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  1. jz87

    AX58U | Flashed to Merlin | Logs are Scary

    Re third party apps, the whole reason i even started down this road was to beef up on DNS security etc, mainly with this: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/dnscrypt-proxy-installer-for-asuswrt-merlin-nov.67435/ I got an error message at the end of the install, but then before i could copy and...
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    AX58U | Flashed to Merlin | Logs are Scary

    Well thank you for that anxiety inducing note lol. Ok... picking up what you're putting down... gonna move on the reset sooner rather than later.,.. Is there anything in particular I should know ? Any special order/procedure I should follow? Any reason I need to think about the jffs or it just...
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    AX58U | Flashed to Merlin | Logs are Scary

    Update: Result: #!/bin/sh Result: -rwxrwxrwx 1 Username root 224167 May 18 05:53 firewall -rwxr-xr-x 1 Username root 158906 May 18 06:10 rtrmon.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 Username root 10 May 17 15:31 service-event-end -rwxr-xr-x 1 Username root...
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    AX58U | Flashed to Merlin | Logs are Scary

    Ouf... Ok, so I guess I may as well..but I think I might ride this wave for a few more days while I read up on best practices...kinda just want to find someone who specializes in this and pay them to go through it and set it up with (for? ...no no with, definitely with) me.
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    AX58U | Flashed to Merlin | Logs are Scary

    Ummm, so ok, you nailed it in two seconds. Logs are quiet and clear now.... wow. Thank you.
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    AX58U | Flashed to Merlin | Logs are Scary

    Thank you! Gonna try to do that now... but first, if you have time: Honestly, I'd get the same peace of mind from a hard reset that I'd get if someone with more experience than me here tells me that they don't think it's necessary... Originally, my plan was hit the reformat jffs on next...
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    AX58U | Flashed to Merlin | Logs are Scary

    Thanks for the reply but it seems I may have overplayed the my lack of understanding and that you might have focused on that a bit too much. I was employing a touch of hyperbole there. I more meant to say that this is my first real brush with modded firmware in the networking/security space...
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    AX58U | Flashed to Merlin | Logs are Scary

    Hi, Very green when it comes to networking so I apologize if this has been answered... I've been looking online extensively and so far, all I've been able to internalize is that the DROP warnings are good/expected/the result of my firewall. I noticed a few issues with performance after...
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