[Fork] Asuswrt-Merlin 374.43 LTS releases (Archive)

[john9527]

One more command output for N66 fork users....actually don't need the full output, but just to check....

wl country list

is there a '#a' in the output? Thanks.

 

[dsring]

One more command output for N66 fork users....actually don't need the full output, but just to check....

wl country list

is there a '#a' in the output? Thanks.

Yes, there is an '#a' in the output.

 

[bluepoint]

One more command output for N66 fork users....actually don't need the full output, but just to check....

wl country list

is there a '#a' in the output? Thanks.

Here's the first few output.

ASUSWRT-Merlin RT-N66U_3.0.0.4 Tue Oct  7 16:10:31 UTC 2014
admin@RT-N66U-BE38:/tmp/home/root# wl country list
Supported countries: country code and long name
#a
#e
#r
0A
0B
0C
AD      ANDORRA
AE      UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
AF      AFGHANISTAN
AG      ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
AI      ANGUILLA
AL      ALBANIA
AM      ARMENIA
AN      NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
AO      ANGOLA
AR      ARGENTINA
AS      AMERICAN SAMOA
AT      AUSTRIA
AU      AUSTRALIA

 

[john9527]

Thanks! You guys are quick

 

[john9527]

I was just wanting to get my N66 back to SDK5 signal output with out having to use an old out dated firmware. Do you know the telnet #a commands to use for the N66 ?

Before trying the #a route....can you try the following for me and see if there is a difference.

First - set 200 mW in the gui (remember 2.4GHz and 5GHz are set separately)

If that isn't enough improvement, try the following commands and see if there is a difference (make sure of the letter case in TxPower).

nvram set wl0 TxPower=316
nvram set wl1 TxPower=316
nvram commit && reboot

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Before trying the #a route....can you try the following for me and see if there is a difference.

First - set 200 mW in the gui (remember 2.4GHz and 5GHz are set separately)

If that isn't enough improvement, try the following commands and see if there is a difference (make sure of the letter case in TxPower).

nvram set wl0 TxPower=316
nvram set wl1 TxPower=316
nvram commit && reboot

I had the TX power at 120mw setting to 200mw made no difference what so ever. Using the commands you posted also made no difference the GUI still showed 120mw and i see no difference with wifi analiyzer. Seems strange the AC68U can be made go to full output but no dice with the N66U. Not sure what you mean by> (make sure of the letter case in TxPower).

 

[john9527]

I'm going to quit typing for the day......the '_' didn't copy for some reason....

nvram set wl0_TxPower=316
nvram set wl1_TxPower=316
nvram commit && reboot

 

[Deleted member 22229]

I'm going to quit typing for the day......the '_' didn't copy for some reason....

nvram set wl0_TxPower=316
nvram set wl1_TxPower=316
nvram commit && reboot

Yes John that seemed to help now the TX power shows 316 with a improvement in signal. Looks like that may have done it.

 

[john9527]

Yes John that seemed to help now the TX power shows 316 with a improvement in signal. Looks like that may have done it.

Thanks for your patience with my typing and brain checks today ....

what you just helped show is the old EM mode set things up for getting to the max power output of 1W (which is now what you are running)....

What would be interesting at some point - if you ever feel like loading the SDK5 build and do a comparison.

And do on the SDK5 build

nvram get wl0_TxPower
nvram get wl1_TxPower
wl -i eth1 country
wl -i eth2 country

 

[Deleted member 22229]

John let me test this further tonight. After doing some more signal testing i am not 100% sure this has made a difference. The UI does show 316 but i need to test further to confirm a output difference i seem to be getting conflicting readings with my phones and tablets.

 

[john9527]

In this realm, things are rarely clear cut.....

The other thing you could experiment with is trying different numbers between 200 and 316 on the TxPower commands.....there may be a sweet spot in there. Another popular number I see on the ARM devices in some of the domains is 251 (with antenna about 795 mW output power).

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Thanks for all your help John but it appears after checking multiple times there is not really a difference running the commands VS just the firmware by itself. Maybe we can look into this further another day today I wont have any time to mess with it. Again I appriciate all you time and effort.

