Got it done, flashed to Merlin and the SSH changes acutally took effect.
So everything works now but my Vonage box. It shows in the LAN tables with an IP, and the box itself shows it has internet connection but when you pick up the line its not connected. Trying to search right now to see if...
I'm trying to replace my HH1000 router through Bell which requires I use IPTV VLAN tag 35. When I did this on the stock Asus firmware it disables LAN3 and LAN4, but there was supposed to be a way to SSH in and reactivate them, as shown here...