Need advise on a router solution.

[Notconnected]

Well everyone, am back again with yet another OpenWrt router saga.
I had a router running perfectly for two whole weeks, went out for a few hour
and when I returned the router would not connect to my mobile phone.
I changed nothing, not even logged into the router, and with my phone unable
to connect to it, it did not update in my absence either, sick of it all.

While the solution was working it worked without any issues, but I simply can not
keep re installing and hoping for success.

I bought a GL.inet AX1800 / Slate router, I can make that work, but it too is based
on OpenWrt and I simply do not trust it will not suffer the same fate.

Is there any other options out there for a router that can use my phones hotpot
to provide access to all the devices hardwired to this router.

Thank for looking in.

 

[Tech9]

I bought a GL.inet AX1800 / Slate router, I can make that work, but it too is based
on OpenWrt and I simply do not trust it will not suffer the same fate.

What's the issue with the GL.iNet travel router? It was made to use WISP as main use case. Last time you had it misconfigured as Repeater. It also has Tethering option to USB port and hotspot is no longer needed. Did you try it? It seems like you are circling around this phone hotspot idea and this is where the issues originate from. My first advice to you was to check 4G/5G gateway options for more reliable than phone hotspot connection. Many operators in Europe offer options and you are obviously inside the coverage zone.

 

[Notconnected]

What's the issue with the GL.iNet travel router? It was made to use WISP as main use case. Last time you had it misconfigured as Repeater. It also has Tethering option to USB port and hotspot is no longer needed. Did you try it? It seems like you are circling around this phone hotspot idea and this is where the issues originate from. My first advice to you was to check 4G/5G gateway options for more reliable than phone hotspot connection. Many operators in Europe offer options and you are obviously inside the coverage zone.

Yes, you pointed out my mistake the last time I posted about this GL.inet router, and I revisited the
documentation, and can get that to work for me.
The worry I have is, it too uses OpenWrt, and for whatever reason, without any input from me
the Pi router worked perfectly for two weeks, then all of a sudden, it stopped working, zero input
from me to cause it to stop, I can not trust OpenWrt to stay running.

One issue with the GL.inet is, I read somewhere that if using adguard I have to keep an eye
on logs so they do not fill up to the extent the router malfunctions / runs out of space to function.
I think this must have happened to the Pi router, this is absurd to have to manually watch for logs
and remove them to prevent the router from turning into a brick.
I expaned a full 64 Gig card, and restarted adguardhome every 4 days, this seemed to remove
the logs, but am guessing here, that it did not, and the Pi router now has no room to even boot up.
There is only so much effort worth putting into something, OpenWrt is too much work to keep going.

 

[Tech9]

Phone hotspots are not made to be up and running 24/7. The phones are battery operated devices with built-in power saving features and when they detect idle services running or the screen off may step up the power saving. This is not reliable WAN connection for home network and OpenWrt (or other router OS) router very likely has nothing to do with it. If you insist on phone connection at least try the Tethering option on your GL.iNet router so there is no wireless link as additional point of failure.

 

[Tech9]

One issue with the GL.inet is, I read somewhere that if using adguard

On embedded devices with limited RAM (like home routers) AdGuard Home blocklists have to be reasonable size/number and the query log must be set to reasonable retention period, depending on daily number of queries. As additional measure manufacturers may apply maximum log file size. What you read somewhere doesn't mean it applies to your device and use case automatically.