Linksys WRT3200ACM - OpenWRT 23.05.3 - Internet dies randomly

franck2 · June 7, 2024, 9:02pm

Hello,

I have a problem with my network related to my Linksys WRT3200ACM which I would like help to troubleshoot. For context, I've used openwrt a few years, was running the initial version I flashed in maybe end of 2020 on this router with no issues, recently upgraded my router because I bought another router to use as a Dumb AP and wanted to install DAWN.

Setup:

Router 1: Linksys WRT3200ACM - OpenWrt 23.05.3 r23809-234f1a2efa / LuCI openwrt-23.05 branch git-24.073.29889-cd7e519
Router 2: Cudy WR3000 - OpenWrt 23.05.3 r23809-234f1a2efa / LuCI openwrt-23.05 branch git-24.073.29889-cd7e519

Simplified network diagram (just showing three clients I’ll talk about later):

The network will work perfectly fine for some undetermined amount of time, then at some point I will lose internet. This is from the point of view of the laptop connected to wifi.

Here are things I have confirmed:

Wifi will remain connected, at the very least if connected to the AP.
If I try to ping an internet address, say 8.8.8.8, I get no route to host.
The main router (10.0.0.1) will also not respond to pings. The LuCI interface is not available.
I cannot ping the AP or connect to its LuCI (10.0.0.2).
Restarting the linksys router resolves the issue, but for undetermined amount of time (has failed again after 5 minutes, has failed again after 10 days)
Interestingly, if I have an active SSH connection from the laptop to the linux host, the ssh connection remains active and live after this failure. I can still type commands on the linux host.
If I disconnect and reconnect to Wifi, I do not get a local IP assigned, instead I get a 169.x.x.x ip which seems to be a default IP assigned by the laptop.

Things to confirm:

I believe that if I have an SSH connection to the router, that connection fails. I have tried to have a tmux running on the router logging into a file, with no success. I got one failure while doing this, the file was empty when I checked.
I believe the router has recovered on its own before, but generally I do not wait and restart it manually.
My Apple Home hub (wired Apple TV) also seems to stop getting internet access, as I get a notification that the hub goes offline. Need to confirm this as it could be just when I restart the router, I cannot recall the timing.
If I still have the connection open to the linux server, I’d like to see if that server stil has access to the internet. ie. is it my laptop only or the whole network that goes down.

I come to you to ask if anyone could provide some ideas on what could be happening here and what other steps I could try to find the root cause of this issue.

Thank you,

anomeome · June 8, 2024, 6:35pm

WPA3 enabled?

psherman · June 8, 2024, 6:39pm

There are many possible causes, but failing or under-rated power adapters are known to create this type of behavior. If you have another power supply that you can try, that would be a good first step. Your WRT3200ACM likely uses a 12V supply -- take a look at the adapter to verify, and then look at the current capacity (amps). You'll want an adapter with the same voltage and the same (or ideally greater) current rating.

Aside from that:

Please connect to your OpenWrt device using ssh and copy the output of the following commands and post it here using the "Preformatted text </> " button:

Remember to redact passwords, MAC addresses and any public IP addresses you may have:

ubus call system board
cat /etc/config/network
cat /etc/config/wireless
cat /etc/config/dhcp
cat /etc/config/firewall

franck2 · June 10, 2024, 10:01pm

Thanks a lot for your input, I'll put the contents of the requested files below for both the main router that tends to fail and the dumb AP.

The power supply failing is interesting, I would not have thought of that, today internet failed again and I looked at the router, the LEDs were behaving the same as normal. Also would that still allow for the local ssh connection to remain active if that was the problem? That part of the whole issue really confuses me. Regardless I can definitely look at replacing that power supply.

During my research, I also saw https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/9555 which I am not sure could be related, and Linksys WRT3200ACM not responding and losing Internet connection - #10 by Charly_s which mentions reverting to previous version and not having issues anymore. I can also say that I did not have any issues with this router when I used the release I installed back in December 2020.

Appreciate the help!

