Release ASUS RT-AX59U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.388_33903 (2025/03/13)

[bingoshrimp]

Haven't noticed this personally. I did go ahead and enable automatic reboot a few times a week to try to counter the issues you mentioned, and I haven't experienced any problems so far.

Another thing has been bothering me with sticking to older firmware. I cannot figure out if the router is fully protected against the recent-ish security issues regarding Ai related features, or if the fix arrived in 903 only?

 

[RT-AX59U.Japan]

Lately I've noticed that when the router acts up, the 5GHz band usually stops working. And when I checked if others were having similar issues, I realized the 5GHz band might be causing trouble. Apparently the DFS feature could be the culprit. So I tried turning DFS off, and so far it's been working perfectly.

 

[bingoshrimp]

I think that's somehow expected from DFS channels... right? IIRC, when using DFS channels, sometimes the 5GHz WIFI band of the router needs to give way to radar signals, often coming from a nearby airport. The time it takes rebooting the router should also be affected, having to do with the routher needing to scan to see if it can safely use the DFS channels.

I don't use the DFS channels myself. It seems like potentially a lot of instability of WIFI for - for my condtions at least - little to no gain.

 

[Tech9]

I think that's somehow expected from DFS channels... right?

Channel Availability Check for DFS range may take up to 10 minutes depending on the region.

 

[tiomiguel]

I have a new Rt-AX59U firmware 3.0.0.4.388_33950 coming from RT-AX82U GNUTON last firmware, because I need faster WIREGUARD RT-AX82U can offer.
RT-.AX82U was VERY STABLE, but with this new RT-AX59U, much more powerful than RT-AX82U, I observed WIFI issues in the 2,4 Ghz band
I have two SONOFF RF BRIDGE,s based on ESP8285, SoC thas does NOT support PMF
Setting PMF in CAPABLE works OK in RT-AX82U but in this RT-AX59U I must DISABLE PMF -and AGILE MULTIBAND- or CPU cores go up a lot...
I have informed ASUS and I believe this issue will be easy to solve, as PMF disable can be insecure ,and there are lots od IoT devices with ESP8284 SoC