 

[JS_racer]

Glad to hear it helped you out.

Now, could you (or another N66 user running the fork without having applied the '#a' nvram commands) run the following via ssh/telnet and tell me what it says....

wl -i eth1 country
wl -i eth2 country
wl txpwr
wl txpwr1

ASUSWRT-Merlin RT-N66U_3.0.0.4 Tue Oct 7 16:10:31 UTC 2014
jas@RT-N66R:/tmp/home/root# wl -i eth1 country
US (US/2) UNITED STATES
jas@RT-N66R:/tmp/home/root# wl -i eth2 country
Q2 (Q2/0) <unknown>
jas@RT-N66R:/tmp/home/root# wl txpwr
31.75 dBm = 1496 mw.
jas@RT-N66R:/tmp/home/root# wl txpwr1
TxPower is 127 qdbm, 31.75 dbm, 1496 mW Override is Off
jas@RT-N66R:/tmp/home/root#

200 on the sliders for tx

 

[Deleted member 27741]

Running the fourth version of the fork. No issues. Very nice job sir!

 

[KevTech]

And do on the SDK5 build

nvram get wl0_TxPower
nvram get wl1_TxPower
wl -i eth1 country
wl -i eth2 country

merlin 3.0.0.4.374.35_4-sdk5

nvram get wl0_TxPower=80
nvram get wl1_TxPower=80
wl -i eth1 country=US (US/39) UNITED STATES
wl -i eth2 country=US (Q2/2) UNITED STATES

 

[john9527]

Thanks to all....have the info for N66 that I wanted. (KevTech - Thanks for the SDK5 values!)

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Hi John. I see Merlin has released a new beta firmware with some open SSL security fixes.

OpenSSL was also updated to 1.0.0-o, resolving a few new security issues
While on that topic, the SSLv2 (long deprecated) and SSLv3 (recently found to be highly vulnerable to the so-called POODLE attack) have now been disabled. That means to access the webui over HTTPS, you will need a web browser that supports the TLS 1.0 standard. To my knowledge, the only browser that doesn't support this is Internet Explorer 6, which should have been put to pasture years ago anyway...

Do you plan on adding these to your next 05 release anytime in the near future ? As always thanks for your work. Jim !

 

[john9527]

Check my signature.....build 05Dj9527 (D for development)....already integrated them and am running them for myself. Also, want to give them some time in Merlin's beta to make sure of no side effects on a wider audience.

I already found one interesting thing....I had to reinstall the router security certificate for https access without the warning popup (I'm using IE10).

Right now I'm thinking about roughly a monthly release cycle...so beginning of November target.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Check my signature.....build 05Dj9527 (D for development)....already integrated them and am running them for myself. Also, want to give them some time in Merlin's beta to make sure of no side effects on a wider audience.

I already found one interesting thing....I had to reinstall the router security certificate for https access without the warning popup (I'm using IE10).

Right now I'm thinking about roughly a monthly release cycle...so beginning of November target.

Sounds good John, thanks !!

 

[dsring]

RT-N66U Repeater Mode - Log Entry Question

I am running the latest fork on the RT-N66U in wireless repeater mode, I am getting the following entries in the System Log every 12 hours:

Oct 19 09:52:04 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 8816:notify_rc stop_dnsmasq
Oct 19 09:52:04 dnsmasq[5041]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Oct 19 09:52:04 rc_service: udhcpc_lan 8816:notify_rc start_dnsmasq
Oct 19 09:52:04 dnsmasq[8819]: started, version 2.72test3 cachesize 1500
Oct 19 09:52:04 dnsmasq[8819]: asynchronous logging enabled, queue limit is 5 messages
Oct 19 09:52:04 dnsmasq[8819]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses
Oct 19 09:52:04 dnsmasq[8819]: using nameserver 192.168.1.1#53
Oct 19 09:52:04 notify wanduck: wlc_state change!
Oct 19 09:52:06 kernel: dnsmq ctrl: 801a8c0 ^Frouter^Dasus^Ccom

Everything seems to be running well, but what do the log entries mean?? Thanks.