Info regarding "WAN dies"

[Oleg]

GJAman: promisc 0 is only used to recover port, it does not guarantee that port will not die again.
Nominus: can you verify that promisc 1 fix things forever?

[GJAman]

GJAman: promisc 0 is only used to recover port, it does not guarantee that port will not die again.
Nominus: can you verify that promisc 1 fix things forever?

When I use promisc 0 the port immediately dies (while I have NOT transfered a lot of data) or MUST the port die before I can use prosmisc 0 to test the reaction

[Nominus]

GJAman: promisc 0 is only used to recover port, it does not guarantee that port will not die again.
Nominus: can you verify that promisc 1 fix things forever?

No, not forever but it restores the WAN and it can lockup again (just as promisc 0) , though i think setting promisc 1 for permanent itsn't very good.

[Krypt]

I'm happy to report that my connection is still up..
I resetted my router to autosensing yesterdag evening and it froze a couple of hours later. This morning I resetted my router and put it on 10Halfduplex.. and it still works..

If it's still working this afternoon, I'll set it back to 100Fullduplex to try it that works..

[GJAman]

Ok.. I'm home now and removed my hub and connected my WL500g directly onto my modem.. Transferred 2 Linux images at the same time; Emule and downloaded a 100MB test zip and my WL500g died in a matter of seconds..
[edit]
Hmm. unfortunately I cannot reproduse it.. I'll set my WL500g on 100Mbit Fullduplex fixed and check it tomorrow if it's still up and running.. If it doesn't I'll switch back to 100Halfduplex and so on.. and if it works; I'll set it back on Autosensing and check again..

I'm happy to report that my connection is still up..
I resetted my router to autosensing yesterdag evening and it froze a couple of hours later. This morning I resetted my router and put it on 10Halfduplex.. and it still works..

If it's still working this afternoon, I'll set it back to 100Fullduplex to try it that works..

Have you also tried 10Fullduplex?

What kind of internet connection do you have (up/down speed)?

I can test some things in de afternoon (by my neighbours where my WL-500g stands)
I will post the results here!

[Krypt]

Because I couldn't reproduce it and I needed my internet connection I decided to begin with 10MbitHduplex and raise it while it's still working..

I need to write things down. Didn't do what I promised to do

Ok.. new planning
Today; this evening: If the connection is still up and running 10Mbit Halfduplex (it still does right now), I'll try 10Mbit Fullduplex and let it run for a day.
If it's still running I'll switch to 100Mbit halfduplex, then to 100Mbit fullduplex and finally back to autosensing to conclude it's still dying

Btw.. When switching speed of duplex mode the WAN port seems to die.. But it just lost connection because the other device connected on the WAN port still works on the old settings. Removing the WAN cable a couple of seconds and put it right back again will restore the connection.

[GJAman]

Here are the results from the tests I preformed today:

After I entered in telnet “et -i eth1 speed ....” (where the dots have to be replaced with auto or full10 or half10 or full100 or half100. I transferred up to 9 big files (+/- 700 MB from WAN to LAN using ASUS M3700N as FTP server on WAN side and a PC as FTP client on the LAN side)

et -i eth1 speed auto
RESULT: WAN dies in a few minutes

et -i eth1 speed full10
RESULT: after 20 minutes the WAN is still alive

et -i eth1 speed half10
RESULT: after 20 minutes the WAN is still alive

et -i eth1 speed full100
RESULT: doesn't work at all (WAN light doesn't even go on)

et -i eth1 speed half100
RESULT: doesn't work at all (WAN light doesn't even go on)

After the WAN died I tried the following:

et -i eth1 promisc 0
RESULT: no effect, WAN still died

et -i eth promisc 1
RESULT: WAN alive

So I have executed the following code on my WL-500g

nvram set bootCmdy="(while sleep 30s; do (ping -c 1 10.0.0.138 || et -i eth1 promisc 1) > /dev/null 2>&1; done)&"
nvram commit
reboot

And now if the WAN dies it is restored within 30 seconds

Also I’am thinking to execute the following code on my WL-500g:

nvram set bootCmdz="et -i eth1 speed full10"
nvram commit
reboot

(Above code is only usefull for users who have a 10Mbps connection at the WAN side, otherwise the connection is reduced to 10Mbps)

But a forgot to test this by my neigbours

I hope this is useful information

BTW: I have a 1120/352 Kbit/s internet connection connected with a SpeedTouch 510 an the WAN side

2 Krypt:
Do you have the same result with "et -i eth1 speed half100" and "et -i eth1 speed full100" as me?
.

[Krypt]

GJAman; I tried both 10Mbit halfduplex and 10Mbit fullduplex.. and after a day, my wan is still functioning.. I'll put the speed back to 100Mbit halfduplex this evening and will try again.. if it still works, I'll switch to 100Mbit fullduplex..

btw. when your wan port isn't functioning after fixating the speed, try to remove the wam cable and connect it back again.. it will recover your connection; probably your other device is still running on your previous settings and doesn't match anymore.
[edit]stupid typo

[GJAman]

btw. when your wan port isn't functioning after fixating the speed, try to remove the wam cable and connect it back again.. I'll recover your connection; probably your other device is still running on your previous settings and doesn't match anymore.