Main router configs:

BusyBox v1.36.1 (2024-03-22 22:09:42 UTC) built-in shell (ash)

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          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
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 OpenWrt 23.05.3, r23809-234f1a2efa
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root@linksys-wrt3200acm:~# ubus call system board
{
	"kernel": "5.15.150",
	"hostname": "linksys-wrt3200acm",
	"system": "ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)",
	"model": "Linksys WRT3200ACM",
	"board_name": "linksys,wrt3200acm",
	"rootfs_type": "squashfs",
	"release": {
		"distribution": "OpenWrt",
		"version": "23.05.3",
		"revision": "r23809-234f1a2efa",
		"target": "mvebu/cortexa9",
		"description": "OpenWrt 23.05.3 r23809-234f1a2efa"
	}
}
root@linksys-wrt3200acm:~# 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 'xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::/48'

config device
	option name 'br-lan'
	option type 'bridge'
	list ports 'lan1'
	list ports 'lan2'
	list ports 'lan3'
	list ports 'lan4'

config interface 'lan'
	option device 'br-lan'
	option proto 'static'
	option ipaddr '10.0.0.1'
	option netmask '255.255.0.0'
	option ip6assign '60'

config device
	option name 'wan'
	option macaddr 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'

config interface 'wan'
	option device 'wan'
	option proto 'dhcp'

config interface 'wan6'
	option device 'wan'
	option proto 'dhcpv6'

root@linksys-wrt3200acm:~# cat /etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device 'radio0'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path 'soc/soc:pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0'
	option channel 'auto'
	option band '5g'
	option htmode 'VHT160'
	option country 'FR'
	option cell_density '0'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
	option device 'radio0'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'XXX'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option macaddr 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'
	option key 'xxxxx'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path 'soc/soc:pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:02:00.0'
	option channel 'auto'
	option band '2g'
	option htmode 'HT20'
	option country 'FR'
	option cell_density '0'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
	option device 'radio1'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'XXX'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option macaddr 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'
	option key 'xxxxxx'

config wifi-device 'radio2'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path 'platform/soc/soc:internal-regs/f10d8000.sdhci/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/mmc0:0001:1'
	option channel '34'
	option band '5g'
	option htmode 'VHT80'
	option disabled '1'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio2'
	option device 'radio2'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'XXXXXXXX'
	option encryption 'none'

root@linksys-wrt3200acm:~# cat /etc/config/dhcp

config dnsmasq
	option domainneeded '1'
	option localise_queries '1'
	option rebind_protection '1'
	option rebind_localhost '1'
	option local '/lan/'
	option domain 'lan'
	option expandhosts '1'
	option cachesize '1000'
	option authoritative '1'
	option readethers '1'
	option leasefile '/tmp/dhcp.leases'
	option resolvfile '/tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto'
	option localservice '1'
	option ednspacket_max '1232'
	list address '/xxxxx.lan/xx.xx.xx.xx'

config dhcp 'lan'
	option interface 'lan'
	option start '100'
	option limit '150'
	option leasetime '12h'
	option dhcpv4 'server'
	option dhcpv6 'server'
	option ra 'server'
	list ra_flags 'managed-config'
	list ra_flags 'other-config'

config dhcp 'wan'
	option interface 'wan'
	option ignore '1'

config odhcpd 'odhcpd'
	option maindhcp '0'
	option leasefile '/tmp/hosts/odhcpd'
	option leasetrigger '/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
	option loglevel '4'

config host
	option ip 'xx.xx.xx.xx'
	option name 'xxxxxxx'
	list mac 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'

root@linksys-wrt3200acm:~# 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	00:11:22:33:44:66
#	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

Dumb AP config here:

BusyBox v1.36.1 (2024-03-22 22:09:42 UTC) built-in shell (ash)

  _______                     ________        __
 |       |.-----.-----.-----.|  |  |  |.----.|  |_
 |   -   ||  _  |  -__|     ||  |  |  ||   _||   _|
 |_______||   __|_____|__|__||________||__|  |____|
          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
 -----------------------------------------------------
 OpenWrt 23.05.3, r23809-234f1a2efa
 -----------------------------------------------------
root@cudy-wr3000:~# ubus call system board
{
	"kernel": "5.15.150",
	"hostname": "cudy-wr3000",
	"system": "ARMv8 Processor rev 4",
	"model": "Cudy WR3000 v1",
	"board_name": "cudy,wr3000-v1",
	"rootfs_type": "squashfs",
	"release": {
		"distribution": "OpenWrt",
		"version": "23.05.3",
		"revision": "r23809-234f1a2efa",
		"target": "mediatek/filogic",
		"description": "OpenWrt 23.05.3 r23809-234f1a2efa"
	}
}
root@cudy-wr3000:~# 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 'xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::/48'

