Zenwifi XD6 Out of Memory

[Kablamicus]

I have 2 XD6 running 3.0.0.4.388_21380. Wired Backhaul. Memory starts at 142mb remaining and over a week trickles down and then my wireless does not work. Wired connections work fine and I can usually connect to the routers GUI but occasionally it is extremely slow. Node will have a flashing red light. Once I reboot everything is fine. Checking the logs I will see Out of Memory. Is there a recommended firmware that would help alleviate the memory issue while I wait for something new from Asus Support? Thanks for your help.

 

[tgl]

The 388 firmware series has a lot of reports of memory-leak issues. You might have luck with rolling back to whatever is the last 386 release for your model.

 

[Dr Mono]

The 388 firmware series has a lot of reports of memory-leak issues. You might have luck with rolling back to whatever is the last 386 release for your model.

This.

 

[ho_kuku]

I have 2 XD6 running 3.0.0.4.388_21380. Wired Backhaul. Memory starts at 142mb remaining and over a week trickles down and then my wireless does not work. Wired connections work fine and I can usually connect to the routers GUI but occasionally it is extremely slow. Node will have a flashing red light. Once I reboot everything is fine. Checking the logs I will see Out of Memory. Is there a recommended firmware that would help alleviate the memory issue while I wait for something new from Asus Support? Thanks for your help.

I am having problems with xd6 too. Out of memory, wifi dropping and becoming impossible to connect etc. This happened after 1-2 weeks after a refresh reboot - sometime if I am lucky it happens after a month or so.

I became so pissed that I installed the firmware from Sept 2021 - the earlier 386 variant. It was suppose to be most stable. The next thing I knew was asus force update the firmware to this latest version 21380. This happened overnite.

Drove me crazy, wipe everything off (both router and node), did a factory reset - set log level to 5 via ssh on this latest firmware. It had been 5 days since - memory now showing 148mb remaining. Ram usage was around 50% after factory reset and now it stands around 71%. Other than that - things are ok for now. Usually shirt will start happening after 2 weeks - for now fingers crossed.

My settings are vanilla - wired backhaul - I don’t use smart connect, AIProtection, QoS - literally switched off all functions. Even then - Asus couldn’t make it stable.

 

[Tech9]

The next thing I knew was asus force update the firmware

Was Firmware Auto Upgrade turned OFF in your routers?

 

[ho_kuku]

Was Firmware Auto Upgrade turned OFF in your routers?

Yes. Turned off. That is why I found it amusing that it upgraded automatically. Someone in this forum mentioned that Asus will force upgrade the firmware if they deem the version as highly vulnerable to security attack. From what I encountered - I think this in true

 

[Tech9]

Some AXE11000 owners were recently surprised with forced update:

AXE11000 New Firmware

It seems the GT-AXE11000 has been updated as of last night. Current Version : 3.0.0.4.388_22238-g91b51ed Problem is it auto updated without auto firmware upgrade being checked on the router. No firmware release notes have been published on the ASUS website as of yet. Did notice I got less...

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I personally don't like this practice. Better quality control in firmware is needed, not forced updates.