AC Routers with v388 Firmware - Question

[Hindgrinder]

Does anyone know if Asus will release v388 firmware for their AC Routers?

 

[bennor]

Does anyone know if Asus will release v388 firmware for their AC Routers?

388.x is apparently (per RMerlin) only for the AX line of routers. The AC line will stay on 386.x firmware. This has been asked a number of times.

388.1 Release notes
This code base is only available for AX models, AC models will stay on the 386.x code base. Asus hasn't added any of these to their End-of-Life list as of now, so that means they will still get updates, just not as frequently. Most of these models being 5-7 years old now, having reduced support isn't unreasonable (as opposed to competitors typically completely dropping ALL support within 2-4 years). On my end, I currently don't plan to drop support for these AC models for the time being, but as with upstream updates, these older models will get less frequent updates from me as well.

 

[Hindgrinder]

Are there any known issues with using AX routers with v388 firmware in a mesh network with AC routers with v386 firmware?

 

[bennor]

Pro tip, use the snbforum search feature to search for such discussions both in this subforum and the other subforums. Lots of discussions about AiMesh issues or problems. For example:
ASUS AC Routers & Adapters - aimesh Search
ASUS AX Routers & Adapters - aimesh Search
Asuswrt-Merlin - aimesh Search
ASUSWRT - Official - aimesh Search

 

[sl4fko]

Are there any known issues with using AX routers with v388 firmware in a mesh network with AC routers with v386 firmware?

Not sure aboat others, but I never had any issues with my GT-AX6000 with AC68U in AiMesh.