ASUS ZenWiFi AX Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System Not sure if this is the right place to ask…. I am thinking of upgrading my Google Mesh wifi to the above. Has anyone used this and does it...

[UK Sentinel]

If you were using AiMesh wireless backhaul nodes, then there could be the possibility that after scheduled reboot, the AiMesh nodes may not rejoin.

As you are hardwired backhaul, then this is less likely.

FWIW: I schedule/plan a reboot once a month just to ensure all connections and throughput are crisp as we have a gaming and partial work from home household.

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. UK Sentinel Said:

If you were using AiMesh wireless backhaul nodes, then there could be the possibility that after scheduled reboot, the AiMesh nodes may not rejoin.

As you are hardwired backhaul, then this is less likely.

FWIW: I schedule/plan a reboot once a month just to ensure all connections and throughput are crisp as we have a gaming and partial work from home household.

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[LarryR]

Is there a way to schedule a MONTHLY reboot vs the weekly that I see in the GUI?

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[UK Sentinel]

On ASUS router including ASUSWRT-merlin, only weekly or daily reboots are able to be scheduled.

I mainly use another brand (Netgear XR500) for gaming and use a script (cronjob) so I suppose a script might work/exist for ASUS routers also ?

I will have a look online (GitHub) and see what if anything is available ?

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. LarryR Said:

Is there a way to schedule a MONTHLY reboot vs the weekly that I see in the GUI?

I have spent the last couple of days trying to encourage ASUS to consider adding to their UI the option for Monthly Scheduling, alas this I feel was not well received.

Does look like for ASUS routers, only way to initiate a monthly controlled scheduled reboot/restart is via a script/cron job.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by UK Sentinel. Reason: ASUS are now adding the monthly reboot feature to there SW roadmap

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[Grisu]

Who would need this? Daily or weekly are enough options imo.

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[UK Sentinel]

I had an interesting email from ASUS this morning and seems that ASUS are putting in place as requested the option for Scheduled Monthly Reboot.

“Better to have and not need, than to need and not have” (Franz Kafka)

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the monthly reboot feature now included in our SW roadmap. 

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[LarryR]

So my question of the day… I have been having issues with my Asus XT8 randomly rebooting. Sometimes it goes 3 days between, sometimes only a couple of hours… Nothing showing in the logs that points to what the issue was. Frustrating as can be since no rhyme or reason and I work from home and we stream all TV stuff…

I’ve decided to do a hard reset following the WPS button approach. I left all the defaults but did the following:
1) Set my SSID to my existing one with same password so all my devices would reconnect
2) Set my wifi 2.4 channel to 11, as that is best in my area and also locked it at 20mhz width
3) Set my wifi 5 channel to 48, and kept 20/40/80 channel width
4) Using wireless backhaul on wifi 5-2 with 160 bandwidth and locked to channel 177

Assuming things stay smooth and I don’t get reboots (which to me would indicate a hardware issue at this point – purchased in March 2022 v1 units)… Are there any SUGGESTED changes to other settings to improve “anything” or just leave things set as is? I honestly don’t remember what I had tweaked over time and have bounced back and forth between official ASUS firmware and Gnuton ones with dirty upgrades so the WPS reset seemed like a good idea to rule other things out…

Now…. If the hardware is bad – what’s the consensus recommendation on reasonably priced 2 node Mesh these days? Asus XT9, ET9? Or something like the TP-Link Deco EX75 or EX75-Pro?

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[UK Sentinel]

If you have not yet performed a hard reset, maybe worth taking a backup of the config, just incase.

When you do perform the reset, keep default settings and see if that stops your XT8 rebooting.

TBH: the XT8 rebooting sometimes can be down to the power adapter failing, this may at least explain why no clues in the logs.

Is your Aimesh 2x XT8s ?

I have read positive reviews regarding TP-Link Deco ex75 pro but functionality is limited.