Auto, half10 and full10 are working without any problems even if I don't unplug and plug back the cable. But half100 and full100 aren't working even if I unplug and plug the cable back.

BTW: my MSN is: for anyone who needs to contact me.

[Krypt]

Ok.. an update..
10half works like a charm.. 10full,100half and 100full doesn't seem to work.. the complete WAN connection doesn't come up..

Flashed the latest firmware 1.8.1.3, but still has the same problem..
Reflashed it back to 1.7.5.6 RC5 Oleg because I needed my printer which doesn't work correctly with the Asus way of printing..

I forced the speed back to 10half.. and I'll leave it so.. prepairing to go on my vacation..

[Antiloop]

Ok.. an update..
10half works like a charm.. 10full,100half and 100full doesn't seem to work.. the complete WAN connection doesn't come up..

Flashed the latest firmware 1.8.1.3, but still has the same problem..
Reflashed it back to 1.7.5.6 RC5 Oleg because I needed my printer which doesn't work correctly with the Asus way of printing..

I forced the speed back to 10half.. and I'll leave it so.. prepairing to go on my vacation..

did you turn off your wl500g first after setting the speed in the webconfig ? i takes likes 30-60 seconds more to finish booting at fw 1.8.1.3

100full works for me ..

[Pcnmcia]

Hi, my router also suffers form sudden wi-fi stopping, also if set to 10Mb/half duplex mode, one ot two times a day. This is a very disappointing feature.
I've noticed when this happens the system logs shows that:

"Jul 25 16:36:32 WL500g user.emerg NTP client: time is synchronized to 131.107.1.10"

Any idea how to switch off time synchronizing? Or to synchronize with windows time instead of?

Thanks in advance,

[Antiloop]

Hi, my router also suffers form sudden wi-fi stopping, also if set to 10Mb/half duplex mode, one ot two times a day. This is a very disappointing feature.
I've noticed when this happens the system logs shows that:

"Jul 25 16:36:32 WL500g user.emerg NTP client: time is synchronized to 131.107.1.10"

Any idea how to switch off time synchronizing? Or to synchronize with windows time instead of?

Thanks in advance,

turn of your wl500g for 5-10 minutes, then see if it happends again please

[Pcnmcia]

I did it. The log shows:

"Jul 25 18:27:24 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch "

I'm using now the swiss time server with fix IP adress instead of the previous german one. Now I'm waiting....
BTW, I'm using the 1.8.1.3 firmware.

Good news!
"Jul 25 20:27:24 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch "
Without dropping the wi-fi.

"Jul 25 22:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch "
All OK.

After 24 hours:
"Jul 25 18:27:24 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 25 20:27:24 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 25 22:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 00:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 02:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 04:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 06:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 08:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 10:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 12:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 14:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 16:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 18:26:15 PPPoE: Disconnected
Jul 26 18:26:49 PPPoE: connect to ISP
Jul 26 18:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch"

The wan-wifi trouble disappeared. My ISP disconnects in every 24 hour.
The router now runs flawlessly.

[Thorz]

I did it. The log shows:

"Jul 25 18:27:24 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch "

I'm using now the swiss time server with fix IP adress instead of the previous german one. Now I'm waiting....
BTW, I'm using the 1.8.1.3 firmware.

Good news!
"Jul 25 20:27:24 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch "
Without dropping the wi-fi.

"Jul 25 22:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch "
All OK.

After 24 hours:
"Jul 25 18:27:24 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 25 20:27:24 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 25 22:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 00:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 02:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 04:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 06:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 08:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 10:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 12:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 14:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 16:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch
Jul 26 18:26:15 PPPoE: Disconnected
Jul 26 18:26:49 PPPoE: connect to ISP
Jul 26 18:27:29 ntp client: time is synchronized to swisstime.ethz.ch"

The wan-wifi trouble disappeared. My ISP disconnects in every 24 hour.
The router now runs flawlessly.

Nice tip, I had also suffered from issues with time server with my old SMC barricade router in the past and changing it helped. I have also changed to the server you posted.
I will change the WAN port speed to 100full fixed to see if the WAN dying dissapears.
I have a question: Is there a performance difference between using the full and half settings in every speed (10full-10half and 100full-100half)?