Network is unstable

[Quintenvddb]

Hello, this is my first post here so let's make this count.

I've been having a lot of problems with my network. I'm using A GT-11000 as the Main AP and I have 3 AI Mesh nodes 1 GT-11000 and 2 RT-AX92U. They're all connected to the main AP via wire. Everything is running on the latest firmware. Currently all the led's are telling me that the network is doing fine but I can't connect to the network. I've tried rebooting the network but that only fixes it for a few hours, I've reset the whole network and that seemed to have fixed it for about half a month. Honestly I'm all out of ideas.

If you need any additional information feel free to let me know

[Quintenvddb]

Oh yeah I forgot to mention I've seen hostname conflict here and there in the logs, I'm not sure if that could affect the network.

[jzchen]

That's very strange behavior I'm sorry to read you are suffering from.  Do you happen to notice which node it is connected to when there is no internet?  Or maybe all the nodes stop providing Internet access, or specific ones do and others don't?

[Quintenvddb]

Thanks for the quick reply!

I seem to be unable to get a connection from any of the nodes, neither through cable nor wireless.

[jzchen]

Strangely I replied after your hostname note but did not see it prior.  So I Googled it and have a suspicion.

Since you have the main Access Point as an Access Point, what is it's LAN address, and what is the router ahead of it (WAN side) LAN IP address?  (IF they are the same this can cause a mess).

[Quintenvddb]

Are you reffering to the modem I got from my ISP? If so I'd have to check when I get back from work. Oh and the modem from my ISP is currently operating in bridge mode.

[jzchen]

Uh oh.  The primary ASUS router needs to be in Router Mode with AiMesh if the ISP modem is set to Bridge Mode.  (You need a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to your local network devices).  The good news is this is definitely something that needs to be changed, and hopefully everything will work after...

[jzchen]

Here's a guide on how to set things up.  If it isn't clear or you do not have any network switches and have questions due to that, please don't hesitate to ask:

https://www.asus.com/us/support/faq/1044151/

[Quintenvddb]

Ah okay thanks I'll do that when I get back home from work!

[Quintenvddb]

Sorry for the late response had some things to attend to.
It looks like I've already been using a DHCP server, and the primary router was already set to router mode (my bad XD).