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Thanks! How can I backup the JFFS? I have seen the option to backup optionally disabling password and transferring DDNS. But nothing about JFFS. Is it included by default in the backup?

Hello I am a light user of a ac1900u (no mesh). Right now I am in the last 385 fw (v3.0.0.4.385.20633). Everything that I use is working fine (HDD through SMB for example). Now I am considering to upgrade to the last version (3.0.0.4.386.49703) mainly for security reasons (no need to improve...

Hello Will the ac1900u/ac68u handle a 4Tb hdd disk? Formatted as hfs+. Right now I have a 2tb and it works fine here says that it is up to 2tb but it is quite old and maybe the present fw allows 4tb https://event.asus.com/2009/networks/disksupport/ Any experience? Thanks a lot!

Mistery solved. I've finally checked that samba in macOS is only slightly slower than windows. The problem with my previous test is that I was dragging a 50MB file which was an app. And this app is not like an .exe in windows but a folder with thousands of small files. It was not a good test...

Thanks! I have done a test that a member suggested me. A windows 10 transfer with my work computer. And the result has been surprising. A 600MB file in 25 seconds (25MBs sustained) My macbook has spent 5 minutes to send a 50MB file (20MB in 2 seconds but then 0.1MBs or less, virtually stuck)...

Wow. What a good advice. Just today I have my work computer at home, a windows 10. I have connected to the ethernet, and transfer a 600MB file in 25 seconds. With a sustained rate of 25MB/s. I could connect a USB3 in the other connector but first of all I should reproduce this in the mac...

Thanks to your comment I have done several tests. As it is the stock fw I have post it there: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/samba-performance-very-poor-ac68u-last-stock-fw.66716/ A summary. My samba performance is very low, both smb1 and smb2. It starts to send a file quite fast, but after...

Hello After some tests I am concerned about my samba performance which is far from expected. Setup. Last stock fw 3.0.0.4.385.20633, ethernet connection to a macbook pro (mojave). External disk connected to usb2. Samba defined in Asus. My Ram with this configuration is pretty high. Around 50%...

" Hold on there. That's the first I've heard of an RT-AC68U auto-updating. " Automatic or at least involuntary. I was happy in the 3.0.0.4.384.45717 for months and yesterday when I had a look, it was in the 3.0.0.4.385.20633, updated the 18th of september. It is possible that around that day...

Thanks! Yesterday I tried with a 1GB file and it took ages. I had to stop it after 5 minutes because it was painfully slow (maybe 20% done at that moment). I assumed that it was because smb1. Now I am not that sure. I'd say that some time ago it was not that slow. But lately I have upgraded to...

Hi all. I have a rt68u with last stock firmware. I am considering to move to merlin 384.19 because I want to improve my Samba transfer rate. I assume that stock is limited to smb1 but merlin uses smb2. I’ve seen in other posts that speed in smb2 could get to 200-250 mbps. This is enough for...

Yes you are right. From Catalina OS on. I'm not there right now. Waiting for a debugged final version. Hopefully along a stable SMB2 asus version. Thanks a lot!

Thanks for the advice. Sounds quite reasonable. I'd update more frequently but all this factory reset and start from scratch makes it very time consuming. So I prefer to nail the version :) Anyway. Do you mean 386 or 396? :) Regards!

Thanks! I also wonder if SMB1 from a mac client is as vulnerable as a win client. I'll definitely update in a future. But reading this forum, it seems that last 384 versions were plentiful of problems (81351 and 81049) I guess I can stick to 45717 a little bit more (it is not a prehistoric...

Hello! Forgive this noob question. I have a HDD shared by SMB1 to a macbook inside my home network. My AC1900U FW is 3.0.0.4.384_45717 which still doesn't support SMB2. I've read that SMB1 is very unsafe. Is it in this configuration? Should I upgrade to SMB2 with a later FW? I've read...