Release Asus RT-AX86 Series Firmware version 3.0.0.4.388_24386 9/1/2025

[OzarkEdge]

This update felt good but the spare router is now back on the shelf.

I noticed a few things, perhaps not all new:

o the admin password must now be 10 characters min... alpha, numeric, and symbol... overkill with the Captcha enabled(?)

o UPnP defaults to OFF;

o Local Access Config defaults to BOTH;

o Auto FW Upgrade defaults to OFF.

OE

 

[iFrogMac]

This update felt good but the spare router is now back on the shelf.

I noticed a few things, perhaps not all new:

o the admin password must now be 10 characters min... alpha, numeric, and symbol... overkill with the Captcha enabled(?)

o UPnP defaults to OFF;

o Local Access Config defaults to BOTH;
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o Auto FW Upgrade defaults to OFF.

OE

Good catch, I didn't even realize that auto firmware updates had defaulted to off with the update. I'm so used to turning it off when doing my settings.

 

[bbunge]

My remote AX86U upgraded itself last night and is working well after a reboot. It will have to wait for a factory reset as I do not feel like making a 100 mile trip this week or anytime in the future.

 

[iFrogMac]

My remote AX86U upgraded itself last night and is working well after a reboot. It will have to wait for a factory reset as I do not feel like making a 100 mile trip this week or anytime in the future.

I reviewed the list of changes to defaults, and the settings I make personally on a fresh setup, and most of what Asus has set for the new defaults are changes I make manually to my config, so they are the same settings, now simply being the defaults. The other changes to defaults, are settings I don't change, so I did a factory reset after upgrade for those settings, pretty much. Haven't noticed anything different after upgrading, resetting, and setting up fresh. The router was already nice and solid on the previous firmware.

 

[Squall Leonhart]

Assume all of them.

lol no.

the reset is only in order to apply their new defaults, which are hardly needed.

 

[SteverinoLA]

Are there any new settings in the GUI? I don't see any but I am using my 86U as a wired access point, not the router.,

 

[iFrogMac]

Are there any new settings in the GUI? I don't see any but I am using my 86U as a wired access point, not the router.,

Doesn't appear to be, I think it's just a refinement of security policies and bug fixes.