RT-N66U Issue

[MKP20]

Hello, looking for some help with my N66U. ive had this router for a year or so now to use for 5GHz game streaming. its been working fine until the last 2 most recent firmware updates. the issue i am having is the router randomly disconnecting. the random disconnects occur in two different fashions.

1 - sometimes all my devices, wired/wireless will loss internet connectivity, or have limited access and loss connectivity to the router. this will happen until i reboot the router.

2 - sometimes only my wireless devices will lose access to the internet or show limited access. my wired devices will still have access to the internet and the router in this state.

ive made sure that my internet was not down when this happens. i also have two router in my network on the same subnet but with different ip pools. i changed the N66U from the main router to an AP and the issue is still occurring. Cant seem to figure it out. Anyone experienced this issue before?

 

[joegreat]

Hive had this router for a year or so now to use for 5GHz game streaming. its been working fine until the last 2 most recent firmware updates. the issue i am having is the router randomly disconnecting.

More details needed to understand your situation:

1. Which firmware do you use (exact version)?
2. When did you do the last factory reset?
3. Did you update from an older firmware version to the recent one, or did you follow all releases?

 

[mstombs]

And what wireless channel Nos in use? If the higher Nos in Europe means they must run in a regulatory mode with DFS which does seem to disconnect occasionally due to 'radar detection'? See for example

http://www.networkcomputing.com/wir...n-why-its-critical-in-80211ac/a/d-id/1234480?

 

[MKP20]

More details needed to understand your situation:

1. Which firmware do you use (exact version)?
2. When did you do the last factory reset?
3. Did you update from an older firmware version to the recent one, or did you follow all releases?

1 - 3.0.0.4.378_9313-g53ab20f
2 - right before this version was released. maybe a few months now.
3 - followed all releases

 

[MKP20]

And what wireless channel Nos in use? If the higher Nos in Europe means they must run in a regulatory mode with DFS which does seem to disconnect occasionally due to 'radar detection'? See for example

http://www.networkcomputing.com/wir...n-why-its-critical-in-80211ac/a/d-id/1234480?

5GHz band, 40MHz channel bandwidth, control channel 161

 

[MKP20]

heres some of the log. i marked two items in red that shows a log date but a different error report date.


Jul 31 19:00:06 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4 (2015-10-27 23:10:47 CST)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: start_kernel
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Linux version 2.6.22.19 (root@asus) (gcc version 4.2.3) #1 Tue Oct 27 23:13:53 CST 2015
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: CPU revision is: 00019749
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Determined physical RAM map:
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: memory: 07fff000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: memory: 08000000 @ 87fff000 (usable)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 585216
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/mtdblock2 noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Primary instruction cache 32kB, physically tagged, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: CPU: BCM5300 rev 1 pkg 0 at 600 MHz
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Using 300.000 MHz high precision timer.
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Initializing host
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Reset RC
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Initializing host
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Reset RC
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 0
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI/PCIe coreunit 0 is set to bus 1.
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:01:00.1 (0004 -> 0006)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 1
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI/PCIe coreunit 1 is set to bus 2.
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.1 (0004 -> 0006)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 2
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table at 0x0040
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Physically mapped flash: CFI does not contain boot bank location. Assuming top.
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: number of CFI chips: 1
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: cfi_cmdset_0002: Disabling erase-suspend-program due to code brokenness.
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Flash device: 0x2000000 at 0x1c000000
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Creating 5 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash":
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: 0x00000000-0x00040000 : "pmon"
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: 0x00040000-0x01fe0000 : "linux"
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: 0x0016e514-0x01ba0000 : "rootfs"
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: 0x01fe0000-0x02000000 : "nvram"
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: 0x01ee0000-0x01fe0000 : "jffs2"
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: Found an serial flash with 0 0KB blocks; total size 0MB
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: sflash: found no supported devices
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: dev_nvram_init: _nvram_init
Jul 31 19:00:06 kernel: u32 classifier
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: OLD policer on
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (2048 buckets, 16384 max)
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: net/ipv4/netfilter/tomato_ct.c [Oct 27 2015 23:13:15]
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Jul 31 19:00:07 RT-N66U: start httpd - SSL
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: et: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: et_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: et_module_init: et_txq_thresh set to 0x400
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: bcm_robo_enable_switch: EEE is disabled
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 6.30.163.2002 (r382208)
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: wl_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:01:01.0 (0000 -> 0002)
Jul 31 19:00:07 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: eth1: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.163.2002 (r382208)
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:01.0 (0000 -> 0002)
Jul 31 19:00:07 kernel: eth2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.163.2002 (r382208)
Jul 31 19:00:08 disk monitor: be idle
Jul 31 19:00:09 syslog: module ledtrig-usbdev not found in modules.dep
Jul 31 19:00:09 syslog: module leds-usb not found in modules.dep
Jul 31 19:00:09 kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
Jul 31 19:00:10 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 275:notify_rc start_dnsmasq
Jul 31 19:00:10 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 3 18:10:25 rc_service: ntp 276:notify_rc restart_diskmon
Dec 3 18:10:25 rc_service: waitting "start_dnsmasq" via ...
Dec 3 18:10:25 kernel: ufsd: driver (8.6 U86_r187446_b122, LBD=ON, acl, ioctl, rwm, ws, sd) loaded at c026d000
Dec 3 18:10:25 kernel: NTFS (with native replay) support included
Dec 3 18:10:25 kernel: optimized: speed
Dec 3 18:10:25 kernel: Build_for__asus_n66u_2011-10-27_U86_r187446_b122
Dec 3 18:10:27 disk_monitor: Finish
Dec 3 18:10:27 disk monitor: be idle
Dec 3 18:10:28 kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access Multi Flash Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Dec 3 18:10:28 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
Dec 3 18:10:28 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Dec 3 18:11:15 crond[220]: time disparity of 180011 minutes detected
Dec 3 18:20:04 rc_service: httpd 218:notify_rc set_wltxpower;restart_wireless
Dec 3 18:20:09 kernel: wl_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0
Dec 3 18:20:09 kernel: eth1: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.163.2002 (r382208)
Dec 3 18:20:09 kernel: eth2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.163.2002 (r382208)
Dec 3 18:20:12 kernel: Ebtables v2.0 registered
Dec 3 18:22:23 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4
Dec 3 18:22:23 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4 (2015-10-27 23:10:47 CST)
Dec 3 18:24:10 rc_service: httpd 218:notify_rc restart_time
Dec 3 18:24:11 syslogd exiting
Dec 3 18:24:11 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4
Dec 3 18:24:11 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4 (2015-10-27 23:10:47 CST)
Dec 3 18:24:29 rc_service: httpd 218:notify_rc start_webs_update
Dec 3 18:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 3 19:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 3 20:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 3 21:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 3 22:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 3 23:10:28 disk_monitor: Got SIGALRM...
Dec 3 23:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 00:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 01:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 02:59:58 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 03:59:59 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 04:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 05:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 06:10:33 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 713:notify_rc start_dnsmasq
Dec 4 06:10:33 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 06:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 07:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 08:59:59 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 10:00:01 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 10:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 11:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 12:59:57 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 13:59:59 ntp: start NTP update
Dec 4 14:59:57 ntp: start NTP update

