Release Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.6 is now available

[bennor]

Updated my AX86U Pro and working well. A few things I noticed under the advanced wireless settings:

b.) "Multi-User MIMO" is completely gone. It still exists under the 2.4GHz band settings, but the only MU-MIMO option under 5GHz now is "OFDMA / MU-MIMO". I guess that means it controls MU-MIMO for both 802.11ac and 802.11ax?

Might as well repost the following to the second third page, for those who missed it on the first page:

For those wondering what happened to the Wireless > Professional > Multi-User MIMO option. RMerlin explained the change in the beta firmware discussion:

The newer GPL code I use hides the MU-MIMO setting whenever the device supports OFDMA, in favor of the MU-MIMO setting present in the OFDMA/MU-MIMO dropdown. The latest published firmware is older and does not do that yet. I can only assume that this is by design.
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This is probably why that field is also now named "OFDMA / MU-MIMO" rather than just "OFDMA".

 

[Aarlin303]

RT-BE96U wireless mode, recently purchased. Installed merlin code first thing, factory reset, flashed beta 1, dirty upgrade to beta 2 and now this release. Smooth sailing so far.
Thank you Merlin!!

Ditto for me!

 

[Syl]

GT-AXE16000 here, dirty upgrade from 102.5 and while it took a little longer to install compared to normal, looks like everything is working perfectly fine since!

Thanks for everything you do Merlin!

 

[RMerlin]

Thank you sir! Any thoughts on the “modulation scheme” and “802.11b mode” labels? Have those just been mis-labelled by Asus?

I highly doubt they got mislabeled. It would require an active change for this to happen.

 

[128bit]

hoping not to diverge too much from the topic, but with 3006, is there any new guidance re the use of merlinware on mesh nodes? for those who may not be aware, consensus has been to load stock fw on the nodes. i'm just wondering if we've reached that point, where it may be ok.

regards

 

[Howard_inGA]

Dirty flash from beta 2 to final...
This one went in smoothly on the first try!
thks Merlin

 

[Howard_inGA]

hoping not to diverge too much from the topic, but with 3006, is there any new guidance re the use of merlinware on mesh nodes? for those who may not be aware, consensus has been to load stock fw on the nodes. i'm just wondering if we've reached that point, where it may be ok.

regards

All Merlin, all the way around...

 

[Ozymandyus]

Dirty flash from 102.5 to 102.6 went smoothly. I'm glad to see this released, as I was starting to see issues in .5 where it would slow down/lose connections unless rebooted every few days. Hopefully .6 corrects this.