Release Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.5 is now available

[VeloxNEx]

I’m running a BE88U on 102.5 release with a BE86U on stock as my wired Aimesh node. I have no issues as you mention above but I’m not running wireless backhaul.

Would be helpful to know which router and node models you are using.

Sorry, it's in my siggy. GT-BE98 Pros.

Also, doesn't seem to work wired either... See awesome scrolling screenshot I just took.

 

[fourty6and2]

Were there any issues reported with aimesh units? main router is perfect, no issues. The mesh unit is basically shutting itself off. reset it a few times. even made itself it's own router and reloaded the firmware. Everytime I add it as a aimesh router it just shuts off and stays offline. I am trying to use it as wireless backhaul. Haven'tr tried wired backhaul yet. About to do that. But I can't "keep it" that way. The old main release was perfect.

No issues on my setup.

Main: BE96u on 3006.102.5
Mesh: AX86u on 3004.388.9

 

[Comoman]

Sorry, it's in my siggy. GT-BE98 Pros.

Also, doesn't seem to work wired either... See awesome scrolling screenshot I just took.

Apologies - sigs don't seem to appear when using Safari on an iPad.

 

[VeloxNEx]

No problem.

Also an update:

If I do the asus firmware (due to the driver issue https://rog.asus.com/us/networking/rog-rapture-gt-be98-pro/helpdesk_bios/ ) it works just fine wireless MLO etc without issue.

 

[jksmurf]

Updated successfully; everything went as smooth as possible overnight.
As always much appreciated @RMerlin

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Checking the syslogs this morning shows absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. As clean as a can be.

So no "Disconnected" Internet GUI, nothing, clean as a whistle? You have a different router, setup etc to me though. Hmm...

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

So no "Disconnected" Internet GUI, nothing, clean as a whistle? You have a different router, setup etc to me though. Hmm...

No issues here. No disconnect state or anything. All was a perfectly smooth update as all the previous ones for me.

Even my wireless AiMesh node reconnected flawlessly within 4 minutes according to the syslogs on the node when I checked.

but I wonder what causes the difference between FW updates and if a more reliable “back on line” sequence I can control exists, or whether the post FW update restart could be configured (as part of the update) e.g. to enable the various services with small ‘waits’ between them (if that is what might help, just extrapolating wildly here), to result in the same state as pre-update.

I understand your desire to try and control / monitor the boot up process and services post-update, but that's outside of scope for MerlinAU. Remember we are only an add-on and have no intentions of over stepping our roles.

Our job is to safely shut non-critical services down to free RAM, unload any user scripts, removed any cron jobs, eject any USBs, do SHA checks on the firmware, etc *BEFORE* the automatic flash... In short we are preparing the environment for the flash as best as humanly possible.

The state of the router afterwards is outside of scope, if a release firmware has a bug or a service doesn't start we don't want MerlinAU getting involved or in the way or over stepping. It's a rabbit hole I'm not going down.

Once an updated is flashed, we limit checks to basic version checks (to validate the firmware actually flashed) and connectivity checks, before sending the final email that it was a success.