@raven-au  

 

Are you downgrading to the official 1.1.6 Build 20241120 or the pre-release 1.1.6 Build 20250512 we provided in this thread?

 

I understand that you have been downgraded to version 1.1.6, but I hope you can try your best to recall the issue of disconnection that occurred when enabling AI QOS. Please help us gather more details so that our engineers can try to reproduce it as accurately as possible.

1. Did you enable the AI QoS and leave it on Auto Mode, then set the Gaming scene for all apps?

2. When the network dropped out for the entire household, did you notice the LED status on the GE800? I'm wondering whether the GE800 gets rebooted at that time, if all the devices are losing connectivity/internet. Will the connectivity restore on its own?

3. Are there any devices connecting to the MLO Network? If possible, I hope you can try turning off the MLO Network and observe the connectivity again.

 

If you're willing, I hope you can try the new beta firmware (shared via ticket TKID250650107), which may help improve the performance.

  @Kevin_Z I downgraded to the 20250512 firmware.

1) Yes, what you describe is what I did.

2) No, I didn't notice LED behavior but then I have the LEDs turned off.

3) Yes, I had one device connected using the MLO SSID.

While the first instinct with the interruption is an Internet failure I suspect it is actually a kernel crash.

It's too late for me to do anything else now because I have swapped back to using the Netgear Orbi devices.

Oddly enough, because of the incomplete Mesh implementation (no progress in more than a year) I had to move all my IoT devices to the main network.

It was difficult but I did manage to do it.

So, on the Orbi, I can now use its IoT network, set to 5GHz only, to resolve the problem with the Nintendo switches not using the 5GHz WiFi which I can't do with the TP Link devices because of the limited Mesh implementation.

  @Kevin_Z Hi Kevin, on speedtest I tested MLO and normal 6G, both give low download and upload on my device, plus logo with 7, which means MLO ping and jetter is high, although Qus is active and without QOS I tried, results were the same. I think more beta version error. 1.1.6 is problem-free version only WiFi I get 2.5GB WiFi7 with 1.1.8 I get 2.9GB and that was difficult WiFi's disappeared and physical restart WiFi's came back1.1.9 version I can't get higher than 300 MB 1.1.8 is good for higher download and upload only WiFi's that drop out if you use MLO

  @Kevin_Z would be better if it had speedtest build in. This way bo interference from slower hardware or anything else. I have 8gb fiber, but currently only 5gb lan usb cards, don't want desktop in living room so my notebook with usb 5gb lan is only one i tested directly on ge800, but getting around 3,5gb down and 4 upload. Already tested several cables but same everytime, guess it has to do with usb lan or my notebook. Still looking for a notebook but didn't see any with 10gb lan. That's why i asked if it's possible to have built in speedtest like other tp link models

 Hello @Kevin_Z,

I wanted to give the AI QoS some time to see how it effects my network. After trying out the AI QoS for about a week I noticed no difference in my network performance. This is most likely due my client list being less than 50 clients with most of them being cameras or IoTs.

One thing I noticed on my MLO besides my devices sticking to one band is that I am getting an intermittent hangs, happening maybe 3-4 times a day (This is not related to AI QoS and happens regardless of it being on or off). When I am visiting a webpages, sometimes it just hangs for a moment and I have to click refresh or disconnect and reconnect to the router for it to load.

Please let me know if this is something on your radar as I am seeing other people are posting issues regarding MLO performance.

  @Kevin_Z Kevin, my router has automatically upgraded to another version 1.2.1 Build 20250610 rel.39070(4555) and I can no longer downgrade when I choose 1.19 and want to downgrade, it gives an error message

Kevin_Z wrote

 

@raven-au Thank you for providing all the valuable information.

 

Earlier you mentioned that you have 4 WiFi 7 kits. Could you please clarify if you are using them in different networks? Or are you using them at different times in the same network environment? Can both Netgear and ASUS display all client devices accurately in their client lists?

Are you a blogger or an engineer specializing in network devices testing? I'm just out of curiosity. If it's not convenient, that's fine.

  @Kevin_Z I purchased them over time and swap them out, one for another, as developments such as new firmware occur.

I can't really comment on the ASUS kit, they are easily the worst WiFi 7 I have, they are generally unstable, they suffer from packet loss mostly for 2.4GHz devices, and consequently communication is often slow or unresponsive.

I think the two best in terms of the device list are the RBE970 and the BE85, both fluctuate but always seem end up at around at least 90 - 100 devices in the list, and devices are responsive.

I'm neither a blogger or a network device tester (although many years ago I managed the install and setup a fibreoptic network at a mine-site, so I am a bit technical), I just like playing with routers.

At one time I was considering getting into wireless driver development and tried to contribute to OpenWrt but wasn't particularly successful and didn't find it enjoyable, also it didn't look like it would lead to wireless code exposure (the recent stuff is usually closed source) so I stopped and continued with file systems related stuff.

Ian