 

[RMerlin]

Those are compilation date, they have nothing to do with the clock. They simply indicate when they were compiled.

 

[MKP20]

Those are compilation date, they have nothing to do with the clock. They simply indicate when they were compiled.

so what could be the issue im having. i figured its only with this router that im having the issue with. my Cisco RV110W doesn't have the disconnect issues.

 

[john9527]

Dec 4 06:10:33 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 713:notify_rc start_dnsmasq

I think this line is the hint....I'm not sure where, but in the ASUS OEM firmware some 'runaway' logs got introduced that are eating up tmpfs. Next time it hangs, telnet/ssh to the router and enter

df

and post the output. You can also try one of Merlin's latest alpha builds where I think all the known log issues are addressed.

 

[MKP20]

Those are compilation date, they have nothing to do with the clock. They simply indicate when they were compiled.

so what could be the issue im having. i figured its only with this router that im having the issue with. my Cisco RV110W doesnt have the disconnect issues.

I think this line is the hint....I'm not sure where, but in the ASUS OEM firmware some 'runaway' logs got introduced that are eating up tmpfs. Next time it hangs, telnet/ssh to the router and enter

df

and post the output. You can also try one of Merlin's latest alpha builds where I think all the known log issues are addressed.

Thank you, i will try this.

 

[mstombs]

5GHz band, 40MHz channel bandwidth, control channel 161

I don't even have that as an option in UK, I use 36 at other end of spectrum!

http://www.digitalairwireless.com/wireless-blog/t-eirp/quick-guide-to-5ghz-uk-part-2.html

 

[MKP20]

so this morning when i woke up i couldnt connect to my router. looked at my wireless connection and noticed that the default asus and asus5g connections were there. i havent made any changes to my router yet. not sure what has happened. can some point me to the area where i can download merllins firmware. ive had enough with the asus firmware and its random issues. thanks.

 

[Etz]

http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/download

 

[MKP20]

http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/download

Thx.

 

[KevTech]

I always used lower 5GHz channel on the 66U when I used it as otherwise I would have disconnect issues.

Best channel I found to use was 36.

 

[MKP20]

I always used lower 5GHz channel on the 66U when I used it as otherwise I would have disconnect issues.

Best channel I found to use was 36.

ok ill try this as well

 

[jpotts]

I'm seeing the same issue as you, MKP, only I'm using channel 36. I was using the latest Merlin build previously, but had wireless issues with that firmware as well.

Next time this happens, I'll telnet in and run "df" to see how much disk space is free.

 

[jpotts]

Heh, on a somewhat related note, I spotted this in the latest Asus firmware notes:

- Add reboot scheduler in Administration --> System

If we get really desperate, we can always schedule a reboot at 4AM.

What a hack, LOL.

 

[jpotts]

Immediately after a reboot:

ASUSWRT RT-N66U_3.0.0.4 Tue Oct 27 15:10:49 UTC 2015
admin@RT-N66U:/tmp/home/root# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                26752     26752         0 100% /
tmpfs                   119876       272    119604   0% /tmp
devfs                   119876         0    119876   0% /dev
/dev/mtdblock4            1024       508       516  50% /jffs

 

[Davev6]

Seeing same issue on latest Merlin 380.57 Build.

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 20736 20736 0 100% /
tmpfs 119836 408 119428 0% /tmp
devfs 119836 0 119836 0% /dev
/dev/mtdblock4 10240 624 9616 6% /jffs

My LTE connection keeps dropping out whenever I'm doing any intensive downloading using Internet Download Manager. Not sure if this is related

Also seeing this in syslog

disk_monitor: Got SIGALRM

Any suggestions on how this can be fixed or if there is anything else that can cause my LTE do drop out?