Absolutely, no issues the entire day. I am not sure what was the fix but I believe it is fixed. I really hope this time it works out and stays working for the foreseeable future.
Thank you very much @ColinTaylor and everyone else that was taking the time to read through this lengthy ordeal...
I now have completed the following:
Set the LAN IP
Manually assigned all the IPs via MAC that I like having defined.
Configured the DNS that the router uses to my Raspberry PI that runs pi-hole.
Rebooted the router
Absolutely no issues so far.
ps -w | grep dns | grep -v grep
1269 nobody...
I am now making changes to the 86U, like changing the LAN IP to 192.168.1.1 and I watched the RIG lose the connection and then connect. It has never done that since I've been trouble shooting this.
Okay. I am planning on sticking with the Merlin software. I like the more comprehensive logging support.
Now, would you like me to restart the router once again and not do anything and see what happens? Because please keep in mind, this is the first time I connected the RIG to the network since...
ps w | grep dns | grep -v grep
9973 nobody 5040 S dnsmasq --log-async --dhcp-broadcast
9974 agilis 4908 S dnsmasq --log-async --dhcp-broadcast
The RIG is still connected and has not lost connection since executing the command:
dnsmasq --log-async --dhcp-broadcast
I did what you said with the PID adjustment:
9973 nobody 4908 S dnsmasq --log-async --dhcp-broadcast
9974 agilis 4908 S dnsmasq --log-async --dhcp-broadcast
Yes, I am running Asuswrt-Merlin 384.9 for RT-AC86U.
I ran:
killall dnsmasq
dnsmasq --log-async --dhcp-broadcast
ps w | grep dns | grep -v grep
And this is returned:
9780 nobody 4908 S dnsmasq --log-async
9781 agilis 4908 S dnsmasq --log-async
9973 nobody 4908 S dnsmasq --log-async --dhcp-broadcast
9974 agilis 4908 S...
I'm sorry for the late response. I regrettably fell asleep. Pretty much crashed.
So, the RIG is still connected since issuing that command. It has not disconnected or been "kicked off" the network.
The output of that command:
2791 nobody 4908 S dnsmasq --log-async
2792 agilis 4908...
I did as you asked. Sorry it took so long. I needed to wait for permission from neighbor to go inside so I could remove the device from their network.
I logged into the router and issued the command and then I plugged in the device. This is what I'm seeing in the log:
Nov 6 18:57:47...