config device
	option name 'br-lan'
	option type 'bridge'
	list ports 'lan1'
	list ports 'lan2'
	list ports 'lan3'
	list ports 'wan'

config interface 'lan'
	option device 'br-lan'
	option proto 'static'
	option ipaddr '10.0.0.2'
	option netmask '255.255.0.0'
	option ip6assign '60'
	option gateway '10.0.0.1'
	list dns '10.0.0.1'

root@cudy-wr3000:~# cat /etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device 'radio0'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path 'platform/18000000.wifi'
	option channel 'auto'
	option band '2g'
	option htmode 'HE20'
	option cell_density '0'
	option country 'FR'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
	option device 'radio0'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'XXX'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option key 'xxxxx'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path 'platform/18000000.wifi+1'
	option channel 'auto'
	option band '5g'
	option htmode 'HE160'
	option cell_density '0'
	option country 'FR'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
	option device 'radio1'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'XXX'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option key 'xxxxxx'

config wifi-iface 'wifinet2'
	option device 'radio0'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'XXXXX'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option hidden '1'
	option key 'xxxxxx'

root@cudy-wr3000:~# cat /etc/config/dhcp

config dnsmasq
	option domainneeded '1'
	option boguspriv '1'
	option filterwin2k '0'
	option localise_queries '1'
	option rebind_protection '1'
	option rebind_localhost '1'
	option local '/lan/'
	option domain 'lan'
	option expandhosts '1'
	option nonegcache '0'
	option cachesize '1000'
	option authoritative '1'
	option readethers '1'
	option leasefile '/tmp/dhcp.leases'
	option resolvfile '/tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto'
	option nonwildcard '1'
	option localservice '1'
	option ednspacket_max '1232'
	option filter_aaaa '0'
	option filter_a '0'

config dhcp 'lan'
	option interface 'lan'
	option start '100'
	option limit '150'
	option leasetime '12h'
	option dhcpv4 'server'
	option ignore '1'

config odhcpd 'odhcpd'
	option maindhcp '0'
	option leasefile '/tmp/hosts/odhcpd'
	option leasetrigger '/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
	option loglevel '4'

root@cudy-wr3000:~# cat /etc/config/firewall

config defaults
	option syn_flood '1'
	option input 'REJECT'
	option output 'ACCEPT'
	option forward 'REJECT'

config zone
	option name 'lan'
	option input 'ACCEPT'
	option output 'ACCEPT'
	option forward 'ACCEPT'
	list network 'lan'

config zone
	option name 'wan'
	option input 'REJECT'
	option output 'ACCEPT'
	option forward 'REJECT'
	option masq '1'
	option mtu_fix '1'

config forwarding
	option src 'lan'
	option dest 'wan'

config rule
	option name 'Allow-DHCP-Renew'
	option src 'wan'
	option proto 'udp'
	option dest_port '68'
	option target 'ACCEPT'
	option family 'ipv4'

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'

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'

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'

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'

tradig · June 18, 2024, 10:27am

Hello!

I found this thread because I also occasionally have issues with my internet connection. I have a Linksys MR8300, so I had the idea our problems could be related. After some reading, though, mine is very different in terms of hardware to your WRT3200ACM.

My issues have been only for the wan connection. I have a 1Gb/s connection, but sometimes it would for no reason change to 100 Mb/s or 10 Mb/s, and also causing the connection to completely stop. Sometimes I have rebooted it and it works as usual, but sometimes the problems persist between reboots.

When I connect my computer directly into my wan jack I get full speed, and also with my old router it runs steady for weeks.

Two weeks ago I used ethtool to set the advertised link speed to only 1000Mb/s. It has been running fine since then. Perhaps you can try that too on your router!

I use OpenWrt 23.05.3 r23809-234f1a2efa / LuCI openwrt-23.05 branch git-24.073.29889-cd7e519

system · August 26, 2024, 7:39pm

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