[Alpha] Preview builds for Asuswrt-Merlin 380.61

[L&LD]

Changelog just has:

380.61 alpha (xx-xxx-2016)
- NEW: Merged with GPL 3831.

I suspect there won't be more until a beta comes out.

lol I did check it didn't state the difference between alpha 1 and 2.

What you need to do then is see the changelog for GPL 3831.

 

[DeathAngel74]

Just flashed 380.61 Alpha2. Working well on my RT-AC3100. Thanks RMerlin.

 

[R1-Limited]

Reporting NTP is failing on the Rt-68u
RT-66u is spot on same TZ same setup seeing NTP Sync error in log

Jul 31 17:00:26 ntp: start NTP update
Jul 26 19:36:44 rc_service: ntp 666:notify_rc restart_upnp
Jul 26 19:36:45 rc_service: ntp 666:notify_rc restart_diskmon

Jul 26 19:37:19 crond[451]: time disparity of 519997 minutes detected
Jul 26 19:38:36 hour monitor: ntp sync fail, will retry after 120 sec

Cant freaking upload files

 

[RMerlin]

wonder what has changed in alpha 2...

Nothing worth mentionning, hence the lack of changelog. If you want to know even the little details, check the commit log:

https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/commits/master

 

[westmc]

Upgraded from alpha1 to alpha2 this morning without a reset (~9am). No issues after the upgrade. When I got home from work (~9pm), I didn't have internet. router.asus.com wouldn't even resolve. Got to the ui through the ip address. No errors in the log (nothing at all after 2pm). Didn't see anything about a WAN disconnect or anything out of the ordinary. Couldn't get to the cable modem ui. Tried rebooting the RT-AC68P and got a message about the ISP DHCP having issues. Had to power cycle the cable modem. First time experiencing an issue like that.

 

[RMerlin]

Upgraded from alpha1 to alpha2 this morning without a reset (~9am). No issues after the upgrade. When I got home from work (~9pm), I didn't have internet. router.asus.com wouldn't even resolve. Got to the ui through the ip address. No errors in the log (nothing at all after 2pm). Didn't see anything about a WAN disconnect or anything out of the ordinary. Couldn't get to the cable modem ui. Tried rebooting the RT-AC68P and got a message about the ISP DHCP having issues. Had to power cycle the cable modem. First time experiencing an issue like that.

Could have been an ISP issue if a modem reboot was required.

 

[Wutikorn]

RMerlin, do you remember another thread, which I can't find right now, that I said about my memory usage goes up around 15MB per day until I can't access GUI? I still have this problem on Alpha1. I had it in 380.60beta2 but not 380.59. I will try Alpha2, but how do I check what is the real problem with increasing memory usage? Do I simply disable one function at a time?

 

[PorscheT]

Upgraded from .60beta2 to .61alpha2 on my AC56U without issue. I will update if any issues arise.

 

[Martin Fishkov]

I'll do my own testing when I find time (AC68) - but has anyone checked browser compatibility? For some reason when I open 380.59 in Chrome over a VPN it won't show the left navbar once I opened a detail page. Also noticed some odd OpenVPN account maintenance bugs that did not appear on IE

 

[Find the Door]

Something after the most recent "no going back firmware" has messed with something on PS4 again. I kept getting a fragmentation error in the PS4 connection test and am seeing rubberbanding in game. This didn't start until Asus released that no going back firmware. I've tried everything listed in other threads to no avail.

Currently running .61 Alpha2 on my 5300.

 

[R1-Limited]

Tried a different ntp server same issue
Jul 31 17:00:28 ntp: start NTP update
Jul 27 06:13:19 rc_service: ntp 666:notify_rc restart_upnp
Jul 27 06:13:19 miniupnpd[667]: shutting down MiniUPnPd
Jul 27 06:13:19 rc_service: ntp 666:notify_rc restart_diskmon
Jul 27 06:13:19 disk_monitor: Finish
Jul 27 06:13:20 miniupnpd[677]: HTTP listening on port 37820
Jul 27 06:13:20 miniupnpd[677]: Listening for NAT-PMP/PCP traffic on port 5351
Jul 27 06:13:21 kernel: * Make sure sizeof(struct sw_struct)=160 is consistent
Jul 27 06:13:22 disk monitor: be idle
Jul 27 06:13:22 kernel: IDPfw: TrendMicro forward module ver-1.0.34
Jul 27 06:13:22 kernel: IDPfw: Apply module param dev_wan=eth0
Jul 27 06:13:22 kernel: IDPfw: Apply module param sess_num=30000
Jul 27 06:13:22 kernel: IDPfw: Init chrdev /dev/idpfw with major 191
Jul 27 06:13:22 kernel: IDPfw: IDPfw is ready
Jul 27 06:13:22 kernel: sizeof forward param = 160
Jul 27 06:13:26 rc_service: udhcpc 504:notify_rc start_firewall
Jul 27 06:13:27 start_nat_rules: apply the nat_rules(/tmp/nat_rules_eth0_eth0)!
Jul 27 06:13:27 kernel: HTB: quantum of class 10002 is big. Consider r2q change.
Jul 27 06:13:27 kernel: HTB: quantum of class 10060 is big. Consider r2q change.
Jul 27 06:13:28 dhcp client: bound 24.18.123.209 via 24.18.120.1 during 259232 seconds.
Jul 27 06:13:28 dnsmasq-dhcp[443]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 172.16.1.47 1c:5c:f2:47:c1:7d
Jul 27 06:13:28 dnsmasq-dhcp[443]: DHCPACK(br0) 172.16.1.47 1c:5c:f2:47:c1:7d iPhone
Jul 27 06:13:29 dnsmasq-dhcp[443]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 172.16.1.21 b0:65:bd:14:9e:b5
Jul 27 06:13:29 dnsmasq-dhcp[443]: DHCPACK(br0) 172.16.1.21 b0:65:bd:14:9e:b5 iPad
Jul 27 06:13:52 crond[451]: time disparity of 520633 minutes detected
Jul 27 06:15:10 hour monitor: ntp sync fail, will retry after 120 sec

