RT-N66U in-place of V1000H

[FootlooseGoose]

I have an ASUS RT-N66U router that I would like to use in place of the Actiontec V1000H that was installed by my ISP (TDS). My service provides IPTV as well as internet service. The IPTV feeds a Cisco ISB7550 DVR plus a 4 non DVR Cisco set top boxes. TDS support has told me that I can use my own router to feed my house and that no special configuration needs to be performed but they will not support other than their configurations. The WAN link is straight DHCP, as a test I have plugged a computer into the WAN port and am able to surf the internet without a problem.

My problem is that as soon as I hook up the RT-N66U everything connects fine but after 6-12 hours I am experiencing signal drops and pixilation on the set-top boxes and very slow internet speed. I have enabled multicast routing and efficient multicast forwarding. I changed firmware from latest from ASUS and latest from Merlin with no change in the behavior.

I am at a loss and hoping that someone here can help me out.
Thanks in advance.

 

[sinshiva]

i think depending on the firmware you upgraded from, you needed to clear nvram after install. have you?

hw acceleration disabled?

 

[FootlooseGoose]

Yes I do a 30/30/30 reset with the wps button after each firmware update/upgrade

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20120402185854804&board_id=11&model=RT-N66U+

HW acceleration is on which is the default setting. Should it be off?

 

[sinshiva]

i'd leave it off unless you're approaching 100mbit down.

your problems only over wireless?

 

[FootlooseGoose]

All the set top boxes and DVR are wired as well as my desktop. I do have laptops, phones, and other stuff that are wireless. The interrupts in service are on all devices wired and wireless. It is like the router gets bogged down after 6 or so hours. If I plug the RT-N66U into the V1000 and just use it to route internet to the computers it will run forever. I am thinking it has to do with the IPTV taking all the bandwidth.

I will try it this weekend with the HW acceleration disabled and see what happens. I have fiber to the house so bandwidth coming in shouldn't be a problem.

 

[FootlooseGoose]

I tried disabling the hardware acceleration and the behavior of the IPTV does not change. After 3 hour of being hooked up the IPTV signal was very intermittent and the internet was in and out.

As I said before I am at a loss what to try next. Anyone have another suggestions? I am about to take this router and toss it.

 

[macdzich]

FootlooseGoose

1. Set your Asus router to an IP of 192.168.2.1
2. Allow the Asus router to handle all your local traffic - wired and wireless devices.
3. All the set top boxes should be handled by the Actiontec, so you need to connect the stbs to the Actiontec. You mentioned you have 4 stbs, are they all connected via ethernet? If they are then you need to put a switch after the actiontec.

I have the same setup as you are and i don't have any issues. Theres IP conflict if you don't set the asus router ip to a different range.

Dan

 

[CaptainSTX]

FootlooseGoose

1. Set your Asus router to an IP of 192.168.2.1
2. Allow the Asus router to handle all your local traffic - wired and wireless devices.
3. All the set top boxes should be handled by the Actiontec, so you need to connect the stbs to the Actiontec. You mentioned you have 4 stbs, are they all connected via ethernet? If they are then you need to put a switch after the actiontec.

I have the same setup as you are and i don't have any issues. Theres IP conflict if you don't set the asus router ip to a different range.

Dan

The STB connect to the Actiontec using coaxial (MOCA). They do not use Ethernet ports.

If you want to use all the ASUS's functions and not just use it as an AP you can do so.

1. Give the ASUS a static WAN IP in the DHCP range of the Actiontec, but not in the range that it automatically serves. 192.168.1.2 would work. Do this using the setup on the ASUS.

2. Enable the DHCP server on the ASUS but pick a different subnet as previously suggested. 192.168.2.1 - 254 would work.

3. Connect an Ethernet cable from the a LAN port on the Actiontec to the WAN port on the ASUS.

4. If you are going to use the WiFi radios on both the Actiontec and the ASUS set them to different channels. I would also assign them different SSIDs.

If you just want to use the ASUS as in the AP mode select that on the ASUS and run an Ethernet from a LAN port on the Actiontec to a LAN port on the ASUS. Set up the WiFi as in step 4 above.

You shouldn't have any problems with this setup. I have two ASUS running double NATed behind my Actiontec and I have no problems.

If you want to run FTP servers and use DyanamicDNS then you will need to make some additional settings.

 

[FootlooseGoose]

I was hopping to send the V1000H back to my IPS so I don't have to pay retail fees each month. From the research that I have done it looks like the multicasting capabilities of the N66U are not as good as the other features.


I thank you all that responded to my questions.