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

[Qu4d]

It worked. Took around 5 minutes though to assign an address.

 

[john9527]

It worked. Took around 5 minutes though to assign an address.

Interesting....I thought that would work, but I didn't expect that it would take longer to get an address. There must be a non-standard MTU somewhere in the network. Sounds like offering the 'Disable advertisement' option is going to be the best solution. Thanks for your help!

 

[Deleted member 27741]

Hey John- has anything changed that would affect the N66U openvpn server running TAP? Connected to my N66U via OpenVPN I can access my home network (wake and rdp into computers) with version 11E1. With version 12, I cannot.

 

[john9527]

Hey John- has anything changed that would affect the N66U openvpn server running TAP? Connected to my N66U via OpenVPN I can access my home network (wake and rdp into computers) with version 11E1. With version 12, I cannot.

It's worth a try for V13BETA....you could have been hanging up in the server start on the DH check on MIPS which is fixed in the beta.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Hey John, Been using 13B5 since release on my 68R and so far i have not had any issues. Also Native IPv6 Comcast is working fine here. Thanks again for your work. Jim !!

 

[Qu4d]

It's been rock-solid since we last "spoke". Thank YOU very much for your work! :]

Spoiler: Comparison

Disable IPv6 MTU Advertisement checked, MTU 1492
Jul 9 13:01:32 disk monitor: be idle
Jul 9 13:01:56 crond[533]: time disparity of 2376601 minutes detected
Jul 9 13:02:07 rdnssd[760]: Get IPv6 address & DNS from DHCPv6
Jul 9 13:02:07 rc_service: rc 765:notify_rc start_dhcp6c
Jul 9 13:02:09 dnsmasq[525]: read /etc/hosts - 6 addresses
Jul 9 13:02:09 dnsmasq[525]: read /etc/hosts.dnsmasq - 9 addresses
Jul 9 13:02:09 dnsmasq-dhcp[525]: read /etc/ethers - 9 addresses
Jul 9 13:02:09 dnsmasq[525]: using nameserver 193.231.252.1#53
Jul 9 13:02:09 rc_service: dhcp6c-state 768:notify_rc start_radvd
Jul 9 13:02:09 dnsmasq[525]: using nameserver 213.154.124.1#53
Jul 9 13:02:09 rc_service: dhcp6c-state 768:notify_rc start_httpd
Jul 9 13:02:09 rc_service: waiting "start_radvd" via dhcp6c-state ...
Jul 9 13:02:09 radvd[769]: version 1.15 started

Disable IPv6 MTU Advertisement unchecked, MTU 1452
Jul 9 13:05:37 disk monitor: be idle
Jul 9 13:05:38 start_nat_rules: apply the nat_rules (/tmp/nat_rules_ppp0_eth0)!
Jul 9 13:05:38 start_nat_rules: (/tmp/nat_rules_ppp0_eth0) success!
Jul 9 13:06:06 crond[533]: time disparity of 2376605 minutes detected
Jul 9 13:10:32 rdnssd[698]: Get IPv6 address & DNS from DHCPv6
Jul 9 13:10:32 rc_service: rc 785:notify_rc start_dhcp6c
Jul 9 13:10:33 dnsmasq[525]: read /etc/hosts - 6 addresses
Jul 9 13:10:33 dnsmasq[525]: read /etc/hosts.dnsmasq - 9 addresses
Jul 9 13:10:33 dnsmasq-dhcp[525]: read /etc/ethers - 9 addresses
Jul 9 13:10:33 dnsmasq[525]: using nameserver 193.231.252.1#53
Jul 9 13:10:33 dnsmasq[525]: using nameserver 213.154.124.1#53
Jul 9 13:10:33 rc_service: dhcp6c-state 788:notify_rc start_radvd
Jul 9 13:10:33 rc_service: dhcp6c-state 788:notify_rc start_httpd
Jul 9 13:10:33 rc_service: waiting "start_radvd" via dhcp6c-state ...
Jul 9 13:10:33 radvd[789]: version 1.15 started

 

[Trebuin]

I don't know if it is possible, but would it be possible to enable any of the cloud services while in repeater mode?

 

[WetMacula]

http://thehackernews.com/2015/07/openssl-vulnerability-patch.html

 

[john9527]

http://thehackernews.com/2015/07/openssl-vulnerability-patch.html

Yes...we know. I'm testing it now.