 

[L&LD]

RMerlin, do you remember another thread, which I can't find right now, that I said about my memory usage goes up around 15MB per day until I can't access GUI? I still have this problem on Alpha1. I had it in 380.60beta2 but not 380.59. I will try Alpha2, but how do I check what is the real problem with increasing memory usage? Do I simply disable one function at a time?

I would actually do it in reverse. Leave everything at defaults (yes, full reset with a minimal and manual configuration) and then add one feature or customization at a time.

When the memory usage starts to increase, I would then disable (one by one) any previous changes made to see if it is an interaction between two or more features, or, if it is really that one (last) feature or customization that was enabled or done that is starting to consume more and more memory.

This will be a slow process (depending how many features and customizations are being used), of course. And I would be leaving the router for two days or more between changes. But in the end, if you do track down the 'real' issue, it will be worth it.

 

[L&LD]

This didn't start until Asus released that no going back firmware. I've tried everything listed in other threads to no avail.

Currently running .61 Alpha2 on my 5300.

Including a full reset to factory defaults and then minimally and manually configuring the router afterwards? (Done after flashing the firmware you want to use).

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/no...l-and-manual-configuration.27115/#post-205573

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac66u-slow-wan-to-lan.12973/page-3#post-269410

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/faq-nvram-and-factory-default-reset.22822/


You may also want to use john9527's NVRAM Save/Restore utility to save your settings in a text based (human readable) format too (among other great things it can do) before (and surely afterwards too).

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/user-nvram-save-restore-utility-r24.19521/

 

[Martin Fishkov]

Well, installing went smooth, so far it seems to work fine.

In relation to browser compatibility, it seems that Chrome (over a VPN) still breaks the admin site: left is screenshot using IE, right image is what I get in Chrome
I used the VPN page as an example, but this happens for all detail content pages.

 

[L&LD]

Chrome; when you don't really want to surf the web.

 

[john9527]

In relation to browser compatibility, it seems that Chrome (over a VPN) still breaks the admin site

The web gui seems particularly sensitive to some Chrome extensions....have you tried running Chrome with the extensions disabled?

 

[LePousson]

hi everybody !!

i'm a new recent user of ASUS Router, and am now using the RT-N66U and as I was clearly advised by a friend of mine, I'm using the MERLIN AsusWRT Firmware and am very happy of it ...

First of all, I'd like to thank all the "Merlin Team" for the great job made for our routers !!

I'm using the 380.59 version at now and just discovered that there is an alpha2 release of 380.61.. I'll be installing and trying it a bit later tonight.

But I have a question : Why am I constantly getting a "Routing Error" when switching from OpenVPN Client #1 to OpenVPN Client #2, and also from #2 to #3 etc etc ?? Only way to get rid of that is to reboot the router.

Could it be because of the "base" of ASUSWRT or because of MERLIN enhancements ?? Please note that even with this error, the VPN #2 or #3 are working great ...

Is this something fixed in 380.61A2 ??

Thanks in advance for your help ...

LePousson

 

[L&LD]

hi everybody !!

i'm a new recent user of ASUS Router, and am now using the RT-N66U and as I was clearly advised by a friend of mine, I'm using the MERLIN AsusWRT Firmware and am very happy of it ...

First of all, I'd like to thank all the "Merlin Team" for the great job made for our routers !!

I'm using the 380.59 version at now and just discovered that there is an alpha2 release of 380.61.. I'll be installing and trying it a bit later tonight.

But I have a question : Why am I constantly getting a "Routing Error" when switching from OpenVPN Client #1 to OpenVPN Client #2, and also from #2 to #3 etc etc ?? Only way to get rid of that is to reboot the router.

Could it be because of the "base" of ASUSWRT or because of MERLIN enhancements ?? Please note that even with this error, the VPN #2 or #3 are working great ...

Is this something fixed in 380.61A2 ??

Thanks in advance for your help ...

LePousson

Welcome!

After flashing to the firmware you're now using, did you do a minimal and manual configuration to secure the router and connect to your ISP?

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/ex...fi-adapter-vs-access-point.33840/#post-272747

 

[LePousson]

I did the "Manual" setup, and reviewed all the settings personaly ... I set a new password for the "admin", newpasswords for the Wifi etc etc ...

I used the .ovpn files provided by my VPN provider to configure the VPN Servers. For the WAN connection, the router detected and used my ISP ADSL Box automatically and make the thing working perfectly !!

But the only thing weird is that "Routing Error" Message that appears each time I switched from an OpenVPN server to another one ... I looked at the routing table through SSH and it appears that some rules, set when connecting to VPN Server #1 remained in the list ... It is probably not normal and this is surely the reason of this error message ... Do you see what I mean ??

LePousson

 

[Wutikorn]

Since updating to Alpha2, I saw the RAM usage went from around 80MB to 150MB for around 1 minute and went back down. Is that normal? This did not happen in alpha1.