what is currently broken on asus BE routers?

[Tech9]

All sorts of trouble just connecting to it's unique SSID WiFi 7 no MLO...

It's been so unstable I sometimes lose WAN so...

Send it back.

 

[phalkon30]

Yes, the speed here with the BT10 mesh comes from the MLO wireless backhaul. Not using MLO for clients either, don't need it. I get great speed just from the MLO wireless backhaul.

I did run it in MLO mesh and it was very stable, but just got it on hardwired 10g backhaul and it's noticeably faster. That said, it was just as stable on both setups

 

[jzchen]

Send it back.

Sorry, it was fine until I tried/insisted on getting IPv6 to work...

Didn't cost much... so far...

 

[jzchen]

I may have gotten IPv6 to work, (without having to turn on the BGW320-500 WiFi as suggested on searches)... Time will tell, as it takes a long time to actually show results, and an even longer time before you find out you're wrong....

 

[Tech9]

without having to turn on the BGW320

This means the ISP Gateway is in Router mode. No option for Bridge with this ISP?

 

[jzchen]

This means the ISP Gateway is in Router mode. No option for Bridge with this ISP?

Thank you for your response.

A couple of things:

You edited what I typed. I have Google Searched "AT&T IPv6 settings for third party routers"

One of the lines notes that the DHCPv6 somehow goes to sleep, is not queried properly, or stops responding, and the IP is released, causing service to crash. The cause a bug in the AT&T required gateway BGW320-500. The solution was to turn on it's WiFi.

Yes you are correct there is no Bridge Mode, only IP Passthrough, which sometimes fails to work leaving you unknowingly with a double NAT.

For some reason with the Deco BE95 it does have IPv6, and the settings are so few it simply works. BUT only with the two DNS servers: ending :1 and :2. I did not see the other :49 prior. (I had to guess on 2, based on 68.94.156.8 and 68.94.157.8). OR leave the 2nd DNS blank as it was....

The challenge was translating that to the many more settings of Native for ASUS. ASUS FAQ says it should be Passthrough....

 

[jzchen]

Because we have an Ethernet based home alarm, without Internet service for a certain amount of time, the alarm WILL go off, starting with the keypads beeping, and eventually full alarm.

The good thing about IP Passthrough, I just connect the main Ethernet line that goes to the wall and to the closet switches, to another Ethernet port on the gateway, and the network can go down otherwise while I sort it out.

 

[jzchen]

Setting the IPv6 on the ASUS GT-BE19000Ai to Passthrough and clicking Save/Apply causes almost immediate red LED meaning no Internet service, (LED is on the far left). I suspect it is not correct, although I could be wrong. It takes a long time for the IPv6 settings to finally set somehow... (I'm in panic mode as soon as I see the red LED because I need to re-establish service soon or move the Ethernet to the gateway to prevent the alarm from alarming)...

 

[Tech9]

Ignoring the ISP equipment quirks and alarm system complications what I understand is your desired setup works with TP-Link Deco BE95 as main router, but doesn't work with ASUS GT-BE1900AI. Does it work with any of the other ASUS routers you have? I look at GT-BE1900AI as some niche experimental product.

 

[jzchen]

Ignoring the ISP equipment quirks and alarm system complications what I understand is your desired setup works with TP-Link Deco BE95 as main router, but doesn't work with ASUS GT-BE1900AI. Does it work with any of the other ASUS routers you have? I look at GT-BE1900AI as some niche experimental product.

Thank you again for the input.

I think I got it running!

Think of the BE19000Ai as a RT-BE96U or the newish GT-BE19000, but with a lot more memory, and a built in VLAN with AiBoard on separate IP.

Anyways for now it seems to be working properly. I didn't post the settings outright because I learned my lesson from the Layer 3 switch VLAN fiasco, something still isn't right with that, or my understanding of the Chinese Layer 3 switches....

 

[jzchen]

But yes IPv6 worked on the Deco BE95 as router (IP Passthrough of course from the gateway). I have not tried on any other ASUS router I'm afraid. I spent a lot of time working out the LACP, LLDP, TVL stuff. Then tried to get SDN working through the Layer 3 switch to no avail. Also tried setting up the AiBoard....

 

[Tech9]

Your signature says "just ask me" - I count 12x routers and 2x extenders. Are they all part of the same network and what's the purpose or it? I don't know any other SNB Forums member with 14x APs in a home setup.

 

[jzchen]

Yeah I kinda got sick of having my phone drop off WiFi. Currently I have the Ai router as main router. The W6 is also a router with double NAT because it is extremely lame in its version of AP mode. The EBG15 is an AP with all the other ASUS routers as Mesh nodes. The Tenda is an AP, and the extenders are well, extending both IoT/Main SSID and MLO SSID.

I have four SSIDs:

Old Main which is the same as the Ai IoT-SSID
Tenda is unique so Tenda-MLO-SSID
I have the Ai Main as WiFi 7 all three bands smart connected (same network SSID) WPA3-Personal and AES+GCMP256
And the optional TP-Link MLO-SSID

EDIT- It is obvious I've made a settings error IF I see my phone drop off WiFi, with all of them working together....