I locked myself out of my 86u...on purpose...

[Andy1932]

Back in June, I gave my dad the 86u I bought in October 2017 and bought myself a new one. This one just doesn't feel right. Reboots. Dropped connections. DNS not responding. Etc.
BUT, I also think it could be because I'm constantly messing/tinkering with it. So, I tasked my 13yo daughter with making up a new password and entering on the admin screen. She wrote it down and hid it. Going to give it 7 days and see what happens...

 

[Deleted member 22229]

LOL this post is a classic and a first. I to was (am) guilty of constant tinkering with routers sometimes I think that's why I am divorced. Honestly though they never stopped working as intended but I bid you good luck with your quest !!!

 

[Andy1932]

In my situation, if I change the wrong setting while my two girls are on YouTube and my wife is watching Netflix...Watch out!

 

[Deleted member 22229]

In my situation, if I change the wrong setting while my two girls are on YouTube and my wife is watching Netflix...Watch out!

Hey man I hear you been there done that..

 

[Greg72]

I would just do a hard reset on it.

 

[Andy1932]

C’mon man. I’ve only been clean for like two hours. Where’s the support?!?!

 

[bitsbytes]

i give you three days at most

 

[Val D.]

Where’s the support?!?!

@RMerlin is the one to blame. This is what 100 firmware options do to people. Terrible.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/c...nd-merlin-software-updates.59808/#post-522402

 

[helio58]

Back in June, I gave my dad the 86u I bought in October 2017 and bought myself a new one. This one just doesn't feel right. Reboots. Dropped connections. DNS not responding. Etc.
BUT, I also think it could be because I'm constantly messing/tinkering with it. So, I tasked my 13yo daughter with making up a new password and entering on the admin screen. She wrote it down and hid it. Going to give it 7 days and see what happens...

I have the opposite experience. I bought a 86u in September 2017, did not use for a year, then in end 2018 setup merlin firmware and have it running. Have lots of problems everyday rebooting etc.
At end could not access via gui or ssh.
Contact the seller, got a new one. This is just rock solid.

 

[royarcher]

Back in June, I gave my dad the 86u I bought in October 2017 and bought myself a new one. This one just doesn't feel right. Reboots. Dropped connections. DNS not responding. Etc.
BUT, I also think it could be because I'm constantly messing/tinkering with it. So, I tasked my 13yo daughter with making up a new password and entering on the admin screen. She wrote it down and hid it. Going to give it 7 days and see what happens...

If I did that my daughter would blackmail me for something or other before telling me the password caution possible Shakey ground ahead

 

[royarcher]

In my situation, if I change the wrong setting while my two girls are on YouTube and my wife is watching Netflix...Watch out!

Man I feel you there brother

 

[Val D.]

Going to give it 7 days and see what happens...

So, how is the experiment going?
Did you press the reset button already?

 

[Andy1932]

So, how is the experiment going?
Did you press the reset button already?

Thanks for the reminder. I keep forgetting to post...

Believe it or not, I actually made it almost 9 days without checking. My uptime was also just under 9 days. Of course, since then, I got my password back and have been messing with a led on/off script. Current uptime is just over 1 day.
So, the results of my not so scientific test proven my issues are all because of my tinkering.

 

[Val D.]

So, the results of my not so scientific test proven my issues are all because of my tinkering.

Current uptime is just over 1 day.

In other words, back to normal.

 

[Andy1932]

Yep!