Unstable GL-AR750 - V2.7.1, loses connection all the time

h_amak · 2018-07-10T08:37:28.928Z

Hello,

I have the following issues with AR750 since the last update 2.7.1

1- When connecting to a VPN, I lose the wireless connection between my PC and router and I have to reconnect again

2- I’m connecting my router to the main network by cloning my PC MAC address to the router, otherwise, the connection is limited by the main firewall. After the update, randomly, I lose the connection to the internet, and I have to log in to the router, reclone my PC MAC address to the router, so the internet works again.

I have also USB150, Mifi, MT300N, AR300M and AR750 is the most unstable device I have ever tried so far.

I would appreciate if you can help on that.

alzhao · 2018-07-11T04:35:10.599Z

Does this only happen when using openvpn?

h_amak · 2018-07-11T06:16:44.103Z

No, even with PPTP and L2TP

kyson-lok · 2018-07-11T13:46:45.221Z

L2TP will restart network, I think it’s normal.

elinarobin · 2018-07-13T21:52:06.805Z

It is such a common problem that a GL-AR750-V2.7.1 user has definitely suffered due to this problem already. It provides a very unstable connection, sometimes the connection may be lost as well. You may have a look at Gmail customer service that surely beneficial for you.

alzhao · 2018-07-14T04:36:56.096Z

Actually I tested yesterday with openvpn and repeater. I don’t have the connection loss problem.

AR750 has a new firmware which fix some problems in wifi, but not related to openvpn.

Can you try v2.272-rc1 which can be downloaded from

http://download.gl-inet.com/firmware/ar750/testing/

splatmatt · 2018-07-16T15:57:06.509Z

Looks like 2.272 is gold, but I cannot find the release notes - are there any? If so, would someone kindly point me to where I can find them?

Johnex · 2018-07-16T18:41:32.059Z

I can only find up to 2.27 here:

http://download.gl-inet.com.s3.amazonaws.com/firmware/testing/readme.txt

alzhao · 2018-07-17T01:05:36.665Z

2.272 will be released in a few days. It fixed some problem in 5G WiFi driver.

kyson-lok · 2018-07-17T01:17:29.834Z

It has been released. It fixed 2.4G wireless driver, not 5G wireless driver.

Exile1975 · 2018-07-17T01:32:27.634Z

Do we need to update from the 2.272 release candidate, or are there no changes between the rc and the official release?

kyson-lok · 2018-07-17T02:22:35.974Z

Not difference between rc and release.

splatmatt · 2018-07-17T16:02:21.355Z

Probably just a stability fix, I went ahead and installed since 2.271 was occasionally freezing up. So far the update has been uneventful, no freezes or crashes - seems very stable (WISP connection).

apb_001 · 2018-08-09T21:48:18.811Z

I found 2.63 much better than 2.72 (which so-unstable I cannot use)

kennethrc · 2018-08-10T23:47:48.002Z

FWIW, I’ve had weekend-long uptimes with 2.7.2 (my use-case is redistributing hotel wired/WiFi to my devices during stays) that have spanned several GBs.

jodanron · 2018-08-19T04:44:01.369Z

I am also on 2.7.2 and the device will not hold a connection to the WIFI as a Client.
I am going to reach out to support, as the connection barley lasts 90 minutes. The only fix is resetting the unit at this point. I use the unit with a WPA2-EAP environment, which is probably very unique, however we purchased it for this purpose.
I did review the syslog and kernel log, but they are not as helpful as I had hoped.
Other then the stability issue I really like the product.

alzhao · 2018-08-20T23:56:34.495Z

We add EAP to firmware 3.0. This is working on AR750S now. We will upgrade all firmware to 3.0 later.