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    Advice: Best merlin compatible router for adaptive QoS but not using Wi-fi

    If you want to step up from the RT-AC86U (which I own) the next step would be the RT-AX86U (which I own) which has 4 pCPUs vs the AC86U with 2. Depending on what you are running and how well written it is, those extra pCPUs could be helpful. Radio-wise, they feel equal with the devices I have...
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    Pi-Hole or Diversion or Unbound?

    You do not realize how many DNS queries are actually made by you, your family and your devices until something starts counting.. A typical month in my household, 1.2 - 1.5M 1,209,357 The counts also illustrate how critical your DNS service becomes. Any slow-ness or distance or processing...
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    The jffs partition is full

    I stopped using the Traffic History DB a year or so ago.. just too many problems to leave running 24/7. Glad you got things resolved!
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    scMerlin scMerlin v2 - Service and script control menu for AsusWRT-Merlin

    Morning Jack, I'd like to suggest considering adding these 2 commands to scMerlin in a future release. They proving helpful tracking of DNS traffic and what stubby is up to... a) show traffic on port 53.. (of course you need tcpdump installed from entware) > tcpdump -i $(nvram get...
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    Old news - dcd tainted - any explanation?

    Isn't this the well known "dcd" error in the closed source that ASUS won't fix? It's been around a while. If not and then is new, then forget what I just typed.
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    The jffs partition is full

    Per -> Apr 5 12:28:01 kernel: jffs2: Error garbage collecting node at 02d76b8c! There's likely a bad NAND block which may be preventing the GC routines from working. This kicked my a$$ around the block and back with 384.18/19 on an AC86U. I'm sure this is discussed in that long thread about...
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    Priority for DoT Server List?

    ^^ Good morning @Matthew Patrick To the best of my limited knowledge: a) No, "0" will be reset to "1" when the router is rebooted b/c 1 is the default behavior of our Merlin setups. b) The server changes in the WAN DoT are preserved in the order as listed - see the d) item below. c) IDK for...
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    Priority for DoT Server List?

    TY and yes sir, that is a correct setting "round_robin_upstreams: 0" as 0 is required per NextDNS. I've had QUAD9 + Cloudflare in the manual setup listing too with manual NextDNS listed first in my attempts to debug some DNS failures and who's doing what, when. I have watched stubby descend...
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    Priority for DoT Server List?

    ^^^ Yes, having "priority groups or a preferred provider" would be a nice feature. If primary and backups of a single preferred DNS service is down, dnsmasq a/o stubby could try the next priority group. The trick is when to fall-back and how long and how to determine stability. I've thought...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.2 is now available

    @MvW Affirmative. I follow @L&LD guide / path for fear of the huge rugged bottomless cliffs on either side! ;) After my initial reboot, and waiting 10-15 mins to resettle, I log in, backup the JFFS, and router configs, then I "Remove" the USB drive from the GUI on the first page showing the...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.2 is now available

    ^^^ @dazedandlost See this earlier thread where another person had firmware update troubles -> https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asuswrt-merlin-386-1-is-now-available.69783/page-55#post-663804
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.2 is now available

    You can usually eject ("Remove") the USB drive (main menu) without actually physically removing it. I think that's an @L&LD "upgrade" note.
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.2 is now available

    that's what I was thinking of... it was recent. TY!
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    amtm amtm step-by-step install guide - L&LD

    ^^^ His "nuclear reset" listing worked fine for when I started over after the 384.18/19 mess I encountered. I moved nothing.
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.2 is now available

    Someone was posting a while back of a similar issue that the updates would not complete on another version. Search around for that thread. I'm sorry I do not recall what they ended up doing. I want to say, but won't swear to it, that it was that )@(*@* large "traffic database" hiding in the...
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    Router temperatures

    LOL..."you can have any color as long as it is black" I had many of the 12V fans on-hand from a large AV cooling project in customized cabinets. A few, which didn't work, are heading back to Amazon in a couple of days! ;) For all those who want an OOB router cooling solution and who are not as...
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    Router temperatures

    ^^^^ During my testing over a period of several days: I heard no perceptible difference from 4' away (it's on top of a cabinet) between blowing in vs exhausting out in that setup. My ears are pretty good as these high frequency noises. By using the 12VDC fans with the 5V USB, they are...
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    Router temperatures

    Yes, in every test I ran, blowing INTO the rear of the router delivered lower temps than pulling air through the router with the fan strapped on the rear of the unit. See -> https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asus-rt-ac88u-to-hot.58405/page-2#post-518345 See ->...
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    Router temperatures

    ^^^ My results for resting the router onto it's front side are similar to what @heysoundude posted. I also ran these other tests just for record and aid for those reading this thread: Router resting on front with no fan -> reports hotter than vertical with no fan. Router resting on front...
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    Router temperatures

    I've been using /jffs/scripts/services-start I just guessed that might be best b/c IDK the full order start order or where ASUS may be flipping them to what they wanted... I cannot play with this until the family's eyes are closed.. ;)
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