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    AiMesh node connection issues between wired devices

    Hi I have Asus AC2900 (sames as AC86U) as main router. I have an old AC68U setup as AiMesh node. Both on Asus merlin ROM. On the AiMesh node I have one desktop computer attached using a wired connection and a laptop connected to the node also using a wired connection. When I remote desktop...
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    AiMesh direct communication on meshpoint

    I have a (AC2900) RT-AC86 main router. My old RT-AC68 router I have setup as a AIMesh AP point. To the AiMesh AP RT-AC68 I connect several computers directly by cable. I many times remote from one of these computers to the others. So all computers connected to the AiMesh AP. Question, can one...
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    Instant guard RT-AC2900

    Instant guard seems not to work on RT-AC2900 even though it is the same hardware and firmware as RT-AC86U. My Asus AC2900 router is found in the instant guard app but it says not supported router. Can this please be fixed in the merlin Firmware? I had DDNS and remote weblogin enabled when I...
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    Number at the device in Client status

    Just a quick question. For my camera kamera_baksida (see image attached) I get a numer 2 next to its icon. What does it mean? It is a normal cheap (chineese camera). Is this 2 really expected. It is only for this camers that "2" shows up so it seems a bit strange to me. In the meantime I have...
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    384.17 loosing wan connection

    I encounter stability issues with latest 384.17 FW. Wan connection goes down and does not recover unless I restart the router. LAN still works. It is not an ISP issue (connecting a laptop instead of the router works). Main router is AC-2900 (AC-86U FW version 384.17 Merlin) and a aimesh node...
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    Chromecasts not found

    I have a 2900 (AC86) as main router and a AC68U as a AiMesh node all running Merlin version 384.16. Very often one or several chromecasts are not found from my Galaxy S10. All Chromecasts are working and have internet access, it is just that they are not discovered. I have two nest mini, 1...
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    384.15 WAN connection crashed

    Hi I updated to 384.15 yesterday and installed the following great addons using amtm. Diversion Skynet FreshJR YazFi Connmon SpdMerlin UiDivStats (Entware) This evening suddenly the WAN connection dropped out. I checked with people having the same ISP in the neighborhood first and they had no...
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    1way access from intranet to guest device

    Hi I have an onvif camera. It is connecting to my guest 2.4Ghz wifi. I have specified that the camera should not have access to intranet. I have a rpi on on my intranet. It is accessible from internet (home assistant). I want this device to be able to access the camera and provide the image in...
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    AiCloud on Merlin

    When I run AiCloud on Asus Merlin, all the directories are listed in reverse order (z to a instead of a to z) And it does not seem to be any button in the webgui to reverse it back. Is this a known problem? It is not a major problem, but kind of annoying.
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    High CPU usage USB disk

    Hi I am running FW 384.14_2 in a AC2900 (AC86U) which has a AC68 aimesh node (also on FW 384.14_2). When I connect a NTFS USB3 disk to the AC2900 router CPU usage goes crazy (100% on one core alternating between the cores) and RAM is 100% usage. If I just umount the USB3 drive CPU drops to 1-2%...
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    VPN client and server over Wan

    Hi I have a VPN client active in the router. Policy routing 192.168.1.2/24 VPN 192.168.1.1 WAN I have a DDNS setup based on the wan external ip (not ip retrieved from VPN). I have port forward of 80 and 443 and another port to 192.168.1.5 where I have some services running (home assistant)...
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    Guest wifi outside of VPN

    Hi I have AC68U with Merlin ROM (latest stable FW as of today). I have setup a VPN client and Policy Routing so all my local LAN is behind the same VPN service. Since the router does not keep up with the same transfer speed when using VPN it would be of interest to enable the guest network(s)...
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    384.9 ROM Crash

    Hi Since I upgraded to 384.9 my Asus RT68U crashes every second day. If I was connected to the Wifi I still am connected but with no internet access. If I try to disconnect and then connect again I get authentication error. Restarting the router (power reboot) solves the issue for another two...
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    Asus Merlin - Share VPN tunnel

    Hi I have a router with Asus Merlin. I have configurued the router to create a VPN tunnel to my VPN provider so all LAN computers is behind the VPN (works). I have configured the router to act as a VPN server for my mobile devices so I can connect to my LAN over VPN from a café as an example...
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    v380.68.4 Ai Cloud

    Hi Since I upgraded to 380.68.4 Ai Cloud is not working as expected. Admin login can access all directories. But for other usernames where I have only provided read access to some directories the user does not see any of the directories at all. I have tried to create a new user with read...
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    Force VPN client to second wan

    Hi, My Asus-AC68U is connected to internet through an ISP router. The ISP router is configured in bridge mode. I have setup a PPTP client in my Asus-AC68U similar to HideMyAss service. I have also setup a couple of OpenVPN servers on the Asus-AC68U. I have setup the asuscomm.com dynamic DDNS...
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    Client mode

    Hi, We have got a new ISP in our building. They provide a special router that must be used (not RJ45 in the wall). I have an Asus AC RT68U since before and I would like be able to use all features like built in VPN. The RT68U is located at a perfect spot in the house which provide a good wifi...
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    Asus Router App over VPN

    Hi I have a strange issue that I cannot explain. The Asus router App works fine on my internal network. But if I connect to my network over Asus Merlin VPN the app does no longer work. Accessing the router' webpage on 192.168.1.1 works fine though over VPN. (I push Lan to VPN clients and I...
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    VPN, download manager and routing questions

    1. How can I route download manager through the VPN tunnel to the VPN service provider? 2. How can I then verify the download manager is really using the VPN tunnel? 3. What are the routes setup needed to route VPN server clients (OpenVPN server enabled in the router) out through the VPN...
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    Access Samba share over FTP

    Hi One can mount a USB disk and setup what directories should be read/write accessible for different FTP accounts in asus merlin. But has anyone tried to mount a samba NAS drive into the /mnt? Would it be possible to access the NAS over FTP then and use asus merlin user control to define read...
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