Router RT-AX59U uses all my RAM

[Sabelstrom2]

Hi. I bought a new router, my old RT-AC87U went haywire and kept one CPU at 100% all the time and that disconnected Internet to often.

Bought a RT-AX59U, but its runs at 95-100% RAM usage.

Contacted ASUS support. They said make a hard reset. Did that. RAM at 52%. But after I connected my two USB discs RAM went back to 95-100%.

Issues I have is I can rarely look at movies from the USB discs, I am using a mini PC as media-center. Movie freezes and turns off. When copy big files it can stop in the middle and break the copying. Neither of this happened on my RT-AC87U, and I could look at movies at the same time I copy files, thats not possible at all now.

Is it a bad router or do I need a more powerful one?

Ran SSH and Top command, and it says something like this: 475000K used, 22000K free, 3500K shrd, 19000K buff, 100000K cached.

It says about the same while “idle” and when watching movies or copying except some more buff while “idle”, more like 55000K.

Tell me what info you need to help me.

 

[Ripshod]

We don't need any more info. This problem has been discussed so many times before. Here's one discussion:

Anomaly RAM Usage 97%

Hello community, i m a little bit afraid about my Asus Router (with merlin firmware)... I m actually using about the 97% of the RAM. How could i understand what is using all these RAM? Is it possible that could be done by the DNS DIrector feature? RT-AX88U Pro Current Version : 3004.388.6_2

www.snbforums.com

The forum search feature works.

 

[dave14305]

Is it a bad router or do I need a more powerful one?

It’s a good router, but a bad NAS.

 

[Sabelstrom2]

We don't need any more info. This problem has been discussed so many times before. Here's one discussion:

Anomaly RAM Usage 97%

Hello community, i m a little bit afraid about my Asus Router (with merlin firmware)... I m actually using about the 97% of the RAM. How could i understand what is using all these RAM? Is it possible that could be done by the DNS DIrector feature? RT-AX88U Pro Current Version : 3004.388.6_2

www.snbforums.com

The forum search feature works.

I have read several discussions before posting that says it normal, but my router dont work normal and it all worked fine on my older router, but i only searched at my model, didnt think all new have the same problem.

I have changed to USB2 i cant make a swapfile on stock firmware and ther is no merlin for the AX59U.

So is the only solution a NAS, or try to use my old router as a "NAS"?

 

[Sabelstrom2]

It’s a good router, but a bad NAS.

The old router was a better NAS, mabye i can use it like that if i get it to work.

 

[maister.andrej]

I have same problem with AX59U. Transfer over ftp to usb stick, speed (upload to usb) is very slow around 3MB/s. I see CPU go crazy and RAM is 99% full.
Before i have RT-n18u same usb stick and everything was OK.
I think this maybe some software problem...

Did you find some solution for this problem?