Asuswrt-Merlin 376.45 is out

[Deleted member 22229]

Thanks a lot for the link.

I think I need now to find an other brand than Asus for my routers.

You can always roll back to 374.43 in fact John has made a build based on Merlins 374.43 firmware but he has added the 376.45 security fixes to it. You should not have region issues with it. See link below.

http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=18914

 

[shpankey]

He's about to roll out the new version (02) of that fork.

 

[kaiguy]

AC68U here. Running into an ongoing problem with 5 GHz AC connection to my Macbook Pro.

At one location in my home, with decent normal speed (not full by any means but the Mac reporting it hovering above and below 200 Mbps), after some extended use (say, streaming a TV show), the speed will drop down to 7 Mbps and become essentially useless. Always 7. Simply disabling and re-enabling wireless corrects the problem, but it's still pretty irritating. Never noticed this before with the last version.

Anyone else experiencing anything like this, or have some suggestions for toggling some options in wireless that may help out? Both beamforming options are enabling, for example. Since I only have one 5 GHz/AC client right now, would it be better to just disable those?

Thanks!

 

[shpankey]

I've basically been having a similar issue from my iMac. I just switched to the new 02 update from the 374.43 fork from John and so far so good. Back to the speed I used to know and love without the degradation over time requiring a reboot to fix. It has all of the security updates, a few other fixes but with the old wireless driver that doesn't exhibit the loss over time and use. I recommend giving it a go.

 

[speedingcheetah]

AC68U here. Running into an ongoing problem with 5 GHz AC connection to my Macbook Pro.

At one location in my home, with decent normal speed (not full by any means but the Mac reporting it hovering above and below 200 Mbps), after some extended use (say, streaming a TV show), the speed will drop down to 7 Mbps and become essentially useless. Always 7. Simply disabling and re-enabling wireless corrects the problem, but it's still pretty irritating. Never noticed this before with the last version.

Anyone else experiencing anything like this, or have some suggestions for toggling some options in wireless that may help out? Both beamforming options are enabling, for example. Since I only have one 5 GHz/AC client right now, would it be better to just disable those?


Thanks!

wifi issues seem to be a popular issue with newer firmwares these days. I have been having issues with my ac56u and ac68u lately.

 

[mobileman88]

He's about to roll out the new version (02) of that fork.

awesome. I am getting random reboots and not sure if it will fix it.

The only change I have done is to dnsmasq settings, not sure if that could be the culprit. I will disable the settings and see if it fixes the problem. I noticed that the problem exists with the following versions :

.43
.44
.43 forked

 

[mobileman88]

I saw this in my dmesg output. Should I be concerned and how to mark out the bad blocks?
@RMerlin

Creating 2 MTD partitions on "sflash":
0x00000000-0x00040000 : "pmon"
0x001f0000-0x00200000 : "nvram"
Found a Zentel NAND flash with 2048B pages or 128KB blocks; total size 128MB
lookup_nflash_rootfs_offset: offset = 0x0
nflash: squash filesystem with lzma found at block 9
Creating 2 MTD partitions on "nflash":
0x00000000-0x02000000 : "linux"
0x0013c3b8-0x02000000 : "rootfs"
NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x92, Chip ID: 0xf1 (Zentel NAND 128MiB 3,3V 8-bit)
Bad block table found at page 65408, version 0x01
Bad block table found at page 65344, version 0x01
nand_read_bbt: Bad block at 0x07fe0000
Creating 3 MTD partitions on "brcmnand":
0x00000000-0x02000000 : "trx"
0x02000000-0x04000000 : "jffs2"
0x04000000-0x07f00000 : "brcmnand"
dev_nvram_init: _nvram_init

JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) © 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
Empty flash at 0x0184a1f8 ends at 0x0184a800
Empty flash at 0x01b36320 ends at 0x01b36800
Empty flash at 0x01cf2cb8 ends at 0x01cf3000
JFFS2 notice: (167) check_node_data: wrong data CRC in data node at 0x01cf257c: read 0xe957bb4b, calculated 0x2e8a7ab.
JFFS2 notice: (167) check_node_data: wrong data CRC in data node at 0x01849fa8: read 0xb9d7a52, calculated 0x8ad7cee2.
JFFS2 notice: (167) check_node_data: wrong data CRC in data node at 0x01b35b14: read 0xd5569163, calculated 0x7f062616.

 

[ualdrivr]

Dunno if I should take a plunge into the deep and update now that I have 376.44 working better than ever. Seriously, no problems on my end or the routers end. It's working flawlessly.

I'm going back to 376.44. Can't put my finger on it, but something's up with the 376.45. Not happy with it. WiFi signal strength is subpar and issues with kicking wired LAN devices randomly off the network.

374.43 and 376.44 were Rock solid.

 

[RMerlin]

I'm going back to 376.44. Can't put my finger on it, but something's up with the 376.45. Not happy with it. WiFi signal strength is subpar and issues with kicking wired LAN devices randomly off the network.

