Hi @fireburner
As mentioned, I have no such issues. My router is connected directly to the ONT (which is running in bridge mode) an my router WAN is set to PPPoE, so it's doing the authentication, and getting a public IP directly from Telekom ISP.
Try to connect the router directly to the upstream router, and you should avoid double NAT if its possible.
/radiohead
You already gave the answer yourself 
Maybe not all 4 pairs of the cable are connected and the AX53 cannot deal with that. It is a modern router 
The cable is an ISDN cable, which is very similar to a CAT3 Ethernet cable. Hence it is 100BaseT4 that is used with 4 pairs (what I had connected and what is reached with a switch or the old router). The the question is, if the Asus router is able to understand this protocol? (is it even called protocol?)
I was not able to find which 100Mbit protocol the chip supports (http://www.t-firefly.com/download/FireWRT/hardware/MT7621.pdf).
I did an attended-sysupgrade keeping current configs. WAN works, but WIFI doesn't. It doesn't come up at all.
Is there a way to completely reset the wireless configuration but nothing else? Can I just paste someone else's radio config? I've been searching the forum and wiki for hours on how the initial configs are generated, but can't find the solution.
In /rom/etc/uci-defaults/ there's nothing related to network or wifi, and in a basic sysupgrade image I also don't find anything relevant.
/sbin/wifi [config|up|down|reconf|reload|status|isup] does nothing more than create an empty wireless file.
iw list and iw dev returns nothing either.
EDIT: I didn't figure it out. Had to flash with vanilla openwrt and configure pretty much from scratch. It works properly now.
Do you have the package mesh11sd installed?
Because then this padckage could be the issue:
Device does not support 160 or 80+80:
https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/wifi-routers/asus-wifi-routers/rt-ax53u/techspec/ (search "Boosts Speed")
I have 2 RT-AX53U's one as a router and one as a dumb access point. The main router one has 10's of firewall rules, port forwards and other configurations the dumb ap not so much.
What is the easier way to incorporate the change of the WAN port to a separate netcard without having to manually recreate all the configurations?
At this point it is probably simpler for me to buy a new one just to copy across the configuration, otherwise it would be a massive pain.
I guess I can use the dumb AP, flash it to 23.05.03 copy the configuration from the router by hand (painful I know), replace the router with the clone (formerly dumb AP) and then flash to 23.05.03 the original router and manually re-do the easier configuration of dumb AP. Yeah waste of my time.
Hi,
just did the sys-upgrade, but with 23.05.5 and it worked. No "restore" or setup from scratch needed. No issues
1 Like
New member here, I have been using Openwrt for just a year now.
My Asus RT-AX53U WAN is capped at 100 mbps. Openwrt version is 23.05.5. It is connected to my main router. I have another Openwrt router, Xiaomi brand which is getting 1GB WAN correctly. Already tried different cables, no change. Any other suggestions?
Please post outputs of
ubus call system board
cat /etc/config/network
cat /etc/config/firewall
ethtool wan
ethtool -a wan
ethtool --show-eee wan
install any of ethtool packages, edit away secrets like passwords and last 3 bytes of MAC addresses.
Did you clear configuration moving from v22 to v23?
Thanks for the reply. Yes I cleared the configuration. Router is fresh from reset and config is mostly default. Never got more than 100mbps WAN with this router. I updated to 23.05.5 thinking it might fix it.
