Update notification not working

[mo462]

Hi guys,

This is my very first thread here so I'm gonna try to explain as clearly as possible. I own a Asus RT-AC66U_B1 with merlin's firmware. Since I flashed my router with merlin's, everything is going pretty well. For a few months now I stopped receiving a notification when a new firmware is available. I'm talking about the exclamation mark flashing in the upper right corner of the router's web interface. It was working and then not.

In "Administration/Firmware Upgrade" I have "Scheduled check for a new firmware availability" set to Yes. When I manually click the "Check" button, it works.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[RMerlin]

Check your DNS settings, and make sure you aren't blocking access to Cloudflare servers.

 

[mo462]

Check your DNS settings, and make sure you aren't blocking access to Cloudflare servers.

I'm actually using Cloudflare DNS servers in my WAN configuration with DoT. I had to disable "Validate unsigned DNSSEC replies" because it was still using my ISP's DNS servers. I started using DoT a few days ago but DNSSEC for a while now. Could it be because of that option?

Thank you!

 

[RMerlin]

I'm actually using Cloudflare DNS servers in my WAN configuration with DoT. I had to disable "Validate unsigned DNSSEC replies" because it was still using my ISP's DNS servers. I started using DoT a few days ago but DNSSEC for a while now. Could it be because of that option?

Thank you!

I don't know. Try it, you'll see.

 

[mo462]

I don't know. Try it, you'll see.

Alright. Guess I'll wait for the next build!

Thank you!

 

[DKEBeck88]

I'm having the same problem. Ever since I moved from AC87U to AX88U, I no longer get that exclamation point. Additionally, I have an update-notification script in jffs/scripts that no longer works (probably because the scheduled update check isn't running). In Administration->Firmware Upgrade, I have the scheduled check option set to 'yes' so that's not the issue.

I can manually run jffs/scripts/update-notification and will get an email stating that a new firmware is available. Interestingly, if I run it before checking for a new version within the router web UI, I will get the following email:
"New firmware version . is now available for your router at 192.168.1.1."

However, if I manually check for updates at Administration->Firmware Upgrade and let the router find the new version (and so I get the exclamation point in the UI alerting me to the availability of a new firmware) and then manually run jffs/scripts/update-notification, I get the following email:
"New firmware version 384.19_0 is now available for your router at 192.168.1.1."

Edit: I also noticed that while with the AC87U, on the Firmware Upgrade section of the UI, if it found a new firmware I'd be given a pop-up with a changelog and a link directly to the new update (or at least the AC87U directory of the firmware archive). With the AX88U I do not get that - I just have to look at the "AiMesh router" section of that page to see that the latest is not the same as the installed, and then I have to go to the more generic link in the "Note" section at the top of that page and navigate manually to the correct directory. Not a huge deal and may be an intended change, just wanted to make a note of it.

 

[mo462]

That's strange. I'm still having the update notification problem. 384.19 is out since August 14 and I still don't have a notification. I think the update watchdog checks every 48H from what I've found. I'm curious how many people have this problem.

 

[octopus]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/release-asuswrt-merlin-384-19-is-now-available.65801/post-611576

 

[TheLunaticCoder]

Hello.
One simple way to get notifications (need to read a little...) is to use free Integromat (since IFTT become less free.... ) with RSS feed from SourceForge.
So, my solution goes like that :
1. Check RSS feed for new items on a remote URL (copy folder RSS link and use it for remote URL , for example, for AC88U it is https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/rss?path=/RT-AC88U/Release )
2. Make a module in Integromat ( https://www.integromat.com ), and if new items, then add a router and do what you want (Telegram, What'sApp, PushBullet, Pusher, Email, SMS, you name it ! Integrator comes with more than 1000 integrations, you could even make a led blink on a little iot device, like esp8266 or arduino, powered from back usb. Hey ! that's a cool Idea ! )

Maybe the attached image speak more than me .
In the future, if have time, I will code a plugin for HomeAssistant (a homemade IoT gateway that run from a Raspberry PI) that could display a message on the board (personally I use an old tablet on a wall as dashboard). So much fun with such a pleasant community !

Like this, I will not stress router with scheduled tasks, not using his memory / cpu and so on.

Hope this helped you, as others posts helped me to come out with this solution. I was feeling in debt to give back to this wonderful community. Thanks you all.