Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.1 Beta is now available

[jorhett]

The biggest security threat... is from the INSIDE! Damn kids and their MitM attacks on the home network.

Well, it's easy to get inside a network with WPA2 security. Can usually do it from 50 meters away.

 

[Maverickcdn]

Seeing this anytime wireless is restarted... very much innocuous Im sure

Jan 3 16:32:06 dnsmasq-script[31389]: json_object_from_file: error opening file /jffs/nmp_vc_json.js: No such file or directory

And it seems the 192.168.101 and 192.168.102 networks baked in now are Mesh addressing?? I added lines to postconf to remove the bridges and DHCP pools to clean things up and didnt seem to break anything, just not 100% thats what they are...

 

[csalsa]

What do you mean?
Adding resistance to a circuit with a fixed voltage source will definitely reduce the current. Ohm's Law I=V/R.
Reducing the current will also reduce the power of the circuit. P=V x I

You are spot on. You cannot change the laws of physics.

 

[Suzib6sw]

Thanks for the Beta! Times scheduling doesn't block anything for me at the moment, even after a factory reset. Anyone else got this to work on beta 3?

Its working correctly on a RT-AX58U Main and RT-AX58U Aimesh node on Main SSIDS.. It does NOT work on Guest 1, 2, or 3 neither on the Official Beta or this Beta 3. That part of the code is Closed Source to Asus only.

 

[davelian]

Its working correctly on a RT-AX58U Main and RT-AX58U Aimesh node on Main SSIDS.. It does NOT work on Guest 1, 2, or 3 neither on the Official Beta or this Beta 3. That part of the code is Closed Source to Asus only.

I can tell you this problem is not a Guest network. Guest network is not enabled.

 

[mobileman88]

No just turn it on on main router.

thanks mate. maybe i will get the AC68 node to run on beta3 if it actually helps. still can't be detected no matter what I tried.
not having debugging lots doesn't help unfortunately

 

[Wisiwyg]

still can't be detected no matter what I tried.

Have you ever been able to get this AC68U to set up as a mesh node with earlier firmware or is this the first time you've tried mesh with it?

 

[L&LD]

@mobileman88, you may want to try this to connect your RT-AC68U in AiMesh mode (assuming all your routers are RMerlin 386.1 Beta 3).

• Reset the RT-AC68U you want to use as a node via the WPS reset method for your model.
• Make sure it is in the same room as your main AiMesh router. If it isn't, unplug it, move it, and power it up when it is.
• Do not touch it after you have turned it on. Let it sit there 'waiting' for you.
• Go to your main AiMesh capable router and from either the AiMesh 'Tab' on the left-hand side or from the AiMesh Node button near the middle of the main page, Search to add your AiMesh Node.
• If trying to add it wirelessly when in the same room doesn't work, reset it via the appropriate WPS method once more.
• This time, plug a LAN port from your main router (do not go through a switch) to the WAN port of the AiMesh Node you want to add.
• Search and add it. This should work.
• Wait for at least 15 minutes after the node is added and has fully rebooted before you turn it off and move it to where you want it to be.

And don't let this come back to 'bite' you if you're re-doing your wired nodes! Thanks, @nzwayne!

Beta - Asuswrt-Merlin 386.1 Beta is now available

The biggest security threat... is from the INSIDE! Damn kids and their MitM attacks on the home network. ;) Well, it's easy to get inside a network with WPA2 security. Can usually do it from 50 meters away.

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[aex.perez]

Noticed a slight bandwidth drop between 384.19 and 386.1 Beta 3, same add ons running. Running Speedtest on the PC getting ~920/~935 up and down, used to get ~980+ before. On the AndroidTV boxes its more pronounced, Netflix testing before ~98mbs, now ~78mbps. Speedtest from the router could never attain my 1Gbs, the Router CPUs on the AX88 couldn't keep up haven't used to Speedtest in 386 or spdMerlin to track bandwidth as a result. Before the add ons, Skynet being the most impactful, the Speedtest number on the Router were 700/850 in both direction depending on variables, after Skynet 350-450 down, 500-700 up, now ~400-500 down and 600~700 up. Neat to compare Router CPU usage between running Speedtest on the router and the PC, just in case anyone asks there is no QOS set.

Going to play around taking out all the addons and messing with Speedtest, see if I can narrow down the variables a bit and determine where the bandwidth drop is coming from...

