[Release 382] Asuswrt-Merlin 382.1 is now available

[MarkRH]

Looks like 382 firmware was released for AC68U a few days ago.

Yep, I do see it at https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/HelpDesk_Download/

Now just gotta wait on ASUS to provide something useful RMerlin can use to make a 382 version for the 68U and/or add the Security fixes to the 380 code.

 

[AlpineMan]

I have an AC88U as my main router connected to cable modem. AC3100 connected to AC88U via media bridge mode and AC68U connected to AC88U via repeater mode. All are currently on 380.64.

Anyone have a similar setup and upgraded the AC88U to 382.1 and everything still worked? Thanks.

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[matthew_eli]

Read the first post...



I have zero problem with my RT-AC88U and the 5 GHz band. Make sure you disable Airtime Fairness, MU-MIMO and implicit beamforming. Also do a complete electrical power cycle of the router if you haven't done so.



Available channels and output levels will vary based on your region. That's why you should never buy a router from another region than yours, because in addition of being illegal to operate in your country, some of your clients might be unable to connect on the channels that are normally not available in your region.



Works for me on an RT-AC88U. What kind of WAN interface do you have? I'm non DHCP, it's possible the issue might only happen on PPPoE, or when using VLANs.



Might possibly be related to the new nvram size validation Asus has implemented in 382. Some of the nvram have very small limitations, which will prevent setting too many entries. While I might be able to adjust this on the RT-AC88U and 3100U, I can't on the RT-AC86U because part of the validation is now closed source. Same issue that made it a nightmare for me to implement support for Policy Rules on the RT-AC86U, as it would limit any new variable to 255 characters max.

For the connection, I'm on PPPoE

I can provide you with my custom_clientlist NVRAM value, if needed

Furthermore I found that SAMBA speed has been limited to 15Mb/s somehow, just after I fully configured the router. At the very beginning the speed was ok (almost 100Mb/s)

 

[RMerlin]

For the connection, I'm on PPPoE

That might be why. It's possible that WAN interface management was changed with the new DPI engine (with the previous one it was hardcoded no matter what WAN type was used).

Show me the output from the following command:

tc qdisc show

I can provide you with my custom_clientlist NVRAM value, if needed

Just tell me how many characters are in it at the moment. According to the source code it should allow up to 65535 characters, unless there's another limitation elsewhere.

 

[matthew_eli]

That might be why. It's possible that WAN interface management was changed with the new DPI engine (with the previous one it was hardcoded no matter what WAN type was used).

Show me the output from the following command:

tc qdisc show

Just tell me how many characters are in it at the moment. According to the source code it should allow up to 65535 characters, unless there's another limitation elsewhere.

Here we go,

tc qdisc show (in attachment)

number of chars on custom_clientlist: 974; maybe the limit is 1000?

EDIT: Ok, I tried to reset the following field on NVRAM:

'dhcp_staticlist'
'custom_clientlist'
several 'wl_maclist'

And I tried to put before entries on Wireless MAC filter and then in DHCP static list: the problem moved to the DHCP list; after a while it stops to save the personalized name/icon I set for clients

I tried then to remove these files on jffs folder:

'nmp_client_list'
'nmp_cl_json.js'

and reset another time the NVRAM values, but the story remains the same...

Anyhow, here are the total chars per each entry (not including the entry name):

dhcp_staticlist --> 687 chars
custom_clientlist --> 994 chars
nmp_client_list --> 242 chars
nmp_cl_json.js --> 599 chars

The problem is easily reproducible: I have 30ish clients different names (either for dhcp list, wireless list)

 

[Gingernut]

Furthermore I found that SAMBA speed has been limited to 15Mb/s somehow, just after I fully configured the router. At the very beginning the speed was ok (almost 100Mb/s)

Same on the RT-AC86U but found out that it was when using a ext3 formatted drive, changed to NTFS and it's perfect now.

Not sure what causes this after investigating a little but surely it's some kind of bug.

 

[matthew_eli]

Same on the RT-AC86U but found out that it was when using a ext3 formatted drive, changed to NTFS and it's perfect now.

Not sure what causes this after investigating a little but surely it's some kind of bug.

Eh eh, I don't know what happened, but now I re-tested both my HDD (connected via USB3 hub, EXT4 fs both) and I hit 107-108 Mb/s with SAMBA...

