[Beta] Asuswrt-Merlin 384.14 Beta is now available

[kernol]

Reverted to 384.13 release [reset / restore 384.13 settings / reboot etc] and I confirm that Roaming Assist working again - no crashes and no log entries to suggest a problem with it. Clients switch between from Routers as configured for minimum signal strength settings.

Latest Asus Stock code seems to be creating more bugs than they are fixing - confirmed by multiple .8??? releases being issued by them!
Too many in "closed source" section - so my sympathies to @RMerlin whose efforts to present improved firmware hampered by the closed stuff .

 

[hjohan13]

Found this regarding the AC86U

 

[Grisu]

it's right here, nothing to "find": https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asus-rt-ac86u-firmware-version-3-0-0-4-384_81351.60206/

 

[kernol]

Found this regarding the AC86U

Good to see that they claim to have fixed Let's Encrypt - but no sign of any fix for Roaming Assistant.
To my recollection this is the 3rd iteration of the 384.8??? Asus Stock firmware for the AC-RT86U - although the first of them no longer appears in their list after it seemed to have been withdrawn.

 

[jonasitanga]

Thank's RMerlin for taking your time and writing a very explanatory answer.

What is your suggestion other than stick to latest stable release?

Is my issue to rare to make a more deep analysis of the matter?
I would gladly bring som more logs or anything that would help.

Maybe give you access to the router?
PM me if you like.

Regards
Jonas

 

[RMerlin]

Thank's RMerlin for taking your time and writing a very explanatory answer.

What is your suggestion other than stick to latest stable release?

Is my issue to rare to make a more deep analysis of the matter?
I would gladly bring som more logs or anything that would help.

Unfortunately, there isn't anything more I could do to dig more for this case (there is no additional log), and the code handling the state of the WAN connection is a complete mess which I have never been able to understand anything about, so it's Asus's unmodified code. I would check for the usual obvious suspects: cable between router and modem, reset modem, try a different cable between the router and the computer, etc...

 

[RMerlin]

Good to see that they claim to have fixed Let's Encrypt

It's not just a claim - they replaced the deprecated acme-client-portable with acme.sh.

 

[Dr.No.pt]

RMerlin, does your latest beta 384.14_beta 1 include this 3.0.0.4.384_81351 changelog (AC86U) ?
Thank you.

 

[octopus]

RMerlin, does your latest beta 384.14_beta 1 include this 3.0.0.4.384_81351 changelog (AC86U) ?
Thank you.

Have you read first page?
GPL updates: 384_6436 (RT-AX88U), 384_81116 (other models, with 384_81049 binary blobs used the RT-AC86U)

 

[rgnldo]

Update: I have now installed beta 14 again and reboted and did factory reset but with the same result.

I will try to post the syslog from after first boot on ...14 beta 1.
I cant seem to upload anything here. Only errors of restriction.
I would be very happy if some one could guide me in the right direction regarding posting my log.

Let's go to the simulation:
Disable any JFFS
Hard reset:

Turn off the Router.

While holding down the WPS button, turn on the power, still holding the WPS button for about 8-10 seconds.

One of the lights will start trembling (I can't remember which) and then you can let the WPS button go.

Router access IP and username/password will be again at defaults.

Install Asuswrt-Merlin 374.43 LTS firmware to find out if your problem persists.
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AAkJBWoo-OiyKJo&id=9332FC159A7E129!4125&cid=09332FC159A7E129

Disable any JFFS
Hard reset:

Turn off the Router.

While holding down the WPS button, turn on the power, still holding the WPS button for about 8-10 seconds.

One of the lights will start trembling (I can't remember which) and then you can let the WPS button go.

Router access IP and username/password will be again at defaults.

Install Asuswrt-Merlin 384.13 stable:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/files/RT-AC68U/Release/
Check and compare if problem persists

 

[jonasitanga]

Let's go to the simulation:
Disable any JFFS
Hard reset:

Install Asuswrt-Merlin 374.43 LTS firmware to find out if your problem persists.
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AAkJBWoo-OiyKJo&id=9332FC159A7E129!4125&cid=09332FC159A7E129

Disable any JFFS
Hard reset:

Install Asuswrt-Merlin 384.13 stable:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/files/RT-AC68U/Release/
Check and compare if problem persists

Hi,

I like it you're right on it.

But what is happening if I do all this?

I love to test this procedure but to be all clear of what the problem is:

When running latest stable merlin all is ok.
When running ...14 beta 1 the problem occure with no wan connection and the Wan-Led flickering red and blue -》 allmoust in violet.

Rt ac66u B1

Did I miss some thing?

I'm not a tech-retard but I'm still in the beginning of the learning curve regarding merlin-lingo and so on. Just to explain in whitch level I am.

Regards
Jonas

Ps. Thanks for puting energy on this ds.

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[rgnldo]

When running latest stable merlin all is ok.

Always stay on the stable version.

 

[jonasitanga]

Always stay on the stable version.

Yes agree.

But you intreaged me with your post. Should I go further with that you'r instruction any way?
Jonas

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[rgnldo]

Should I go further with that you'r instruction any way?

If stable FW is functional, there is no reason to experiment

 

[FLA_NL]

@PeterV don't you also have the same entry?

I don't have Plex, but that might be a common element between you two.

Could either of you test with either Plex not running, or the rebind entry removed from dnsmasq?

Hi Merlin,

I did the following:
Deleted dnsmasq.conf.add
Changed "Enable JFFS custom scripts and configs" to No
Changed "Enable DNS Rebind protection" to No

Now waiting to see how this goes.

 

[FLA_NL]

This time the issue occured within the hour. Dnsmasq was the process taking up 50% of cpu all the time. No internet anymore while this was going on.

 

[RMerlin]

Running that same dnsmasq version for over a week with still no problem at all so far. I tried pretty much everything to even reproduce your setups.

I give up. I hear that the Tomato devs have a similar problem with that dnsmasq version (except in their case CPU usage remains normal, however dnsmasq stops answering queries). I'll let the dnsmasq devs figure it out.

 

[FLA_NL]

Thanks for trying anyway. For now .13 runs stable. I will stick to that version and hopefully the next version of dnsmasq will fix it.

 

[S.claus]

Ax88u 384.14_Beta 1 bugs :

1.My traffic analyzer doesn’t show any traffic
2.Signature shows it’s updating-update completely but doesn’t actually do anything
3.VPN certificate of authority doesn’t save so I can’t setup a VPN
4. When I change a device name it reverts back to the old name when I restart
5.When I change bandwidth priorities it reverts when I restart

 

[Vexira]

Ax88u 384.14_Beta 1 bugs :

1.My traffic analyzer doesn’t show any traffic
2.Signature shows it’s updating-update completely but doesn’t actually do anything
3.VPN certificate of authority doesn’t save so I can’t setup a VPN
4. When I change a device name it reverts back to the old name when I restart
5.When I change bandwidth priorities it reverts when I restart

I had similar problems with it when I did a factory reset, to fix it I had to downgrade to .13 and upgrade to .14 for everything to work.