Is it normal for the AC66U B1 to take about 7min to boot ?

[medwatt]

I live in a place with regular power outages. I got this router recently. It seems to take a bit too long to boot and enable wireless access points. It takes about 5m to enable the 2.4GHz access point and about 2m more to enable the 5GHz access point. Is this something normal ?

 

[RMerlin]

Check your system log to determine which step of the boot gets stalled for such a long time. Complete boot time shouldn't be that long.

 

[medwatt]

Check your system log to determine which step of the boot gets stalled for such a long time. Complete boot time shouldn't be that long.

Thanks for replying. I checked the log. Nothing seems unusual. The problem is even though I can see the LEDs for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands enabled almost a minute after turning the router on, it takes much longer for me to detect the signal. In fact I start detecting the 5GHz signal about 2 minutes after detecting the 2GHz signal. Is that normal ?


This is the log. Note that I turned on the router at 16:52:30, but the first entry is registered at 16:53:51.

Jun 19 16:53:51 rc_service: ntp 740:notify_rc restart_upnp
Jun 19 16:53:51 start_nat_rules: apply the nat_rules(/tmp/nat_rules_eth0_eth0)!
Jun 19 16:53:52 kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
Jun 19 16:53:53 kernel: csw_retry 100
Jun 19 16:53:54 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: Failed to enable MSI-X
Jun 19 16:53:54 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: failed to allocate MSI entry
Jun 19 16:53:54 kernel: usb usb1: No SuperSpeed endpoint companion for config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 ep 129: using minimum values
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: disable burst on ep 1
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN no SS endpoint bMaxBurst
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: disable burst on ep 2
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN no SS endpoint bMaxBurst
Jun 19 16:53:56 rc_service: ntp 740:notify_rc restart_diskmon
Jun 19 16:53:56 disk_monitor: Finish
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB 2.0 Flash Disk 0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 4030463 512-byte logical blocks: (2.06 GB/1.92 GiB)
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Jun 19 16:53:56 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jun 19 16:53:57 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jun 19 16:53:57 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jun 19 16:53:57 kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access TOSHIBA MQ02ABD100H 8102 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jun 19 16:53:57 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint
Jun 19 16:53:57 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Jun 19 16:53:59 disk monitor: be idle
Jun 19 16:53:59 kernel: tfat warning (device sda1, pid 1426): fat_fill_super(): FAT volume ROUTER is dirty. You should unmount and repair it.
Jun 19 16:53:59 usb: USB vfat fs at /dev/sda1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/ROUTER.
Jun 19 16:53:59 rc_service: hotplug 1417:notify_rc restart_nasapps
Jun 19 16:54:00 iTunes: daemon is stopped
Jun 19 16:54:00 FTP Server: daemon is stopped
Jun 19 16:54:02 Samba Server: smb daemon is stopped
Jun 19 16:54:02 kernel: gro disabled
Jun 19 16:54:02 Timemachine: daemon is stopped
Jun 19 16:54:02 kernel: gro enabled with interval 2
Jun 19 16:54:05 Samba Server: daemon is started
Jun 19 16:54:07 usb: USB /dev/sdb5(ntfs) failed to mount At the first try!
Jun 19 16:54:07 usb: USB ntfs fs at /dev/sdb5 mounted on /tmp/mnt/Movies.
Jun 19 16:54:07 asusware: umount partition /dev/sdb5...
Jun 19 16:54:07 disk monitor: unmount partition
Jun 19 16:54:08 syslog: USB partition unmounted from /tmp/mnt/Movies
Jun 19 16:54:08 asusware: Automatically scan partition /dev/sdb5...
Jun 19 16:54:08 disk monitor: scan partition
Jun 19 16:54:12 asusware: re-mount partition /dev/sdb5...
Jun 19 16:54:12 disk monitor: re-mount partition
Jun 19 16:54:12 usb: USB /dev/sdb5(ntfs) failed to mount At the first try!
Jun 19 16:54:12 usb: USB ntfs fs at /dev/sdb5 mounted on /tmp/mnt/Movies.
Jun 19 16:54:12 asusware: done.
Jun 19 16:54:12 disk monitor: done
Jun 19 16:54:13 admin: sh /opt/S50asuslighttpd.1 start
Jun 19 16:54:19 admin: sh /opt/S50downloadmaster.1 start
Jun 19 16:54:20 crond[483]: time disparity of 991733 minutes detected
Jun 19 16:54:24 transmission-daemon[2771]: Couldn't bind port 51413 on ::: Address already in use (Is another copy of Transmission already running?) (net.c:380)
Jun 19 16:54:24 transmission-daemon[2771]: UDP Failed to set receive buffer: requested 4194304, got 245760 (tr-udp.c:84)
Jun 19 16:54:24 transmission-daemon[2771]: UDP Failed to set send buffer: requested 1048576, got 245760 (tr-udp.c:95)
Jun 19 16:54:33 rc_service: hotplug 1447:notify_rc restart_nasapps
Jun 19 16:54:33 iTunes: daemon is stopped
Jun 19 16:54:33 FTP Server: daemon is stopped
Jun 19 16:54:35 Samba Server: smb daemon is stopped
Jun 19 16:54:35 kernel: gro disabled
Jun 19 16:54:35 Timemachine: daemon is stopped
Jun 19 16:54:35 kernel: gro enabled with interval 2
Jun 19 16:54:36 Samba Server: daemon is started

 

[RMerlin]

This is the log. Note that I turned on the router at 16:52:30, but the first entry is registered at 16:53:51.

