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    Community Fibre 1Gb - Asus AC86U or Linksys Velop?

    I've just had Community Fibre 1Gb installed. They installed a Linksys Velop router (but no nodes) and a modem. My existing setup was 2 x Asus AC86U to create a mesh network and I was very happy with the coverage so I simply plugged their modem into my Asus router and the connection seems to be...
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    TWO WAY IPS AIPROTECTION - Whitelist ?

    Hi, I had what I think is a false positive from the "two way AIProtection IPS" Is there a way to clear the ban or add a whitelist ? Now I cannot access my router from the WAN. I have the lastest Merlin firmware Thanks,
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    Explicit oVPN routing

    Good day! I am trying to set up an .ovpn profile on my RT-AX86U with last 3004.388.4 firmware by Merlin. In the .ovpn config there is an explicit routing to use VPN only for specific websites. The problem is that when I put this config in the VPN client of the router all the traffic goes...
  4. leonftw

    Best Cake settings for 5G Home Internet

    What are the best Cake QOS settings (WAN packet overhead values) for 5G Home Internet (Verizon 5G or others)? Currently running a RT-AX58U with Merlin. I know 5G is unpredictable but if I put in manual bandwidth caps that are very conservative (50%-60%) what would be good WAN packet overhead...
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    VPN Tunnel from Server to Client ASUS Merlin

    Hi I have a GT-AXE11000 (Merlin) running a WireGuard server. I have a separate WireGuard client running on the same router and via DNS Director, I have 4 devices that are routed via the client locally. I also have a Pihole running and I am able to filter out my lan as well as server traffic via...
  6. bbeny123

    Tutorial Debian 12 Bookworm + Plex Media Server (Asus RT-AX86S)

    I was recently installing Plex media server on my router and as the existing sources are outdated and/or unavailable I had to fiddle around a bit to get it to work. Here's a little tutorial on how to do it. Based on: https://hqt.ro/how-to-install-debian-stretch-arm/ (accessed by The Wayback...
  7. JA93

    DuckDNS with LetsEncrypt

    I wanted SSL for both my DuckDNS domain and subdomains, but got stuck with a pesky LetsEncrypt error. Let 'sEncrypt gave me the "Can not find dns api hook for: dns_duckdns" error, and manual TXT records didn't fly with DuckDNS, I turned to ZeroSSL. However, ZeroSSL only hands out SSL for domains...
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    GL.iNet Flint Alternatives

    Hi all I will be in the market for a new router soon and the Flint seemed like the perfect fit, however I've been reading that the firmware can be buggy and as they use their own flavour of Open-WRT it would not have the latest features/security updates. I've been looking into some of the WiFi...
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    Asus Merlin Router / OpenVPN client / Port forwards how?

    Hello I am struggling to setup a port forward to my IP security camera, so I can view it in TinyCam Pro app on my phone when out the house etc. I have a Torguard Open VPN client running on my router and everything is behind that VPN tunnel. I don't know how to do NAT where the external port...
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    Host wired to node temporarily inaccessible when roaming on AiMesh

    Hi, I'm banging my head on a problem here, I hope you can help me solve. I have an AiMesh setup with two AX92U routers (one master, one slave) with a wireless backbone (unfortunately not able to cable them). It's now running Merlin (Gnuton, build 388.2.2), but I've used the official AsusWRT...
  11. TheMegaMan

    Is my RT-AX86U dying?

    My RT-AX86U seems like it might be dying. I'm on 388.2_2 merlin firmware, with a few scripts added. I've had a few problems recently that may or may not be related. I'll jot them down here... - A week or two ago, I saw error entries in the log for 'command failed', seemingly when trying to...
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    questions about building wireless mesh LAN

    Hello everyone! For some research purpose, I need to build up a enormous Manhattan wireless mesh local access network (no need to connect to Internet), in this LAN, every router communicate with each other through 5GHZ, devices join to the router through 2.4GHZ(like the figure attached shows...
  13. SevenFactors

    NextDNS CLI Merlin GUI

    I just found out about Nextdns CLI and its support for asus-merlin. Was the GUI ever implemented? It is kind of a let down to see the excitement this thread started with and then how it abruptly ended. https://www.snbforums.com/threads/nextdns-installer.61002/#post-538162 I scanned the...
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    Is it possible for RTSP cameras to record video directly to router's USB HDD?

    I have an ASUS RT-N66U running Merlin version 380.70 (the latest available) with Entware installed on an attached 32GB USB flash drive, and a 4TB USB HDD attached (for MiniDLNA & SMB/NAS functionality). I'm thinking about buying an RTSP capable, 2k WiFi security camera (like the Eufy S210 or...
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    ax88u awsiot error

    Hello, Today my router ax88u restarted without notice and I saw this in the logs: Jun 28 22:26:12 awsiot[19124]: exit awsiot, waiting restart Jun 28 22:26:38 awsiot[24405]: awsiot start Jun 28 22:26:40 awsiot[24405]: awsiot init : basic data publish success Any clue what this could be...
  16. richsmif

    Uninstall Merlin FW from TUF AX5400

    Hi, I bought a TUF AX5400 router and just discovered it has this merlin firmware on it. For the life in me i cant get it removed. Its running - 386.07_2-gnuton1 I tried factory reset in admin menu \ restore , that didn't work. Uploading ASUS firmware ASUS TUF-AX5400 Firmware version...
  17. Olndo Pindaro

    Solved Debugging down of rTorrent service

    Hi! i installed rtorent using rtorrent-easy-install on my merlin-entware installation. The service start, gui is ok but one time rtorrent go down (i suppose when test dwonload finish). Syslog information are very poor: where I can find more infos? Thanks to all!
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    HELP! Asus Ax11000 (Merlin 388.2)- Slow 5ghz Speeds when Enabling Guest 2.4ghz Wifi

    Hello guys, I am very new to all this, so please be patient. I got my first aftermarket router Asus Ax11000 just this very week, and it was simply awesome with the stock firmware. However, I faced some issues when adding pihole, and everything I read pointed me to using Merlin. First...
  19. rtn66uftw

    Where to see AI Mesh clients Wireless logs?

    I've just setup a AI mesh network using two AC86U running Merlin 386_11 and want to see the wireless log of all AI mesh clients. However, in the System log > Wireless log menu, I could only see devices connected to the main router, not the mesh node. Can anyone show me how? Thanks
  20. skynet-js

    Guest Network Disables After Reboot

    I have an ASUS RT-AX88U router that is running RT-AX88U_388.2_2 firmware. I have a Guest Network setup that I use to connect to every day when working from home. I had my router set so that every Monday night at 5am, my router would perform a scheduled reboot. However, when it does this, my...
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