Hi James,
We’re reviewing the reports and working closely with Eric to address the issue. Version 5.11 delivers a set of performance improvements along with new features aimed at enhancing the user experience on both 6 GHz and 5 GHz networks, and we chose not to delay the release.
Compared to 5.10.4, version 5.11 includes substantial enhancements. Overall sector capacity has increased, especially in deployments with a high number of SMs. PPS numbers have also been improved for F4625/4525 and ePMP 4600, leading to better handling of small packets and improved performance with 80/160 MHz bandwidths.
You can review the testing results here:
Major Performance Enhancements
The scenario currently under investigation involves running a throughput test to a single SM while many SMs are connected to the AP, with a relatively small amount of high-priority background traffic distributed across multiple or all SMs. In this situation, the measured throughput may not reach the sector’s maximum capacity.
This is not a regression introduced in 5.11 and was not considered a release blocker. That said, we are treating it as a high priority and expect to include additional improvements in the 5.11.1 or 5.12 release.
Thank you.