Just installed ethtool:
opkg install ethtool
================================================================
root@Router:~# ubus call system board
{
"kernel": "5.15.167",
"hostname": "Router",
"system": "MediaTek MT7621 ver:1 eco:4",
"model": "ASUS RT-AX53U",
"board_name": "asus,rt-ax53u",
"rootfs_type": "squashfs",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "23.05.5",
"revision": "r24106-10cc5fcd00",
"target": "ramips/mt7621",
"description": "OpenWrt 23.05.5 r24106-10cc5fcd00"
}
}
================================================================
root@Router:~# cat /etc/config/network
config interface 'loopback'
option device 'lo'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'
config globals 'globals'
option ula_prefix 'fdda:2931:00cb::/48'
option packet_steering '1'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'lan1'
list ports 'lan2'
list ports 'lan3'
config interface 'lan'
option device 'br-lan'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
config interface 'wan'
option device 'wan'
option proto 'dhcp'
config interface 'wan6'
option device 'wan'
option proto 'dhcpv6'
================================================================
cat /etc/config/firewall
config defaults
option syn_flood 1
option input REJECT
option output ACCEPT
option forward REJECT
'# Uncomment this line to disable ipv6 rules
'# option disable_ipv6 1
config zone
option name lan
list network 'lan'
option input ACCEPT
option output ACCEPT
option forward ACCEPT
config zone
option name wan
list network 'wan'
list network 'wan6'
option input REJECT
option output ACCEPT
option forward REJECT
option masq 1
option mtu_fix 1
config forwarding
option src lan
option dest wan
'# We need to accept udp packets on port 68,
'# see https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/4108
config rule
option name Allow-DHCP-Renew
option src wan
option proto udp
option dest_port 68
option target ACCEPT
option family ipv4
'# Allow IPv4 ping
config rule
option name Allow-Ping
option src wan
option proto icmp
option icmp_type echo-request
option family ipv4
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-IGMP
option src wan
option proto igmp
option family ipv4
option target ACCEPT
'# Allow DHCPv6 replies
'# see https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/5066
config rule
option name Allow-DHCPv6
option src wan
option proto udp
option dest_port 546
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-MLD
option src wan
option proto icmp
option src_ip fe80::/10
list icmp_type '130/0'
list icmp_type '131/0'
list icmp_type '132/0'
list icmp_type '143/0'
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
'# Allow essential incoming IPv6 ICMP traffic
config rule
option name Allow-ICMPv6-Input
option src wan
option proto icmp
list icmp_type echo-request
list icmp_type echo-reply
list icmp_type destination-unreachable
list icmp_type packet-too-big
list icmp_type time-exceeded
list icmp_type bad-header
list icmp_type unknown-header-type
list icmp_type router-solicitation
list icmp_type neighbour-solicitation
list icmp_type router-advertisement
list icmp_type neighbour-advertisement
option limit 1000/sec
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
'# Allow essential forwarded IPv6 ICMP traffic
config rule
option name Allow-ICMPv6-Forward
option src wan
option dest *
option proto icmp
list icmp_type echo-request
list icmp_type echo-reply
list icmp_type destination-unreachable
list icmp_type packet-too-big
list icmp_type time-exceeded
list icmp_type bad-header
list icmp_type unknown-header-type
option limit 1000/sec
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-IPSec-ESP
option src wan
option dest lan
option proto esp
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-ISAKMP
option src wan
option dest lan
option dest_port 500
option proto udp
option target ACCEPT
'### EXAMPLE CONFIG SECTIONS
'# do not allow a specific ip to access wan
'#config rule
'# option src lan
'# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
'# option dest wan
'# option proto tcp
'# option target REJECT
'# block a specific mac on wan
'#config rule
'# option dest wan
'# option src_mac 00:11:22:99:99:99
'# option target REJECT
'# block incoming ICMP traffic on a zone
'#config rule
'# option src lan
'# option proto ICMP
'# option target DROP
'# port redirect port coming in on wan to lan
'#config redirect
'# option src wan
'# option src_dport 80
'# option dest lan
'# option dest_ip 192.168.16.235
'# option dest_port 80
'# option proto tcp
'# port redirect of remapped ssh port (22001) on wan
'#config redirect
'# option src wan
'# option src_dport 22001
'# option dest lan
'# option dest_port 22
'# option proto tcp
'### FULL CONFIG SECTIONS
'#config rule
'# option src lan
'# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
'# option src_mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
'# option src_port 80
'# option dest wan
'# option dest_ip 194.25.2.129
'# option dest_port 120
'# option proto tcp
'# option target REJECT
'#config redirect
'# option src lan
'# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
'# option src_mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
'# option src_port 1024
'# option src_dport 80
'# option dest_ip 194.25.2.129
'# option dest_port 120
'# option proto tcp
================================================================
root@Router:~# ethtool wan
Settings for wan:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Supported FEC modes: Not reported
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Link partner advertised pause frame use: No
Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: external
Auto-negotiation: on
MDI-X: Unknown
Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
drv probe link timer ifdown ifup rx_err tx_err
Link detected: yes
================================================================
root@Router:~# ethtool -a wan
Pause parameters for wan:
Autonegotiate: on
RX: off
TX: off
RX negotiated: off
TX negotiated: off
================================================================
root@Router:~# ethtool --show-eee wan
Cannot get EEE settings: Not supported
================================================================