12hrly reconnection - Orcon or Fritz issue?

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#283846 15-Mar-2021 21:24

Hey chaps, wondered if you've encountered this before.

I just cottoned onto this issue the last couple of days when things stopped working at 935pm for no real apparent reason. Had a look at the logs and now I'm head scratching! Did have a quick look through the Frtiz settings to see if there was a reconnect every 12hr thing somewhere but did not see it.

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#2675157 15-Mar-2021 21:35

Which ISP?

Fibre, xDSL?

Static or Dynamic IP?

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#2675162 15-Mar-2021 21:39

freitasm:

Which ISP?

Fibre, xDSL?

Static or Dynamic IP?

Orcon Gigabit Fibre, very sticky dynamic IP. Have just given the router a reboot, was interesting that there was no mention of IPv6 in the logs for internet (though it shows up after a power cycle re-connection).

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#2675197 15-Mar-2021 23:22

Also with Orcon.

I have the same but on 100/20 fibre. Not all reconnections are shown explicitly but after a gap of say 3 days the log says 6 messages since...

DHCP leases only for 12 hours??

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#2675229 16-Mar-2021 08:17

I had a similar issue 3 or so years ago; the cause was my choice of internal subnet [192.168.0/24] clashing with the IP of the ISPs DHCP Server, and the router firmware would attempt to route DHCP renewals internally rather than externally.

A router factory reset fixed it because the default internal subnet is different.

YMMV, of course.

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#2675251 16-Mar-2021 08:42

also make sure that under internet connections you have the maintain permanately box ticked.

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#2676301 17-Mar-2021 22:58

Thanks for the tips, looking through the recent logs, there seems to be a DHCP issue, perhaps related to how I have setup IPv6. Will fiddle with this and see how things go.

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#2678076 21-Mar-2021 21:00

To my surprise, it seems Orcon has native IPv6 now? Ticked the box a few days ago (with this being the only change) and it has fixed a few minor issues I've had with the internet.

Fritz logs still show a 12hrly IPv4 renewal but the connection seems more stable and the performance is now in line with it's expectations!