Troubleshooting WDS Connection Issues Between GL-MT6000 Flint 2 and GL-AX1800 Flint or GL-MT1300 Beryl

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When I try to connect the GL-AX1800 Flint or GL-MT1300 Beryl to the GL-MT6000 Flint 2 router over WiFi using WDS, the GL-AX1800 Flint or GL-MT1300 Beryl doesn't get an IP address and gives a wireless error.

However, I can connect the GL-MT1300 Beryl as WDS to the GL-AX1800 Flint router without any issues.

I can also connect the GL-AX1800 Flint or GL-MT1300 Beryl as an extender to the GL-MT6000 Flint 2 router.

What is the solution to this WDS issue I am experiencing?"

All the devices use latest firmware

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WDS probably is related to the wireless driver of the primary router (Flint 2), may try to upgrade the Flint 2 firmware to the OP24 from the GL download center:
https://dl.gl-inet.com/router/mt6000/

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I confirm that the Flint 2 firmware OP24 is working with WDS mode and is getting an IP, but it is extremely slow, with speeds of 1-3 Mbps. is there any alternative solution for WDS ?

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Any other devices that are connected to the primary router through WDS mode also so slow?

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Hello,

All three routers were factory reset before the tests, and the firmware versions are as follows:

GL-MT6000 v4.6.3-op24
GL-AX1800 v4.6.2
GL-MT1300 v4.3.17

During the tests, the GL-MT6000 was set as the WDS Server, and the GL-AX1800 and GL-MT1300 were connected as WDS Clients over 5G WiFi. While the GL-AX1800 was connected, the GL-MT1300 was not, meaning that at no point during the tests were all three routers active simultaneously.

I also performed another test, which I didn’t share a screenshot of. In this test, the GL-MT6000 was set as the WDS Server, the GL-AX1800 as the WDS Client, and I connected the computer to the GL-AX1800 via a network cable. The results were very similar to the WiFi test, with no speed increase.

If you would like me to make any further adjustments or run additional tests to help resolve this issue, I’d be happy to assist. From what I can tell, there seems to be a bug in the WDS Server section of the GL-MT6000 v4.6.3-op24.

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May I further confirm,

Are you referring to why fast.com speeds are much slower than the openspeedtest?

is the openspeedtest is from the Internet? I only surely the fast.com is from Internet.

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Openspeedtest is in my network on one of the servers. The purpose of Openspeedtest is to measure local network speed without using the internet. it is kind of iperf3 to measure local network speed in ui way

do you think it is a bug on GL-MT6000 v4.6.3-op24 ? I am happy to make more test for solution of the bug

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The openspeedtest server behind the MT6000 via the LAN, and AXT1800/MT1300 WDS connect to the MT6000, right?

The openspeedtest 350Mbps in the AXT1800, it means the WDS connection works no problem, probably the fast.com have problem, may try others Internet speedtest application, like how about speedtest.net?

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The connection diagram you provided represents my setup exactly.

Let me explain step by step what I did:

I installed the 4.6.3-op24 firmware on the GL-MT6000. I did a clean installation by selecting not to save the old configurations. After the installation, it's not possible to connect via Wi-Fi as it doesn't accept the password. I had to connect using an RJ45 cable, and after pressing the System > Timezone > Sync button, the Wi-Fi accepts the password and connects. This is not a major issue.

Then, I went to Network > LAN settings and set the router's IP address to 192.168.2.1, which is the IP range I always use for my internal network.

In the Wireless section, I set the following for 5GHz:
    Wi-Fi Security: WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE
    Bandwidth: 160 MHz
    Channel: 48 (I chose channel 48 because when set to auto, the GL-AX1800 Flint cannot connect at all. It only connects successfully on channels 36, 40, 44, and 48.)

For 2.4GHz, I used these settings:
    Wi-Fi Security: WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE

I saved the settings and restarted the router.

Then, I followed these steps on the GL-AX1800 with version 4.6.2:

I held the reset button on the back of the router for 10 seconds to reset it to factory settings for a clean setup.

I set a new password for the router.

I clicked System > Timezone > Sync.

In the Wireless section, I set the following for 5GHz:
    Wi-Fi Security: WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE

For 2.4GHz, I used the same settings:
    Wi-Fi Security: WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE

I saved the settings and restarted the router.

After connecting to the GL-AX1800 Wi-Fi, I went to Network > Network Mode > WDS and connected to the GL-MT6000 5GHz network by entering the password. After this, I connected to the GL-AX1800 Wi-Fi and it automatically received an IP address from the 192.168.2.x range of the GL-MT6000, showing that the connection was successful.

However, when I opened https://www.speedtest.net/, it took a very long time to load. Even after waiting for around 3 minutes, the page only partially loaded (as shown in the image I shared) and I couldn’t perform a speed test.

In another test, I connected to the GL-AX1800 Wi-Fi from 1 meter away with an iPhone 14 and again had to wait a long time for the page to load. The result was the same as before.

When I opened fast.net from my computer, the speed results were almost identical to previous tests.

I repeated the test by setting the Bandwidth to 80 MHz instead of 160 MHz, but the results were still the same.

If you would like me to test anything else, I’d be happy to help and contribute to solving this bug.

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This issue can be reproduced for me, will ask my colleague to check.

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Thanks for your help. I look forward the solution

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Please disable the 'Network Acceleration' from the GL GUI -> Network, and try that.

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Hello,
I have the same device and issues.

In my case, the MT6000 (with OP24 firmware) is connected via WAN to an ADSL router
An AR750S is connected to the MT6000 as WPS client,
The laptop is connected to the AR750S via lan

The ADSL is very slow, typical ~7Mbit download, 0.5MBit upload

The issue is resolved disabling HW acceleration.
In my case, the issue rises only on download from internet.
I made an Ookla speedtest from laptop to the internet,
and with iperf3 running on the MT6000 in server mode and on the
laptop in client mode

Here the results

HW Acceleration
Ookla speedtest 25 ms ping, 0.03Mbps download, 0.44Mbps upload
iperf3 120Mbps

No HW Acceleration
Ookla speedtest 26 ms ping, 6.94Mbps download, 0.52Mbps upload
iperf3 118Mbps iperf3

If you would like other tests, I'd be happy to contribute also.

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This is a new question, please create a new thread in the next time.

Can try using extender or repeater, the WDS mode has poor compatibility in between the different hardware platforms