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RT-AX88U dropping 2.4ghz wifi

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Scottio200

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Hi All,

Have an RT-AX88U and at the weekend i needed to unplug it during some furniture movements. Since then I have noticed that the 2.4ghz wifi keeps dropping connection and all connected devices lose wifi. The 5ghz is fine.

I have a fair amount of smart home devices that alert me when they go offline, so I know this happens multiple times per day. When it happens I try to connect to the network with my iPhone which can see it but cannot connect. Eventually, the network will disappear completely. Give it 20mins or so and the connection comes back.

This was working just fine before the power cycle of the router so not sure what is causing this.

Here is a snippet of my log when this happens

Jan 25 13:44:18 WLCEVENTD: Deauth_ind
Jan 25 13:44:18 hostapd: eth7: STA IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Jan 25 13:44:18 kernel: wfd_unregisterdevice Successfully unregistered ifidx 1 wfd_idx 1
Jan 25 13:44:18 kernel: br0: port 8(wds1.0.4) entered STP off state
Jan 25 13:44:18 kernel: device wds1.0.4 left promiscuous mode
Jan 25 13:44:18 kernel: br0: port 8(wds1.0.4) entered STP off state
Jan 25 13:44:58 WLCEVENTD: Auth
Jan 25 13:44:59 WLCEVENTD: Deauth_ind
Jan 25 13:44:59 WLCEVENTD: Auth
Jan 25 13:44:59 WLCEVENTD: Assoc
Jan 25 13:44:59 hostapd: eth7: STA IEEE 802.11: associated
Jan 25 13:44:59 kernel: CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_change_station : WLC_SCB_AUTHORIZE sta_flags_mask not set
Jan 25 13:44:59 hostapd: eth7: STA RADIUS: starting accounting session
Jan 25 13:44:59 hostapd: eth7: STA WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Jan 25 13:44:59 kernel: wfd_registerdevice Successfully registered dev wds1.0.4 ifidx 1 wfd_idx 1
Jan 25 13:44:59 kernel: Register interface [wds1.0.4] MAC:
Jan 25 13:44:59 kernel: device wds1.0.4 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 25 13:44:59 kernel: br0: port 8(wds1.0.4) entered listening state
Jan 25 13:44:59 kernel: br0: port 8(wds1.0.4) entered listening state
Jan 25 13:45:01 kernel: br0: port 8(wds1.0.4) entered learning state
Jan 25 13:45:03 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Jan 25 13:45:03 kernel: br0: port 8(wds1.0.4) entered forwarding state
Jan 25 13:45:07 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0)
Jan 25 13:45:07 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.50.49
Jan 25 13:45:08 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.50.49
Jan 25 13:45:08 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.50.49
Jan 25 13:45:08 kernel: device br0 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 25 13:45:12 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0)
Jan 25 13:45:12 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.50.122
Jan 25 13:45:12 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.50.122
Jan 25 13:45:12 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.50.122 Philips-hue
Jan 25 13:45:14 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0)
Jan 25 13:45:14 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.50.35
Jan 25 13:45:14 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.50.35
Jan 25 13:45:14 dnsmasq-dhcp[1206]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.50.35
Jan 25 13:45:15 kernel: device br0 left promiscuous mode
 
What firmware is it running? When did you update to this firmware? Was a full reset to factory defaults performed at that time?

Are you using a USB drive for amtm scripts or any other use?

Did you physically relocate the router?

What other features, customizations, and other essential information about your network can you provide as clues?
 
Running Merlin 384.19

No relocation, no reset to factory. Cannot remember when i updated to firmware but it was months ago.

No USB devices connected, no scripts.

One thing I have done is changed the SSID of the 2.4ghz network and the password. Has been stable for 10 or so hours now so
 

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