Thanks for the update.
Unfortunately, there are still issues with the user interface (UI), some of which existed with the previous version of firmware. Ones that I have come across so far are mentioned below.
As with the previous version of firmware, the UI still becomes unresponsive in the midst of using it, i.e. not due to inactivity. This requires the user to return to the login page, and start over again.
Clicking on the Next button to view the next page of the logs returns the user to the login page. This happened on 5 consecutive attempts, when attempting to switch from page 1 to page 2 after logging back in and returning to the logs page, but also happens when on other pages.
The logs severity level works in the oppposite way to that expected, i.e. 'or lower' actually includes logs for higher severity levels rather than lower severity levels. For example, you would not expect selecting 'Info or lower' to include Error logs, but it does. Filter options to select specific severity levels rather than a severity level or lower/higher would be more useful.
After disabling Wi-Fi and enabling it again using the 'Enable / disable Wi-Fi' button, the 5GHz band remains disabled. Toggling either the 'Enable / disable Wi-Fi' button or the enable/disable button for the 5GHz band has no effect on the status. Only after turning off the power to the modem/router, setting the 'Enable 5GHz Wireless' switch on the 5GHz settings page to OFF before returning to the 'My Wi-Fi' page, and then toggling the enable/disable button for the 5GHz band was it possible to enable the 5GHz band.
On another occasion, after disabling Wi-Fi and enabling it again using the 'Enable / disable Wi-Fi' button, the loading icons just continued forever. On returning to the login page, entering credentials resulted in 'Communication error with the gateway'. From memory, clearing that requires turning the modem/router off and on again, which I did not do because I have done that many times today already. However, whilst updating this post, I noticed my laptop was no longer connected to the internet, even though a solid white light remained on the modem/router. Even after waiting for a while, that did not change, so I had no choice but to turn the modem/router off and on again. I have not had any unexpected disconnections over the past 4 weeks, prior to the firmware update.
In addition to that, the worst impact of the firmware change I have observed so far is that of an inexplicable drop in download speed whilst connected wirelessly.
Prior to the firmware update (with a sync speed of 43Mbps) I was able to achieve a download speed of 40Mbps via ethernet or wireless (5GHz or 2.4GHz bands) connections. Since the update (with a sync speed of 43Mbps), the download speed is still 40Mbps via ethernet connection, but has dropped to 28Mbps on a wireless (5GHz or 2.4GHz bands) connection, even with the connected device in the same room as the modem/router. On the 2.4GHz band, the signal is more than 60dB above signals from neighbouring routers. On the 5GHz band, the Wi-Fi analyser is not showing any signal from neighbouring properties.
I borrowed a Sagemcom modem/router with version SG4K100174 firmware from someone, who wasn't using it. The download speed was the maximum expected for the sync speed no matter whether using ethernet or wireless connection, which is as it was for me prior to the firmware update.
Minutes later, I switched back to the modem/router with the updated firmware, and, as before, the download speed for a wireless connection is much lower than with an ethernet connection. This change is coincident with the firmware update, and so currently my conclusion is that it has been brought about by the firmware update.
This is the worst user experience I have ever had with TalkTalk modem/router firmware and user interface, and yet the firmware is now version 206, and it's many years since TalkTalk started issuing Sagemcom FAST 5346 modem/routers. This situation is simply ridiculous.
