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[Weird issue] 384.8 not functionnal with AC2900 bought in switzerland

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HugePines

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Hi guys,

First and foremost, I would like to thank you for your work and service. This forum has been pretty helpful in my unusual experience.

I got my AC2900 out of the box today and after an automatically suggested firmware update, immediately tried to install Merlin 384.8.
I encountered a first problem when trying to upload a custom firmware using chrome (on Asus' up to date firmware), the function did not work... So I reopened good old Edge and managed to upload the 384.8 firmware in my AC2900, and as planned, my router rebooted in 384.8.

But then the real problems started. I tried to change settings on the dhcp page but the "Apply" button on the bottom of the panel was unresponsive, on chrome, and on edge. I noticed that some drop down menus were bugged as well...

So I downloaded 384.7_2 and tried to upload it to see if it made a difference. But again, the manual firmware upload option was unresponsive, both on chrome and edge.

I had to use Asus' firmware recovery tool and put the router in rescue mode in order to upload 384.7_2.
Once i did that, all the aforementionned functions were working like charms. I haven't had the time to test a lot of things but I wanted to report my experience, as I have not found any similar issue with AC2900's or AC86U (my router has both AC2900 and RT-AC86U markings on its box...) yet.

Is there any risk staying on 384.7_2 for the moment ?

Thanks a lot and have a nice day !
 
If you were using French on the webui, there's currently a known issue in 384.8 with it. You can either switch back to English, use an early test build with a fix, or wait for 384.8_2.
 
Oh I see, thank you very much for this quick answer, but in case I want to give it another try, should I put my ui in English before upgrading to 384.8 or can I still swap the language once it has been update ? Because I kind of remember having trouble setting the router in english, but cannot recall under what firmware...

EDIT : Found my answer, all good ! Thanks a lot !
 
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