386.1 on AC68U locks up web interface

[astrosteve]

I just downloaded the new 386.1 version, and noticed I was the first download. Well, that didn't turn out good. While my network is up, the router web interface partially worked for one time, it is now totally locked up. I'll go try rebooting it. Any ideas?

 

[Jack Yaz]

Try reading the known issues? http://www.snbforums.com/threads/asuswrt-merlin-386-1-is-now-available.69783/

Webui very slow or unreachable after upgrading (this is normal as the router is doing database maintenance, just give it time, can take 5-60 mins depending on the router model)

 

[astrosteve]

Try reading the known issues? http://www.snbforums.com/threads/asuswrt-merlin-386-1-is-now-available.69783/

Webui very slow or unreachable after upgrading (this is normal as the router is doing database maintenance, just give it time, can take 5-60 mins depending on the router model)

Oh! I saw that before I downloaded the firmware and completely forgot. Thanks for the reply. I'll wait an hour or so, and hopefully it will be back to normal.

 

[Bogey]

For a RT-AC88U, how long will it take? I've beeb waiting 2 hours and everything seemed to work ok, except the WebUI that I cannot connect to.
I rebooted and again waited about 2 hours. Still no WebUI.
What to do next?

 

[chrissyyyw]

Got exactly the same issue on my RT-AC68u. It's been about 3 hours since I installed 386-1.

 

[Jack Yaz]

Can you SSH in? If so, run top or htop and check if nt_center is using lots of CPU. If it is, maintenance is ongoing

 

[chrissyyyw]

Can you SSH in? If so, run top or htop and check if nt_center is using lots of CPU. If it is, maintenance is ongoing

Unfortunately not. Access denied.

Cant remember if I disabled SSH access or not.

 

[bennor]

As a data point. Did a hard reset of a RT-68U first. Then flashed, through the web interface, the 386.1 firmware. Then did another hard reset. Proceeded to start configuring the router. With in a minute or two the router hung loading the administrator interface page for approx 5 minutes. Then the administration page properly loaded and I was able to proceed to reconfigure the router. So far no further issues or abnormal system log errors. Both cores show little activity and the RAM is at 25%.

 

[chrissyyyw]

As a data point. Did a hard reset of a RT-68U first. Then flashed, through the web interface, the 386.1 firmware. Then did another hard reset. Proceeded to start configuring the router. With in a minute or two the router hung loading the administrator interface page for approx 5 minutes. Then the administration page properly loaded and I was able to proceed to reconfigure the router. So far no further issues or abnormal system log errors. Both cores show little activity and the RAM is at 25%.

Don't mind doing a hard reset but really need to backup my config. I know I should have done a back up but never had a issue updating merlin before.

 

[chrissyyyw]

I've managed to backup my config before it locked up. Did a factory reset and now fully working.

 

[Bogey]

Same here, did a factory reset, restored saved settings with the nvram utility and everything is working.

 

[orion44]

Can you SSH in? If so, run top or htop and check if nt_center is using lots of CPU. If it is, maintenance is ongoing

Thanks, I was looking for which process is doing the db maintenance after the 386.1_2 upgrade. Unable to find it because the search functionality of this forum sucks now – error: "The search could not be completed because the search keywords were too short, too long, or too common."

 

[ColinTaylor]

Unable to find it because the search functionality of this forum sucks now – error: "The search could not be completed because the search keywords were too short, too long, or too common."

Use the "Better Search" function.