Unusually high number of garbled packets since installing R65

[laugensen]

Since R066, I've been getting corrupted downloads over wi-fi. Any kind of compressed file will inevitably contain CRC errors and be unusable, whether I download it on a PC, iPad or Android device.
Thus also affects Steam, Origin, GOG etc.
I'm running both a 5 GHz (11ACVHT80) and a 2.4 GHz (11NGHT40), both with WPA2PSK (PSK2+TKIP).

If I'm plugged directly into my own LAN I'm not seeing the problem. I hope there is some way we can clear this up, otherwise I'm going to have to shelve my Almond+ for the time being :/

[schafdog]

I am seeing it too when using Time Machine backup and ssh connections. Also on R66. Going back to the slower AP :-(

[nsvrana]

I'm unable to download Yosemite on my Mac's at home 

[jagij]

This issue is for some reason only affecting less than 1% of our backers, so this is what's so strange.

Just wondering how you guys know about these numbers (affecting less than 1% of the backers), I've been experiencing this problem since I installed the router (1st of september), but I never thought about going onto the forum to check it.
I use the almond+ in AP mode, and just now stopped using the wan port. It doesn't make a difference though.
Running the loop suggested somewhere in this thread:

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while true; do curl -s -o test.dmg http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/updates/11_5_1/mac/Adobe-Flash-Professional-CS55-Update.dmg ; md5 test.dmg ; sleep 1 ; done
causes every single download to have a different checksum.

[LGNilsson]

Based on the number of complaints. Pretty much all of them are in this thread.
We're working on a fix and we're testing out a new beta firmware now. Once we're sure it doesn't cause any additional problems, we'll be releasing an update that fixes this issue as well as some other problems people are experiencing.

[psixilambda]

So you are saying you are letting less than 1% of your backers completely down with an unusable router that basically is at the moment no better than a paperweight? I would think that the number is pretty high because how many of the backers will run their routers in AP mode. Are you sure it would not affect everybody when running in AP mode?

Please give us an ETA for the firmware.

Thanks

[LGNilsson]

We've solved the issue as mentioned, but we're still testing the firmware and range extender isn't working yet, as we upgraded the Wi-Fi drivers and that changed something which meant we ended up with more work to do. The next firmware release will fix this issue, the Apple connectivity issues and a lot more things and it's not a quick thing to make sure we don't introduce further issues and as such it'll be ready when it's ready I'm afraid.

[psixilambda]

Thank you Lars for the clarification. I understand that upgrading the Wi-Fi driver takes more time and needs thorough testing.

Again thanks for the clarification, looking forward to the update!

Best regards

Alex

[damien]

Looking forward to a fix on this one. I am having the same issue with corrupted downloads. My Almonds are all in AP mode, getting corrupted downloads, images and very poor airplay performance for streaming video.

[Tim]

Just adding my voice to this problem. See it on:

Macbook Air 11 (2010) - downloads fail
Macbook Air 13 (2014) - downloads fail
iMac 5K - downloads fail
iPhone 6 - firmware updates always failed
iPad mini Retina - firmware updates always failed
iPad Air - firmware updates always failed

[AndCycle]

not many people complain doesn't means 1%,

I bet this issue probably effect everyone, some people just don't know,

this corrupt issue have such a wide effect render android play store auto update useless,
it's hardly have apk download without checksum error,

if you guys can easily reproduce this on your side, that means bunny happened.

[LGNilsson]

No, it really doesn't affect everyone, if it did, I'd be having this issue at home, which I don't.
It might be 2% by now, but it's still a comparatively low number.

It's not something that we can easily reproduce, but we have a fix for it, but it won't be in the next firmware as it was apparently a little bit more complex than I was initially told, so it'll be in the next public beta firmware, but due to delays because of some bugs in R067, it too will be delayed. 

[trentdk]

Add me to the list. I just recently got a MacBook Pro, and I'm experiencing the corruption issues, both 2.4 and 5 GHz networks. I'm in AP mode.

I don't have a Windows wireless machine to compare to, (my Windows box is wired).

[ajax3712]

Sorry,

Has there been any update to this issue?  It appears that so many of my downloads are failing miserably. 

I'm in AP mode, and the majority of my devices are macs and ios devices...

[LGNilsson]

We're nearly there with the new firmware release. Our beta/dev guys should be getting a beta build to test next week and if that's all good, then we'll release it to everyone.