Asuswrt-Merlin 384.8 is now available

[unclebuk]

Recommended, rather than "necessary". I've never had trouble flashing with the USB mounted, but some have, and ejecting it frees up memory which helps ensure a successful flash.

okay, thanks for the advice.

 

[AZMoose]

I'm also receiving the "Invalid Firmware Upload" message when attempting to upgrade from 384.8 to 384.8_2 on a RT-AC88U.

Firmware upgrade unsuccessful. This might result from incorrect image or error transmission, please check the model name RT-AC88U and version of firmware from support site and try again.

It happens in IE, Edge, Chrome and Firefox. Has anyone else who experienced this found a workaround?

Also, the previous firmware for this router had a .trx extension, but 384.8_2 is a .w file. Is this supported on the RT-AC88U.


Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[dave14305]

I'm also receiving the "Invalid Firmware Upload" message when attempting to upgrade from 384.8 to 384.8_2 on a RT-AC88U.

Firmware upgrade unsuccessful. This might result from incorrect image or error transmission, please check the model name RT-AC88U and version of firmware from support site and try again.

It happens in IE, Edge, Chrome and Firefox. Has anyone else who experienced this found a workaround?

Also, the previous firmware for this router had a .trx extension, but 384.8_2 is a .w file. Is this supported on the RT-AC88U.


Thank you in advance for your help.

Sounds like you downloaded the AX88U instead of AC88U.

 

[Xentrk]

Is it necessary to remove a USB drive prior to flashing new FW?

I sometimes forget to remove the USB drive and had no issues with one caveat. One time Murhpy's Law took affect and my USB got corrupted during the upgrade. Oops! I really try hard not to forget after that experience. I think the AC88U is more forgiving because of the 512MB RAM compared to the 256MB RAM in other Asus routers.

I make sure to use the https://x3mtek.com/asuswrt-merlin-firmware-upgrade/ guide I wrote to make sure I don't miss a step.

I greatly miss John's migration tool as it negated the need to manually re-enter configs.

 

[unclebuk]

Sounds like you downloaded the AX88U instead of AC88U.

I downloaded Merlin fw for AC86U and this is the file name associated with the unzipped file: RT-AC86U_384.6_0_cferom_ubi.w.

 

[Asad Ali]

I downloaded Merlin fw for AC86U and this is the file name associated with the unzipped file: RT-AC86U_384.6_0_cferom_ubi.w.

That's fine, although it's a very old firmware, latest is 384.8_2

 

[Asad Ali]

Latest stable release is 384.8_2 as I said earlier and you can see it here as well:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/files/RT-AC86U/Release/

 

[unclebuk]

Latest stable release is 384.8_2 as I said earlier and you can see it here as well:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/files/RT-AC86U/Release/

okay fine...thanks.