WL-500gP freezes when transferring large files

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Few days ago I bought a brand new Asus WL-500gP V2. After setting the internet connection I plugged my external HDD (320GB, WD Essential, 1x 512MB swap + 1x 1GB IPKG part + 1x EXT3 part). Everything worked well until I started transferring a movie (700MB) on the HDD. After 2 minutes the router stopped the transfer and I received a error "The network location is no longer available" (something like this). I tried again but it was useless.

Many users reported this kind of situations:
1) http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=11189&p=1
2) http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?p=45456
3) https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/3263
4) others ... google

Sometimes it happens when Transmission is working. I use the last firmware from Oleg (V2 ready).

I think there is a problem with the USB2 driver or the Broadcom chipset. Is there a way to change the USB drivers (to USB1.1) ? Will Kernel 2.6 fix this problems ? Are there any other solutions ?

I can`t belive ASUS shipped lots of products without
testing them and see if they can really work.
Please help !

Many thanks to Oleg, Wengi & the others !

[wpte]

hmm.. I never had that problem
do you use the oleg samba or an ipkg package of samba?
I do have the problem that it can't receive files of 3GB and larger, windows says the hdd is full, however, when I place it on my webserver and make the router download it straight from my pc, there are no problems.

I also had a weird I/0 error... that was the windows message: "Device I/0 error"

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hmm.. I never had that problem
do you use the oleg samba or an ipkg package of samba?
I do have the problem that it can't receive files of 3GB and larger, windows says the hdd is full, however, when I place it on my webserver and make the router download it straight from my pc, there are no problems.

I also had a weird I/0 error... that was the windows message: "Device I/0 error"

As you can see, there are many users who reported this kind of problem.
I used Samba2 but it was the same thing. Now I`m using the original samba from the last Oleg firmware and Transmission.

Here is my log:

[avberk]

I see ext3-fs errors in your log file. It is not unlikely that filesystem errors cause these problems.

From personal experience they already can be caused by the program you used to format the disks. Always check the disk(s) after a format.


Run e2fsck after umount of the disk to check the disk for
filesystem errors. also search the forum for solutions.

e.g.:
umount -l /tmp/harddisk
-e2fsck -f /dev/discs/disc0/part1

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I see ext3-fs errors in your log file. It is not unlikely that filesystem errors cause these problems.

From personal experience they already can be caused by the program you used to format the disks. Always check the disk(s) after a format.


Run e2fsck after umount of the disk to check the disk for
filesystem errors. also search the forum for solutions.

e.g.:
umount -l /tmp/harddisk
-e2fsck -f /dev/discs/disc0/part1

Nothing worked until now The HDD is ok after format. I disabled Samba and started transferring files on FTP. Unfortunately the same thing happened: the router freezed and made an "auto-reboot". Here is one of the logs that were generated after "auto-reboot":

