Asus Merlin firmware on ASUS AC86U - ASUS APP

[DarkKnight75]

New to the forum, been rocking ASUS routers for 8 years. Just upgraded from an N66U to an AC86U, what a treat

Currently no issues running latest ASUS firmware as of 4.18.2019. I'd like to know if ASUS Merlin firmware is compatible with the ASUS App on Android?

Any issues

 

[Ro berto]

New to the forum, been rocking ASUS routers for 8 years. Just upgraded from an N66U to an AC86U, what a treat

Currently no issues running latest ASUS firmware as of 4.18.2019. I'd like to know if ASUS Merlin firmware is compatible with the ASUS App on Android?

Any issues

no issues at all

 

[Dave Parker]

Same here.

 

[st3v3n]

DarkKnight, have been using the Merlin fork on every Asus we've owned or worked on, since the year after it started; have never had any problems with it; if you're needing AiMesh, you might want to stick with the official blend. Many are still using their trusty 66's with the Merlin fork by John, plenty of life left in them . Do all of the reading you can, and you'll probably have a great experience; it's worked fine on our 86.

 

[DarkKnight75]

DarkKnight, have been using the Merlin fork on every Asus we've owned or worked on, since the year after it started; have never had any problems with it; if you're needing AiMesh, you might want to stick with the official blend. Many are still using their trusty 66's with the Merlin fork by John, plenty of life left in them . Do all of the reading you can, and you'll probably have a great experience; it's worked fine on our 86.

I upgraded to Merlin last night...running rock solid on my ac86u.

 

[st3v3n]

There you go! Most 86s do amazing things with Merlin, it's far, far beyond those that came before. We ran two concurrent OpenVPN tunnels with our AC3200; the 86 doesn't even break a sweat compared to the 3200. Hope you enjoy it, most do.

 

[jose carlos]

I have rt-ax88u and the android app does not work with merlin 384.10
Any idea
cumpz...

 

[st3v3n]

No clue but the the Asus iOS app was a pain, and presented far too many security holes, we quit playing with it a couple of years ago; haven't used an Android router app for even longer, sorry.

 

[Gar]

Been using the Android app on and off for months and just deleted it. Even with remote access off, it was still possible to change some settings like DNS Auto on/off. I personally prefer to have a more secure setup. Just me.