Same problem here. I can reproduce the problem quite regularly. Basically, if you only use the wifi lightly it will be fine. But once you max out the wifi, it will crash the router. For me to make the router crash, I just boot up the laptop. Go to a network share, and transfer a large file (1GB+) from 1 network share to another. It'll crash the router within a min. If for some reason it doesn't, then while the file is transferring, go to beta.speedtest.net and do a network speed test while the transfer is going on in the background. It then crashes (almost 100% certainly while doing the upload test). I'm on a:
TP-Link Archer C7 v2 (Canadian version (CA))
Laptop: Dell XPS 9360 (Kabe Lake) - Latest BIOS
Wireless: Killer Wifi 1535 - Latest Drivers (both tried Dell's latest, and Killers Latest).
I can't use the beta TP-LINK firmware cuz I'm on the CA edition...
Seems to me the issue is with the Killer Wifi, not playing nicely, as my Archer C7 had like a 250 day uptime, then crashed over 8 times since xmas with this new laptop. That said, TP-Link (& QCA) is a bit at fault, as their router shouldn't crash when one of the clients is not playing nicely.
TP-Link needs to provide a stable firmware update ASAP so that their router doesn't crash with naughty clients. And Killer needs to provide an update Driver ASAP so their WINDOWS CLIENTS don't be naughty and crash AP's.
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