Jan 1 00:00:03 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.1.3
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 0
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Starting kswapd
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: devfs: boot_options: 0x1
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O]
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ttyS00 at 0xb8000300 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ttyS01 at 0xb8000400 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: HDLC line discipline: version $Revision$, maxframe=4096
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: N_HDLC line discipline registered.
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: MPPE/MPPC encryption/compression module registered
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V0.13 (oleg@cs.msu.su)
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table v1.1 at 0x0040
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Flash Id: Vendor: 0x00c2 Device: 0x00cb
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: number of CFI chips: 1
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Flash device: 0x800000 at 0x1c000000
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Physically mapped flash: squashfs filesystem found at block 784
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Creating 5 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash":
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: 0x00000000-0x00020000 : "boot"
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: 0x00020000-0x007f0000 : "linux"
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: 0x000c4000-0x007f0000 : "rootfs"
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: 0x007f0000-0x00800000 : "nvram"
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: 0x003c0000-0x007f0000 : "flashfs"
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: sflash: found no supported devices
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 4096)
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ip_conntrack version 2.1 (256 buckets, 2048 max) - 352 bytes per conntrack
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ip_conntrack_pptp version 1.9 loaded
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ip_nat_pptp version 1.5 loaded
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ipt_time loading
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: IPv6 v0.8 for NET4.0
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.7 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 41216
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 41216
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: NTFS: Unable to set blocksize 512.
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM47xx 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller 4.150.10.16
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: eth1: Broadcom BCM4318 802.11 Wireless Controller 4.150.10.16
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: device vlan0 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering listening state
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: br0: port 1(vlan0) entering listening state
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering learning state
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: br0: port 1(vlan0) entering learning state
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering forwarding state
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: br0: port 1(vlan0) entering forwarding state
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Jan 1 00:00:04 dnsmasq[73]: started, version 2.22 cachesize 150
Jan 1 00:00:04 dnsmasq[73]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.1.2 -- 192.168.1.254, lease time 24h
Jan 1 00:00:04 dnsmasq[73]: DHCP, /tmp/dnsmasq.log will be written every 8h
Jan 1 00:00:04 dnsmasq[73]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses
Jan 1 00:00:04 dnsmasq[73]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xb8003000, IRQ 6
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: usb-ohci.c: usb-00:03.0, PCI device 14e4:471a
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ehci_hcd 00:03.1: PCI device 14e4:471a
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ehci_hcd 00:03.1: irq 6, pci mem b8003800
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ehci_hcd 00:03.1: illegal capability!
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ECHI PCI device 471a14e4 found.
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: PCI: 00:03.1 PCI cache line size set incorrectly (0 bytes) by BIOS/FW, correcting to 32
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: ehci_hcd 00:03.1: USB 0.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jan 1 00:00:04 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: vlan1: Setting MAC address to 00 1e 8c ec 3d 7f.
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: VLAN (vlan1): Underlying device (eth0) has same MAC, not checking promiscious mode.
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:03.1-1, assigned address 2
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jan 1 00:00:05 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jan 1 00:00:06 udhcpc[90]: udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
Jan 1 00:00:06 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:03.1-1.2, assigned address 3
Jan 1 00:00:06 dnsmasq[73]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses
Jan 1 00:00:06 dnsmasq[73]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf
Jan 1 00:00:06 dhcp client: deconfig: lease is lost
Jan 1 00:00:06 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jan 1 00:00:06 udhcpc[90]: Lease of 92.84.11.229 obtained, lease time 86400
Jan 1 00:00:06 dnsmasq[73]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses
Jan 1 00:00:06 dnsmasq[73]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf
Jan 1 00:00:06 dnsmasq[73]: using nameserver 193.231.100.134#53
Jan 1 00:00:06 dnsmasq[73]: using nameserver 193.231.100.130#53
Jan 1 00:00:06 dnsmasq[73]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53
Jan 1 00:00:06 kernel: Vendor: FUJITSU Model: MHT2040AH PL Rev: 006C
Jan 1 00:00:06 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: SCSI device sda: 78140160 512-byte hdwr sectors (40008 MB)
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: Partition check:
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: p1 p2 p3
Jan 1 00:00:07 dhcp client: bound IP : 92.84.11.229 from 92.84.0.254
Jan 1 00:00:16 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jan 1 00:00:16 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on sd(8,2), internal journal
Jan 1 00:00:16 kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
Jan 1 00:00:16 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jan 1 00:00:16 USB storage: ext3 fs at /dev/discs/disc0/part2 mounted to /tmp/mnt/disc0_2
Jan 1 00:00:16 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jan 1 00:00:16 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on sd(8,3), internal journal
Jan 1 00:00:16 kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
Jan 1 00:00:16 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jan 1 00:00:16 USB storage: ext3 fs at /dev/discs/disc0/part3 mounted to /tmp/mnt/disc0_3

It also happens when Transmission is working. It just freeze and reboot.
Please help !

[wpte]

well... this sounds to me like something is wrong in the firmware, the swap is not properly used or the hdd isn't completely compatible with ext3.
can you test it with an usb pen drive or an other hdd?

if you have puppy linux (or a different linux) running on your pc, you may check the hdd with gnome partition manager if it can handle ext3 fully

[Oyabun]

Typical autoreboot situations happened with me when I used an old 2.5 HDD what took too much current and overloaded the power unit. In these situations the powes supply cannot provide enough current, and I have had random reboots while copying to-from the disk. Try to use an external USB hub what has an additional power supply, or as WPTE advised try another disk.

Nothing worked until now The HDD is ok after format. I disabled Samba and started transferring files on FTP. Unfortunately the same thing happened: the router freezed and made an "auto-reboot". Here is one of the logs that were generated after "auto-reboot":
It also happens when Transmission is working. It just freeze and reboot.
Please help !

[Serpent]

nsec's HDD has his own external power supply!

[Oyabun]

Then I don't have a clue. Sorry.

nsec's HDD has his own external power supply!