I’m seriously considering returning it - I had heard good things and it does look like a reasonable product, but this thread is almost a month old!
How many reports of issues are needed before they pull it and stop other, especially new customers, falling into the trap?!?
I have to admit, I’m pretty annoyed at the time I wasted, on day 1 of using this device - all because I accepted the initial firmware upgrade request, to a supposed ‘stable’ version.
… I did also find various other threads going back a few months, where it also took a similar (dare I say unacceptable) length of time, before a problematic firmware was pulled.
Understood on both of the above - my issue is not so much that there isn’t a work around, it’s that they’re not stopping new customers from also being impacted, by still prompting people to upgrade!
.. at the very least, it completely undermines any confidence in the brand itself - when they knew about problems and didn’t act to stop others being impacted.
I agree with you, considering the amount of people in this thread and on other forums like Reddit reporting this, I would have hoped Glinet would pull the current update and provide a new update which just downgrades the router to the old stable firmware.
The right thing to do is pull the faulty firmware, I think we can all agree on that. I can’t visit the router page without it asking for me to upgrade, even after checking ignore update many times. 4.7.7 is solid, lets stick to that until the new one gets sorted because overall , its a great router.
I am having the same issue. Some questions before I attempt the update:
a) Is the v4.8.3-beta mentioned in this thread the same we can download in the Firmware download page? Its changelog seems to end at August.
b) Is it necessary to reset the router settings after updating to v4.8.3-beta?
c) Will it be possible to update to v4.8.3 official after upgrading to the beta? Would that require a new settings reset?
d) Are there any other changes in the beta firmware one should be aware of?
e) Is there an estimated ETA for the release of v4.8.3 official?
I installed the beta linked on this thread, then did a reset, and reconfigured my router from scratch.
Version: 4.8.3
Firmware Type: beta2
Update Time: 2025-09-25 10:35:02 (UTC+00:00)
I do not believe the issue is fixed!
With hardware acceleration enabled I was experiencing random hangs in web page loading, missing images, and everything felt very sluggish. Both wired (Linux) and wireless (Windows, Android) clients experienced this.
After switching to software acceleration everything is blazing fast, and web pages load instantly.
As mentioned in this thread, disabling the Network Acceleration feature resolved the problem for me. I also searched through the message boards, and noticed that other times when router problems occurred, the recommended resolution was to disable this feature as well.
I’ve noticed that with the Network Acceleration feature disabled, the CPU load is hardly noticeable on my router with a VPN connection and streaming from various resources. So, since having this feature disabled isn’t causing any noticeable stress on my router’s CPU load, I’m just going to leave the Network Acceleration feature disabled since it appears to be the recommended resolution whenever a problem occurs.
Can anyone with this issue confirm if they updated the firmware over Wireless? Anyone still have problems updating via ethernet? Just clutching at straws here as GL-Inet claim they cannot reproduce the problem?
What do you mean “update via wireless” vs “via Ethernet”? Routers usually connected to modems via LAN, not WiFi and what different would it made anyway?
I always update firmware over WiFi from my iPad not with my PC. I know it shouldnt make a difference but it is always recommended over wired connection.As I said clutching at straws! Clearly not everyone that updated has this problem. You would think it would apply to everyonea who updated.
You don’t update from your iPAD. You download file locally to your iPAD, then you go to admin web interface of router and you upload the file to your router. Update happens AT YOUR router, which is connected via LAN. At this stage your iPAD and its connection plays no role.
I can’t update to the 4.8.3 beta yet but I wanted to share that the issues with 4.8.2 disappeared by switching to “Network Acceleration: Software”. Tested for a little over 48hrs now, under pretty heavy usage.