Asus RT-Ac66U dnsmasq-dhcp[308] gives Wifi Problems

[Tien]

Hello
Is there somebody who know what this problem is and how to fix it.
I already tried to set the router in factory settings and uprgade it to the newest Merlin firmware. But still the router have the same problems. Is this a common problem and is it better to buy a new router?


Oct 14 08:46:42 dnsmasq-dhcp[308]: not giving name localhost to the DHCP lease of 192.168.1.131 because the name exists in /etc/hosts with address 127.0.0.1
Oct 14 09:07:38 dnsmasq-dhcp[308]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.140 70:56:81:bf:6d:81
Oct 14 09:07:38 dnsmasq-dhcp[308]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.140 70:56:81:bf:6d:81 Air-van-Claudia
Oct 14 09:07:38 dnsmasq-dhcp[308]: not giving name localhost to the DHCP lease of 192.168.1.131 because the name exists in /etc/hosts with address 127.0.0.1
Oct 14 09:14:20 dnsmasq-dhcp[308]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.140 70:56:81:bf:6d:81
Oct 14 09:14:20 dnsmasq-dhcp[308]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.140 70:56:81:bf:6d:81 Air-van-Claudia
Oct 14 09:14:20 dnsmasq-dhcp[308]: not giving name localhost to the DHCP lease of 192.168.1.131 because the name exists in /etc/hosts with address 127.0.0.1

 

[john9527]

You have a Samsung TV (or possibly some wireless cameras) that use a reserved name.....

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac68u-hostname-conflict.26264/page-2#post-197887

 

[Tien]

Hey John, Thanks for your support\

I tried to follow your tips but don't know what you mean by this:
On Merlin, you would make a new file in /jffs/configs named dnsmasq.conf.add with the single dhcp-hosts line in it.....then reboot.

I'm not very good in terminal but with some help i will manage.

 

[john9527]

I'm not very good in terminal but with some help i will manage.

If you go to the end of the thread, someone had access by assigning a static ip and new name just using the gui in Merlin's firmware.

 

[Tien]

If you go to the end of the thread, someone had access by assigning a static ip and new name just using the gui in Merlin's firmware.

Yes i've tried that but still have the same problem

 

[RMerlin]

Someone please slap Samsung for doing something so incredibly silly as trying to provide a PUBLIC hostname of "localhost". This is really a bug with their firmware, they should fix it.