Hey Everyone. I'll try to keep this as short, succint, and relevant info as possible.
So my problem for the longest time has been 2.4 GHz wireless network connections being dropped and then reconnected shortly after on my RT-AC1900P. Yesterday, both wireless bands seemed to drop and connectivity was completely gone even to my FIOS ONT Box. Confirmed this with Verizon Support and after fiddling with my router
I originally started out with the stock Asuswrt firmware as updated as possible, when i noticed these drops started occurring.
I searched online and found some setting config tweaks to the wireless that was supposed to help, but didn't make it go away completely.
Eventually i started noticing the CPU was close to 100% at idle, so i decided to take a chance and flash to the latest Merlin firmware at the time, which made both seem to go away
CPU issue has been gone since, but eventually the 2.4 GHz connection drops came back, albeit a little less frequently
I've been on Merlin version 384.18 since it came out some months ago
I tried another solution by enabling the Guest network and using that, because i heard that it was more stable than the regular network
I've been testing devices on this and the issue seemed to come back regardless
I rebooted the router yesterday to try something and about 30 minutes later or so, all connections seemed to just start going wonky, as in very slow on the 5 GHz or disconnecting on the 2.4 GHz
Shortly after that, I called Verizon Support to start narrowing down the problem and we came to the router
I rebooted the router twice, where i could at least connect to the wireless before. But suddenly couldn't connect to it after the rebooting
Verizon said their ONT box couldn't communicate with the router even
Eventually, i rebooted it sometime after the call ended because it still wasn't working, and it miraculously started working again.
I've been contemplating going back to Stock firmware and trying that out for a little bit so i can at least check with Asus support if the issues come back
I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this anymore with all the above occurring
Can anybody help narrow this down and create some order out of this chaos?
So my problem for the longest time has been 2.4 GHz wireless network connections being dropped and then reconnected shortly after on my RT-AC1900P. Yesterday, both wireless bands seemed to drop and connectivity was completely gone even to my FIOS ONT Box. Confirmed this with Verizon Support and after fiddling with my router
I originally started out with the stock Asuswrt firmware as updated as possible, when i noticed these drops started occurring.
I searched online and found some setting config tweaks to the wireless that was supposed to help, but didn't make it go away completely.
Eventually i started noticing the CPU was close to 100% at idle, so i decided to take a chance and flash to the latest Merlin firmware at the time, which made both seem to go away
CPU issue has been gone since, but eventually the 2.4 GHz connection drops came back, albeit a little less frequently
I've been on Merlin version 384.18 since it came out some months ago
I tried another solution by enabling the Guest network and using that, because i heard that it was more stable than the regular network
I've been testing devices on this and the issue seemed to come back regardless
I rebooted the router yesterday to try something and about 30 minutes later or so, all connections seemed to just start going wonky, as in very slow on the 5 GHz or disconnecting on the 2.4 GHz
Shortly after that, I called Verizon Support to start narrowing down the problem and we came to the router
I rebooted the router twice, where i could at least connect to the wireless before. But suddenly couldn't connect to it after the rebooting
Verizon said their ONT box couldn't communicate with the router even
Eventually, i rebooted it sometime after the call ended because it still wasn't working, and it miraculously started working again.
I've been contemplating going back to Stock firmware and trying that out for a little bit so i can at least check with Asus support if the issues come back
I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this anymore with all the above occurring
Can anybody help narrow this down and create some order out of this chaos?
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