Kusuri
Occasional Visitor
Hello,
I've been troubleshooting an issue I've only recently noticed since last weekend. Trying to figure it out by myself so far, but the window for returning the router is nearing an end (ends this Friday), so I'm looking to others for help...
I've replaced an RT-N66U (which is now working solely as an AP in another room without any disks attached) with an RT-AC86U.
I was already using a My Passport 4TB external HDD (set to hibernate after 10 minutes idle without issues) + 512 MB USB pendrive (as swap) fine with only SMB and FTP enabled (turning Media Server only when needed, as it would result in several random spin-ups throughout the day when a PC or PS4 was on). Download Master was also installed and enabled.
I recall no random spin-ups during periods of inactivity with the setup described above.
I've set the exact same on the RT-AC86U on its USB 3.0 port, except since it has more memory I haven't set-up (or even connected) the swap again.
Recently I've noticed there's always a single spin-up everyday even if I'm not doing anything to access the drive. They appear to always occur at the same time every ~24 hours.
The only thing on the log is basically "spinning up /dev/sda after 24 hours" and "spinning down /dev/sda after 10 minutes."
- I have turned Health Scanner off.
- I've tried both latest official and Merlin firmware (both stable and beta).
- There are no daily cron jobs listed that I can see. None at all, to be exact (checked with "cru l" command via SSH).
I don't know if this means anything but last spin-up was yesterday (16th March) at 23:53.
SSH'ing and navigating through the APPS folder in the router and the asusware.arm folder in the USB drive most files related to DM2 (Download Master) and Lighttpd were modified on the 15th March 23:52. This was after a reset and doing a fresh setup of the USB features.
I'm currently suspecting Download Master (maybe it uses a different version on AC86U or something else that makes it behave differently), so I've disabled it for now.
In the meanwhile (still around 8 hours left before I can more or less confirm if it made any difference) I'm open for ideas/suggestions:
What else could be causing something like this every 24 hours and/or why Download Manager would do it (if it's indeed the culprit).
I've been troubleshooting an issue I've only recently noticed since last weekend. Trying to figure it out by myself so far, but the window for returning the router is nearing an end (ends this Friday), so I'm looking to others for help...
I've replaced an RT-N66U (which is now working solely as an AP in another room without any disks attached) with an RT-AC86U.
I was already using a My Passport 4TB external HDD (set to hibernate after 10 minutes idle without issues) + 512 MB USB pendrive (as swap) fine with only SMB and FTP enabled (turning Media Server only when needed, as it would result in several random spin-ups throughout the day when a PC or PS4 was on). Download Master was also installed and enabled.
I recall no random spin-ups during periods of inactivity with the setup described above.
I've set the exact same on the RT-AC86U on its USB 3.0 port, except since it has more memory I haven't set-up (or even connected) the swap again.
Recently I've noticed there's always a single spin-up everyday even if I'm not doing anything to access the drive. They appear to always occur at the same time every ~24 hours.
The only thing on the log is basically "spinning up /dev/sda after 24 hours" and "spinning down /dev/sda after 10 minutes."
- I have turned Health Scanner off.
- I've tried both latest official and Merlin firmware (both stable and beta).
- There are no daily cron jobs listed that I can see. None at all, to be exact (checked with "cru l" command via SSH).
I don't know if this means anything but last spin-up was yesterday (16th March) at 23:53.
SSH'ing and navigating through the APPS folder in the router and the asusware.arm folder in the USB drive most files related to DM2 (Download Master) and Lighttpd were modified on the 15th March 23:52. This was after a reset and doing a fresh setup of the USB features.
I'm currently suspecting Download Master (maybe it uses a different version on AC86U or something else that makes it behave differently), so I've disabled it for now.
In the meanwhile (still around 8 hours left before I can more or less confirm if it made any difference) I'm open for ideas/suggestions:
What else could be causing something like this every 24 hours and/or why Download Manager would do it (if it's indeed the culprit).