AX50 wifi channel keeps changing.
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Hi,
I have frustrating problem with new AX50 router. On wifi 5GHZ band, In advanced settings I have set mode to 802.11a/n/ac/ax mixed, channel width to 160mhz and chosen DFS channel (example 60) to get the fastest wifi link speed for my AC 9560 adapter in my laptop (~1.5 gbps). Saved the settings and rebooted router. All works ok for a few hours but then the router channel changes on it's own back to 36 even though advanced settings remain unchanged. So max link speed goes to 866Mhz. Only reboot of router temporarily solves issue. Updated to latest firmware 1.06 and tried all DFS channels but still problem exists.
OFDMA: ON
SMART CONNECT: OFF
Transmit Power: High
MIMO: ON
Any idea? Thanks.
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Hello, sorry for the late reply.
Please ensure your AX50 is running the latest firmware now and then try to choose the DFS channels to confirm if that will be stable.
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Hello, do you mean the 5GHz channel automatically chooses 149 even if you changed it to another band 4 channel? Can I have the options on your AX50 web interface-5GHz wireless channel setting? What if you use third-party software to analyze if there are other 5GHz wireless networks working on band 4, what are the channels?
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Hi, what is the issue you encountered with your AX50? Please kindly provide more details, thanks.
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I have the same issue with:
Archer AX50 v1.0
1.0.9 Build 20200708 rel.55037
Originally I noticed that the router kept dropping to channel 36 from a DFS channel, then i read that this is normal behavior but in my case it would never go back to that DFS (or any other channel). I then started setting the router on channel 40, 44, 48. and no matter what channel I set it will drop to 36 after a while. What's worse, on channel 36 I can only get about 10% of the wifi speed. The time it takes to drop is sometimes 15mins and sometimes a couple of days. The final nail is that in order to switch it back to a higher channel, I have to change the setting because the original setting is still there. E.g. I set the router to channel 40, Save and then a few hours later it drops to 36 but in settings it still says 40.
Anyhow, seeing that tp-link doesn't seem to be troubled by this malfunction and isn't providing any solution, I ended up writing a python script which uses selenium to start a chrome session, log into the router and check the "current channel". If it sees that it's at 36, it goes to settings and changes to 40 or 44 depending on what it finds there. This works for me (though I'd rather see a firmware fix) because I have a linux machine running plex on my network, so it's not an issue for me to schedule this script to run every 5-10mins. It keeps my router at my desired channel (with occasional connection drops when the channel is switched). If anyone has any use of this script, I put it here: https://github.com/zsucic/ax50channelswitcher
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I ended up contacting TP-Link support about this and they were very helpful. They sent me a beta of the firmware with radar detection disabled and I've been testing it for 10days and the channel set is still working. I'd share the firmware but I don't know if it was built for my router specifically or for EU region and wouldn't want to brick anyones. But I suggest that anyone having the same issue does that. I.e. open a ticket for their support and explain. They can then provide you with the beta fw that works well (so far)
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Any chance you can make that software shared as I have same issue and my router is eu same as you.
Thanks. Pj.
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I ended up contacting TP-Link support about this and they were very helpful. They sent me a beta of the firmware with radar detection disabled and I've been testing it for 10days and the channel set is still working. I'd share the firmware but I don't know if it was built for my router specifically or for EU region and wouldn't want to brick anyones. But I suggest that anyone having the same issue does that. I.e. open a ticket for their support and explain. They can then provide you with the beta fw that works well (so far)
pxwell wrote
zsc wrote
I ended up contacting TP-Link support about this and they were very helpful. They sent me a beta of the firmware with radar detection disabled and I've been testing it for 10days and the channel set is still working. I'd share the firmware but I don't know if it was built for my router specifically or for EU region and wouldn't want to brick anyones. But I suggest that anyone having the same issue does that. I.e. open a ticket for their support and explain. They can then provide you with the beta fw that works well (so far)
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