kernol
Very Senior Member
On beta 1 I worked to get my AC66U_B1 to be a mesh node. I tried many times with stock firmware current then back a couple of releases of stock. Finally connected the node, upgraded the stock then flashed the beta1.
Sometimes nodes are stubborn but once connected they work well. I suspect neighborhood WIFI does cause issues...
Made it back to Merlinware beta2 ... by factory reset all under RT-AX86U stock firmware 386-45934 on main router and intended node.AiMesh is a hit and miss. I managed to connect AC86U to AX58U, but it was a fight. No luck with AC68U. This is not how it should work. Also getting Wi-Fi stutters on AC86U. Reversing the routers to stock Asuswrt and will test again the final release when I have the time.
Quick and easy AiMesh setup using that firmware - rebuilt all manually - noted again that IPv6 and DDNS worked fine without incident on stock.
Then BEFORE upgrade to beta2 - I disabled IPv6 - saved settings - then dirty flashed beta2 node first - waited - then flashed beta2 on main router. Been stable for a good while ... and will now begin rebuild of all addons - but will not enable IPv6 until work-around applied by the Maestro.
Hope that helps anyone else jumping in the beta pool with this specific router.
The water is warm and feedback - good or bad - should be welcomed .