GL-AXT1800 crash after connecting to a 5Ghz Wifi

Technical Support for Routers
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Can you provide more data? Looks like the original bug was for 160mhz connections. Can you confirm the channel bandwidth, WPA2/WPA3/other, and any additional data points that could prove interesting? Is this happening to all 5ghz networks or one specifically? (If only one specifically, what is the name of the SSID? Does it have a super-long password or have extended characters in it?) Have you tried downgrading firmware by one version?

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Bandwidth made no difference. It was happening to the 5GHz only. It had worked for a day or so then started doing this. I flashed the kernel to the 5.4 and that is working now, but the router is telling me to upgrade. It’s working, but it seems like it’s in a degraded state.

WPA2. SSID and password are not overly long and no extended characters.

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I am seeing same crashes on latest stable version v4.5.16, I have two SSIDs main and guest both operating on 5g and 2.4g with same SSID on both 5g/2.4g, example;

Main Wifi name 5g wifiA (11n/ac/ax, WPA2-PSK, channel auto, 40MHz, Power: High)
Main Wifi name 2.4g wifiA (11n/ax, WPA2-PSK, channel auto, 20MHz, Power: High)

Guest Wifi name 5g: wifiGuest
Guest Wifi name 2.4g: wifiGuest

Randomly when I change from wifiA to wifiGuest on my iphone, it crashes the router, sometimes only unplugging the power stops the crash loop

Attaching crash log.
crash.log.zip (11.3 KB)

Thanks!

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More testing, this time only 5Ghz, set channel to 36 and switched from one wifi to the other, crash again

Crash log below
5g_only_crash.log.zip (2.7 KB)

Thanks!

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The original post is about repeater connecting to 160Mhz wifi network.

Your issue is a different issue. Pls open your own thread.

Anyway I tested 4.5.16, fresh install. Turn on 2.4G guest and 5G guest wifii.

I use my phone to connect to these 4 wifi network randomly multiple times and don't have crash.

What is your phone model?
What power adapter you are using?

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I'm using an iphone 13 mini to test it and at the moment I'm using an Anker PowerPort Atom III 65W Slim and using the usb-c port rated at 20W

Sure, can open a new thread.

Thanks!

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New thread: GL-AXT1800 crash after jumping back from main Wifi and Guest Wifi

Thanks!