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mkfein
Aug 02, 2019Star
WiFi Slow after 2-3 days until reboot?
I'm really at my wits end fighting with this Orbi System. I've read all the relevant forum posts I could find and am still struggling. I have 200 Mb/s service from Xfinity. Orbi RBR50 is connecte...
OUZY
Feb 29, 2020Aspirant
To those whom is using RBK50 and Voxel's customized firmware. And has wifi speed drop down after reboot about 2-3 days later.
You can login the backend to set up cron job to schedule reboot.
Here is how and dependancy.
1. you are using Voxel's customized firmware or able to login by SSH.
2. login into the router such command like :
ssh -l root ip.address.of.your.router
input your password which same as you webui login password.
crontab -e
then press " i " for input. Here is the command.
00 02 1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28 * * /sbin/init 6
which means: “At 02:00 on day-of-month 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, and 28.” kill all process and reboot gracefully rather than forceful unmounts filesystems and restarts the system.
you can check here: https://crontab.guru/#00_02_1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28_*_*
then
press " Esc " and type " :wq "
to write to file and quit edit window.
to verify all set, you check as this command:
crontab -l
and you should see "00 02 1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28 * * /sbin/init 6" is there. The rest is wait and see.
Oh, btw, it looks like RBK router has not showing system up time on default homepage. But you can check it here:
- FURRYe38Feb 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Thanks for posting this. Hope it helpful. My RBK50 in AP mode has same speeds with out a reboot.
NG doesn't show uptime on stock FW. However you can see using http://router IP address/debug.htm
- OUZYMar 01, 2020Aspirantcan't edit my previous post. Here is update. 1. the linux system look like different from SUSE Linux or similar. 2. "nvram commit" was not save to storage before reboot. Don't figure why yet. 3. After reboot, the crontab job NOT existing anymore. ... Therefore, please ignore my previous post till has correct commit solution .
- FURRYe38Mar 01, 2020Guru - Experienced User
:smileyfrustrated:
Thanks for letting us know. I would recommend fully testing your solutions out before posting. Ensure testing and end results meet your expectations. IF the solution fully works, please post here:
OUZY wrote:
can't edit my previous post. Here is update. 1. the linux system look like different from SUSE Linux or similar. 2. "nvram commit" was not save to storage before reboot. Don't figure why yet. 3. After reboot, the crontab job NOT existing anymore. ... Therefore, please ignore my previous post till has correct commit solution .- Geddy007Apr 04, 2020AspirantI had the same problem, but it's now fixed. Wired speed from router to ISP over 200 Mnps, same on wifi for router and satellites. After 2-3 days, wifi when connected to router dropped to 40, but both wifi through satellites and wired from router to ISP remained over 200. So, it was solely a problem with connecting by wifi to router itself.
My problem was LG smart TV. I erased wifi internet connection from TV setup. After resetting router, the wifi speeds haven't dropped in over 3 weeks. Before, it routinely dropped every 2-3 days.
Go through everything connected to the router itself, disable one at a time, reset and wait to see what fixes it.
My setup:
Firmware 2.5.1.8
RBR50, RBS50 x2 - no daisy chain
Armor Bitdefender active