[384.16_Alpha Builds] Testing all variants

[dave14305]

Anyone tried alpha2 yet?

 

[Sanna1967]

Anyone tried alpha2 yet?

Yep

 

[John Fitzgerald]

I think there is an error in the "notes":
- UPDATED: amtm to 3.1.4 (thelonelycoder)

Newest version is 3.1.5

 

[swejuggalo]

Anyone tried alpha2 yet?

On it now on AX88U. Reverted to orginal settings. Still lower than normal negated speed on my wifi. Need to manually select channel to get full speed. Saw some stuff in the logs that I haven't noticed before... Will take some more look in there after some sleep.

RT-AX88U - just one of the latest Merlin firmwares and nothing else -

 

[RMerlin]

I think there is an error in the "notes":
- UPDATED: amtm to 3.1.4 (thelonelycoder)

Newest version is 3.1.5

No, the notes are accurate.

 

[Marin]

Anyone tried alpha2 yet?

Yes. Everything is good so far.

 

[John Fitzgerald]

No, the notes are accurate.

My concern was that the new alpha2 would revert from 3.1.5 to 3.1.4, but it did not.

Thank you.

 

[Marin]

I am liking this feature:

 

[L&LD]

The Alpha 2 on the RT-AX88U is working great!

Just like both Alpha 1's did, too.

I see a quick Beta/release cycle happening once again.

 

[MacG32]

Updated to alpha2 and had to reinstall Skynet and YazFi, as they weren't loading. Did a reboot from the GUI and all seems to be booting/loading/running normal now. The graphical errors in my last comment are still present, as alpha2 was posted before my post. Keeping an eye on the 2.4GHz speed. Still trying to figure out what port/settings to change to be able to use AES-256-GCM in a PIA VPN.

 

[L&LD]

@MacG32 after flashing to RMerlin firmware from stock, did you do a full reset/initialize and then minimally and manually configure the router to secure it and connect to your ISP?

 

[LimJK]

Anyone tried alpha2 yet?

Just Dirty Flash 384.16Alpha2 over Alpha1, my internet connection "Disconnected" issue after Power ON/OFF and GUI reboot reported here: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/384-16_alpha-builds-testing-all-variants.61952/page-11#post-557673
seems to be resolved. Thank You

Edit: PS: I did the firmware flashing at about half past the hour, where I know non of the scripts are running batch job to generate reports / graphics hoping to be spared any potential issues with scripts that I have installed and yes, all my scripts are running as it is supposed to be after flashing alpha2 this time.

 

[Treadler]

Anyone tried alpha2 yet?

“Just works”, great!

 

[JWoo]

Anyone tried alpha2 yet?

Yup, on my RT-AX58U. It seems much better than alpha 1. The recurring debug messages are fixed as per the commit from @RMerlin and the system log "apply" button works now if you change your log settings. The new Internet Status overview is interesting! The wireless log separation of guest network is nice. My main functions (routing, 2.4 and 5.0 Ghz wireless, WPA2 and WPA3, DoT, IPv6 all seem solid. This is a significantly better build than alpha 1. I would say KUDOS to @RMerlin !

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

Anyone tried alpha2 yet?

nice feature.

 

[SheikhSheikha]

I've never seen this before... But what could create such a strange behavior?
2 connected clients from the same device and IP 169.* is reported... And still the device wifi connection works and reports correct IP while I remote control it.

Edit: seems like a reboot of the router fixed this.

RT-AX88U - just one of the latest Merlin firmwares and nothing else -

Maybe you first used a cable and afterwards Wi-Fi to connect to the router from the same device? In such case the MAC addresses of both your ethernet and Wi-Fi are known by your DNS. Solution: sit out the lease time or unplug the power and reboot again.

 

[JWoo]

I am liking this feature:

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I don't think the Internet Traffic overview is very accurate. I ran Speedtest which shows 230 MB download but the Internet Traffic overview only shows 44 MB. Not sure where it is pulling data from. The Traffic Analyzer seems more accurate. What are your thoughts on the accuracy?

 

[SheikhSheikha]

Dirty Flash to Alpha2 (from a Nuclear/M&M installed second Alpha1)
Initial observations: LAN/WAN traffic more snappy and responsive. Signal Strength is fully covering my premises again. If this remains as it is now I will soon flash the second router too. This one looks like a winner Eric!

 

[RMerlin]

I don't think the Internet Traffic overview is very accurate. I ran Speedtest which shows 230 MB download but the Internet Traffic overview only shows 44 MB. Not sure where it is pulling data from. The Traffic Analyzer seems more accurate. What are your thoughts on the accuracy?

Comes from the same source as the Traffic Monitor. It checks the amount of transferred data every two seconds, and divides it by two to obtain the rate. Like Traffic Monitor is might also become inaccurate if hardware acceleration is enabled.

The meter starts at a full rate of 100 KB/s. Once it gets a higher peak, that new peak becomes the full rate. That's why it might show 100% while doing low rate, until you get it to push higher, at which point it will become more accurate.

 

[JWoo]

Comes from the same source as the Traffic Monitor. It checks the amount of transferred data every two seconds, and divides it by two to obtain the rate. Like Traffic Monitor is might also become inaccurate if hardware acceleration is enabled.

The meter starts at a full rate of 100 KB/s. Once it gets a higher peak, that new peak becomes the full rate. That's why it might show 100% while doing low rate, until you get it to push higher, at which point it will become more accurate.

Great explanation! Appreciate the info!!! Now I want to play around with it some more.