 

[john9527]

Hey John, Been using 13B5 since release on my 68R and so far i have not had any issues. Also Native IPv6 Comcast is working fine here. Thanks again for your work. Jim !!

Thanks for reporting in. Glad to hear I didn't manage to break our new found Comcast improvement

It's been rock-solid since we last "spoke". Thank YOU very much for your work!

Glad to hear it's holding solid with that option. Based on your results, I've made a change for what's going to be the V13 final that will automatically set the 'Disable Advertisement' option when you select a PPP IPv6 connection (try to get as simple as possible). If people need to manually adjust their PPP MTU, they will then need to 'uncheck' the option.

Thanks to both of you!

 

[zilexa]

Can I simply install this via the WebUI if I am on Merlin's 378.54.1 ? Would a factory reset afterwards be enough?

I'm experiencing WiFi "pauses", strong signal but just no connection, phone switching to 4G and back to WiFi since I installed that version.

I have the RT-AC56U.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Can I simply install this via the WebUI if I am on Merlin's 378.54.1 ? Would a factory reset afterwards be enough?

I'm experiencing WiFi "pauses", strong signal but just no connection, phone switching to 4G and back to WiFi since I installed that version.

I have the RT-AC56U.

Yep just simply flash the fork like any other firmware. And since your coming from 54-1 you will need a complete factory reset and reconfigure.

 

[CyberMew]

Hi, been using it for a while and there are no major problems.. thank you. I have 2 questions:
1. I just realised that my link speed is 100 duplex. Previously (long ago, can't remember when) they were showing 1000 (it's a cat5e cable). Is it showing that because the driver software on my desktop is using that speed, or is the port of the router broken somehow? It can't be that 3 out of 4 ports are 100mbps..

2. ipv6 has been broken for my isp for a long time, it worked in a couple of the older revisions but never since. Is there something I need to do? My isp has native ipv6 support. Also, if I enabled it and it somehow isn't getting a ipv6 address, will it break openvpn server? My openvpn client don't seem to be able to connect if I enable ipv6 (granted ipv6 is not working on my side but still..).

 

[Qu4d]

1. I'd recommend you to check your cables. I used to have the same issue not long ago.
2. I'm using IPv6 and OpenVPN without any problems.
I will let other people help you. I'm sure they have more knowledge than me.

Meanwhile, I wanna ask John if he can have a look at this.

Spoiler: DDNS

Jul 13 08:15:46 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 08:15:46 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 08:15:46 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 08:15:46 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 08:15:46 ddns update: no update needed at this time
Jul 13 08:16:16 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 08:16:16 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 08:16:16 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 08:16:16 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 08:16:16 ddns update: no update needed at this time
Jul 13 08:16:46 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 08:16:46 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 08:16:46 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 08:16:46 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 08:16:46 ddns update: no update needed at this time
Jul 13 08:17:16 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 08:17:16 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 08:17:16 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 08:17:16 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 08:17:16 ddns update: no update needed at this time
Jul 13 08:17:46 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 08:17:46 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 08:17:46 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 08:17:46 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 08:17:46 ddns update: no update needed at this time
Jul 13 08:18:16 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 08:18:16 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 08:18:16 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 08:18:16 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 08:18:16 ddns update: no update needed at this time
Jul 13 08:18:46 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 08:18:46 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 08:18:46 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 08:18:46 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 08:18:46 ddns update: no update needed at this time
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Jul 13 12:03:46 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 12:03:46 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 12:03:46 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 12:03:46 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 12:03:46 ddns update: no update needed at this time
Jul 13 12:04:16 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 12:04:16 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 12:04:16 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 12:04:16 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 12:04:16 ddns update: no update needed at this time
Jul 13 12:04:46 watchdog: start ddns.
Jul 13 12:04:46 rc_service: watchdog 537:notify_rc start_ddns
Jul 13 12:04:46 ddns update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Jul 13 12:04:46 ddns update: cache IP doesn't need updating
Jul 13 12:04:46 ddns update: no update needed at this time

It won't stop checking.
I use No-IP and have these settings:

Should I try higher forced refresh interval (30 days for example?) and WAN IP verification every 24x60 minutes?

