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We have a small mesh of 3 PicoStation M2 HP units. It has been
running for about 9 months.<br>
All 3 nodes provide gateways to the internet.<br>
Occasionally a node will lose connection to the internet and will
register as "<span class="key-item">Providing Gateway</span> <span
class="status-data">No</span>" in the Basic Status screen.<br>
However in the Advanced Status screen it still shows "IPv4 WAN
Status" as connected.<br>
In addition, even though the node is meshed with the other nodes and
one can see and log on to those nodes through the OLSR screen, the
node can no longer connect a user to the internet. Possibly because
it thinks it is still connected to the WAN and tries routing to the
internet through that non-existent WAN connection rather than
routing though the other mesh nodes.<br>
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The problem is resolved if I reboot the node. The node configuration
interface then shows that the node is no longer a gateway and the
Advanced Status screen shows "IPv4 WAN Status" as NOT connected.
Connection to the internet then properly goes through one of the
other meshed nodes.<br>
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Similar behavior happens when a node that was not connected to the
WAN is reconnected to the WAN. i.e. it does not realize it is
connected until I reboot the node.<br>
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Is there a reason the WAN status is not updated promptly? Is there
a setting that can cause the WAN status to be updated promptly?<br>
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