Archer C6 V2 Firmware 1.3.0 EU - WiFi drops every few minutes after firmware upgrade
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Hi,
I've updated my Archer C6 (v2.0) UK router to the latest firmware (1.3.0 Build EU 20200402 rel.52000). I'm fairly sure the old version was 1.2.1. After upgrading I've noticed all wireless (5Ghz & 2.4Ghz) clients randomly and continuously get dropped from the WiFi (I can see this happening on the devices and in the router's System Logs as DHCP requests). The drop affects one or more devices, every 1 or 2 minutes.
After discovering the problem I tried changing most settings to match those on https://emulator.tp-link.com/c6-eu-v2/index.html just to make sure it's not my configuration.
Is anyone else finding this issue with their C6 router using the new firmware?
The firmware release notes also say it's not downgradable, is this true?
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Beta FW link: https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202005/20200507/Archer C6(EU)_V2_200507_beta.zip
short time after updating the problems with Wifi came back.
This beta FW didn't satisfy me so I have version 1.1.0 installed, for me still the most stable of all.
Automatic restart router every day, works perfectly for me.
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@Mrjlaunch I have similiar issue. When connected on 2.4 Ghz, everything is fine, when I am connected on the 5 Ghz every 8th packet is dropped due to high CPU load which oscilates between 17 % and 90 % (at which the packet is dropped). Everything is happening only after firmware update to 1.3.0 version.
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How did you roll back to 1.1.0?
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I'm still running BETA firmware version "1.3.1 Build 20200507 rel.34028(4555) EU" on my Archer C6 V2. As I've mentioned previously, it seems to have undone the WiFi dropout issues caused by firmware version "1.3.0 Build 20200402 rel.52000 EU", but I don't think it's as stable as the older firmware version "1.2.1 Build 20200110 rel.60119 EU".
Now my C6 gives the option to automatically upgrade to firmware version "1.3.1 Build 20200507 rel.34028" (which is the same build info as the BETA version I'm using) so it looks as though TP-Link are well aware of the issue and decided to rollback from F/W 1.3.0.
Can anyone who has tried the automatic upgrade to 1.3.1 EU confirm if it's the same as the BETA version 1.3.1 EU and is stable?
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you have to install OpenWrt by TFTP installation method first and then install Archer C6(EU)_V2_190115 from TP-LINK OEM support
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@Mrjlaunch I am having the same issue. Trying to go back to previous version but it says Invalid File type.
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