Howdy! So over the last few days here's what I have confirmed for the beast (it is a bit unstable):
- IF you run the router without VPN activated, it can run for days/weeks without an issue
- If you run it with the VPN (without any scripts running), within 24 hours, it will demonstrate the "WAN down"/"WAN restored" errors. This is the reason I started running VPNMON to begin with!
- If you run AMTM or VPNMON or anything else, it will reboot within 7 hours
I turned off QoS, AI Protection, and all that but could not stabilize the router under the current firmware with AMTM or VPNMON. I recall this wasn't an issue during the early troubleshooting, but maybe I was rebooting manually so much that I never noticed. Honestly, I am not sure now.
Another takeaway is the "WAN down" issue. I think it's a router problem. I love blaming the ISP but if you don't run the extras and look through the logs, you never see it show up but the moment you start running VPN, it appears within 12-14 hours at the latest. Also, when the WAN is restored, DNS services seem to take a hike, and all internet connectivity halts (more or less). This is without VPNMON though.
So, yeah, that's what's happening. I am kinda at square one here! Almost tempted to go back to my AX88 since I never had these kinda issues with it. Hoping things would improve with future firmware upgrades.