Asuswrt-Merlin 378.56_2 is now available

[RMerlin]

Ok - I figured out what the other devices are they are my security cameras on DHCP but don't have a proper hostname and previously I configured them as Static but they are getting carried over somehow. Anyone know how to reset the Static Client List / Mac tables or put them in sync?

Wait for their existing leases to expire. When it gets renewed, the router will see that they are dynamic (which it cannot know yet, all it saw is those devices already had an IP after it booted).

Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk

 

[grtessman]

Wait for their existing leases to expire. When it gets renewed, the router will see that they are dynamic (which it cannot know yet, all it saw is those devices already had an IP after it booted).

Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk

OK - thanks a bunch for the reply! Can I force expiration/rewnewal in any way (script or otherwise?) It's probably not hurting anything just annoying. :-/

 

[grtessman]

OK - thanks a bunch for the reply! Can I force expiration/rewnewal in any way (script or otherwise?) It's probably not hurting anything just annoying. :-/

Thanks Merlin - thats exactly what I needed to know. I can just unplug them to force them to renew I suppose. Thank you for your awesome work!

 

[grtessman]

Found out a couple of interesting things today playing with this firmware. The older version Nest thermostats don't seem to want to connect to the only Band they can see (2.4Ghz) unless Preamble Type is set to "Short". Prior to that, it would not connect or it would say incorrect password no matter how many times I reset, rebooted it and reconfigured network. SSID's were also new names.

Second oddity I am seeing which I can't explain and seems to have SEVERE network performance impacts are, I am getting a crap ton of these in the logs:

Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:45 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:45 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:45 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:52 kernel: net_ratelimit: 18 callbacks suppressed
Nov 26 21:59:52 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:52 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:54 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:58 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:58 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:58 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:58 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:58 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 22:00:00 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 22:00:01 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 22:00:01 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 22:00:01 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 22:00:01 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address

I also tried it with NAT Acceleration disabled and enabled with no difference on this message. My Bands 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz have different SSID's. Anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this error?

Last item, anyone have any thoughts on Asus RT-AC5300? I'm having a lot of disconnects with wifi recently and suspect I burnt something out somehow... thinking of upgrading and am curious if anyone has feedback on this model.

Thank you!

 

[joegreat]

Second oddity I am seeing which I can't explain and seems to have SEVERE network performance impacts are, I am getting a crap ton of these in the logs:
Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address
Nov 26 21:59:44 kernel: br0: received packet on vlan1 with own address as source address

This was discussed serveral times in the forum. Why not do a small search and find the answer yourself?
You should always search the forum and google first, then ask the question with more background!

 

[jsmiddleton4]

I don't have a problem with people searching but at the same time the search feature for this forum is hardly user friendly. I understand people missing previous discussions.

 

[grtessman]

This was discussed serveral times in the forum. Why not do a small search and find the answer yourself?
You should always search the forum and google first, then ask the question with more background!

For a senior member, you don't seem to be very helpful. So -- I've searched the forum, and have tried some of the things suggested in asus support (I'm not using a bridged connection or wifi extender), google (like I mentioned disabling NAT and changing SSID) and and searched forum but didn't find any answers that seemed to work. It also seems this log entry has reared its head for nearly 2 years on various routers. I have read "That router has some issues passing BPDU packets across the wired network" and on DD-WRT forum "You can create a cron job that will remove those messages from the syslog every 15 minutes by adding this command to the startup commands" - which I'd rather find a solution for than just delete the entries as it's likely tied to my connectivity issues. Since my connectivity is shoddy at best - it is a little difficult to be as thorough as you expect as I am constantly getting disconnected in between searches, but apologize if you think I didn't do a "little" due diligence and land on the post that had the answer which you mentioned.

My issues seemed to start after this version update (although I was using a much older version before this release) I also found a recent posting where Merlin asked a user to try a couple of things which didn't work. So it was a little indicative that even "the man" himself wasn't sure the exact cause. I have spent over a week on connectivity problems every evening after work and weekend, in my closet - and this log seems to have some impact. This is why I have posted, so if you have a working answer that would be nice if you could share.

