The 5GHz radio disappears. Solution: The WS330 shares its antenna system. In high-quality builds, you must manually set the country code to US (or your local region) in etc/config/wireless to unlock legal channels.
If your WS330 is your primary router, proceed with caution—stick to stock tuning with scheduled reboots. If it is a secondary unit for experimentation, absolutely flash OpenWrt. That is where the true "extra quality" lives. huawei ws330 firmware extra quality
| Metric | Stock Firmware (Latest Official) | OpenWrt "Extra Quality" Build | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | 4,200 | 16,384 | | Wi-Fi Jitter (2.4 GHz) | 8.2 ms | 2.1 ms | | Boot Time | 72 seconds | 19 seconds | | Bufferbloat Grade (Waveform.com) | C | A+ | | Daily Packet Loss | 0.5% - 1.2% | <0.01% | The 5GHz radio disappears