Beta Asus GT-AX6000 beta firmware version 9.0.0.6_102_33874 (2024/02/23)

[d5aqoep]

It's the same for me. I reported it through the router's gui. Please do the same.

Any updated firmware you got from the engineers?

 

[VANT]

Any updated firmware you got from the engineers?

at the moment no.

 

[d5aqoep]

So I am getting a reload2024 ransomware attack on 2 particular PCs exactly after every 8 days. We formatted all 5 PCs on the network and they have MS365 and Tally 4.1 and nothing else. Yet those 2 PCs keep on getting ransomware exactly after 8 days. I am stumped. We used 3 antivirus and none of them picked up anything. We don't use any USB drive or anything.

So as a last ditch effort, I downgraded to official firmware of last year and changed our static IP by talking with my ISP.

 

[Tech9]

This ransomware distribution method doesn't care about your router's firmware or WAN IP address. Formatting PCs may not help either. It mostly relies on user error - clicking on specific lure link, opening e-mail attachment, clicking on bogus advertisement, downloading infected torrents, etc. Some programs may be doing it automatically.

 

[d5aqoep]

This ransomware distribution method doesn't care about your router's firmware or WAN IP address. Formatting PCs may not help either. It mostly relies on user error - clicking on specific lure link, opening e-mail attachment, clicking on bogus advertisement, downloading infected torrents, etc. Some programs may be doing it automatically.

Nothing has been clicked as it is a headless system with no monitor, keyboard mouse.

 

[Hypothosis]

Nothing has been clicked as it is a headless system with no monitor, keyboard mouse.

My bet would be on tally, compromised download or weakness

 

[Roy2002]

10 months and no update, Asus abandoned this router.

 

[Analog-1]

10 months and no update, Asus abandoned this router.

Yep actually worse then Netgear at this point.

 

[matuso77]

Any new info regarding this release? I saw the beta version directly in the router's firmware upgrade section (while allowing the beta firmware option) a few weeks ago, but this version has not been listed here for at least a week now. The official product page still refers to 3.0.0.6.102_21514 being the latest version .

Anyway, I'm still using version 3.0.0.4.388_23285-g5068da5 as with the current version, I wasn't able to provide a guest network on a separate subnet, while being able to access devices connected to that guest network from the main network. I need this to be able to provide Home Assistant (running on Synology NAS wire-connected to the main network) access to IoT devices on the guest network (but I do not want to allow IoT devices to have access to devices on the main network). This works well on 3.0.0.4 firmware without Guest Pro and VLAN features, but somehow I didn't manage to set it up that way on firmware 3.0.0.6.102_21514 and wasn't pretty convinced to take part in beta testing. Could anybody check whether this is doable with either the current or the beta version, please?

 

[Hypothosis]

come on asus, give us an official beta, this has been really good, really amazing connectivity, i like this better than the AX11000's i have\

uptime:

50 days 1 hour(s) 52 minute(s) 58 seconds

 

[Spartan]

ASUS hasn't updates the firmware since a year, I have not seen them ever abandon a product like this my ancient RT-AC68U had updates for years.

 

[L&LD]

Use RMerlin firmware for more up-to-date firmware.

Changelog (current) | Asuswrt-Merlin

asuswrt-merlin.net

There are options.

 

[Spartan]

Use RMerlin firmware for more up-to-date firmware.

Changelog (current) | Asuswrt-Merlin

asuswrt-merlin.net

There are options.

Didn't use Merlin firmware in years, does it support AiMesh?

 

[jetpack42]

Didn't use Merlin firmware in years, does it support AiMesh?

Merlin has AiMesh support. AiMesh should be identical between stock and Merlin, if I am remembering things correctly.

 

[L&LD]

Yes, it does.

About | Asuswrt-Merlin

asuswrt-merlin.net

 

[Spartan]

Yes, it does.

About | Asuswrt-Merlin

asuswrt-merlin.net

What is the difference between these 2 files:

GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_rog_nand_squashfs.pkgtb
GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_nand_squashfs.pkgtb

 

[Paliv]

What is the difference between these 2 files:

GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_rog_nand_squashfs.pkgtb
GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_nand_squashfs.pkgtb

I’m guessing one keeps the very ‘intense’ ROG gui theme, and the other has the standard ASUS gui.

 

[jsbeddow]

I’m guessing one keeps the very ‘intense’ ROG gui theme, and the other has the standard ASUS gui.

Good guess, you are correct.

 

[Spartan]

I’m guessing one keeps the very ‘intense’ ROG gui theme, and the other has the standard ASUS gui.

You're right, I updated to GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_rog_nand_squashfs for both my main GT-Ax6000 and the other GT-AX6000 (AiMesh), all settings were preserved, I will do a full reset tomorrow when I have time but for now it works perfectly.

Never seen the jitter go to 0ms before:

 

[john385]

Just switched to Merlin.
Can't believe ASUS left (one of its) flagship routers on the backburner. Embarrassing.
Did a factory reset before flashing just in case.
Flashed Merlin.
Factory reset again.
(that dd-wrt muscle memory caution will never leave me. lol).
Set everything up. So far so good.