 

[joegreat]

My issues seemed to start after this version update (although I was using a much older version before this release) I also found a recent posting where Merlin asked a user to try a couple of things which didn't work. So it was a little indicative that even "the man" himself wasn't sure the exact cause. I have spent over a week on connectivity problems every evening after work and weekend, in my closet - and this log seems to have some impact. This is why I have posted, so if you have a working answer that would be nice if you could share.

A short search in the forum for "received packet on * with own address as source address" gave the two results:
- You can have a look here on the recent discussion about the message with the conclusion: You can safely ignore until Asus fixes the problem.
- Some time ago Merlin run a try to find a solution here with no result.

I think you are save to stay with the conclusion from the first discussion - or you search yourself further!

 

[grtessman]

A short search in the forum for "received packet on * with own address as source address" gave the two results:
- You can have a look here on the recent discussion about the message with the conclusion: You can safely ignore until Asus fixes the problem.
- Some time ago Merlin run a try to find a solution here with no result.

I think you are save to stay with the conclusion from the first discussion - or you search yourself further!

Thank you sir - that's what I needed to know, that there is no fix for now. I've read before that Asus may need to resolve, and also something about broadcom drivers need to change to address it as well. I also read where some have went in SSH and changed the VLan MAC address and it reduced the frequency. Really appreciate the confirmation, and I'll be on the lookout for future fixes. At least I know now I can stop searching and I can assume my growing network problems could be related. Strange that it didn't happen before with OEM firmware when the Logitech Wireless Network Adapters had a static (mac assigned IP), now it's going haywire and network connection is erratic on all bands. Nexus 5 wont stay connected but probably related to the beamforming I read about. I've ordered the Asus RC-AC5300, and Motorola SB6183 - hopefully won't be plagued with the same connectivity problems. Thanks again.

 

[perjak]

I just updated my RT-AC66U and now I'm not able to select chanel any more. It just return to automatic.

 

[joegreat]

I just updated my RT-AC66U and now I'm not able to select chanel any more. It just return to automatic.

Same issue as I posted here?

 

[tazzler]

Is anyone having issues issues with stability?

Every 2 to 3 days my RT-AC87U stops working completely. The log shows, that the date is set to Aug 1 and somewhat stuck then.

Log:

...
Nov 29 10:09:25 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 10:09:34 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.6.115 14:10:9f:d2:4d:6d
Nov 29 10:09:34 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.6.115 14:10:9f:d2:4d:6d Xs-MBP
Nov 29 10:13:45 rstats[18786]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_rstats_086266922ca0.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 10:24:25 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 10:28:45 rstats[18786]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_rstats_086266922ca0.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 10:39:25 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 10:43:45 rstats[18786]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_rstats_086266922ca0.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 10:54:25 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 10:58:45 rstats[18786]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_rstats_086266922ca0.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 11:09:25 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 11:10:19 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.6.115 14:10:9f:d2:4d:6d
Nov 29 11:10:19 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.6.115 14:10:9f:d2:4d:6d Xs-MBP
Nov 29 11:13:45 rstats[18786]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_rstats_086266922ca0.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 11:24:25 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 11:28:45 rstats[18786]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_rstats_086266922ca0.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 11:39:25 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 11:43:46 rstats[18786]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_rstats_086266922ca0.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 11:54:25 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 11:58:39 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.6.128 28:cf:e9:4a:0d:35
Nov 29 11:58:39 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.6.128 28:cf:e9:4a:0d:35 Ys-Air
Nov 29 11:58:46 rstats[18786]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_rstats_086266922ca0.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 12:09:26 cstats[18854]: Problem loading /mnt/1GBUSB/tomato_cstats_000000000000.gz. Still trying...
Nov 29 12:11:36 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.6.115 14:10:9f:d2:4d:6d
Nov 29 12:11:36 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.6.115 14:10:9f:d2:4d:6d Xs-MBP
Aug  1 02:00:11 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.20.2
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.20.2 (2015-11-02 10:00:04 EST)
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: Linux version 2.6.36.4brcmarm (merlin@mint-dev) (gcc version 4.5.3 (Buildroot 2012.02) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 2 10:09:15 EST 2015
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: CPU: ARMv7 Processor [413fc090] revision 0 (ARMv7), cr=10c53c7f
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: Machine: Northstar Prototype
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: Ignoring unrecognised tag 0x00000000
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: bootconsole [earlycon0] enabled
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writealloc
Aug  1 02:00:11 kernel: MPCORE found at 19020000

