Need help changing my NAT setting on my RT-AC87R

[roldogg]

For some reason, in the settings for my router, in the setup under LAN/Switch Control, my NAT acceleration is disabled and it says NAT traffic is being performed by the CPU. Whenever I try changing it to Auto, my router takes about 2 minutes to process the changes after hitting apply, but when it comes back to the screen, it still tells me it's disabled. Do I need to change something else in my settings to allow me to set the NAT acceleration to Auto or is something on my network preventing me from changing it? I would appreciate some advice, thanks.

 

[RMerlin]

For some reason, in the settings for my router, in the setup under LAN/Switch Control, my NAT acceleration is disabled and it says NAT traffic is being performed by the CPU. Whenever I try changing it to Auto, my router takes about 2 minutes to process the changes after hitting apply, but when it comes back to the screen, it still tells me it's disabled. Do I need to change something else in my settings to allow me to set the NAT acceleration to Auto or is something on my network preventing me from changing it? I would appreciate some advice, thanks.

Go to Tools -> Sysinfo and see what's the reason for the router disabling it (that's why the setting is called "Auto" - the router disables it if there is any incompatible feature enabled).

 

[roldogg]

Ok. I went into my sysinfo, cleared everything out, went back to LAN/Switch Control, and changed it to Auto. It took a couple of minutes to get to 100%, and once it did, it stayed on Auto for about 10 seconds before changing back to being disabled. I immediately went back to my syslog and saved the syslog file, which is attached. Off to the side of LAN/Switch Control, it shows disables, and then it reads "NAT traffic is processed by CPU." I bought a couple of smart switches to add to my network, but currently, neither one is hooked up. I hope you have time to decipher the info in the attached syslog file. I was surprised at the amount of information that appeared from only me trying to make this one change. I know you know this much better than I do, but hopefully you have a couple of ideas of what it could be so you can just search through the syslog for key words. Please let me know if you see what the root of the issue might be. I'm going to keep trying to figure this out in the meantime. I really appreciate your help. It might be time for another donation.

 

[RMerlin]

Ok. I went into my sysinfo, cleared everything out

But what did the sysinfo page said about HW acceleration?