My ASUS Mesh Network forgets nodes after power resets.

[toddtari]

My ASUS Mesh Network forgets nodes after power resets.

I have a mesh network of 4 ASUS RT-AX3000 routers: 1 main router and 3 nodes. The problem is, whenever the main router loses power and reboots, it forgets the nodes are connected. I have to re-add them by resetting them, which is inconvenient.

Details:

• All units have the latest firmware.
• I use default settings except for a static IP for the main router.
• Nodes are connected wirelessly.

Questions:

• Is this a known issue with this model or firmware?
• Am I missing any configuration options that would persist node connections through power resets?
• Are there alternative ways to add nodes without resetting them each time?

Thank you for your help!

[jzchen]

Googling the issue with your specific model pulls up one instance from 1 year ago, where the node was a different model from the router:

AIMesh Node Goes Offline Permanently After Power Lost : ASUS (reddit.com)

You have multiple of the same router.  I would:

1.  Swap one of the nodes with router and see if it improves.

-a.  If it does improve hard reset that once router now node.

2.  Try power cycling the nodes after said power loss.  I find on my ethernet backhaul system that a majority of the time that is all that is needed to get a node back online.

3.  If power cycling the nodes doesn't work then I'd seriously consider adding battery backup power to the primary router.  (I actually have these on each router, sans RP models which plug directly into wall outlets).  I haven't found an easier way than to hard/factory reset a node to re-add it to AiMesh.

EDIT-  It's even worse if the primary router remembers the nodes, but is not able to reconnect, because then you have the added step to remove it from the primary router's AiMesh as well....