 

[Gingernut]

Eh eh, I don't know what happened, but now I re-tested both my HDD (connected via USB3 hub, EXT4 fs both) and I hit 107-108 Mb/s with SAMBA...

Ohh OK but the same happened to me, sometimes fast but most of the time slow.

 

[Henk59]

I don't know if this is mentioned;
But today I flashed 68-4 to 382-1 and on the mainpage (General -> NetworkMap) the status tab is blanc.
I see Internet- System- and Client- Status Tab but nothing below is displayed, so it is empty.

Is this normal?

 

[pattiri]

I don't know if this is mentioned;
But today I flashed 68-4 to 382-1 and on the mainpage (General -> NetworkMap) the status tab is blanc.
I see Internet- System- and Client- Status Tab but nothing below is displayed, so it is empty.

Is this normal?

try ctrl+F5

 

[matthew_eli]

Ohh OK but the same happened to me, sometimes fast but most of the time slow.

I'm just curious if the same happens also with the latest stock FW from ASUS...it's quite annoying, since the FTP service is not affected by this bug anyhow

 

[pattiri]

I'm just curious if the same happens also with the latest stock FW from ASUS...it's quite annoying, since the FTP service is not affected by this bug anyhow

well, with my AC88U I used to get around 30-40 MB write speed on my usb 3.0 stick (which can read/write around 100 MB on my PC with NTFS) with 382.1 I get max 10 MB write speed. lol. it's EXT2 formatted. I only use it for AB-Solution so it's not a big deal for me.

 

[Henk59]

try ctrl+F5

Thank you.

Power cycle Router AC88 for about 15minutes, did the trick

 

[JGrana]

Sadly for now, I have re-loaded 380.4 on my AC88U. I was on 382...

I have been having some unusual network "delays". That's the best I can describe it. I had long ago turned off MIMO, Airtime fairness etc. I don't believe it was a radio/WiFi problem. Seemed more like a CPU issue.
I don't have much enabled - no media stuff, AI Protection etc. I do have QoS/Adaptive,fq_codel enabled.

I work out of my home office and the past few days have been problematic using Skype for Business. Other WiFi attached devices also seemed to struggle - I have an Amazon Echo that went offline last night.

This morning, I re-installed 380.4. Then did the restore to factory defaults, reboot, restore my settings (using John's script), shutdown and power cycled.

BTW, Merlin, I believe busybox on 382 does not support mounting cifs shares. I have a script that mounts my NAS box to the AC88U. On 382 mount always returned "no such device".
On 380.4, same scripts mounts the NAS box fine.

 

[RMerlin]

BTW, Merlin, I believe busybox on 382 does not support mounting cifs shares. I have a script that mounts my NAS box to the AC88U. On 382 mount always returned "no such device".
On 380.4, same scripts mounts the NAS box fine.

modprobe cifs.ko first.

 

[David B]

Me neither, but I see a small raise of CPU usage and CPU temp

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Really? What's the average temperature that you're seeing? I never really monitor my CPU usage and temperature all that closely, so I am not sure what "normal" has been for me in the past. As for CPU usage, I am averaging about 1% for both cores, which I am pretty sure is normal. I am, however, using my AC3100 as a media bridge, so it's possible that could be a factor as well.

For those of you using the AC88U, has anyone had any issues with OpenVPN? I want to upgrade my 88U to the new release, but do not have time to play with OpenVPN issues at the moment should they arise.

 

[z3r0k3wl]

Another issue to report on RT-AC86U is the client list is not populating all connected devices. I can see the clients under System Log > DHCP leases but some of the clients are not displaying under Network Map > Client List. I have done a factory reset.

 

[skeal]

Another issue to report on RT-AC86U is the client list is not populating all connected devices. I can see the clients under System Log > DHCP leases but some of the clients are not displaying under Network Map > Client List. I have done a factory reset.

Network map is no longer controlled by merlin. Asus made it closed source.

 

[z3r0k3wl]

Network map is no longer controlled by merlin. Asus made it closed source.

Sorry about that. I must of missed those details on 382 release. I guess it's all up to Asus to fix it then. Thanks for letting me know, I won't post anymore about network map.

 

[JGrana]

modprobe cifs.ko first.

Thanks. When I go back to the 382 tree I will do this!