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    RT-BE86U details from ASUS rep at Computex Taipei (POSSIBLE NEWS SCOOP)

    POSSIBLE NEWS SCOOP - RT-BE86U details from ASUS rep at Computex Taipei I went to Computex Taipei today and talked with an Asus rep there next to the Asus routers. Correct me if I am mistaken but I believe this is a news scoop because I couldn't find confirmed details of the RT-BE86U on any...
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    is AsusWRT-MERLIN 388.2_2 (dd 7 May 2023) affected by the security issues fixed in 3.0.0.4.386.51665 (dd 18 May 2023)? - RT-AX56U

    Does anyone know if AsusWRT-MERLIN 388.2_2 (dd 7 May 2023) is affected by the security issues fixed in 3.0.0.4.386.51665 (dd 18 May 2023)? Is it better to revert and flash the original Asus Firmware >or< can one keep going on the last-available Merlin Firmware? *WAN Access is disabled - but...
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    WAN Port IP Addresses appear on router

    Hi there, I have a strange issue on my Asus AC68u Router. This is happening on both Merlin and AsusWRT latest versions. When my router is acting as a DHCP server, it seems then my WISP devices is also getting IP addresses from my router and appear on my devices list. Not sure how this is...
  4. kallefornia

    Philips Hue: lights off when nobody is home [script]

    This is a relatively simple bash script that turns off all lights when all members of a household have left and turns them back on again when one of them comes back. Basically, it continually checks the list of clients currently connected to the router's WiFi network(s) for pre-defined IP...
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    Adding additional USB wifi radios

    Perhaps this is more a feature request, but as it is my understanding, the firmware is built upon OpenWrt/Linux (for which drivers are available). Would it be possible to add an additional WIFI radio via USB stick to AsusWrt-Merlin? I know it gets a little complex because you have to consider a...
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    Switch to another VPN client if no handshake/connection [Wireguard/VPN Director]

    Hi all, This forum has been of great help and I really enjoy Asuswrt-Merlin firmware! I have a question about VPN setup. I have two Wireguard clients configured and I use VPN Director to assign IP ranges to route traffic through them. Initially, I had only one client (WGC1) and VPN Director...
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    sanity check / requirements for use of either ExpressVPN or NordVPN with Asus + AsusWRT-Merlin, also FlashRouters

    New to SMB Forums, first post, so forgive everything in advance... I am planning on upgrading my home network with a new Asus AX86U wireless router. Besides moving to Wi-Fi 6 (from 5), I also want to implement router-based VPN functionality for location masking and general identity protection...
  8. gspannu

    Unbound Making Unbound into a DoT/DoH (rather than plain dns) for clients

    Could anyone please assist in modifying the unbound.conf file to enable DoT/DoH for downstream clients? I am guessing, the lines I need to add are something like the following: interface: 127.0.0.1@853 tls-service-key: "path/to/privatekeyfile.key" tls-service-pem: "path/to/publiccertfile.pem"...
  9. rkk2025

    What is keeping "Flow Cache" in "Disabled" state on my RT-AX86U?

    Hi, I'm trying to get "Flow Cache" to be "Enabled" in my RT-AX86U. I had previously AiProtection enabled and had briefly "Adaptive QoS" enabled too to experiment with it. As far as I'm aware these are the most common options that are mentioned that could Disable "Flow Cache". So now I have...
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    Lots of wlceventd_proc_event auth dauth_ind messages in log

    I have an RT-AX86U main router running Asuswrt Merlin v386.7, which in turn connects to an RT-AC86U AiMesh node running Asuswrt v3.0.0.4.386_48260-gd4c241c. I have recently observed a number of strange wlceventd_proc_event messages filling up my system log, referring to a strange <mac_address>...
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    vlans ac-68u ap mode issue

    Hi, So my issue is that I'm trying to use 2 vlans here to create 2 private networks. realistically if I got one of those two working I would be really happy. I have a pfsense box as my router and the vlans are configured on that. I have my netgear r7000 with freshtomato and vlans work perfectly...
  12. garycnew

    Asuswrt-Merlin 384.19 WebUI won't load after Login

    All: This morning, I found my Internet was down. I tried logging into the Asuswrt-Merlin 384.19 WebUI, but after logging in the default Network Map page won't load. I was able to ssh into the the Asuswrt-Merlin router to perform a service restart_wan, which brought the Internet back online...
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    How to implement split tunneling on router GT-AXE11000 with asuswrt merlin firmware with ~9300 rules?

    Guys, I'm trying to resolve issue with my ISP, around 9300 routing rules should be implemented in order to get pure internet without any blocks. As I understood - this thing is being called "split tunneling" and router could do this by routing requests to ~9300 ipset subnetworks to external...
  14. garycnew

    Solved [SOLUTION] Asuswrt-Merlin NFS v3 File Locking using NSM (statd) & NLM (lockd)

    All: I've been successfully using NFS v3 without File Locking for quite some time. I've reached a point where I need to in institute NSM (statd) & NLM (lockd). I've noticed that statd and lockd are running on the Primary Router (NFS v3 Server). However, when I attempt to remotely mount the...
  15. garycnew

    Defunct cfg_server Zombies

    All: On my primary router, I've run into an issue where cfg_server child processes die, become defunct, grow to 15 - 20 zombie processes, consume all of my available RAM, and cause the primary router to start swapping. Once the primary router starts swapping, the load-average starts...
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    Clients between AiMesh nodes don't see each other?

    Hi guys! So I have an AX86S as the main unit and an AC68U as a mesh node. Basically when I'm connected to the AX, I CAN NOT ping (even using IP address) the nodes that are connected to the AC (getting 17 nodes via LAN-scan). When I'm connected to the AC, then I CAN ping all nodes (either...
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    Isolate IP cameras

    I recently posted a related thread on SuperUser, but thought I'd post a modified version here to get advice specific to Asuswrt-Merlin. I'm planning to install a home surveillance system consisting of 7 PoE cameras recording 24/7 to my HTPC. I figured since my HTPC stays on 24/7, there's no...
  18. TheMegaMan

    DNS and DHCP issues on RT-AC86U

    I hope someone can point me at a few things what might help me with some network stability issues I seem to be having. I'm running Asuswrt-Merln version 386.3_2 on the router. Firstly, DNS. I've been getting a few issues with web pages taking a long time to load, or failing completely. This...
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    Issue adding AC-68U as AiMesh node

    Hi there, I'm a new member to this forum. I have a weird problem with an AC-68U router running Asuswrt Merlin. The router was previously part of an AiMesh system. The main router is an AX-58U running Asuswrt Merlin 386.2_2 (router A). Until yesterday the AC-68U router has been working well in...
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    Exposing the ASUSWRT WebUI to WAN Safely

    Hello everyone, Long time reader and first time poster here. First of all I would like to thank everyone contributing to the AsusWRT Merlin project. Much gratitude and respect, especially to Merlin himself! I have read time and time again that ASUSWRT's WebUI is not hardened enough to be...
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