Strange config settings found

[Routerguyuk]

Router model;RT-AC88U
Firmware version: 386.14_2
Having converted the saved config file to text, I see some strange settings that suggest there are 5 wireless guest network configurations rather than the expected 3 (seen in the UI).

There is wl0.4 (ASUS_F8_2G_Guest4) and wl1.4 (ASUS_5G_Guest4) and wl0.5 (ASUS_Guest5) and wl1.5 (less config for this, no name).

Any idea whats going on.

I also see a password that we cannot modify via the UI, good to know these are not used

wifi_psk=asuswifi0123
wl0.4_wpa_psk=asuswifi0123

 

[ColinTaylor]

What you're seeing is perfectly normal. The firmware enumerates many variables that don't actually get used for anything.

 

[Digilog]

Any idea whats going on.

I would have to look inside their code, but it could be just the "reset value" it installs when you reset the device.

 

[Ripshod]

I think this Asus firmware was written with expansion in mind. If you spend a little time searching nvram you'll find a lot more. In my case wl0.1, wl0.2, wl0.3, wl0.4, wl0.5, wl0.6, wl0.7, wl0.8, wl0.9, wl1.1, wl1.2, wl1.2, wl1.4, wl1.5, wl1.6, wl1.7, wl1.8, wl1.9, wl1.10, wl1.11, wl1.12, wl1.13, wl1.14 & wl1.15 - most have their own BSSIDs and PSKs. YMMV

 

[Analog-1]

Are these config files reliable ? Do they restore every setting in the setup ? Just curious never used a config file.