Fan nor running GL-AXT1800

wvlad · 2022-08-10T12:15:50.429Z

Greetings to the GL.iNet community!

Today I have got a brand new GL-AXT1800 wi-fi 6 portable router. Everything is working fine until I noticed that the device began to heat. It is usual situation (however, I didn’t run anything CPU-intensive there just plugged in and playing with built-in settings), but I looked beneath the device and find out that fan is not running at all, it is just static. So I am guessing is it a bug or it should run after temperature will rise even more? The top surface of my device is too hot at my opinion and T in the room is about 24-25 Celsius.

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wvlad · 2022-08-10T12:24:11.799Z

I find out at neighbor topic that

The recent firmware of AXT1800 Fan turned on temperature threshold is 85 degree.

So the questions are:

What is a T range for router to operate?
How to setup a threshold to a lower value?

asdffdsa1122 · 2022-08-10T12:24:56.607Z

hello and welcome to the forum,

having the same issue and concerns
did you see the topic just above your topic, with a similar title.
Axt1800 running hot, 75C

perhaps post there

Johnex · 2022-08-10T13:09:08.781Z

Johnex · 2022-08-10T13:10:13.537Z

Also check the following thread for even more info and how to control the fan:

I found a way to set the gl fan! Technical Support for Routers

NVM found how to do it. If you stop the gl_fan service completely, you can control the fan manually: /etc/init.d/gl_fan stop echo 255 > /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device0/cur_state The value is from 0 to 255. Even changing the temperature in gl_fan, if you don’t stop the service, the service will change the fan speed down 0. So until the gl_fan service is improved, i would just say put it at max. It’s not very loud from 2m away where i’m sitting. My router is sitting happy at 56 deg now co…