374.43 and 376.44 were Rock solid.

Nothing was changed wifi-wise between 376.44 and 376.45.

ab0309d Updated documentation
1092d2e Bumped revision to 376.45 release
1b0ee0a dropbear: Don't send SSH_MSG_UNIMPLEMENTED for keepalive responses (upstream  10eb218fb022f435d75fa6e8e6fc6234e66f31b9)
53323bc Merge pull request #705 from pinwing/ipv6
f14d1e8 webui: Fixed unescaped quote that broke the PControl page on French and Italian locales
1e0397d IPv6 firewall rules can be incomplete when using PPP
a4c1733 Updated documentation
5554461 webui: This was probably still broken for the AC66, since nmode_x 1 = N only.  I don't know if the new N/AC mode is supported by it, so for now simply fix t
96d2efe webui: Fix Auto mode for AC68/AC56 5GHz wifi (backport from Asus 2381)
1024134 Updated documentation
8383bea webui: Report FA state on Sysinfo page (if supported)
73d907c webui: Do not display pageing arrow if we have exactly 6 clients on networkmap
b1ab114 vsftpd: compiled with SSL support (must be manually configured if you wish to use it)
4d03339 webui: Reworked OpenVPN server layout to make it less confusing when dealing with OpenVPN instances
b87cfec lzo: Updated to 2.08
53bcb11 Updated documentation
cbc67ba Merge pull request #693 from avihsnis/master
4c43bc7 webui: Fix garbled client selector on DNSFilter page
4ca2824 dropbear: Updated to 2014.65
68b4d81 Updated documentation
db0ec71 openssl: Updated to 1.0.0n
8c807ea webui: Report default conntrack established limit to be 5 days on RT-AC87, like other ARM devices
a49af33 Update defaults.c
7ad9d02 webui: Use the singular form since we now display channel + chanspec rather than two channels
4ccac1c httpd: Return both 2.4 and 5G channels even if 2.4G is disabled
ac5487d dropbear: updated to 2014.64
1a049bf Bumped revision to 376.45 alpha 1

 

[mobileman88]

Is it possible to change the syslog not to save into JFFS? Perhaps save to USB or not save it at all?

 

[Jobine]

Is it possible to customize the error page when the website is blocked by the Firewall / URL filter ?

 

[john9527]

Could someone running the 376.45 code please check the 'System Log/DHCP leases' page and see if the data looks reasonable (or if a lot of the entries are Expires 24:00:00)? Thanks!

 

[ChikkSpot]

Could someone running the 376.45 code please check the 'System Log/DHCP leases' page and see if the data looks reasonable (or if a lot of the entries are Expires 24:00:00)? Thanks!

the entries look fine in my case, not 24:00:00.

 

[john9527]

the entries look fine in my case, not 24:00:00.

Thanks for taking the time to check.....much appreciated!

 

[fallen73]

I'm currently running RT-N66U_3.0.0.4_374.40_0 on my RTn66u. I know it's quite old, so i want to update. Can i update to this version without clearing the nvram, or is it better to clearing the nvram (reset all) and configure the router from scratch?

 

[4Leaf]

I'm currently running RT-N66U_3.0.0.4_374.40_0 on my RTn66u. I know it's quite old, so i want to update. Can i update to this version without clearing the nvram, or is it better to clearing the nvram (reset all) and configure the router from scratch?

Every time you switch the firmware to older or newer. It is always better to clear the nvram. That's what I do. This would ensure that the routers settings have been cleaned.

If you want to make sure that your router is running top notch. Clear the nvram and reconfigure everything from scratch.

The easiest way to do this is to turn your router off. Wait like 30 seconds and then turn the router back on while holding the wps button down for 10 seconds. I like to hold mine for 30 seconds when I clear the nvram this way.

 

[fallen73]

Thanks for the info. So i will erase the NVRAM and configure from scratch.

 

[lbradio]

Resolving local IPadresses

Hello Merlin,

11 days of uptime with this great firmware without any issues.

I was wondering If you could help me fix a small issue.
In firmware 374.43_2 I was used to see the Nated hostname under the Connections tab (System log).

I noticed in firmware 376.45_0 only the IPadress of the host is shown.
Any idea in how I can resolve the hostname?

374.43_2

376.45_0

Thank you in advance.

 

[john9527]

Not Merlin ....but

Tools - Other Settings - Resolve IPs on active connections list

 

[RMerlin]

Hello Merlin,

11 days of uptime with this great firmware without any issues.

I was wondering If you could help me fix a small issue.
In firmware 374.43_2 I was used to see the Nated hostname under the Connections tab (System log).

I noticed in firmware 376.45_0 only the IPadress of the host is shown.
Any idea in how I can resolve the hostname?

374.43_2

376.45_0

Thank you in advance.

Enable name resolution under Tools -> Other Settings.