You know, AsusWRT is not the only game in town. There still are DD-WRT and FreshTomato. Even OpenWRT could be used, although it is not a great option for WiFi.
Using https://www.timesynctool.com/ I go for a while to the year 2047 with ntpmerlin (time requests are mangled).
I have an AC68U with the latest Alpha2 build from Merlin.
Correction:
Here is where it is bad:
dhcp-option=dnsf8,option6:23,[8.8.8.8]
dhcp-option=dnsf9,option6:23,[8.8.8.8]
dhcp-option=dnsf10,option6:23,[8.8.8.8]
I have edited /jffs/configs/dnsmasq.conf and now the router works.
Hi, this is about an AC68U with firmware 386.2_beta2.
dnsmasq dies because 8.8.8.8 is not an IPv6 IP address when I enable DNSFilter, Global Filter Mode: Router and reboot the router. I have IPv6 enabled (Passthrough).
It does work OK if I enable DNSFilter after the router gets working.
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And let's not forget something less obvious: don't clone your MAC address. It slashes download speed to about 270 Mbps for my router (AC56U).
So, check cloned MAC address in the settings of your router, it has to be empty.
Friend, there is "fake FA". I.e. the router thinks it is FA-capable, but it isn't. In this case enabling FA means slower speeds that CTF alone.
So, yeah, I have a less powerful router, and CTF alone gives me 500 Mbps out of my nominal 500 Mbps download speed.
STP and Jumbo frames do not seem...
And I should say 2.4 GHz is not meant for fast downloads. Anyway not by using the hardware fit for John's fork.
Oh, yes, if you have neighbors near don't use 40 MHz wide channels for 2.4.
I have moved the tftproot inside the entware folder and this seems to have fixed it.
Oh, no: three instances are back again.
They come and go: 3, 1, 3, 1, etc.