Flint 2: drops.. overnight?

Routers VPN, DNS, Leaks
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Flint 2, latest firmware, the router is connected to an ONT from my ISP. Everything works perfectly during the day but when I wake up, there's no internet connection. As in, no device can access the internet despite the status in the router app showing green, connected. A third day in a row. Rebooting the router (I even scheduled a reboot) does not fix the problem.

I accidentally discovered that changing any DNS setting and then back to auto fixes the problem. So I suppose it's related to the dynamic IP lease? Sorry, that's the troubleshooting I was able to do. Anything worth changing to see if it helps?

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  1. May I know the Flint2 WAN protocol to ISP ONT is DHCP or PPPoE?
  2. Please SSH to the router when the issue reproduced, execute these commands to check, and post the result:
ifconfig
ip r
ping 8.8.8.8
ping www.google.com
ethtool eth1

  1. Please SSH to the router when the issue reproduced, manually restart the WAN port to see if it restores to work:
    ifup wan

  2. Please PM me the issue syslog.

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Hey Bruce, it's DHCP.

In the classic style of Murphy's law, this morning the issue didn't occur (for the first time in 5 days) :slight_smile:
I'll see if it's the kind of issue that solves itself.

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Hi, I have the same exact issue as OP.

I wake up in the morning, and all of the internet traffic in my Flint 2 is not working and loads nothing. I log into the router's web interface (either with desktop or iOS Gli.net app), and it says it's "online" with green status. I fiddle with the DNS settings (I either swap around the DNS addresses or do nothing with the form), press "submit", and suddenly everything works...?

I had a feeling it was related to DHCP, but what do we do with DHCP to make sure the router stops doing this every morning?