That's only the latter part of the boot process. The interesting part would probably be in the entries before that, before the clock got set (as the clock gets set only when the router is almost done booting, with the Internet already up and running).

 

[medwatt]

That's only the latter part of the boot process. The interesting part would probably be in the entries before that, before the clock got set (as the clock gets set only when the router is almost done booting, with the Internet already up and running).

Sorry about that. Here you go:

https://pastebin.com/RMpgxKgQ

 

[RMerlin]

Combining these two logs, that boot process takes 30 secs to reach a point where the Internet is up and running, and about 1 minute to start the other processes. I don't see anything extending up to 5 or 7 minutes (the log doesn't even cover that long).

 

[medwatt]

Combining these two logs, that boot process takes 30 secs to reach a point where the Internet is up and running, and about 1 minute to start the other processes. I don't see anything extending up to 5 or 7 minutes (the log doesn't even cover that long).

You're right. The log shows a max of 1.5m. I had a stop watch with me and I could see all relevant LEDs ON around the 1m 35s mark. The problem is it takes much longer for any of my devices (laptop, phone, tablet) to see the 5GHz signal.

I did a fresh boot-up :

https://pastebin.com/Exs31fpc

 

[medwatt]

Combining these two logs, that boot process takes 30 secs to reach a point where the Internet is up and running, and about 1 minute to start the other processes. I don't see anything extending up to 5 or 7 minutes (the log doesn't even cover that long).

I'm sorry for doing this here, but I have to ask. I have a pretty miserable internet connection (I got the Asus router more for internal network file transfers than for internet speed). I was very excited about Adaptive QoS because, in the past, I've always had to make sure than no one is sucking up the internet bandwidth through downloading. I enabled Adaptive QoS and prioritized web browsing, followed by streaming. I placed file transfer at the bottom. I initiated a download on one of my computers through a download manager. I tried to watch a youtube video, but it took too long to load, and the file that I was downloading on the computer continued downloading at the same speed. Clearly, Adaptive QoS doesn't seem to be doing what I think it is designed to do, or am I the one confused about the functionality of Adaptive QoS ?

 

[sfx2000]

I live in a place with regular power outages. I got this router recently. It seems to take a bit too long to boot and enable wireless access points. It takes about 5m to enable the 2.4GHz access point and about 2m more to enable the 5GHz access point. Is this something normal ?

If power is that unstable - consider a UPS for the Modem and Router...

Telco (DSL) and Cable tend to have battery backup on their end, so even if power is lost for a short period, if the modem/router is powered by the UPS, no interruption...

 

[RMerlin]

You're right. The log shows a max of 1.5m. I had a stop watch with me and I could see all relevant LEDs ON around the 1m 35s mark. The problem is it takes much longer for any of my devices (laptop, phone, tablet) to see the 5GHz signal.

I did a fresh boot-up :

https://pastebin.com/Exs31fpc

If it's specific to the 5 Ghz band, then it might be because you are in a region where DFS is enforced, and your channel is being bumped by it. Test with the router set to channel 36.

 

[RMerlin]

I'm sorry for doing this here, but I have to ask. I have a pretty miserable internet connection (I got the Asus router more for internal network file transfers than for internet speed). I was very excited about Adaptive QoS because, in the past, I've always had to make sure than no one is sucking up the internet bandwidth through downloading. I enabled Adaptive QoS and prioritized web browsing, followed by streaming. I placed file transfer at the bottom. I initiated a download on one of my computers through a download manager. I tried to watch a youtube video, but it took too long to load, and the file that I was downloading on the computer continued downloading at the same speed. Clearly, Adaptive QoS doesn't seem to be doing what I think it is designed to do, or am I the one confused about the functionality of Adaptive QoS ?

QoS can only prioritize traffic, it won't help if you are bandwidth-starved.

 

[sfx2000]

If it's specific to the 5 Ghz band, then it might be because you are in a region where DFS is enforced, and your channel is being bumped by it. Test with the router set to channel 36.

I recall helping out a forum member from Japan who had similar issues with the 5GHz radio - and it was the DFS check...

 

[medwatt]

If it's specific to the 5 Ghz band, then it might be because you are in a region where DFS is enforced, and your channel is being bumped by it. Test with the router set to channel 36.

Thanks. I can now see the signal after about 1m 40s of the router being switched on. You've been very helpful; I appreciate it. Just one last question. I was able to install the Merlin firmware for ac68u on my ac66u b1 -- does that mean I can install other firmwares designated for the ac68u on my ac66u b1 ?

 

[RMerlin]

Thanks. I can now see the signal after about 1m 40s of the router being switched on. You've been very helpful; I appreciate it. Just one last question. I was able to install the Merlin firmware for ac68u on my ac66u b1 -- does that mean I can install other firmwares designated for the ac68u on my ac66u b1 ?

The RT-AC68U and RT-AC66U_B1 firmware are 100% identical.

 

[medwatt]

The RT-AC68U and RT-AC66U_B1 firmware are 100% identical.

Thanks. That explains why the Asus router app detected the router as AC68U. The app doesn't work though.