28.5.1 MR Firmware for MT devices

[cmr]

Today I belatedly discovered that there is a beta firmware available for WiFi5 wave 2 APs that is specifically designed to make MT communications more reliable.  I have had a couple of tickets about this with MR42s so I am applying the update and hopefully it will improve the stability of the connections...

[BlakeRichardson]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. 

[MerakiDave · Accepted solution]

Yes @cmr please report back, that should fix the issue.  Sorry it wasn't more obvious, 28.5.1 was mainly put out to address that specific issue, although the stable/GA MR firmware is still listed as 28.5 for the time being, 28.5.1 only becomes obvious when actually looking into the release notes.  28.6 should drop soon fairly soon. 

[cmr]

Thanks @MerakiDave , at the site that was still having problems it is better and now doesn't go offline for long periods of time (7-10 days before).  The longest downtime since the update has been 13 hours, but it is commonly only 2-4 hours now.  That MT was always going to be a challenge as the signal is only -88 dBm to -93 dBm to the nearest Wi-Fi 5 wave 2 AP...  I have ordered some WiFi 6 APs for that site to replace some closer Wi-Fi 5 wave 1 APs, but there is a little wait at the moment 🙊

[cmr]

Just an update here, since we deployed 28.6 not long after the post above, the sensor that was very unstable has been (fingers crossed) perfect.

Good update 👍