 

[john9527]

Meanwhile, I wanna ask John if he can have a look at this.

That looks like a bug...at least it's consistent checking every 30 secs That was a particularly messy piece of code to backport and I may have missed something. I'll take a look. My first reaction is changing the intervals won't help, but if it does it might help me to pinpoint the problem easier.

 

[john9527]

Hi, been using it for a while and there are no major problems.. thank you. I have 2 questions:
1. I just realised that my link speed is 100 duplex. Previously (long ago, can't remember when) they were showing 1000 (it's a cat5e cable). Is it showing that because the driver software on my desktop is using that speed, or is the port of the router broken somehow? It can't be that 3 out of 4 ports are 100mbps..

Haven't seen that before, but I agree with the previous poster is that the first thing to check is the cables. Is there a switch in your setup? That may be another place to check. The speed is auto-negotiated and nothing has been changed in that code since the fork started.

2. ipv6 has been broken for my isp for a long time, it worked in a couple of the older revisions but never since. Is there something I need to do? My isp has native ipv6 support. Also, if I enabled it and it somehow isn't getting a ipv6 address, will it break openvpn server? My openvpn client don't seem to be able to connect if I enable ipv6 (granted ipv6 is not working on my side but still..).

If you have a PPPoE connection, there will be a fix coming to help that shortly in V13 (or you can try the V13BETA which also has that fix).

 

[CyberMew]

Thanks, it's an old cable, so it might have aged and the ports in the router (or my mobo network port) might have deteriorated. There is no switch, just modem->router->desktop. It's a long cable so I'm a little apprehensive to get a new one now, considering that we might change the house to be fully wired a couple of years from now.

As for the ipv6, I'm connected to the modem directly. It's a fibre connection and it's via dhcp I think definitely not pppoe. ipv6 is definitely supported on my isp natively. I was (still am) on 13beta when I tried to enable ipv6.

 

[Deleted member 27741]

Question- every time I http login to my router, the following is added to my log (I have both openvpn servers running). Is this correct behavior or have I mucked up?

Jul 15 09:42:23 openvpn[665]: TITLE,OpenVPN 2.3.7 mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [MH] [IPv6] built on Jul 5 2015
Jul 15 09:42:23 openvpn[665]: TIME,Wed Jul 15 09:42:23 2015,1436967743
Jul 15 09:42:23 openvpn[665]: HEADER,CLIENT_LIST,Common Name,Real Address,Virtual Address,Bytes Received,Bytes Sent,Connected Since,Connected Since (time_t),Username
Jul 15 09:42:23 openvpn[665]: HEADER,ROUTING_TABLE,Virtual Address,Common Name,Real Address,Last Ref,Last Ref (time_t)
Jul 15 09:42:23 openvpn[665]: GLOBAL_STATS,Max bcast/mcast queue length,1
Jul 15 09:42:23 openvpn[665]: END
Jul 15 09:42:24 openvpn[684]: TITLE,OpenVPN 2.3.7 mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [MH] [IPv6] built on Jul 5 2015
Jul 15 09:42:24 openvpn[684]: TIME,Wed Jul 15 09:42:24 2015,1436967744
Jul 15 09:42:24 openvpn[684]: HEADER,CLIENT_LIST,Common Name,Real Address,Virtual Address,Bytes Received,Bytes Sent,Connected Since,Connected Since (time_t),Username
Jul 15 09:42:24 openvpn[684]: HEADER,ROUTING_TABLE,Virtual Address,Common Name,Real Address,Last Ref,Last Ref (time_t)
Jul 15 09:42:24 openvpn[684]: GLOBAL_STATS,Max bcast/mcast queue length,0
Jul 15 09:42:24 openvpn[684]: END

 

[john9527]

Question- every time I http login to my router, the following is added to my log (I have both openvpn servers running). Is this correct behavior or have I mucked up?

Are you sure the log entries are being generated due to the log on (never have seen that one)?

They are generated every time you open or refresh the main 'VPN Status' tab, and is just the log entry of the router gathering the VPN stats for all your VPN servers/clients.. If you were running a VPN client, it would also includes bytes read/written and compression stats as well. It looks normal for this case.

 

[Deleted member 27741]

Weeeelllll... looks like someone has been checking out the VPN page when they log in.