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    Accessing 2nd router

    Thanks Colin. That worked. As for whether a separate router is better than using a guest network. I've seen different opinions. Security guru Steve Gibson says absolutely yes use a 2nd router -- if you have an old router around (which I do). His point is that we don't really know what's...
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    Accessing 2nd router

    I have an AX86U-Pro and attached an AC68U to one of the LAN ports to use as an isolated net for IOT's. It works well. But I cannot figure out how to sign in to the AC68U from my desktop connected to the AX86U-Pro. The only way I can access the AC86 is by connecting directly to it with an...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.9 is now available for AC models

    Dirty upgrade working well on AC86U, but keep on getting many errors in the log (see below). Are these messages a problem? What do they mean? Jan 6 22:18:51 bsd: bsd: Sending act Frame to 9e:a4:9e:28:2c:41 with transition target eth6 ssid 3c:7c:3f:63:17:04 Jan 6 22:18:53 bsd: bsd...
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    Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.9 beta is now available for AC models

    Seeing new entries in my log. Not sure what this means... Dec 30 09:09:31 bsd: bsd: Sending act Frame to aa:67:bb:97:7d:d5 with transition target eth6 ssid 3c:7c:3f:63:17:04 Dec 30 09:09:31 bsd: bsd: BSS Transit Response: ifname=eth5, event=156, token=96, status=6, mac=34:0d:3c:7c:3f:63 Dec 30...
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    Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.9 beta is now available for AC models

    Dirty upgrade to beta. Running well for 24 hours. Thanks Merlin. Great work!
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    Best VPN service provider for use as Router-based Wireguard client

    But Mullvad only supports OpenVPN on router, not Wireguard. Instructions here https://mullvad.net/en/help/asus-merlin-and-mullvad-vpn/
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    Best VPN service provider for use as Router-based Wireguard client

    I use Mullvad on my AC86U and it performs flawlessly. I set it up on both VPN1 and VPN2 to two different Mullvad servers so if the connection to VPN1 goes down, the router shifts to VPN2. Works like a charm. Also since Mullvad is paid month to month you can try it out and if you don't like it...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.7 is now available for all models

    Fixed for me with Flatpak Firefox 103.0.1. Saves with .CFG extension.
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    386.5 Alpha1?

    Just did dirty update of my AC86U. Went smoothly and all seems to be working well.
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    [ 386.4 alpha Build(s) ] Testing available build(s)

    Updated to alpha3 with no problems. I have 2 VPN clients set up (using Mullvad VPN) and the speed from the router speed test is now almost 2 times faster with download than before! It's almost as fast as using the VPN on my desktop.
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    Speedtest giving strange value

    Are both tests using the same server? Different servers give different speeds.
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    VPN on router as opposed to device interface

    I have experimented with 2 VPN services: PIA and Mullvad. Both can be run from apps or the router. With Merlin you can select which devices use the VPN. This is useful because some devices won't work with a VPN and for some it's not needed. In my case, I route our smartphones and most IOT...
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    Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.3 beta is now available

    I've been using PIA with Merlin since 386.1 with no problems. Now on 386.3_beta2. Works like a charm. Full instructions and opvn files to upload to the router are on the PIA support site.
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    Bug regarding the picture assignments for devices using the Guest Wifi

    The problem is that the IP address range on the guest network is 192.168.102.xxx which is a separate range just for the guest network clients. I have seen this problem on prior versions and I think it's an issue with the Asus firmware which is then inherited by Merlin. I was able to get around...
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    Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.3 beta is now available

    Dirty update on my RT-AC86U and RT-AC68U. No problems.
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    Couple Questions about OpenVPN

    I have that setup and it works like a charm. One wrinkle/feature to keep in mind. If you have both a regular wifi network and a guest network the IP addresses assigned to a client will be different depending on which wifi network is being used. If you have devices which are used on both nets...
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    Merlin Guest Network Crash

    Running Merlin 386.2.6 on an RT-AC86-U with a 2.4ghz SSID set up on guest network 1. Runs fine. But when I activate a 5ghz SSID on guest network 1 the router crashes and constantly disconnects both ethernet and wifi every several seconds. The only thing I can do is reboot and try and remove the...
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    Strange entries in syslog

    Thanks Marco. I'll just ignore them and wait on Asus.
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    Strange entries in syslog

    I am running 386.2.2 on an AC68U and getting a lot of messages in my syslog like this: Apr 19 07:47:30 kernel: 44:39:C4:B7:26:AD not mesh client, can't update it's ip Apr 19 07:49:01 kernel: D0:C5:D3:28:ED:39 not mesh client, can't update it's ip Apr 19 07:49:01 kernel: 44:39:C4:B7:26:AD not...
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    Exclude website from being routed to VPN (policy based routing)

    I am running 386.2.2 on an AC68U and have an issue with openVPN. I use PIA and for some reason Amazon.com often blocks it. So I would like to exclude Amazon.com from use of the VPN. My subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. I tried adding "route amazon.com 255.255.255.0 net_gateway" to my VPN config, but...
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