Something similar like the "wan port dies" issue

[Lurks]

I have exactly the same problem as described in this thead. It has nothing to do with the renew/release of DHCP lease, neither is it related to transfer rate.

It's something about the number of sockets open when running Bittorrent.

Possibly the firewall log filling memory as Oleg has said but I can't find out how big that is or how to turn it off.

-Lurks

[Raposo]

I have the same problem when using the 1.7 firmware. From times to times (minutes) it justs reboots himself. The uptime starts from zero, the wired machines loose their ip's and the wireless ssid disapears for a few seconds. The router has even reseted to default factory settings once! :s
With 1.6 firmware everything goes well.

Any solution?

[Oleg]

Possibly the firewall log filling memory as Oleg has said but I can't find out how big that is or how to turn it off.

-Lurks

IP Config | Miscellaneous | Enable Log for Access from WAN

[Oleg]

Guys, seems I've found the reason for some stangeness resulting in wan connection dies issue at least in one case - when pptp/pppoe reconnects in this case internal dns may stop responding. This only occures with firmwares starting with 1.7.5.6-4 as seems. 1.7.5.9-2 will contain a fix for this.

[Lurks]

I have not got that log enabled. I'm also not using PPOE or PPTP.

-Lurks

[LaB]

same problem as Lurks... I am directly connect to an Ethernet network at my dorm, and when multiple connections are created (or high bandwidth is present), the connection is lost. Don't know if it's the DNS problem, because I can't ping IP's either... have to do a hard reboot on it to get the connection back.

[bscottsmith]

I have not got that log enabled. I'm also not using PPOE or PPTP.

-Lurks

I also am not using PPOE or PPTP, and the log is not enabled. This also happens to me when I downgrade back to 1.6 as well. Azureus kills it every time. So often, in fact, I have written a shell script to automate the release and renew of my IP which gets me going again without rebooting the router:
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wget --http-user=admin --http-passwd=cabintech -q -O /dev/null "http://192.168.0.1/apply.cgi?current_page=Main_GStatus_Content.asp&ne xt_page=default+value&next_host=192.168.0.1&sid_li st=default+value&action_mode=Update&action_script= dhcpc_release"

sleep 1

wget --http-user=admin --http-passwd=cabintech -q -O - http://192.168.0.1/Main_GStatus_Content.asp" | grep PPPConnection_x_WANIPAddress | sed -e 's/.*value="\([^"]*\).*/\1/g'

sleep 5

wget --http-user=admin --http-passwd=cabintech -q -O /dev/null "http://192.168.0.1/apply.cgi?current_page=Main_GStatus_Content.asp&ne xt_page=default+value&next_host=192.168.0.1&sid_li st=default+value&action_mode=Update&action_script= dhcpc_renew"

sleep 1

wget --http-user=admin --http-passwd=cabintech -q -O - "http://192.168.0.1/Main_GStatus_Content.asp" | grep PPPConnection_x_WANIPAddress | sed -e 's/.*value="\([^"]*\).*/\1/g'

[Tootoo]

And I have the same problem:

I use the Motorola SB5100E, the firmware of the wl500g is 1.7.5.6 (original). The WAN port dies after 24 - 48 hours. Instead that it comes back after 20-40 secs, I have to restart the router. I dont have any logs enabled...

Its a kinda irritating thingy and i hope this will be solved very soon. Its a good device, but very anoying. If it wont be solved, I am also gonna switch to Linksys...

[Snigel]

I get many ip adresses from my new dsl isp. So I connect the router and a commputer to the modem (the modem has many ports). When I try to transfer files between me and the computer behind the wl500g, it's slow ~4.5mb/s, and after a while the wanport dies. The internal network behind the router works, the external starts as soon as I renew the wanports ip-adress.

I'm not running PPOE or PPTP or anything special, just dynamic ip.

Interesting is that I never had this issues before until made an reset of the nvram via telnet.

I've tried 1.6.5.3 and 1.7.9, both default and Oleg.
It doesn't make any difference.

[thund3rman]

Hy

I also get the same problem. If I reduce the WAN port settings to 10Mbps and the wireless connection to 11Mbps only, I get slower transfer rate (as expected), but this problem takes longer to occur. If I work under these conditions normally I can transmit 2 ou 3 GB of info through the WAN port, but if I use 100Mbps for WAN and 54Mbps for the wireless connection usually I can't even finish a 700MB transfer through the WAN port.
I've already tried fixed ip, dhcp and all logs and firewalls are disabled.
The router to which I connect the WAN port of the WL500g is an Alcatel Speedtouch 510.
The problem disapear as soon as I renew the DHCP lease or if working with static ip, as soon as I reboot the modem.
I've also tried almost all firmware since 1.6...

[Snigel]

thund3rman, how are your speeds through wan? At 100mbit I get about 4.5MB/s

[Lurks]

Its a kinda irritating thingy and i hope this will be solved very soon. Its a good device, but very anoying. If it wont be solved, I am also gonna switch to Linksys...

Same boat as you but I wouldn't suggest linksys. D-Link and Buffalo routers are both very stable.

Annoying I just moved from a Bufallo router to this Asus. The Bufallo gave me zero problems, I just wanted the extra features of the Asus. That'll teach me.

-Lurks

[Lurks]

It's crashed again. I've had enough, it's being replaced by a 3COM and the WL-500G can go on ebay for the next sucker...

-Lurks

[MagicBoy]

I've been having the same problems as described above, with the Wireless connection just disappearing unless the router was rebooted.

I've upgraded to the standard 1.7.5.9 firmware available here (wherever it came from) and it appears to have resolved the problem I was having with 1.7.5.6.

The router has been up and stable for 4 days without a reboot. I've successfully copied 6Gb folders between the LAN and laptop over wireless, and left eMule running overnight over wireless. No connection drops experienced.

[bscottsmith]

Well, my 30 day return policy is coming due, and my patience has run out as well. So, I'm boxing it up and shipping it back. For those of you experiencing the same WAN disconnect with file sharing programs (Azureus, eMule/eDonkey, etc), I suggest you do the same, as this won't be fixed anytime soon. I've tried opening a case with Asus, but to no avail. It's a real shame, this would have been a nice router.