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    No internet connection for 4 or 5 seconds

    The fact you have Gigabit fiber and the problem you describe sounds rather similar to what I have going on here. It would have been interesting to see what your Router CPU looked like while the connectivity was lost. What I think I am seeing is that the RT-AC88U can't really handle full Gigabit...
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    Offload VPN responsibility from 2 ASUS routers to a Windows PC and a Raspberry PI?

    I wish I had the time, the patience, the Linux knowledge and the steady supply of Ritalin to finish this, but I really struggled to get 'site to site split tunnel' working, and I have been so impressed with ease-of-use of the Wireguard client software, I have not been motivated enough to keep at...
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    computer knocks out entire network at startup

    I have unmanaged switches... The main one is a D-Link GO SW‑16G, pretty low-end stuff. Since I made a number of changes in parallel when troubleshooting this I can't be absolutely sure, but I have a gut feel that taking the RT-AC68U AiMesh node off the D-Link Switch and cabling the backhaul...
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    computer knocks out entire network at startup

    Thanks, I have given that computer a good going over, done all the updates, run a couple of complete AV/Spyware scans, and disabled a chunk of startup bloat. I also returned the network card settings to default (back to Auto-Negotiated 1Gbps instead of manual 100mbps). I have also changed the...
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    computer knocks out entire network at startup

    Does it matter if an Aimesh client with ethernet backhaul is connected to the first router via a Switch? is it possible that connecting via a Switch might create a switching loop? i.e. are there 2 routes to all the devices connected on the same switch as the Aimesh client node, either direct...
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    computer knocks out entire network at startup

    I can certainly take a look at the OS level and look for viruses and rootkits, but my gut feel was that this might be more at the network level... Looking at task manager and doesn't show any strange activity, and it's weird they way it 'sorts itself out' after the initial startup chaos. I was...
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    computer knocks out entire network at startup

    I have a Lenovo Gaming PC which is physically connected to a small 4-port switch which is in turn connected to port 4 on my RT-AC88U (I have given up using ports 5-8 on the router due to known RT-AC88U problem). I also have a RT-AC68U as an AiMesh with wired backhaul to port 2 on my RT-AC88U...
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    Offload VPN responsibility from 2 ASUS routers to a Windows PC and a Raspberry PI?

    A lot of other priorities came up but I finally got around to getting halfway on this! I purchased a couple of Raspberry Pi's (Pi 4 Model B 4GB) and installed PiVPN from here: https://www.pivpn.io/ After a bit of reading I decided to give Wireguard a try instead of OpenVPN - it seems to be...
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    Offload VPN responsibility from 2 ASUS routers to a Windows PC and a Raspberry PI?

    I have been using OpenVPN Split Tunnel Site to Site VPNs with an ASUS RT-AC88U and an ASUS RT87U to network 2 locations together for a few years, but after an upgrade to Gigabit Fiber at my home location I started getting a lot of router instability and packet loss, which I finally found to be...
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    RT-AC88U (ASUS firmware) packet loss after upgrate to Gigabit Fiber - OpenVPN culprit?

    Yup, I still think ASUS is hard to beat price/performance wise as a consumer grade router, so if there is a next step, it will need to be worth it, and it probably means it will be a steep learning curve for me too... Which is one reason why I am not in any hurry to change! I have been...
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    RT-AC88U (ASUS firmware) packet loss after upgrate to Gigabit Fiber - OpenVPN culprit?

    Thanks for the feedback and confirming I don't have hardware AES acceleration. It has taken me a while to respond, but acutally it seems like I had a number of issues - I was orignally getting much better results after disabling OpenVPN, but then I started seeing regular packet loss/slow packets...
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    RT-AC88U (ASUS firmware) packet loss after upgrate to Gigabit Fiber - OpenVPN culprit?

    Hi, I have been running an RT-AC88U with one additional AiMesh node (RT-AC68U) on stock firmware 3.0.0.4.385_20631 without issue. My internet was recently upgraded from 10/100 Mbps to 1 Gigabit, and the same day I started getting between 2 & 4% packet loss. After some troubleshooting I found...
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    WiFi (2.5 & 5 ghz) disappears randomly.

    Yup, milking machines, hayloft fans, deep well water pumps, you name it... Come to think of it, the nearest farmer has problems with his WiFi too (I gave him my old router) , and I am pretty sure he has an old 3 phase motor on his milk cooling compressor which is on its way out... Would be...
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    WiFi (2.5 & 5 ghz) disappears randomly.

    ahh, now you come to mention it I remember going into the router admin when the wifi died. There's only a couple of those entries in the log and they coincide with dates where I was at the house, so probably that last log entry was me fiddling about. If that's the case, there are no other logs...
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    WiFi (2.5 & 5 ghz) disappears randomly.

    Makes sense and agrees with the logs as per my previous reply. I will look at some kind of isolation and see if it helps. The house plugs are 2 wire 230V 50hz (i'm in Europe), I think the main fuse box from is from 70-something, but the actual house wiring is porcelain/Bakelite etc and a lot...
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