Bumping thread.

Costco has a sale right now, and I was thinking about upgrading from my  C5400X.  Has this issue been resolved, bc I would want to update the firmware right out of the box?

@Kevin_Z 

  @MMcD4210 i bought this one at costco - it works well it just displays 1.0 on the GUI rather than 1.6. It is as far as I can tell running 1.6 firmware. Both the manual downloads for the 1.0 and 1.6 seem have rather poorly named files and general confusion

for 1.6 firmware
clicking on
Archer AX11000(US)_V1.6_210719
filename is 
Archer AX11000(US)_V1_210719.zip

also the 1.6 manual download links are out of date but the GUI based updater works. 

for 1.0  firmware in the support section
Archer AX11000(US)_V1_220221 link gives filename 
Archer AX11000(US)_V1_220221.zip

the v1.0 links on the support pages are more up to date but looking at the file names given it seems 1.0 and 1.6 could possibly be the same?

tp-link should clarify this and make the links on the website up to date with the file the GUI downloads and make it clear if 1.0 and 1.6 are different, if they are, reflect that in the GUI, and if not, just make that clear. 

but other than this cosmetic issue, this has been a decent ax11000 wifi - i got this wifi as it was priced nicely at costco and is holding me off until wifi 6e matures and the ax16000 platforms are out. 

  @bhowes Nice!!  Thank you for the info. 

I've been on the fence with this one for a while and it's $80 off Costco's normal price, so I thought I'd give it a go.  I'm a longtime user of TP-Link products and like the bang for the buck they provide, however, the C5400X hasn't had the best throughput for the speeds my internet package is supposed to provide.  It performs adequately and can handle all the household traffic of devices, but I was hoping for better performance from a top of the line product. 

I've been thinking about changing ecosystems altogether and switching over to the Netgear Nighthawk AXE11000, along with their extender and modem, but I'm really not wanting to spend $1200 to do all of that.  I think I'll give the Archer AX11000 a chance, and like you, wait for the 6E stuff to come down.  Thanks again!

MMcD4210 wrote

I've been thinking about changing ecosystems altogether and switching over to the Netgear Nighthawk AXE11000, along with their extender and modem, but I'm really not wanting to spend $1200 to do all of that.  I think I'll give the Archer AX11000 a chance, and like you, wait for the 6E stuff to come down.  Thanks again!

  @MMcD4210 

I would avoid Netgear, they are trying to charge for support after 90 days, and they parental controls and antivirus/intrusion detection/security (Armor), etc, are now premium features that run out after a year. I've also had trouble with firmware upgrades (RBK753/RBR750/RBS750) as well - Netgear support is totally useless.

Netgear also charges extreme amounts for their mesh network [the prices on the Orbi AXE10000 Quadband WiFi 6E RBKE953S-100NAS and Orbi RBK843S AX5700 WiFi 6 Mesh System RBK843S-100NAS are $1300 and $850 respectively  - even at Costco! ].

Netgear Orbis also do not work correctly in AP mode.

My recent Netgear support experiences while helping a friend with his personal and at-work Orbi systems lead me to return the Orbi system to Costco and replace it with an Asus XT8 mesh. The Asus XT8 works ok if the mesh is backhauled with a physical cable (this also opens up a second WiFi 6 band).

Not thrilled with any of the WiFi 6 stuff in general and the "good stuff" like Ubiquiti / AmpliFi Alien stuff is relatively expensive, not updated for WiFi 6E and often out of stock and the professional stuff is just brutally expensive. For my own situation, where I am waiting for a reasonably priced WiFi 6E situation the AX11000 has been doing ok here, its certainly way better than the Frontier WiFi and Im using the Firewall GOLD firewall and this Archer TP-Link AX11000 in AP mode and things are fast. 

  @bhowes @Riley_S 

Okay, now that we figured out that this firmware works with both 1.0 AND 1.6 hardware, can someone please post their findings AFTER upgrading?   Did something improve, or degrade?

The problem is that when TP-Link describes this as "stability improvements", without listing anything exactly what, it's hard to digest and make a decision.

Any and all input is appreciated!