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I found that disabling all logging and then performing a full power cycle of my 963 system
I found that disabling all logging and then performing a full power cycle of my 963 system—a step I came across in the post linked below (which discusses BE systems)—resulted in a significant performance improvement in my setup, allowing me to have a mucher longer uptime before needing to reboot for system stability.
I was also encountering a connectivity issue with certain devices after 5–8 days, which required a full system reboot to resolve. After disabling logging, that issue seems to have been resolved as well. I thought this might be helpful to share in case others are facing similar problems.
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Only ones I have enabled on my 963 system:
Include in Log Connections to the Web-based interface of this Router Router operation (startup, get time etc) Known DoS attacks and Port Scans Wireless access I also have SIP ALG enabled as well. Normally disabled by default. Was mentioned years ago that enabling this helped as well.
Thanks will try this when I get round to it.
FYI I read SIP ALG (Application Layer Gateway) is a helper service meant for old VoIP systems — it inspects and modifies SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) packets for voice calls.
On many modern routers, SIP ALG causes more harm than good, breaking VoIP calls, Ring doorbells, or Teams/Zoom sessions. Disabled for me, haven't seen any issues.
There was a known issue about 15+ years ago with SIP ALG. Also uPnP. I've been using SIP ALG and uPnP since then. Have not seen any issues. Have also asked beta testers to help test SIP ALG in past projects with it enabled or disabled, have had zero problems with it. I would presume and guess that since 15 years have passed that the core devs for SIP ALG and uPnP have make corrections and changes to these features since then, and should not be a problem to use them either way today.
Just an update on this, I have found that if you have netgear armor enabled, there then seems to be some issue related to the logging, I have now factory reset and setup from scratch via the via web gui and not used the orbi app, and haven't had to disable any logging.
