RT-AC66R Reboots

[JohnRKlein]

My media server died and it's going to be a while before I can get another machine. Because of this, I connected our USB drives to the router and set them up to be shared through Samba..

Now the thing reboot every time someone uses the shares.

I had the stock 3.0.0.4.376.2524 installed then moved to merlin 3.0.0.4.376.47_0. Same result.

Is there a way to get the darn thing stable? Is it because the NTFS drivers are flacky?

 

[ml70]

How many drives, are they self powered or powered by the usb?

I'm with 374.32 and have tried with up to 3 usb powered drives (WD 2 TB 2.5"), but did also notice separately that a Seagate drive (1 TB, older than the WD's) did have trouble starting up, hinting at a possible power issue.

But twice that i've had reboot problems, they've gone away with a full nvram clear and reflash, that includes when the router was brand new from the shop, it'd be stuck in a forever boot loop as long as the WAN cable was connected. Disconnect, clear nvram, reflash = all ok.