RT-N66U Drops internet, Merlin build

[firewater88]

I have been having some issues with the N66u dropping all internet activity. It will be fine for a while, maybe 5 days, then can no longer access internet from any device, wired or wireless. A reboot of the router will fix it, but it seems to return.

I am running the latest Merlin build. Recently I cleared nflash and the only thing I changed in setup was the SSID of 2.4, I don't use 5mhz. I was hoping it was something I had done in another setting, but apparently it happens with no config changes.

Has anyone else experienced this? May go back to a stock firmware again and see if that helps, or DD-WRT or ?... Could it be a defective router?

Please Help!

 

[jim769]

I just flashed the Merlin build 3.0.0.4_374.34_2sdk5 and it has been working stable for the last 3 days no issues thus far no disconnects no drops in speed. Lets see if it stands the test of time.

 

[firewater88]

Well, It was doing pretty good with "stock" settings,then I had no internet. But this time it was the ISP/modem. I had to power down the modem (typical) and unplug the coax to the modem them re-plug and power up. Never done that before, but it got the modem back online. Now the power is out due to the storms, so I have to re-start the testing period once the power comes back up.