[RESOLVED] RE655BE (EU) Stability issues when MLO is active

Update: Starting with 1.0.8 has finally fixed the issue. Cheers!
Hello,
I set the RE655BE (EU) up as AP mode.
Configured OFDMA on all bands, and MU-MIMO where possible (5 & 6). These settings can only be set on the web interface, not the app for some reason.
I set everything as Wifi7 WPA3 (or WPA2/WPA3), disabled WPS (though the AP is still signaling the WPS tag on the 2.4 and 5 bands for some reason), put bandwidth for every band to their respective maximum (40, 160, 320), and set the lowest channel on all bands.
I haven't tried EasyMesh, as I have no other EasyMesh devices. The router has wifi completely turned off, so the RE655BE is the only networking device emitting wifi in my home's network.
It's rock solid, and the signal is great even though I have a TON of neighbors and office wifi signals around me (it's a high density mixed-use apartment neighborhood).
Buuut... If I turn on MLO, even though I only have one device using it, stability breaks. It happens more often when my MLO smartphone is far away from the AP. After a while, all wifi goes offline (including non-MLO). OFDMA and MU-MIMO don't change how often it crashes. The AP is still accessible from ethernet, but no wifi available whatsoever.
When wifi was down, I logged into the AP using ethernet, and did a small test: I changed configurations on MLO, and also on different bands (because that triggers a wifi network restart), but it didn't make wifi work again. I have to reboot it to make wifi work again.
So... In summary, if you disable MLO, the RE655BE is a rock solid device.
But MLO is just a no-go for now.
Hoping that you will fix MLO sooner than later.
Cheers!
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Would you mind taking a screenshot with the firmware information?
Additionally, please verify if you can manage the RE655BE remotely via the Tether App. I suspect that your device may not have successfully connected to the cloud service.
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@Joseph-TP Huh... now it shows without the "Beta" wallpaper:
Yesterday I had to unplug it, so either that fixed the "beta wallpaper" issue, or something else was the issue (maybe browser cache?)
@PindDK Do you still see the "beta wallpaper"?
As for the WPS flag issue, I still see it (it hasn't been fixed).
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LOL, as far as I know, the official firmware version shouldn't have the beta firmware watermark. It's very likely that it wasn't synced to the cloud service before.
Regarding the WPS display anomaly, this subsequent firmware should fix it, so please be patient.
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@rohitms The downloads page has a link to it
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/re655be/#Firmware
rohitms wrote
How to get v1.0.8? I cannot see any updates? Anywhere I can download it from?
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On that note, I've never gotten the check for online upgrade part of the webUI to work on this device. Not sure if that's something particular to my setup, or another bug.
Anyone else?
apreslin wrote
@rohitms The downloads page has a link to it
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/re655be/#Firmware
rohitms wrote
How to get v1.0.8? I cannot see any updates? Anywhere I can download it from?
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Noted, thank you! Just upgraded it.
From the webUI I am getting the same error, unable to connect to the could server. I had to download and upload the file manually.
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Thanks @rohitms !
Would you be able to have your software development engineers look at the upgrade issue from the webUI too? Since I'm not the only one with the issue, I suspect that it is a bug.
rohitms wrote
Noted, thank you! Just upgraded it.
From the webUI I am getting the same error, unable to connect to the could server. I had to download and upload the file manually.
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