[Maylyn's Review] ASUS RT-AC87U

[Jong99]

Just updated my iPhone 6 Plus & iPad Air, will turn on beamforming and monitor to see if still dc.

I'll try too with my iPhone 6 and Air 2. But I have no trouble at all now (before IOS update) with Beamforming and Roaming Assist off.

 

[oric1]

Just updated my iPhone 6 Plus & iPad Air, will turn on beamforming and monitor to see if still dc.

With beamforming on, after 10 mins, I just saw my iPhone 6 Plus disappeared from the 5GHz log and reconnect immediately to 5GHz again

Will turn off beamforming and monitor.

BTW, I'm still on Merlin 378.51. Will wait for .53 before updating.

 

[Jong99]

I'm running 4950, with 5Ghz fixes that won't be into Merlin until .52 or .53 (a few in each I think), so if anything is going to be good now this should be it! Let's see. I still had beamforming problems with 4950 and the previous IOS.

 

[Jong99]

Took about 15mins for my iPad Air 2 to disconnect in sleep mode. ac beamforming is off again. See if that fixes it.

 

[ho_kuku]

Are you using iOS?

iOS 8.3 is out today, here are some of the fixes:

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes:
● Fixes an issue where you could be continuously prompted for login credentials
● Addresses an issue where some devices disconnect intermittently from Wi-Fi networks
● Fixes an issue where hands-free phone calls could become disconnected
● Fixes an issue where audio playback could stop working with some bluetooth speakers

more here...

Not a ios user.. am using a note3 and tab s.
lots of wifi connected but no internet problems with both 2 devices.
this is with bf off and network rotation interval set to 0
Other devices ie NAS, server and media players r wired... so no issue

i do have an older ipad3 though.... no drop out on the 5ghz band. I suspect prob is with the ac ios devices

I realised for ios devices main prob is dc..... but for android its a different set of problem altogether. Its not dc... but wifi connected with no internet connectivity. Btw my android version is 4.4.2... i doubt is a OS related prob.

Therefore I've stated a few times here.... asus dId not acknowledge this problem.... and kept putting its effort on the ios issue only. @JK.. Please show some love for android users too K?

 

[Dellboy]

Hi Guys

Just saw a whole lot of error messages like these:

Apr 8 22:59:29 kernel: net_ratelimit: 10 callbacks suppressed
Apr 8 22:59:29 kernel: Dead loop on virtual device vlan10, fix it urgently!
Apr 8 22:59:29 kernel: Dead loop on virtual device vlan10, fix it urgently!

Please help!

Hi, could anyone help with this issue, and those I've mentioned previously?

 

[Jong99]

It's very odd. That issue was supposed to have been fixed months ago with much earlier firmware. Not heard of any of those errors since. I could only suggest a hard reset and re-inputing of settings manually from scratch. Unless anyone has any other thoughts?

 

[Jong99]

Took about 15mins for my iPad Air 2 to disconnect in sleep mode. ac beamforming is off again. See if that fixes it.

Seems to be same as it ever was - need both types of beamforming off for ac iDevices to stay connected in sleep. Don't know if 8.3 has improved behaviour with beamforming when awake. Have not had an issue with beamforming off since 4950, so don't know what else they might have done. 4950 said it had a "workaround" for iPhone, so maybe all that has happened is Asus can remove that?

 

[ho_kuku]

Seems to be same as it ever was - need both types of beamforming off for ac iDevices to stay connected in sleep. Don't know if 8.3 has improved behaviour with beamforming when awake. Have not had an issue with beamforming off since 4950, so don't know what else they might have done. 4950 said it had a "workaround" for iPhone, so maybe all that has happened is Asus can remove that?

Jong... do u have android devices to test with?

 

[CoolSilverRider]

Just updated to .4950...reset and configure the router...so far so good, just that connection for my MS Pro 3 is abit slower than .4608

But i still prefer .4376 version...more stable.

 

[d4rkm4st3r]

I just updated to 4950 and my router cannot be seen on the wifi range..

Tried resetting and power off it also not working..

Anyone?

 

[seller4]

I just updated to 4950 and my router cannot be seen on the wifi range..

Tried resetting and power off it also not working..

Anyone?

ASUS RT-AC87U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.378.4950
[Important] Because added the patch for 5GHz, please press and hold the reset button more than 5 seconds to reset the router after firmware updated to avoid compatibility issue.

- Added workaround for iPhone6 wireless unstable issue.
- Fixed the denying intranet access issue in 5GHz guest network.
- Fixed the UI issue when switched to AP mode from media bridge mode.
- Supported ZTE MF193A USB LTE dongle.

MD5: 242fe3dd0acfc7b4e129edd453ccb278

Did you do the > 5 second thingy highlighted in bold?

 

[d4rkm4st3r]

Did you do the > 5 second thingy highlighted in bold?

yes i did.. i pressed 10 secs just to be safe...

 

[d4rkm4st3r]

I Manage to solve it by switching off the main switch..

updated to 4950 because i find that my iphone 6 plus is not working well with my new ac87u that i just got ytd...

but after updating, the 5ghz is still not working well.. not much improvements.. maybe i would say no improvement at all.. facebook video is buffering when watched on HD, safari browsing loads really slow..

so now im attempting to update my iphone 6 plus firmware to 8.3..

will update the results here..

 

[GeForce]

I'm getting no issues thus far on 4950 & iPhone 6 on iOS 8.3

 

[d4rkm4st3r]

I'm getting no issues thus far on 4950 & iPhone 6 on iOS 8.3

Ok.. Some updates..

So far so good.. been loading to different websites on safari on my iphone 6 plus and loading videos on facebook for the past 15 mins... A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT..

Those who have not updated to ios 8.3 please go ahead and try..

Will continue to update at the end of the day today...

 

[Jong99]

Jong... do u have android devices to test with?

I've got one very cheap Android handset that came free with a contract, gathering dust in a cupboard. I could get it out and turn it on, but we don't use it for anything, so I'm not sure if it would be very helpful.

 

[ho_kuku]

I've got one very cheap Android handset that came free with a contract, gathering dust in a cupboard. I could get it out and turn it on, but we don't use it for anything, so I'm not sure if it would be very helpful.

No worries... guess majority here are ios users. Not much love from Asus for Android ppl here.

 

[Jong99]

Seems to be same as it ever was - need both types of beamforming off for ac iDevices to stay connected in sleep.

Tried 378.4950 and IOS 8.3 with all 5Ghz beamforming on - iPad Air 2 disconnected in 15 mins. Turned off "ac beamforming", but left on "universal beamforming" - lasted another 15 mins. Turned both off and its been connected for the last 12 hours.

I think I can say for sure that 8.3 has done nothing for that problem! Luckily I don't really need it anyway!

 

[CoolSilverRider]

Tried 378.4950 and IOS 8.3 with all 5Ghz beamforming on - iPad Air 2 disconnected in 15 mins. Turned off "ac beamforming", but left on "universal beamforming" - lasted another 15 mins. Turned both off and its been connected for the last 12 hours.

I think I can say for sure that 8.3 has done nothing for that problem! Luckily I don't really need it anyway!

I'm using .4950 ....everything seems stable and fine.

Just upgraded my iPad Mini 3 to iOS 8.3....video and games are smooth.
My android devices (mobile and tablet) are working fine too.

Noted: All devices are connected to 5Ghz.