That can be many things, Hana, such as a torrent seeder within your network. Try using QoS. Also, make sure you use the latest firmware, etc.

Also, check out this post for more possibilities.

I am a very rookie user but am much less so because of you! I recently bought a 88u pro and for the most part it works really well. I have been experiencing random slow-downs and disconnects though that last anywhere from a couple of seconds to minutes. I kept all the settings on the router to factory, except for turning off Smart Connect so I could have dedicated 2.4 GHz and 5 ghz channels. At the advice of some forms, I also got WIFI explorer lite to find a channel that seemed less crowded but that did not seem to have a significant impact one way or another.

Do you think installing Merlin would possibly help solve some of these gremlins or should I look towards something else?
I also have screenshots of my wireless settings and Wifi Explorer results but I am more than willing to provide anything else.

Set-up

Modem: Arris SurfBoard S33 (no uncorrectables in status page)

Router: Asus RT-AX88U Pro

Internet: Comcast 1gb

Cabling: CAT5e or above

I appreciate all that you do in making all of this accessible!

If you still use XT8, a fork of Merlin that supports it is available:

https://github.com/gnuton/asuswrt-merlin.ng/releases/tag/386.07_2-gnuton1

Good to know! Thanks for sharing, Randy!

So in doing some more research on the Merlin Gnuton1 build thread (which is the only way to get Merlin for the XT8 at the moment), it does appear to be pretty well regarded. Evidently it pretty much takes the Merlin Asuswrt build and simply creates a version specific to the XT8 (and some other models which at the moment aren’t supported by the main Merlin thread) but really isn’t a separate development thread. So I took the plunge yesterday and upgraded my 3 node XT8 AIMesh config to the Merlin Gnuton1 version, and it all went without a hitch, and so far so good. At the moment it’s based on Merlin 386.07_2 but will shortly be upgraded to 386.08 (which has already been done for several other Asys routers which only the Gnuton1 build supports).

Nope. But you can try that though. It’s easy enough.

do you have any benchmarks on the gt-axe16000 after installing Merlin vs not. I know speed isn’t a factor for the most part but I would be curious to review prior to upgrade. ty for this post.

Either is fine, Ian.

That’s quite normal, Steve. Most routers run that hot.