Any hardware connected on USB?
See my configuration at the bottom.
I switch off my router frequently for security reasons and
low power consumption.
After powering on again, the router often shows up
with factory settings.
I recently upgraded to Oleg's firmware 1.9.2.7-7g from
-7d or -7e (don't remember exactly).
I use the WEB interface for maintainance.
I wonder if this firmware- or HW-specific.
There is some other strange behaviour, which occured already
with previous firmware versions:
1. On first power-on (after some hours of disconnection from
power supply) the router often is not initialized correctly:
It does not respond to requests and the power LED is off (although
the LAN LEDs are on)
2. Doing a very quick Power On-Off-On switching (to solve the preceeding
problem) the result is undetermined:
- Sometimes the router starts rebooting continuously
- sometimes it is reset to factory defaults
In summary, the router is quite unusable for sporadic internet connection.
I hope i'll find a solution here.
Thanks in advance,
Amelie
--------- My configuration ---------------------------
(might be unusual, since most features are disabled.
The router is mostly switched of):
- Asus WL500gx (aka Asus WL500G Deluxe)
- Oleg firmware 1.9.2.7-7g
- ADSL connection as PPPoE.
- Some strict FW rules
- Most features disabled, e.g. Radio off, PnP off, FTP off, access from WAN off
- I use the WEB interface for maintainance
Last edited by Amelie; 13-09-2007 at 12:27.
Any hardware connected on USB?
Solar inverter monitoring with Asus wl500gx http://solar.reinieren.net (dutch)
No, i have no HW connected on USB.
But your guess may point to the right direction.
The reason might be insufficient power supply caused
be powerconsumptive devices (e.g. connected on USB).
I use the Asus router since Oct 2005, and since that time
i had problems after power on. I held my ADSL-Modem
responsible, connected at WAN port.
There was also a post about generally poor Asus power supplies.
My workaround until now was to power on again.
But since i use Oleg's firmware 1.9.2.7-7g that does
not work anymore: After switching on, my router configuration
is gone.
The 'non deterministic' behaviour of my router suggests
something like electrical characteristics beeing the cause.
I will investigate a little into disconnected ADSL-Modem
and a stabilized power supply
Thanks so far,
Amelie
Well, I have webcam, usb harddisk connected to usb, on standard power supply. But of course there could be differences in powersupplies. I have two wl500gx running, different supply.
Is the problem still there if you flash asus firmware?
And, are you sure your config is correctly stored? Maybe play around with backup/restore settings
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> Is the problem still there if you flash asus firmware?
I have done a 'System Setup - Firmware Upgrade - Upload' to version 1.9.2.7-7g via the web interface several times. But i am not familiar with things like NVRAM and filesystem. Nor am i with system commands like 'flashfs enable/commit/save'. I just hope, the web interface works as expected.
> And, are you sure your config is correctly stored?
I am sure, they are not :-)
> Maybe play around with backup/restore settings
I thought i did.
I adjusted the settings via web interface. After second loss of router settings i did a 'System Setup - Setting Management - Save as...' to file via the web interface.
Now for weeks weeks, every morning, if the settings are gone again, i am glad to 'System Setup - Setting Management - Upload' only, instead of manually adjust the whole router settings again.
After i have checked the power supply, i will check
1. openWrt
2. other router HW
Last edited by Amelie; 15-09-2007 at 00:35.
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> flashfs is not needed if you use only webinterface.
That is something i expected too. Anyhow, as an experiment i did 'flashfs commit' to days ago, because the symptoms were like a missing commit statement in a database. Since then I did some 10 startups and the router kept his settings!
It is some kind of progress. But i still have to start the router twice, because after first power-on the router does not respond to requests.
> Can you post your system log?
a) reset-to-factory-defaults-state: Unfortunately, i didn't make a copy of the log. And now i can't reproduce that state anymore.
b) not-responding-to-requests-after-first-power-on-state: I can't access the routers log via web interface nor telnet. And the external syslog-server does not receive any UDP log messages during that state.
I attached a log from a second power on. The log is a snippet from my external syslog-server receiving log messages from my router. It was recorded some days before i executed the 'flashfs commit'
The only suspicious entries i see, are about 'bogus logical sector size'. These kind of entries were there for one year at least. I already posted them into the forum, but got no answer.
Don't spend to much time with the log, because 'reset-to-factory-defaults-state' as the main problem is 'solved'. The second problem (not-responding-to-requests-after-first-power-on-state) still remains, but i think i can live with it, as i already did for years.
Many thanks for your help,
Amelie
BTW.
Is there any english doc about your solar inverter monitoring mentioned at your footer?
Last edited by Amelie; 19-09-2007 at 19:48.
If this is a power supply issue, did you try an other one ? I guess any 5Volts DC power supply borrowed from an SUB hub would do the trick...
The Struggle Continues...
Asus WL500g #1 with fw 1.9.2.7-7f running as main home gateway, with Philipps PWC730k
Asus WL500g #2 with fw 1.9.2.7-7f running as Wireless Client, running palantir 2.6 with SPCA5xx camera on 128MB generic USB key