** LONG PASSAGE **

Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: irq 111, io mem 0x18022000
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver asix
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: cdc_ncm: 14-Mar-2012
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: cdc_mbim: loaded
Aug  1 02:00:31 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_mbim
Aug  1 02:00:32 kernel: scsi0 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access              Flash Drive      8.07 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 2058240 512-byte logical blocks: (1.05 GB/1005 MiB)
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel:  sda: sda1
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  1 02:00:33 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
Aug  1 02:00:34 kernel: tfat: fail_safe is enabled
Aug  1 02:00:34 kernel: tfat: cluster_heap_lbo 0x1f9c00
Aug  1 02:00:34 kernel: tfat: 10 blkbits for normal inodes
Aug  1 02:00:34 kernel: tfat: fat start lbo 0x4000
Aug  1 02:00:34 kernel: tfat: 9 blkbits for main FAT32 inode
Aug  1 02:00:34 kernel: tfat: cluster size 4096
Aug  1 02:00:34 hotplug[822]: USB vfat fs at /dev/sda1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/1GBUSB
Aug  1 02:00:34 usb: USB vfat fs at /dev/sda1 mounted on /tmp/mnt/1GBUSB.
Aug  1 02:00:34 kernel: tfat info: FAT32 volume name '1GBUSB', version 0.0.
Aug  1 02:00:34 rc_service: udhcpc 876:notify_rc start_firewall
Aug  1 02:00:34 dnsmasq[438]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses
Aug  1 02:00:34 dnsmasq[438]: read /etc/hosts.dnsmasq - 12 addresses
Aug  1 02:00:34 dnsmasq-dhcp[438]: read /etc/ethers - 12 addresses
Aug  1 02:00:34 dnsmasq[438]: using nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
Aug  1 02:00:35 rc_service: hotplug 822:notify_rc restart_nasapps
Aug  1 02:00:35 rc_service: waitting "start_firewall" via udhcpc ...
Aug  1 02:00:35 start_nat_rules: apply the nat_rules(/tmp/nat_rules_eth0_eth0)!
Aug  1 02:00:35 wan: finish adding multi routes
Aug  1 02:00:35 rc_service: udhcpc 876:notify_rc stop_upnp
Aug  1 02:00:35 rc_service: waitting "start_firewall" via udhcpc ...
Aug  1 02:00:36 kernel: ipt_account 0.1.21 : Piotr Gasidlo <[email protected]>, http://code.google.com/p/ipt-account/
Aug  1 02:00:36 rc_service: udhcpc 876:notify_rc start_upnp
Aug  1 02:00:36 rc_service: waitting "stop_upnp" via udhcpc ...
Aug  1 02:00:37 WAN Connection: WAN was restored.
Aug  1 02:00:37 ntp: start NTP update
Nov 29 13:08:09 rc_service: ntp 657:notify_rc restart_upnp
Nov 29 13:08:09 rc_service: waitting "restart_nasapps" via hotplug ...
Nov 29 13:08:09 iTunes: daemon is stopped
Nov 29 13:08:09 FTP Server: daemon is stopped
Nov 29 13:08:10 Samba Server: smb daemon is stopped
Nov 29 13:08:10 kernel: gro disabled
Nov 29 13:08:11 Timemachine: daemon is stopped
Nov 29 13:08:11 kernel: gro enabled with interval 2
Nov 29 13:08:11 Samba Server: daemon is started
Nov 29 13:08:12 rc_service: udhcpc 876:notify_rc start_vpnserver1
Nov 29 13:08:13 miniupnpd[960]: could not open lease file: /var/lib/misc/upnp.leases
Nov 29 13:08:13 miniupnpd[960]: HTTP listening on port 33747
Nov 29 13:08:13 miniupnpd[960]: Listening for NAT-PMP/PCP traffic on port 5351
...

