Ac66u + RT53 Any configuration (repeater, highway, media bridge) dies violently after a while

[cyber7]

And I become unable to get access to the ac66u, not even after a restart. The asus device discovery has this to say: "Your computer and your wireless router are on a different subnet mask"

I used to love my asus.

The same thing happens when if I use the mobile broadband WAN connected via usb to phone or wirelessly too, I just remembered.

Firmware is the latest supported merlin firmware for ac66u. The RT53 is stock.

 

[L&LD]

Power down your whole network.

Wait for 5 minutes.

Power on your router and wait for 15 minutes.

Power on your client devices.

 

[Grisu]

you could change to Johns fork to still get security updates for your old units.

 

[cyber7]

I got it working again, both repeater and ac66u setup in media bridge after a hard reset of the ac66u, went to bed, and evidently it broke after just half an our.

Gonna try moving the repeater to see if I can cut the 66u from the equation.

Update: I am now only using the Ac53 and it can connect to the AP and give me a connection comfortably, thus leaving the ac66u out.

I am fairly certain the ac66u chokes, on anything other than a cabled-wan connection.

 

[ColinTaylor]

I really can't follow which device is the main router and which is being used as a repeater (or media bridge). It seems to vary from sentence to sentence.

 

[cyber7]

I really can't follow which device is the main router and which is being used as a repeater (or media bridge). It seems to vary from sentence to sentence.

oh yeah, sorry for that, I didnt explain how its setup properly.

The Ac53 repeater is setup as a repeater, from a third device, my neighbours wifi. So far the Ac53 has worked flawlessly.

Setting up a ac66u however as a second repeater/media bridge to the Ac53 makes the ac66u choke to death in 15 minutes.

If I scrub everything and put my 4G unlimited plan mobile device in the usb port on the ac66u and set it up like that, it chokes to death in 15 minutes.

 

[L&LD]

oh yeah, sorry for that, I didnt explain how its setup properly.

The Ac53 repeater is setup as a repeater, from a third device, my neighbours wifi. So far the Ac53 has worked flawlessly.

Setting up a ac66u however as a second repeater/media bridge to the Ac53 makes the ac66u choke to death in 15 minutes.

Not only are you choking your internet speeds, but your (nice) neighbor's too!

Does he/she know you're piggybacking off of them?


I would suggest the following configuration instead:

Use one router as a Media Bridge. Plug a LAN Port from that router to the WAN Port of the other router that you use in Router Mode.

 

[cyber7]

Not only are you choking your internet speeds, but your (nice) neighbor's too!

Does he/she know you're piggybacking off of them?


I would suggest the following configuration instead:

Use one router as a Media Bridge. Plug a LAN Port from that router to the WAN Port of the other router that you use in Router Mode.

Lol no I am not choking anything, I get maybe 25Mbits throughput from the current setup, I had 20ish Mbits with the ac66u - media bridge - rp-ac53 - Wireless AP setup. His speed is 100Mbit.

The problem is the ac66u chokes but it is 6-7 years old now so I cant really complain.

 

[L&LD]

Lol no I am not choking anything, I get maybe 25Mbits throughput from the current setup, I had 20ish Mbits with the ac66u - media bridge - rp-ac53 - Wireless AP setup. His speed is 100Mbit.

The problem is the ac66u chokes but it is 6-7 years old now so I cant really complain.

If the AC53 is capable of Bridge Mode, it should give both of you better speeds (and use the RT-AC66U as a router).

When you are using the connection in Repeater Mode, his effective ISP speeds were cut drastically, btw.

 

[Grisu]

change power adapter on ac66u may solve all your problems with it!