Skynet firewall reduces wireless range

[secCrazy]

I have Asus Merlin on AX88U router with the firmware version that is one below that is out there. I installed Skynet and have a 32GB USB stick with 2GB used for swap file. Ever since I installed skynet firewall, my garage door opener cannot connect to WiFi. It says the signal is weak. I also tried my phone and other wireless devices. I am getting barely one bar instead of five. Can anyone help resolve this issue? Any settings will improve the range? Thanks

 

[dave14305]

USB 3.0 interference?

 

[heysoundude]

USB 3.0 interference?

is that still a concern?

 

[dave14305]

is that still a concern?

For 2.4Ghz it seems to be, since the USB Mode option is still available in the router GUI.

 

[Adamm]

I have Asus Merlin on AX88U router with the firmware version that is one below that is out there. I installed Skynet and have a 32GB USB stick with 2GB used for swap file. Ever since I installed skynet firewall, my garage door opener cannot connect to WiFi. It says the signal is weak. I also tried my phone and other wireless devices. I am getting barely one bar instead of five. Can anyone help resolve this issue? Any settings will improve the range? Thanks

I think your problem lies elsewhere.

Step 1: In SSH type the command "firewall disable"
Step 2: Test garage door

 

[heysoundude]

For 2.4Ghz it seems to be, since the USB Mode option is still available in the router GUI.

has anyone ever tried a ferrite choke on their USB cable when using usb 3?

 

[Tech9]

I am getting barely one bar instead of five.

This not the usual signal degradation with USB 3.0 enabled unless the particular USB stick is really, really bad. Usually folks notice a few db lower signal and only the devices at the edge of usable range may suffer. Skynet has nothing to do with it. This potentially bad design USB stick will generate noise on every data transfer used by Skynet or something else. Replace the USB storage and try again. Most folks around use SSD in some tested good USB enclosure. We have discussed this before, example thread here:

USB recommendations for Diversion / Skynet?

Looking for recommendations for USB drives to be used for scripts / swap running Diversion / Skynet on an AX86U pro. Not interested in anything large-ish, as I only use this drive for running the amtm scripts and not for NAS in any way. Try to keep my io to a minimum since it pushes the CPU so...

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[secCrazy]

I think your problem lies elsewhere.

Step 1: In SSH type the command "firewall disable"
Step 2: Test garage door

I have tried that and range is good. The only other change I made is the trend micro AI protection which is turned on

 

[Viktor Jaep]

I think your problem lies elsewhere.

Step 1: In SSH type the command "firewall disable"
Step 2: Test garage door

I did all this and all of a sudden an Amazon package arrived! WTF!

 

[Adamm]

I did all this and all of a sudden an Amazon package arrived! WTF!

Working as intended…

 

[visortgw]

Working as intended…

Yes, it's a feature...

 

[secCrazy]

All.. Thanks for the various solutions you posted. I tried each of these and did not work. But, finally found out it was a VPN issue. When I turned it off, I got the range. I was able to connect the device. Now I need to figure out the VPN part

 

[visortgw]

All.. Thanks for the various solutions you posted. I tried each of these and did not work. But, finally found out it was a VPN issue. When I turned it off, I got the range. I was able to connect the device. Now I need to figure out the VPN part

You never mentioned that VPN was part of the equation!

 

[secCrazy]

You never mentioned that VPN was part of the equation!

It was never an issue in the past. Probably that is why I left it out in my original post. Apologize to everyone for this exclusion

 

[Ripshod]

A VPN server or client shouldn't affect wifi range. There's no connection between the two.