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    Asuswrt-Merlin 384.6 doesn't start nginx

    After having this issue for multiple years, I finally came up with a scrappy solution, but it works. To be fair, I have attempted to insert “/opt/etc/init.d/S80nginx” in practically every startup script that Merlin supports (with only mild exaggeration), inserted sleep commands, etc, and nginx...
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    Tutorial Debian 12 Bookworm + Plex Media Server (Asus RT-AX86S)

    @bbeny123 - I suppose after using your guide and running Plex on my RT-AX86U for almost a year and a half, I owe you a giant thank you! Of course no video transcoding, my but use case is local video streaming to my AppleTV (no need for transcoding) and PlexAmp for audio. (Transcoding .flac to...
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    what's the current guidance with using merlinwrt 3006 on mesh nodes?

    Just a guess here.. I have my main router’s WINS server set to True and the SMB shares on that main router and my mesh node are discoverable. As for Merlin on nodes - I agree with the sentiment that manageability is easier when using the same FW if all mesh nodes are the same hardware. If not...
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    How to mimic WISP (WiFi uplink) with 2 routers?

    I don’t think you have many options for securing the Media Bridge as that device is LAN-only (on the ISP side). So for this device, remote access and all that are moot. It is merely taking an ISP LAN address and giving the second device (router) the ability to grab an ISP LAN address for its...
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    How to mimic WISP (WiFi uplink) with 2 routers?

    You're on the right path here. Set the first device connected to ISP as Media Bridge like your pic shows, then of course you have some options. While you could set the 2nd device as AP, that configuration would mean you'd be using the DHCP from the ISP, and thus no NAT/firewall between your...
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    Is there any easy solution in Merlin for a VPN server that is hard to block/detect?

    For bypassing country/university censorship blocks, there are some options that I've been able to implement on my Asus router, but not directly within the Merlin firmware. I don't know of any "VPN" solutions that work, so you will want to use an encrypted proxy with obfuscation. V2Ray...
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    Replacing AC86U with AX86U - what about settings?

    Note the username and wait for another post asking why the router is behaving oddly without mentioning this. Never ever export/import settings between models!
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    Wan over Wifi

    Just wanted call out that Tomato still can’t do WISP on RT-AC68U, and I was so disappointed when I tried it. (I had assumed it was the software that allowed/disallowed it, not the hardware.) At the time, I researched and ended up getting a cheap used Linksys EA6700 that would do WISP with...
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    Access Modem and Asus Merlin router via VPN

    Other than I may not know/understand potential caveats of pppoe passthrough, one of my setups is Asus (192.168.10.1) behind a combo router/modem (192.168.0.1), so a double NAT. When ovpn’d in to the Asus, I can hit both subnets without doing anything special. I do have the OpenVPN settings to...
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    VPN Director and Merlin Firmware RT-AC86U_386.7_2 - Slow Wifi Performance

    Go to the VPN Client settings tab and check that the setting “Redirect Internet traffic through tunnel” is set to “VPN Director (policy rules)”.
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    I don't think the firmware plays well with iOS 16, probably Private Address feature

    Potentially totally unrelated, but my AppleTV updated today apparently, and an hour ago I just had my first ever random router reboot, although it was only the AImesh node that crashed, not the main router. (Both Merlin 386.7_2, AX86U.) Uptime was over 60 days before this reboot. I wouldn’t even...
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    OpenVpn issue need help

    Chiming in here for a different direction - If DPI is blocking you, read up on bypassing China's GFW. I have setup and used Shadowsocks (with v2ray-plugin over nginx reverse proxy websocket and CDN), vmess, vless, and now my favorite, trojan-go. All of these solutions will allow for running a...
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    Run OpenVPN Server but not as a router?

    Do you really need it to not be a router? Maybe I'm not sure your exact requirements but I do something similar with an RT-AC68U that has fried 2.4/5 radios, and sitting at my mother-in-law's house. AC68U runs Merlin with OpenVPN server. WAN port of AC68U is connected to LAN port of main...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.7 is now available for all Gnuton's models too

    Zenwifi XT8 / RT-AX95Q dirty upgrade from 386.5_2. 10 minutes in, so far so good.
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    Merlin 386.5.2 bug: OpenVPN Server does not start after router restart (scheduled restart, explicit restart, or power reset)

    Obviously the right answer is if NTP works well. I don‘t reboot that often but have never had this issue on either Merlin-based OpenVPN servers I run. But presumably the time does get set if you can start it manually - I’d just set a cron job to start it up maybe 2 minutes after boot as a...
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