What's the problem here?

 

[sveand]

Do a factory default reset, and manually reconfigure your router in case you might have some nvram corruption.

Thanks for the answer. Done it on both router but still example the ip-adress and other data is lost after a reboot. (note I have two Asus RT-AC3200). Also the menu in left column stop show after some time which force me to reboot and then some data in the settings is lost and ip-adress + first dns is among of those always lost but not dns2

EDIT
I think the left menu also disappear when enter TrafficAnalyzer

 

[stuffedtiger]

I recently tried to switch to RMerlin's build from Shibby's Tomato and I had a little trouble. From Shibby v132 I couldn't flash RMerlin 378.56_2 I got the error "bad trx header." I tried 378.56 as well, same result, although 378.55 did flash correctly. From there I could upgrade to the latest.

 

[Ronv42]

Is anyone having issues issues with stability?

Every 2 to 3 days my RT-AC87U stops working completely. The log shows, that the date is set to Aug 1 and somewhat stuck then.

My first guess is that your USB drive id becoming unavailable or is un-mounted. As a temporary measure try putting the log back into memory and see how long the router is able to run. What other customizations have you done?

 

[RMerlin]

Thanks for the answer. Done it on both router but still example the ip-adress and other data is lost after a reboot. (note I have two Asus RT-AC3200). Also the menu in left column stop show after some time which force me to reboot and then some data in the settings is lost and ip-adress + first dns is among of those always lost but not dns2

EDIT
I think the left menu also disappear when enter TrafficAnalyzer

This is usually caused by a network client using an invalid name (for example, a name containing quotes). If you open your web browser's error console and check the Javascript line with an error, you should see it.

 

[jsmiddleton4]

""bad trx header."

Same here. I used the Asus recovery utility and it uploaded fine.

 

[sveand]

This is usually caused by a network client using an invalid name (for example, a name containing quotes). If you open your web browser's error console and check the Javascript line with an error, you should see it.

I can't see any clients with " in their name and also it would be impossible for us to control the clients names as wifi is open for 300 persons who play around. And this error should not appear when a user with this error is offline right but it stay permanent until reboot. The only error I see is following:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'style' of null
jquery.js:5 Synchronous XMLHttpRequest on the main thread is deprecated because of its detrimental effects to the end user's experience. For more help, check https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/." in state.js

And this still not explain the other and more important error that it lose settings after reboot.
+ I have some error on both Asus router so its something wrong on our side? memory problem or something I forgot or done wrong when installed?

 

[freeman_g]

Just purchased AC68P and flashed Asuswrt-Merlin 378.56_2.
The problem I see is that when NAT Loopback is being used (both Asus or Merlin) CPU1 load peaks 100% and maximum speed with gigabit NAS is 46 MB/s. So when I use NAS with local IP (192....) I get about 105-110 MB/s and in case I use external IP (176...) from the same local network maximum speed is 46 MB/s as I have mentioned before.
Is it some hardware limitation or firmware bug?

 

[RMerlin]

Just purchased AC68P and flashed Asuswrt-Merlin 378.56_2.
The problem I see is that when NAT Loopback is being used (both Asus or Merlin) CPU1 load peaks 100% and maximum speed with gigabit NAS is 46 MB/s. So when I use NAS with local IP (192....) I get about 105-110 MB/s and in case I use external IP (176...) from the same local network maximum speed is 46 MB/s as I have mentioned before.
Is it some hardware limitation or firmware bug?

The NAT loopback bypasses NAT acceleration, so NAT is then done by the CPU, hence the high load.