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AX12 RAX120 Constantly Rebooting
For the third time in a year, this router has started to reboot itself about 10 times per hour. I have 50+ wifi/wired devices connected. Current firmware v1.2.3.28 installed over 3 months ago. No ...
- The last time this happened, I did do a factory reset. No help. That time I was inside the return window so I sent it back for another one. That’s the one I have now and it’s been solid for months since it too had the problem twice. Ruling out a defective unit. Update: I unplugged it for the overnight. Powering it back up in the morning, it’s been solid once again. Definitely a heat issue. I also have a mesh that records traffic to each connected device. One tablet running a surveillance camera stream had used over 7.5GB 2.4mhz streaming over a 2 hour period just before this started. I’ve disabled 2.4mhz WMM and the home assistant card responsible for the streaming. No more problems. Bottom line, this router cannot handle 2.4mhz streaming video. It will overheat.
it "should" be able to handle that load without issues. I've got very similar loads on my network and I've ran it on lower performing routers (and higher).
I'd be better on a process getting stuck. Have you did a factory reset?
The last time this happened, I did do a factory reset. No help. That time I was inside the return window so I sent it back for another one. That’s the one I have now and it’s been solid for months since it too had the problem twice. Ruling out a defective unit. Update: I unplugged it for the overnight. Powering it back up in the morning, it’s been solid once again. Definitely a heat issue. I also have a mesh that records traffic to each connected device. One tablet running a surveillance camera stream had used over 7.5GB 2.4mhz streaming over a 2 hour period just before this started. I’ve disabled 2.4mhz WMM and the home assistant card responsible for the streaming. No more problems. Bottom line, this router cannot handle 2.4mhz streaming video. It will overheat.
What "mesh" is controlling traffic/monitoring it?
Maybe its causing a loop thats putting a burden on the cpu. the 2.4gh traffic shouldn't put much burden on that cpu to hit 88%
- 2xZyxel NWA50AX (POE). No change to them today or before this all happened. They run in AP mode, DHCP by the Netgear. They have been fine for hours, no router reboots since the POE camera integration in Home Assistant was removed. CPU load down below 10%. I don’t think the mesh had anything to do with the problem other than to route the traffic from the POE camera to the Wi-Fi connected tablet.
Next time it happens, try disconnecting the mesh and rebooting the router.
Like I said, heat isn't going to increase the cpu processing but a stuck process can or something that's causing a loop on the network.