Windows could not automatically detect the proxy settings, default gateway not available?

[HRearden]

I frequently receive the "Windows could not automatically detect the proxy settings" error or a similar error about "The default gateway is not available."
This happens on multiple machines. Sometimes using the windows network trouble shooter can fix the condition, sometimes, not. Sometimes when I see this I setup a constant ping to the router and I can see the timeouts start. The time between this error can be from minutes to hours. I can see what seems to be similar type errors on my android phone when I play a game, it frequently pauses and shows that it has lost the connection, after a time it seems to repair itself and reconnect.

The settings on windows are set to automatic: DHCP, DNS, proxy detection, etc.

I have tried just about everything I can think of. Are there some settings which I need to focus on or check?

I am running Asus Merlin 384.19 on an RT-AC86U.

Any ideas?

rearden

 

[ColinTaylor]

This sounds like your clients are loosing their connection to the router. Check the router's syslog for the time the problem occurs. Perhaps the router is rebooting itself.

 

[HRearden]

The router is not rebooting itself. I checked that. So far, I have not found anything which I have recognized in the syslog as pertaining to the problem, but maybe I need to change my logging level. It happens on both wired and wireless connections.

 

[dave14305]

Something really bad needs to happen for a wired client to lose the connection to the router. What’s the router’s uptime? How long does a pause last?