Armand28
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AXE16000 running Merlin firmware, AT&T fiber internet connection. The system status page reports HUGE (40MB/S!!! On a 1Gbit connection!) upload spikes, and all 4 cpu cores spike and my connection to the internet drops. I have a HomeAssistant monitor that pings google every 60 seconds and it reports drops while these spikes happen. I’m not the only one having this issue and I cannot figure out what it is. The system status page reports the spike, yet the traffic analyzer page and the QOS monitor doesn’t show any device using that traffic. It’s a mystery. I reboot the router and it’s good for a bit, but then it starts up again. It started about a week ago, and in the thread I linked above others had it started the same time. I’m creating this post in the hopes someone from ASUS sees it! I work from home and if my router doesn’t work I’m hosed.
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As you can see, my upload speeds are WAY over what my internet connection is, and I show outages when the spikes get bad so it’s definitely impacting performance. I have two other routers set as repeaters and during these spikes none of them are showing traffic like that, and since traffic analyzer isn't seeing it either it has to be originating from the router, not any attached devices. The fact that it is happening on both Merlin and ASUS firmware and multiple models of router leads me to suspect DDNS, which I'll try disabling next. I cannot think of any other common denominator, but others have tried it and it still doesn’t work.
It’s impacting multiple models of router, running both Merlin and ASUS firmware, across multiple ISPs. It just started a week or so ago for me, and others in the thread I link above had it start around the same time. I really hope someone from ASUS is working on this, I hate to throw out a $700 router but if I cannot use it to work I’m hosed!
Screenshots:
As you can see, my upload speeds are WAY over what my internet connection is, and I show outages when the spikes get bad so it’s definitely impacting performance. I have two other routers set as repeaters and during these spikes none of them are showing traffic like that, and since traffic analyzer isn't seeing it either it has to be originating from the router, not any attached devices. The fact that it is happening on both Merlin and ASUS firmware and multiple models of router leads me to suspect DDNS, which I'll try disabling next. I cannot think of any other common denominator, but others have tried it and it still doesn’t work.
It’s impacting multiple models of router, running both Merlin and ASUS firmware, across multiple ISPs. It just started a week or so ago for me, and others in the thread I link above had it start around the same time. I really hope someone from ASUS is working on this, I hate to throw out a $700 router but if I cannot use it to work I’m hosed!
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