AX3000/AX50 keeps rebooting
Recently bought AX3000 and have been using for 2 weeks
The wifi router keeps booting at a randomly time daily and multiple time in succession. Usually occurs when I am streaming from my TV.
Is it a faulty hardware?
Hardware Version: Archer AX50 v1.0
Firmware Version: 1.0.4 Build 20191021 rel.40149(5553)
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@flying.chipmunk I'd like to know this as well. Same router, but I'm on 1.0.6 Build 20200121 rel.54912(5553) firmware. I just installed this thing last night and it's rebooted itself close to a dozen times, twice while I've been working at home. I think it's a heat issue. I felt the top and it was warm, but felt the bottom and it was really hot, so I've flipped the router over so the heat can escape from the vents. I've no idea why they didn't add vents to the top, but I have a feeling I'll be taking a dremel to mine to add vents. Engineering failure, or some idiot with no technical knowledge made the decision to go without vents because it looked cooler.
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I agree with you, I posted about it awhile back too.
I also bought the TP-Link AX50 router, knock on wood, its been working fine for weeks without rebooting but i did change a couple of settings on the router and also i have the router wall mounted with the LAN ports oriented on the right.
on the review site below you can see a PCB with heatsink pic of the AX50
i think the reason why its rebooting and having wifi issues and resetting is mostly due to heat.
the heatsink is just not tall or big enough to soak up the heat generated by the chip, so by orienting or wallmounting the router it will increase the area of heatsink the heat can soak into.
I also set following wifi settings on the router
2.4Ghz
OFDMA > ON
Smart Connect > OFF
SSiD > what ever you like
SECURITY > WPA/WPA2 personal
Version > WPA2
Encryption > AES
Mode > Mixed
Channel W > 40 Mhz
Channel > 9
Transmit Power > High
Airtime Fairness > CHECKED
5Ghz
OFDMA > ON
Smart Connect > OFF
SSiD > what ever you like
SECURITY > WPA/WPA2 personal
Version > WPA2
Encryption > AES
Mode > Mixed
Channel W > Auto
Channel > 64 DFS
Transmit Power > Low ..... i don't have any other device that can do 5ghz except my phone
Airtime Fairness > CHECKED
System Tools
Traffic Monitor > ON
System Parameters
2.4Gz and 5Ghz same settings
Beacon Interval > 90
RTS Threshold > 2307
DTIM > 3
Group Key Renewal > 300
Above are my settings for now, and its been stable.
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@flying.chipmunk Welp, so far after flipping the router upside down I've has 100% reliability so far (under 24 hours still). I think I'll just take my dremel to the top of the case and make some more vents to see what that does. Thanks for the settings, I'll give them a shot if I have any more issues.
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