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    Is there any easy solution in Merlin for a VPN server that is hard to block/detect?

    For bypassing country/university censorship blocks, there are some options that I've been able to implement on my Asus router, but not directly within the Merlin firmware. I don't know of any "VPN" solutions that work, so you will want to use an encrypted proxy with obfuscation. V2Ray...
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    Replacing AC86U with AX86U - what about settings?

    Note the username and wait for another post asking why the router is behaving oddly without mentioning this. Never ever export/import settings between models!
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    Wan over Wifi

    Just wanted call out that Tomato still can’t do WISP on RT-AC68U, and I was so disappointed when I tried it. (I had assumed it was the software that allowed/disallowed it, not the hardware.) At the time, I researched and ended up getting a cheap used Linksys EA6700 that would do WISP with...
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    Access Modem and Asus Merlin router via VPN

    Other than I may not know/understand potential caveats of pppoe passthrough, one of my setups is Asus (192.168.10.1) behind a combo router/modem (192.168.0.1), so a double NAT. When ovpn’d in to the Asus, I can hit both subnets without doing anything special. I do have the OpenVPN settings to...
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    VPN Director and Merlin Firmware RT-AC86U_386.7_2 - Slow Wifi Performance

    Go to the VPN Client settings tab and check that the setting “Redirect Internet traffic through tunnel” is set to “VPN Director (policy rules)”.
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    I don't think the firmware plays well with iOS 16, probably Private Address feature

    Potentially totally unrelated, but my AppleTV updated today apparently, and an hour ago I just had my first ever random router reboot, although it was only the AImesh node that crashed, not the main router. (Both Merlin 386.7_2, AX86U.) Uptime was over 60 days before this reboot. I wouldn’t even...
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    OpenVpn issue need help

    Chiming in here for a different direction - If DPI is blocking you, read up on bypassing China's GFW. I have setup and used Shadowsocks (with v2ray-plugin over nginx reverse proxy websocket and CDN), vmess, vless, and now my favorite, trojan-go. All of these solutions will allow for running a...
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    Run OpenVPN Server but not as a router?

    Do you really need it to not be a router? Maybe I'm not sure your exact requirements but I do something similar with an RT-AC68U that has fried 2.4/5 radios, and sitting at my mother-in-law's house. AC68U runs Merlin with OpenVPN server. WAN port of AC68U is connected to LAN port of main...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.7 is now available for all Gnuton's models too

    Zenwifi XT8 / RT-AX95Q dirty upgrade from 386.5_2. 10 minutes in, so far so good.
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    Merlin 386.5.2 bug: OpenVPN Server does not start after router restart (scheduled restart, explicit restart, or power reset)

    Obviously the right answer is if NTP works well. I don‘t reboot that often but have never had this issue on either Merlin-based OpenVPN servers I run. But presumably the time does get set if you can start it manually - I’d just set a cron job to start it up maybe 2 minutes after boot as a...
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    ShadowSocks on Merlin

    Will the LAN IP change? On Merlin I have only run the server side of shadowsocks/v2ray-plugin over websocket with nginx as a reverse proxy. I just use 0.0.0.0, which I suppose is binding to WAN as well, but blocked in iptables. Not to hijack, but I wanted to just call out that if you are using...
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    Tutorial [SOLUTION] Asuswrt-Merlin Tor via Bridge, Device, Browser, Entry (Guard)/Middle (Non-Exit) Relay, and Device/Browser/Relay Hybrid Implementations

    I was having issues with Option #3 - Browser option - I couldn't get the Socks5 proxy listening on port 9050. After reading thru this, looked to be a similar issue of not having the input file, and then also just missing the standard "#!/bin/sh". I needed to add two lines at the top to get it...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 386.5 is now available

    RT-AX86U AIMesh pair - USB removed, dirty upgrade from the recent RT-AX86U_386.5_1-g8858f16344 build to 386.5_2. Seems stable, logs look normal, AMTM installed applications appear good. Thanks Merlin and community!
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    New ZenWifi XT8 user with issues

    Not sure where you heard that - definitely not here. :D If you do have issues, revert back to 42095 as the current "golden" build for ZenWifi XT8.
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    86u openVpn server speeds not 200 Mbit

    Before recently upgrading to the RT-AX86U, I used my RT-AC86U as an OpenVPN server on 1Gbps fiber. I could consistently measure ~174mbps using iperf3. (My new AX86U got past 174mbps to the limit of my remote connection at 200mbps. Haven't been anywhere with fast enough internet to test the...
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    Pros cons of device binding - ZenWiFi AX XT8

    With AX86U and XT8 AIMesh2.0 setups, I have found binding to only be needed for some IoT devices. All my other devices play nicely when Roaming Assistant does it's thing, but my cheapy IoT devices will get stuck on whatever they see first and won't move. (Maybe lack of 802.11f or one of the...
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    Recommended router for AiMesh and VPN?

    If you have wired to all floors, don't bother with a triband. I'd suggest the AX86U as the main then try using your existing AC1900 as a wired AIMesh node in the basement. The other main reason I suggest the AX86U over the ET8 is that you mentioned robust VPN. The AX86U has AES-NI which...
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    AX XT8 USB Questions

    I'd have to search, but there was a thread I remember seeing similar to this. Stock firmware uses older Samba3, whereas SMB2 needs at least Samba3.6 (as is in the Merlin builds). Someone stated they were able to install Samba4 via Entware and that worked. It required a script that would disable...
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    RT-AX58U vs RT-AX68U vs RT-AX92U for small apartment?

    @torstein The reason those speed numbers don't make sense is because you're missing a piece of the equation - channel bandwidth. The AX58U has 160mhz vs the 80mhz on the AX68U. The oversimplified math for AX would be roughly 150mbps per 20mhz, times the number of antennas. I personally would...
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    Interrupted connections on ZenWiFi AX (XT8)

    Just adding my +1 for having to roll back to 42095 to avoid the dropouts. This is getting somewhat ridiculous that an Asus product specifically designed and marketed for Mesh has completely borked Mesh with multiple sequential FW updates.
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