am thinking that as well but, can't seem to be able to connect if without aicloud...anyway, it's working at the moment...thanks again

where to do vlan tagging in xwrt? or cant be done must use tomato?

LAN > IPTV > Select ISP Profile > Manual Setting

I want to ask all the sifus here, will it be difficult to set this up? Like I saw need to do flashing and stuff. Plan to buy new router but I have no idea how to set it up, I'm using unifi. Thought of buying asus ac55u, heard its good and easy to set up.

If you buy the Huawei WS880, you don't have to flash custom firmware.

It comes with Unifi support out of the box.

You just need to enter your Unifi userID and password.

Looks like updating my WiFi driver doesn't help. Never had this no Internet connection (despite connected) issue when I was using Xiaomi Nano router as AP or the old Huawei router by TM.

This issue doesn't happen frequently but will happen once a while, then my connection will go offline for few seconds and resume back again.

I just noticed there is another newer driver update and I have done that, not sure if this helps but honestly speaking I'm giving up already. Maybe not fated to use this router? I may sell it off then if it is still happening.

fruitie, have you tried flashing your Huawei WS880 to the latest Xwrt-Vortex firmware 380.61?

I haven't.
The truth is my current firmware was flashed by a friend.
I supposed upgrading firmware is not as difficult as flashing a totally new firmware right?
I last updated a router firmware was back in 2013.

Yup..much easier than flashing new firmware.

Follow our forumer guide here

Credits to sHawTY

If your friend has already flashed Xwrt-Vortex firmware 380.58 for you, it is very easy to flash the latest version 380.61

Just go to Administration --> Firmware Upgrade page, select the downloaded firmware file, which has a .trx extension, and click Upload.

Excellent! Thank you and sHawTY, I will do it right now.

ok will try it tomorrow. the tomato wifi signalseem to be weaker than stock firmware.....

Alright, thanks for the guide.
Will do it now. Awesome guys.

For those using the DDNS, are you really comfortable with exposing your router admin page to the internet with only a password verification?

For those who know how, use ssh access (key+password or key only) and then port forward for mobile access to the router. At least that way more secure.

raynman, AMDAthlon, sHawTY thanks guys for the guidance and pointers. I have done updating my firmware.


Let's see if it helps with my issue. I don't want to let go such a good router.

This post has been edited by fruitie: Aug 10 2016, 12:00 AM

One more thing you can try.

Go to Wireless --> Professional.

Under Tx power adjustment, drag the slider from default 'Balance' to "Performance' and see if it helps.

Thanks. Just done as per your advice.

Will this router go on idle mode when not using it?

Oh then why I saw many of you guys do flashing? And how's the connection of unifi on the router? I still cant make decision on the huawei ws880 or the asus rt-ac55u. how much is the price for the huawei ws880?

You mean the router goes into power-saving mode and shutdown WIFI transmission/reception?

From my experience, no.

My router is powered on 24/7 unless there is a power trip.

And I don't experience any WIFI dropouts at all for all my devices.

Yes. I just want to find out the possibility for my issue. Mine also 24/7 and so far other devices are OK.
I'm not sure if it is because of my old card - Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 since it is only single band. I have been using this laptop for 5 years and no such issue until I changed to this router.