dBm
multicast TXQ:
qsz-byt qsz-pkt flows drops marks overlmt hashcol tx-bytes tx-packets
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
root@GL-MT6000:~# iwinfo
wlan0 ESSID: "XXXXXXXXXXXXX"
Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Mode: Master Channel: 2 (2.417 GHz) HT Mode: HE40
Center Channel 1: 4 2: unknown
Tx-Power: 30 dBm Link Quality: unknown/70
Signal: unknown Noise: -87 dBm
Bit Rate: unknown
Encryption: mixed WPA2/WPA3 PSK/SAE (CCMP)
Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11ax/b/g/n
Hardware: embedded [MediaTek MT7986]
TX power offset: none
Frequency offset: none
Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy0
wlan1 ESSID: "XXXXXXXXX"
Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Mode: Master Channel: 36 (5.180 GHz) HT Mode: HE160
Center Channel 1: 50 2: unknown
Tx-Power: 30 dBm Link Quality: unknown/70
Signal: unknown Noise: -92 dBm
Bit Rate: unknown
Encryption: mixed WPA2/WPA3 PSK/SAE (CCMP)
Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11ac/ax/n
Hardware: embedded [MediaTek MT7986]
TX power offset: none
Frequency offset: none
Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy1
The LUCI interface, shows:
After the reboot, all come back to normal.
My router is on “Access Point” Mode.
Minor bug, if at all.
When I plugged in my 3TB USB drive and Samba shared, the Network Storage page shows the drive and under the ‘Shared Folders’ tab, displays the network share. However, when I got back to the page, the share folder details dissapear. This has made me think that the settings for the share have been lost, but thankfully when i browse via SMB I can access the share successfully.
When I disconnect the drive manually from the GUI, the network share information stays. Thankfully , after 10 seconds the USB drive is detected and shows all the connection details. Just odd behaviour.
When I first connected the drive, I believe I had to give it a friendly name. It would be great if the ‘Shared Folders’ tab could also show the friendly name rather than just path (disk1_part1).
Can anyone else replicate this issue with ‘Shared Folders’ not showing the share?
Logging off and back in, shows the ‘Shared Folders’ information successfully.
PS I’m using HD Idle which does spin down the disk after 10 mins.
Yes. Wi-Fi stability issue is under investigation.
@alzhao if you need someone to test, i’m in.
And i forget to say it, i’m with the “802.11r Fast Transition” enabled. (i wave 2 routers, the other is a TPLink C2600).
In my tests, with the Tplink turned on or off, give me the same result. Random reboots end freeze wifi.
Did you check the crash logs?
Here’s a screenshot of when the WiFi connection dropped and it wouldn’t let anything connect anymore, just restarting.
Note: I hid the MAC of my devices.
I see that when this problem happens, it usually presents this print error.
