Recent content by woodyca

Back to update all on the outcome. Finally gave up on the AC-87R (after 5 RMAs) and tested the AC-3100. No issues whatsoever and life is good with the AC-3100. Must have been a hardware issue with that model, or something that I don't about anymore. The AC-3100 works like a charm out of...

With NAT acceleration disabled, I still encounter "VPN Reconnecting ..." ---- at a loss and will probably just deal with it until the cost of mesh networking HW comes down and switch over to a different manufacturer. I also connect with WiFi through other houses and hotels and I never have the...

I can't remember if I've tried that one yet or not. Nonetheless, I turned it off and tested last night. I was not working long enough to know if I received a timeout/dropped the VPN. I'll continue testing and let you know. Thanks for giving another option to try.

Thanks for the post of sanity. I've been going crazy trying to get resolution of this. 4th RMA with ASUS they just don't get it and clearly don't support their own SW. I have no idea how they even come up with new versions. Certainly not based on user issues. I will search for the DD-WRT...

Thanks, yes ... IPSec passthrough is enabled under WAN.

I'm on cable broadband also, Cox. I've tried changing the MTU from 1500 to as low as 1300 with the custom firmware. This option was not available on the Asus firmware.

OpenVPN is not running on the router. Yes, I've tried factory firmware and also checking all settings as well as restoring to defaults.

I also use RT-AC68R with Cisco AnyConnect and basically find the VPN connection completely unstable. That is why I went to the extreme of downloading an alternative firmware in order to see if that would fix the problem before purchasing a new router different than Asus. I know it is specific...