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I agree with Tech9 with regard to a simple methodic approach for sure but apart from the latest Merlin, I haven't made any changes to the router's config in months. Solved - Well, I never hard reset and I didn't run the malware detection script offered here but I installed the pre-beta and the...

OK, I had read that. Just wanted to be clear in that mine shows none of the reported symptoms. I'm not 100% certain that's not what's going on however. I plan to continue to troubleshoot and run off the old VZ router for now. Thanks again.

Thanks for the responses! I left this out of my initial post because it seemed superfluous but I was streaming F1 in one room last night and paused it, then went into another room 10 minutes later to resume on a different PC. That PC has no mouse/keyboard so I VNC to it from my phone to control...

RT-AX86U from 2020. Merlin 3004.388.8_2 (latest). I do not use ASUS DDNS and have never enabled AICloud. I have one port open for OVPN and one for VNC. All lights and WiFI work and MAC addresses are all normal so I really don't think this is related to the current malware situation but something...

Thanks guys, corroboration is as important as a cure.

Both ports are USB 3.0 on the RT-AX86U, so, yes. I'm using what are apparently crappy old thumb drives however, which could certainly account for the unreliability. I do have UHS micro SD cards here, it may be worth trying one of those in the interim while I pull together an external SSD.

I've done a mix of implementations, from a complete rebuild and reinstall of the router software to a restore of JFFS from a backup and a clone of the "dead" USB drive. I have reformatted JFFS although it's a stretch to claim I rebooted 3X before setting up the new USB. I've definitely reset...

ASUS RT-AX86U Running Merlin 386.5 Every few months my USB drive unmounts, which kills my swap file and takes out Diversion and Skynet, among other things. I've used a few different manufacturer's drives, including Kingston, Memorex, generic, USB2.0, USB3.0, etc. I format the drive in AMTM...

For sure a DNS problem. I can't get to ns1.asuscomm.com from a DOS box or from PuTTY. What I don't get is why that's my only problem. I'm using OpenDNS and everything else seems to be configured properly, it's just this one piece that isn't working. When I revert back to my ISP's DNS on the WAN...

Thanks for the responses. Firstly, yes, the WAN address of the router is the public address on the Verizon network and not behind any private range addresses. The Log report points to a problem for sure but googling it doesn't get me too far. One thing that strikes a chord is perhaps a...

I have a similar problem. A few weeks ago Verizon rolled my IP to a new one and for almost a month I haven't been able to get my DDNS to update. From outside the network a tracert still shows the old IP. Running the ASUS lookup at http://iplookup.asus.com/nslookup.php reports my old IP as well...

Do you think removing Skynet from the picture would prevent the router from overloading and dropping connections? I guess it's pretty easy to find out... I don't care about the log files but having my office VPN drop every few hours as the router goes into convulsions is annoying at best.

Hate to hijack but have a related question. I get a ton of this traffic, the ZZZZs would represent my router's MAC and the XXXXs are my public IP, to the point that once or twice a day it cripples my AX86U. There are instances when I'll get 40-50 each second for a little while and the router...

I had some trouble with Diversion last night, poor performance, so I uninstalled it and uiDivStats, then reinstalled, along with the youtube ad blocker piece. Today I went to back up my JFFS partition from the ASUS GUI and Microsoft Security Essentials complained that it found Wacatac.C!ml in...