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. LarryR Said:

So my question of the day… I have been having issues with my Asus XT8 randomly rebooting. Sometimes it goes 3 days between, sometimes only a couple of hours… Nothing showing in the logs that points to what the issue was. Frustrating as can be since no rhyme or reason and I work from home and we stream all TV stuff…

I’ve decided to do a hard reset following the WPS button approach. I left all the defaults but did the following:
1) Set my SSID to my existing one with same password so all my devices would reconnect
2) Set my wifi 2.4 channel to 11, as that is best in my area and also locked it at 20mhz width
3) Set my wifi 5 channel to 48, and kept 20/40/80 channel width
4) Using wireless backhaul on wifi 5-2 with 160 bandwidth and locked to channel 177

Assuming things stay smooth and I don’t get reboots (which to me would indicate a hardware issue at this point – purchased in March 2022 v1 units)… Are there any SUGGESTED changes to other settings to improve “anything” or just leave things set as is? I honestly don’t remember what I had tweaked over time and have bounced back and forth between official ASUS firmware and Gnuton ones with dirty upgrades so the WPS reset seemed like a good idea to rule other things out…

Now…. If the hardware is bad – what’s the consensus recommendation on reasonably priced 2 node Mesh these days? Asus XT9, ET9? Or something like the TP-Link Deco EX75 or EX75-Pro?

 

Can I ask how you’re able to select channel 177? I am using UK firmware and don’t have the UNIII-4 channels. I top out at channel 140.

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[LarryR]

177 is available in US. Things have been stable for 7 hours now. Time will tell.

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[LarryR]

Can anyone help me understand what port this is referring to? Not sure if it is an actual issue, but trying to understand what this message means:

Nov 4 10:13:06 kernel: eth2 (Ext switch port: 1) (Logical Port: 9) (phyId: 1) Link DOWN.
Nov 4 10:13:08 kernel: eth2: sysport_tm port shaper set to 999000 kbps, 35000 mbs (phy speed 1000000 kbps)
Nov 4 10:13:08 kernel: eth2 (Ext switch port: 1) (Logical Port: 9) (phyId: 1) Link Up at 1000 mbps full duplex
Nov 4 10:13:10 kernel: eth2 (Ext switch port: 1) (Logical Port: 9) (phyId: 1) Link DOWN.
Nov 4 10:13:12 kernel: eth2: sysport_tm port shaper set to 999000 kbps, 35000 mbs (phy speed 1000000 kbps)
Nov 4 10:13:12 kernel: eth2 (Ext switch port: 1) (Logical Port: 9) (phyId: 1) Link Up at 1000 mbps full duplex

 

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[UK Sentinel]

A common issue, or at least used to be, usually relating to either a faulty ethernet cable or the nic on the other end of the network cable that is connected to Ethernet 2 on your router going into standby mode / power save, Xbox power save or similar.

When I get home i’ll try a find the SSH commands to tell you which LAN port is eth2 for your device?

but as a guide:

eth0 is the WAN interface

 

Edit:

SSH to your ASUS router and run ifconfig -a should be a good starting point.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by UK Sentinel. Reason: SSH note added

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ASUS ZenWiFi XT8 Firmware version 3.0.0.4.388_24684

1. Strengthened input validation and data processing workflows to further protect information security.
2. Enhanced AiCloud password protection mechanisms, safeguarding against unauthorized access attempts.
3. Enhanced device security through improved buffer handling in connection features.
4. Refined data handling processes, ensuring secure and accurate information management.
5. Enhanced file access control mechanisms, promoting a more secure operating environment.
6. Strengthened certificate protection, providing enhanced data security.

V1 – https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/ZenWiFi_XT8/FW_ZENWIFI_XT8_300438824684.zip?model=ASUS%20ZenWiFi%20AX%20(XT8)

V2 – https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/ZenWiFi_XT8/FW_XT8_V2_300438824684.zip?model=ASUS%20ZenWiFi%20AX%20(XT8)

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Great news

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