Problems with switch to AT&T fiber

[rung]

Can you share that script / process? That would be very helpful.

No problem. First, I created an executable script in /jffs/scripts/ called restart_wan.sh:

#!/bin/sh
logger -t 'restart_wan' 'Restarting WAN...'
killall -USR1 udhcpc
sleep 10
service restart_wan
logger -t 'restart_wan' '... WAN restarted'

Then in my existing services-start script, I added the line:

(sleep 20; /jffs/scripts/restart_wan.sh; /jffs/scripts/tailmon.sh -email) >/dev/null 2>&1  & # fix wan then reboot warning

Note if your don't use tailmon, delete the reference to that script.

Rung

 

[js28194]

Thank you, will test.

 

[howardmoon]

A factory reset w/initialize all settings cleared the anomaly. I changed the minimum number of settings to make it work, so it might have been something I had tweaked over the years. I have done this in the past several times for system wide problems, not sure why I ruled it out for so long. Thanks for all the help.

BTW the speed test from within the gateway returns 1300/1300 up/down, but from the LAN it's more like 950/400. Is that normal?

EDIT: never mind. Gemini AI said this:
"The maximum speed you can expect to see on a speedtest.net result when running the test from a device connected to a 1GB Ethernet LAN is around 940 Mbps."

 

[degrub]

If you want to test the actual throughput of the router, you will have to use something like iperf v2 (not v3 on windows) and connect a PC to the WAN port and another PC to a LAN port.

940-950 Mbit/s is the maximum you will see from a 1 Gb/s ethernet link due to overhead in the protocol. The software running in the device and sometimes the hardware itself, be it router, PC, etc can reduce that further. Running "speed test" from the router is not accurate. Any speed test is dependent on the hardware/software on both ends and everything in between, including internet traffic from the millions of others running speed test ;-)

My testing with ATT 1 Gbit fiber connection yields 940/940 Mbit/s from my PC to ATT's closest server. i don't run ASUS gear though. i use some older CISCO SMB gear.

 

[Elmer]

There are ways to avoid it but very difficult and not 100% reliable. What I said in previous post works fine as I am on it now and getting 940 upload and download on the ASUS router.

I suppose different locations/installs may vary, but I've been using the "bypass ATT RG using dumb switch method" for over two years with nary a hiccup. The ATT RG sits dead on the shelf and is needed only if I have to reconnect after a complete power outage (long enough for my UPS to die - UPS provides the reliability of course). Even a cheap T-Link 5 port switch works fine, and it doesn't even interfere with the ability to use ATT native IPV6.

 

[jsbeddow]

Same here...I've been using the "dumb switch bypass" method for almost six years (since March 2019), and I think I've had to manually "restart" my internet connection (by briefly re-plugging in my AT&T BGW210 "RG") maybe 5-6 times, if that. Sure, it's annoying to know that it could go out at any time randomly, but having all devices on UPSs helps a great deal.