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apollo18

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hello i have a ac68u and i just noticed that the uptime is 12 hours meaning it restarted 12 hours ago but i havent touched it for the past 3 days, what do i look for in the system log to find out the reason it restarted or what happened/? or will the log not show this

thx
 
Look where the log records change to an older date. This is when the router restarted. Check what happened just before.
 
May 13 02:53:19 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 13 02:53:20 acsd: selected channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 13 02:53:20 acsd: Adjusted channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 13 02:53:20 acsd: selected channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 13 03:00:10 kernel: Emergency Sync complete
May 4 23:05:00 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4 (2019-05-10 22:11:23 CST)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Linux version 2.6.36.4brcmarm (root@asus) (gcc version 4.5.3 (Buildroot 2012.02) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 10 22:16:14 CST 2019
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: CPU: ARMv7 Processor [413fc090] revision 0 (ARMv7), cr=10c53c7f
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Machine: Northstar Prototype
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Ignoring unrecognised tag 0x00000000
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writealloc
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 60416
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/mtdblock2 console=ttyS0,115200 init=/sbin/preinit earlyprintk debug
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Memory: 255488k/255488k available, 6656k reserved, 0K highmem
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Virtual kernel memory layout:
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: vector : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000 ( 4 kB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: fixmap : 0xfff00000 - 0xfffe0000 ( 896 kB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: DMA : 0xf7e00000 - 0xffe00000 ( 128 MB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: vmalloc : 0xd0800000 - 0xf0000000 ( 504 MB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xd0000000 ( 256 MB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xc0000000 ( 16 MB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: .init : 0xc0008000 - 0xc003d000 ( 212 kB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: .text : 0xc003d000 - 0xc03aa000 (3508 kB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: .data : 0xc03c2000 - 0xc03e5120 ( 141 kB)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: External imprecise Data abort at addr=0x0, fsr=0x1c06 ignored.
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: CPU1: Booted secondary processor
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Found a AMD NAND flash:
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Total size: 128MB
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Block size: 128KB
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Page Size: 2048B
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: OOB Size: 64B
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Sector size: 512B
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Spare size: 16B
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: ECC level: 8 (8-bit)
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: Device ID: 0x 1 0xf1 0x 0 0x1d 0x 1 0xf1
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
May 4 23:05:00 kernel: PCI: no core
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: PCI: no core
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 0
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 0
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 1
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 0
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 2
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: pflash: found no supported devices
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: bcmsflash: found no supported devices
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Boot partition size = 524288(0x80000)
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: lookup_nflash_rootfs_offset: offset = 0x200000
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: nflash: squash filesystem with lzma found at block 28
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Creating 4 MTD partitions on "nflash":
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: 0x000000000000-0x000000080000 : "boot"
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: 0x000000080000-0x000000200000 : "nvram"
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: 0x000000200000-0x000004000000 : "linux"
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: 0x00000039d1c8-0x000004000000 : "rootfs"
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Registering the dns_resolver key type
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Spare area=64 eccbytes 56, ecc bytes located at:
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Available 7 bytes at (off,len):
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: (1,1) (16,2) (32,2) (48,2) (0,0) (0,0) (0,0) (0,0)
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Options: NO_AUTOINCR,NO_READRDY,BBT_SCAN2NDPAGE,
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Creating 2 MTD partitions on "brcmnand":
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: 0x000004000000-0x000007ec0000 : "brcmnand"
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: 0x000007ec0000-0x000008000000 : "asus"
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:3.
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: cfe_commit: do nothing
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: ctf: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: et_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: et_module_init: txworkq set to 0x1
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: et_module_init: et_txq_thresh set to 0xce4
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 6.37.14.126 (r561982)
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: et_probe: mvlan vid[0]: 0
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: et_probe: mvlan vid[1]: 0
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: et_probe: mvlan en 0
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: dpsta_init: msglevel set to 0x1
May 4 23:05:01 kernel: wl_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: wl_module_init: igs set to 0x0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: wl_module_init: txworkq set to 0x1
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: eth1: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.37.14.126 (r561982)
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: eth2: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.37.14.126 (r561982)
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: _ Reboot message ... _______________________________________________________
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>Emergency Sync complete
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>gro disabled
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <�U�0: port 3(eth2) entering forwarding state
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>br0: port 2(eth1) entering forwarding state
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>br0: port 1(vlan1) entering forwarding state
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 9 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>device eth0 left promiscuous mode
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 2 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>device vlan1 left promiscuous mode
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>br0: port 1(vlan1) entering disabled state
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>device eth1 left promiscuous mode
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>br0: port 2(eth1) entering disabled state
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>device eth2 left promiscuous mode
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>br0: port 3(eth2) entering disabled state
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 6 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 17 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 6 for vlan2 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <4>et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 17 for vlan2 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver cdc_mbim
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver cdc_ncm
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver qmi_wwan
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver cdc_wdm
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver rndis_host
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver cdc_ether
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver asix
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver cdc_acm
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: <6>usbcore: deregistering interface driver usblp
May 4 23:05:02 kernel:
 
