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RAX120 V2 Constant Random Reboots
The router reboots frequently sometimes every 30 minutes. I have noticed that the router reboots under heavy system load of +50% on the processor. The only way I have been able to drastically lesse...
- Installed beta firmware 1.2.3.33 on it and then turn fan on in debug.htm. Just check mark it , don’t click on apply.
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No luck with the beta fw...even after I performed a reset and set up the router from scratch.
I have just about given up on this router but for what will likely be my last experiement, I pulled out my old LinksysEA7500 which, although the wifi range isn't as strong, is rock solid stable.
I re-connected the Linksys to my modem and turned off it's wifi radios. I connected the RAX120 via ethernet cable to the Linksys router and set the RAX120 into AP mode. I suspect the RAX120 was having difficulties when the isp lease renewed and just curious to see what happens while in AP mode.
UPDATE: After a month (!) without a single reboot my RAX120 V2 rebooted itself two days ago and now is back to roughly one-two random reboots a day. This is with the European power adapter ADS-65MIA-19. Interestingly, it even reboots overnight where there is no WiFi or wired Internet traffic, if the fan is left in the default operational state. I have observed how the thing rebooted itself at 6AM in the morning when I just woke up! It was quite warm to touch.
This makes me think that the root cause of reboots is external to the router and its either this constant trouble with this strange DDoS attacks that keep appearing in the log or the power fluctuations still. It is definitely not the temperature of air in the room. The router was steady during the UK heatwave when temperatures were nearing 27 deg C inside the house. Putting the fan permanently on right now prevents the frequent rebooting, but I am not holding my breath, given everyone else's experience.
Has someone tried to disconnect the internet modem and see if their unit reboots without internet connection?
That's interesting but along the lines of a theory that I am exploring. I noticed that the reboots, for me, seemed to often coincide with the router's ip address lease expiration. So I wonder if the router may have issues with how it handles the lease expiration when connected to certain modems.
Also, I reinstalled my old Linksys router as my main router and connected the RAX120 to it in AP mode. I then set the lease expiration time in the Linksys router to 10 mins and checked the RAX120 logs an hour later. Every 10 mins the logs showed that the RAX120 disconnected from the internet then reconnected a few seconds later, but I didn't actually lose internet connection.
I then set a static IP (outside of the DHCP range) for the RAX120 and the disconnects and reconnects stopped appearing in the log. The RAX120 appeared rock solid thereafter with no issues so far (albeit it has only been one day).
I don't know enough to form any conclusions, yet. But I have an old TP Link modem that I may install and reinstall the RAX120 in router mode to test.