ASUS RT-AC3200 Firmware - Official Releases

[jsquaredz]

Make sure you disable Smart Connect and set the Key Rotation Interval to '0' for ALL bands before re-enabling it (not very intuitive, I know). This seemed to resolve my hourly disconnects.

Alternatively, you can SSH in and execute the following commands:

nvram set wl_wpa_gtk_rekey=0
nvram set wl0_wpa_gtk_rekey=0
nvram set wl1_wpa_gtk_rekey=0
nvram set wl2_wpa_gtk_rekey=0
nvram commit
reboot

Just tried this. Will let you know the results. Thx.

 

[jsquaredz]

Just tried this. Will let you know the results. Thx.

This works like a charm. Did this about a week ago and no disconnects so far. I am running smart connect. Maybe now that we know the issue (key rotation and smart connect enable causes disconnects), Asus and/or RMerlin can patch this up. I would like to have key rotation enabled if it didn't cause this issue.

 

[jerry6]

This works like a charm. Did this about a week ago and no disconnects so far. I am running smart connect. Maybe now that we know the issue (key rotation and smart connect enable causes disconnects), Asus and/or RMerlin can patch this up. I would like to have key rotation enabled if it didn't cause this issue.

Why would you like key rotation enabled?

 

[jsquaredz]

Why would you like key rotation enabled?

I don't think its unreasonable to want a security enhancement like key rotation to work properly with the other functions of the device. I like the idea that my encryption key is not static.

 

[jerry6]

I don't think its unreasonable to want a security enhancement like key rotation to work properly with the other functions of the device. I like the idea that my encryption key is not static.

So it rotates the keys if you set it to anything but zero ? Does it generate new keys on its own based on the 1 key you enter ? I don't get what it is rotating and have not gotten a straight answer yet .

 

[jsquaredz]

So it rotates the keys if you set it to anything but zero ? Does it generate new keys on its own based on the 1 key you enter ? I don't get what it is rotating and have not gotten a straight answer yet .

My understanding is that every x seconds the controller will force the device to re-authenticate generating a new private key to which the data is encrypted against. Theoretically if this is set to 0 and a connection is never forced to re-authenticate someone could sniff the airwaves and eventually by gathering enough data reverse engineer the key used to encrypt the data. In a home environment this is unlikely since the compute power to do it would be high and someone would need to move in next door to you to spend the time it would take.
A rotating key basically makes this not possible, since the encryption key would be changing every hour so you would need a computer from the star ship enterprise to break the key before it was changed.

Here is a good primer on encryption for anyone interested in the basics.
https://www.khanacademy.org/computi...graphy/modern-crypt/v/intro-to-rsa-encryption

 

[DaveMishSr]

So it rotates the keys if you set it to anything but zero ? Does it generate new keys on its own based on the 1 key you enter ? I don't get what it is rotating and have not gotten a straight answer yet .

I set the key rotation to the max, 2592000 seconds or one month.

 

[daca]

有梅林的固件吗？
提供一下连接，3Q

 

[L&LD]

有梅林的固件吗？
提供一下连接，3Q

This is an English only forum.

 

[trichard]

有梅林的固件吗？
提供一下连接，3Q

你可以到http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/

 

[trichard]

This is an English only forum.

He is asking for Merlin Firmware which I directed him....

 

[daca]

你可以到http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/

谢谢，Thank you！

 

[daca]

This is an English only forum.

There is no national boundaries, Internet.

 

[daca]

你可以到http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/

为什么RT-AC3200固件下载不了呢？

 

[daca]

你可以到http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bkfq2a6aebq68/Asuswrt-Merlin#6j0t39j2weoga
下载的时候提示没有资源链接。

 

[RMerlin]

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bkfq2a6aebq68/Asuswrt-Merlin#6j0t39j2weoga
下载的时候提示没有资源链接。

Please only post in English. Everyone on these forums understands English, but less than 1% of us might understand Chinese. This is why we all use the same common language on these forums.

 

[daca]

Please only post in English. Everyone on these forums understands English, but less than 1% of us might understand Chinese. This is why we all use the same common language on these forums.

Well understand. Thank you

 

[daca]

Please only post in English. Everyone on these forums understands English, but less than 1% of us might understand Chinese. This is why we all use the same common language on these forums.

File update?

 

[jsquaredz]

file updated. see first post.

 

[ChicagoOutfit]

Hello,
I have had problems with drops and have just updated to 3.0.0.4.378_4980. I haven't really gone into any settings for my Asus RT-AC3200, but I would like to try the solution which has seemed to work for people on this thread. Just so that I am certain, are these the correct steps to take:

1. Go to "Wireless > General" and switch "Enabled Smart Connect" to OFF
2. Remain in "Wireless > General" and edit "Network Key Rotation Interval" to 0
3. Remain in "Wireless > General" and click "Apply"
4. Remain in "Wireless > General" and switch "Enabled Smart Connect" to ON
5. Restart Asus RT-AC3200

Are these the correct steps and order? I see posts about doing this for all bands... but I can find nowhere else in 3.0.0.4.378_4980 that has a setting like "Network Key Rotation Interval" does at "Wireless > General".

Also, the only downside to this is that my communications won't rotate their encryption? (Living in a single family home, I'm not too worried about losing this capability in exchange for no more constant drops... which are a real hurdle when using VPN and having to re-connect the whole VPN connection after each second-long drop.)

Thanks!