 

[sturmstar]

I uploaded a very rough test build of the RT-AX86U on which I only copied the newer Trend Micro engine, there has been no other change.

OneDrive

www.asuswrt-merlin.net

I only did a quick speedtest to ensure the new engine was working, I didn't do any further test. I am still waiting to get newer GPL drops to merge the whole thing.

Thanks for that - just tried it - everything (and also trendmicro) is working so far ( upgraded from beta 2) - only thing was that the 2,4ghz wifi ssid was "renamed" - i didn't save it - but it was like "wlan_ssid0=XXXrealssidXXX" - as whole string - did rename it - and everything was ok - just for info.

lg

 

[Bensam123]

Suggestion, could DSCP support be added? I know Merlin is more of supplemental material to the base code, rather then new features, but it would be fantastic to get DSCP support on the router and tagging added to the existing QoS support.

 

[Wade Coxon]

Suggestion, could DSCP support be added? I know Merlin is more of supplemental material to the base code, rather then new features, but it would be fantastic to get DSCP support on the router and tagging added to the existing QoS support.

I have been asking about that in the Cake-QoS thread for a while, but without any bites as of yet.
From what little I have read (and understood) of the OpenWrt implementation is that it is likely to be a bit taxing on the CPU, and further limit routing throughput. Me on my puny 30Mbs connection would benefit though! .

 

[KingBravery]

Thanks for that - just tried it - everything (and also trendmicro) is working so far ( upgraded from beta 2) - only thing was that the 2,4ghz wifi ssid was "renamed" - i didn't save it - but it was like "wlan_ssid0=XXXrealssidXXX" - as whole string - did rename it - and everything was ok - just for info.

lg

Hi, is bandwith monitoring value works too?

 

[bilboSNB]

Thanks for the Beta! Times scheduling doesn't block anything for me at the moment, even after a factory reset. Anyone else got this to work on beta 3?

To clarify, I am talking about parental control time scheduling not wifi time sheduling.

 

[PavelBab]

Assus Merlin 386.1 beta3 on RT-AX86U.
command:
openssl req -new -x509 -keyout lighttpd.pem -out lighttpd.pem -days 1059 -nodes
generated message:
Error Loading extension section v3_ca

 

[sturmstar]

Hi, is bandwith monitoring value works too?

yes

 

[FelixGV]

To clarify, I am talking about parental control time scheduling not wifi time sheduling.

I have the same problem with parental control time scheduling on a RT-AX86U. Although the GUI indicates that internet access is being blocked, I've verified that it isn't.

 

[pbc]

I have the same problem with parental control time scheduling on a RT-AX86U. Although the GUI indicates that internet access is being blocked, I've verified that it isn't.

Yup, same here on my AX86U.

 

[gffmac]

Yup, same here on my AX86U.

Same here ac68u.

 

[nzwayne]

@mobileman88, you may want to try this to connect your RT-AC68U in AiMesh mode (assuming all your routers are RMerlin 386.1 Beta 3).

• Reset the RT-AC68U you want to use as a node via the WPS reset method for your model.
• Make sure it is in the same room as your main AiMesh router. If it isn't, unplug it, move it, and power it up when it is.
• Do not touch it after you have turned it on. Let it sit there 'waiting' for you.
• Go to your main AiMesh capable router and from either the AiMesh 'Tab' on the left-hand side or from the AiMesh Node button near the middle of the main page, Search to add your AiMesh Node.
• If trying to add it wirelessly when in the same room doesn't work, reset it via the appropriate WPS method once more.
• This time, plug a LAN port from your main router (do not go through a switch) to the WAN port of the AiMesh Node you want to add.
• Search and add it. This should work.
• Wait for at least 15 minutes after the node is added and has fully rebooted before you turn it off and move it to where you want it to be.

Nice summary!! Added note, I found having this system wide setting "Ethernet Backhaul Mode" enabled when adding AiMesh units, and you don't have a ethernet backhaul connected to the WAN port you'll chase your tail. If enabled and no Ethernet cable connected to the newly added AiMesh node, unit will drop from AiMesh after about 20-30secs, until you connect the cable to the WAN port.

Found it easier to manage the ethernet/wireless connection of the node via "connection priority" setting, under each AiMesh Node management tab.