WiFi issues with 386.7_2

[Puck6T9]

So I updated my RT-AX86U to the latest 396.7_2 & now my amazon fire stick won’t connect.

It was connecting fine on the 5ghz band. With WiFi 6 mode enabled, enable 160 mhz, & auto select channel including DFS channels. Now it won’t. I have to turn all of those settings off for the fire stick to connect to the 5ghz band. If those settings are on, the fire stick will see the network & connect for a second. Then disconnects & refuses to see the network again, till I turn 5 ghz off & back on.

it was working fine on 383.5. My question is what changed? Why do I now have to turn those settings off for my fire stick to connect. Only seems to be my fire stick also. My phone & Xbox will connect with wifi 6 enabled.

 

[bennor]

Do a subforum search, if you haven't already, for "160mhz" and you'll find a number of past discussions where people are having trouble with 160 Mhz. There is also some discussion on 160 Mhz issues in the big 386.7 thread:

Release - Asuswrt-Merlin 386.7 is now available for all models

Asuswrt-Merlin 386.7 is now available for all supported models. The focus of this release is to upgrade the GPL base code, as well as introduce a few minor improvements. UPDATE - 24-July-2022: 386.7_2 is now available. 386.7_2 (24-July-2022) - UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1q. - UPDATED: RT-AX86U...

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Also do a search, if you haven't already, for "RT-AX86U wifi" and you'll get even more hits with people having wifi issues.