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May 4 23:05:02 kernel: et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 16 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 5 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 16 for vlan2 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 5 for vlan2 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 13 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 kernel: et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 1 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
May 4 23:05:02 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 4 23:05:02 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 196:notify_rc stop_httpd
May 4 23:05:02 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 196:notify_rc start_httpd
May 4 23:05:02 rc_service: waitting "stop_httpd" via udhcpc_lan ...
May 4 23:05:02 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 4 23:05:03 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 4 23:05:03 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 4 23:05:03 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 4 23:05:03 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 4 23:05:04 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 4 23:05:04 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 4 23:05:04 acsd: selected channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 4 23:05:04 acsd: Adjusted channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 4 23:05:04 acsd: selected DFS-exit channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 4 23:05:04 acsd: selected channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 4 23:05:04 acsd: Adjusted channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 4 23:05:04 acsd: selected channel spec: 0xe09b (149/80)
May 4 23:05:04 RT-AC68U: start httpd:80
May 4 23:05:05 NAT Tunnel: AAE Service is stopped
May 4 23:05:05 AAE: AAE Service is started
May 4 23:05:05 disk monitor: be idle
May 4 23:05:05 jffs2: valid logs(1)
May 4 23:05:05 ERP: The model isn't under EU SKU!
May 4 23:05:05 avahi-daemon[247]: WARNING: No NSS support for mDNS detected, consider installing nss-mdns!
May 4 23:05:05 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
May 4 23:05:05 lldpd[242]: minimal kernel version required is 2.6.39, got 2.6.36.4brcmarm
May 4 23:05:05 lldpd[242]: lldpd may be unable to detect bonds and bridges correctly
May 4 23:05:05 lldpd[242]: consider recompiling with --enable-oldies option
May 4 23:05:05 lldpd[252]: cannot get ethtool link information with GLINKSETTINGS (requires 4.9+): Operation not permitted
May 4 23:05:05 lldpd[252]: cannot get ethtool link information with GSET (requires 2.6.19+): Operation not permitted
May 4 23:05:06 avahi-daemon[247]: Alias name "RT-AC68U" successfully established.
May 4 23:05:08 Mastiff: init
May 4 23:05:08 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: Failed to enable MSI-X
May 4 23:05:08 kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0c.0: failed to allocate MSI entry
May 4 23:05:08 kernel: usb usb1: No SuperSpeed endpoint companion for config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 ep 129: using minimum values
May 4 23:05:09 syslog: module ax88179_178a not found in modules.dep
May 4 23:05:09 syslog: module ledtrig-usbdev not found in modules.dep
May 4 23:05:09 syslog: module leds-usb not found in modules.dep
May 4 23:05:09 kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
May 4 23:05:12 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 196:notify_rc start_dnsmasq
May 4 23:05:12 rc_service: waitting "start_httpd" via udhcpc_lan ...
May 4 23:05:12 RT-AC68U: start httpd:80
May 4 23:05:14 LAN: network changes (192.168.1.94/255.255.255.0 --> 192.168.1.94/255.255.255.0)
May 4 23:05:14 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 196:notify_rc stop_samba
May 4 23:05:14 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 196:notify_rc start_samba
May 4 23:05:14 rc_service: waitting "stop_samba" via udhcpc_lan ...
May 4 23:05:15 ntp: start NTP update
May 4 23:05:15 Samba Server: smb daemon is stoped
May 4 23:05:15 kernel: gro disabled
May 13 03:02:29 rc_service: ntp 420:notify_rc restart_diskmon
May 13 03:02:29 disk_monitor: Finish
May 13 03:02:32 disk monitor: be idle
May 13 03:03:15 crond[213]: time disparity of 1064398 minutes detected
May 13 03:03:48 WATCHDOG: [FAUPGRADE][auto_firmware_check:(5834)]period_retry = 0
May 13 03:03:48 WATCHDOG: [FAUPGRADE][auto_firmware_check:(5840)]periodic_check AM 2:33
May 13 03:03:51 WATCHDOG: [FAUPGRADE][auto_firmware_check:(5860)]retrieve firmware information
May 13 03:03:51 WATCHDOG: [FAUPGRADE][auto_firmware_check:(5874)]no need to upgrade firmware
May 13 03:17:20 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 13 03:17:20 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 13 03:17:20 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 13 03:17:20 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 13 03:17:21 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 13 03:17:21 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 13 03:17:21 acsd: scan in progress ...
May 13 03:17:21 acsd: scan in progress ...
 
Are you still using that 12v power supply instead of the correct 19v one?

i dont really notice anything, seems to be random right? kinda like it randomly lost power?
Something happening at exactly 03:00 doesn't sound random to me. It sounds more like a scheduled event.
 
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What firmware version? What options/features and/or scripts is it running? Are the NVRAM and JFFS partitions full? :)
 

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