Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but...
I have a ZenWifi XT8 router, HW ver 1, with one XT8 node, connected via AiMesh. I got the XT8's about 10 months ago, ran it with the stock Asus 388_22525 FW it came with (mostly, or maybe completely, set to defaults, since I don't know anything about networking).
We have a Logitech Squeezebox Radio (SBR), and had no problems with it for the next 9 months (though I see there are quite a few threads here about people who did have trouble with the SBR and the XT8s.)
About a 3 wks ago, I updated the XT8 FW (on main and node) to Asus 388_23285. The SBR continued to work just fine.
About a week ago, I flashed the XT8 FW (on main and node) to GNUton's Merlin 388.4, doing WPS resets on both main and node, both before and after the change, and not reloading the config file.
Since then, the SBR will not stay connected to the network. It works fine for about 10 minutes, then disconnects (message on its screen says, "problem connecting to mysqueezebox.com"; somewhere, it also says DNS failure). If I reboot the SBR, it will connect again, but only for about 10-15 min, then disconnects.
Comparing a screenshot of the Advanced Settings>Wireless>General tab from when the XT8s were on Asus FW 388_22525 to my current settings under GNUton's Merlin 388.4, I can see that wifi 6 mode was enabled both then and now.
Smart Connect used to be off, but now it is on. However, I don't think that this is the problem, because I have tried creating a 2.4-band guest network with a separate SSID and password, and putting the SBR on that network, and it still does the same thing - connects initially, then loses the connection in 10-15 min. Will reconnect temporarily if rebooted.
There may be additional differences between my settings on Asus stock FW and my settings in GNUton's Merlin - I have not finished going through all my screenshots, to make comparisons. I was hoping someone might suggest which settings to focus on or change. (I don't know enough about networking to have a clue, except that it does not seem to be a wifi 6 problem. Also, in some threads, it's been suggested that Aimesh is the problem, but the SBR stayed connected while Aimesh was enabled for the first 9 months.)
I posted about this on the Logitech Squeezebox Radio forum, and was told that I could fix the problem by "ssh-ing into the radio", and editing some file. It doesn't look impossibly difficult, but I am reluctant to go that route, because if I brick the SBR, it cannot be replaced. Since the radio worked initially (for 9 months) with this XT8 router, I think I should be able to adjust a networking setting in the router to fix the problem.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions! I'll just add that all our other devices, including 2 Como Audio internet radios are working fine. And my computer is a Mac, running Monterey 12.7.1. I do not have any Logitech Media Server software on my computer.
I have a ZenWifi XT8 router, HW ver 1, with one XT8 node, connected via AiMesh. I got the XT8's about 10 months ago, ran it with the stock Asus 388_22525 FW it came with (mostly, or maybe completely, set to defaults, since I don't know anything about networking).
We have a Logitech Squeezebox Radio (SBR), and had no problems with it for the next 9 months (though I see there are quite a few threads here about people who did have trouble with the SBR and the XT8s.)
About a 3 wks ago, I updated the XT8 FW (on main and node) to Asus 388_23285. The SBR continued to work just fine.
About a week ago, I flashed the XT8 FW (on main and node) to GNUton's Merlin 388.4, doing WPS resets on both main and node, both before and after the change, and not reloading the config file.
Since then, the SBR will not stay connected to the network. It works fine for about 10 minutes, then disconnects (message on its screen says, "problem connecting to mysqueezebox.com"; somewhere, it also says DNS failure). If I reboot the SBR, it will connect again, but only for about 10-15 min, then disconnects.
Comparing a screenshot of the Advanced Settings>Wireless>General tab from when the XT8s were on Asus FW 388_22525 to my current settings under GNUton's Merlin 388.4, I can see that wifi 6 mode was enabled both then and now.
Smart Connect used to be off, but now it is on. However, I don't think that this is the problem, because I have tried creating a 2.4-band guest network with a separate SSID and password, and putting the SBR on that network, and it still does the same thing - connects initially, then loses the connection in 10-15 min. Will reconnect temporarily if rebooted.
There may be additional differences between my settings on Asus stock FW and my settings in GNUton's Merlin - I have not finished going through all my screenshots, to make comparisons. I was hoping someone might suggest which settings to focus on or change. (I don't know enough about networking to have a clue, except that it does not seem to be a wifi 6 problem. Also, in some threads, it's been suggested that Aimesh is the problem, but the SBR stayed connected while Aimesh was enabled for the first 9 months.)
I posted about this on the Logitech Squeezebox Radio forum, and was told that I could fix the problem by "ssh-ing into the radio", and editing some file. It doesn't look impossibly difficult, but I am reluctant to go that route, because if I brick the SBR, it cannot be replaced. Since the radio worked initially (for 9 months) with this XT8 router, I think I should be able to adjust a networking setting in the router to fix the problem.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions! I'll just add that all our other devices, including 2 Como Audio internet radios are working fine. And my computer is a Mac, running Monterey 12.7.1. I do not have any Logitech Media Server software on my computer.
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