Recently bought and setup an AX86U Pro router at my home. It is fed from a DSL modem, so not running at very high end speeds. I am fairly new at this, but it seemed fairly straightforward. The main 5G and 2.4G bands seems to be working normally. I also created a couple "guest" VPNs, one of which is used for a couple of IoT devices. The problem is with this IoT VPN. The two IoT devices connect and work initially just fine. But at some point, a few hours to a few days from the original connect, the devices stop working. No traffic thru them. It appears (at least on one device) it thinks it is still attached. When I look at the router, the devices show up on the Client List, but the attach time and data counters no longer move. These are all DHCP devices (no choice), but the connections are failing way sooner than the lease timeout, so I don't think that is it. When these devices stop working, my usual fix is to power cycle the router, which always seems to fix it. Sometimes (but not always) fiddling with the antennas will allow them to reconnect.
I am fairly new to routers and configuring them, and I am pretty much at my limit with this problem. Can anyone suggest what is going on here and a potential fix?
Thanks in advance.
I am fairly new to routers and configuring them, and I am pretty much at my limit with this problem. Can anyone suggest what is going on here and a potential fix?
Thanks in advance.
