I have an Asus RT-N66U running as an access point using the latest and final Merlin firmware. I also have two Asus RT-N12E's running Asus stock firmware set as repeaters (static IP). Topology as follows:
Repeater #1 ---------5 metres (west) -------- Access point ------- 7 metres (east) --------------Repeater #2
Repeater #1 covers my kitchen area. Repeater #2 covers my two bedrooms, and the access point in the middle covers the living room. In this scenario all works great... BUT...
... if I reboot the AP both repeaters go AWOL with the wireless network light flashing really fast - they both stay like this no matter how long I wait. I have two Raspberry Pi's connected to repeater # 1, but if I connect to those over wireless (they reconnect to the AP straight away), even the ethx ports on the repeater are down. Now, if I reboot one of the repeaters (doesn't matter which), the other almost immediately reconnects to the AP (with nothing in the logs) and both are back on line again.
The only thing I can think of is either one or the other connect to the other repeater while the AP is down, and both get stuck in limbo. I have poked around around the file system on the repeaters over SSH to see if I can hard code my network BSSID (like on my Pi's wifi set-up) to no avail.
Remember, every thing works perfectly otherwise. Any ideas anyone?
Repeater #1 ---------5 metres (west) -------- Access point ------- 7 metres (east) --------------Repeater #2
Repeater #1 covers my kitchen area. Repeater #2 covers my two bedrooms, and the access point in the middle covers the living room. In this scenario all works great... BUT...
... if I reboot the AP both repeaters go AWOL with the wireless network light flashing really fast - they both stay like this no matter how long I wait. I have two Raspberry Pi's connected to repeater # 1, but if I connect to those over wireless (they reconnect to the AP straight away), even the ethx ports on the repeater are down. Now, if I reboot one of the repeaters (doesn't matter which), the other almost immediately reconnects to the AP (with nothing in the logs) and both are back on line again.
The only thing I can think of is either one or the other connect to the other repeater while the AP is down, and both get stuck in limbo. I have poked around around the file system on the repeaters over SSH to see if I can hard code my network BSSID (like on my Pi's wifi set-up) to no avail.
Remember, every thing works perfectly otherwise. Any ideas anyone?
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