Beta Asus GT-AX6000 beta firmware version 9.0.0.6_102_33874 (2024/02/23)

[VANT]

Any updated firmware you got from the engineers?

at the moment no.

 

[d5aqoep]

So I am getting a reload2024 ransomware attack on 2 particular PCs exactly after every 8 days. We formatted all 5 PCs on the network and they have MS365 and Tally 4.1 and nothing else. Yet those 2 PCs keep on getting ransomware exactly after 8 days. I am stumped. We used 3 antivirus and none of them picked up anything. We don't use any USB drive or anything.

So as a last ditch effort, I downgraded to official firmware of last year and changed our static IP by talking with my ISP.

 

[Tech9]

This ransomware distribution method doesn't care about your router's firmware or WAN IP address. Formatting PCs may not help either. It mostly relies on user error - clicking on specific lure link, opening e-mail attachment, clicking on bogus advertisement, downloading infected torrents, etc. Some programs may be doing it automatically.

 

[d5aqoep]

This ransomware distribution method doesn't care about your router's firmware or WAN IP address. Formatting PCs may not help either. It mostly relies on user error - clicking on specific lure link, opening e-mail attachment, clicking on bogus advertisement, downloading infected torrents, etc. Some programs may be doing it automatically.

Nothing has been clicked as it is a headless system with no monitor, keyboard mouse.

 

[Hypothosis]

Nothing has been clicked as it is a headless system with no monitor, keyboard mouse.

My bet would be on tally, compromised download or weakness

 

[Roy2002]

10 months and no update, Asus abandoned this router.

 

[Analog-1]

10 months and no update, Asus abandoned this router.

Yep actually worse then Netgear at this point.

 

[matuso77]

Any new info regarding this release? I saw the beta version directly in the router's firmware upgrade section (while allowing the beta firmware option) a few weeks ago, but this version has not been listed here for at least a week now. The official product page still refers to 3.0.0.6.102_21514 being the latest version .

Anyway, I'm still using version 3.0.0.4.388_23285-g5068da5 as with the current version, I wasn't able to provide a guest network on a separate subnet, while being able to access devices connected to that guest network from the main network. I need this to be able to provide Home Assistant (running on Synology NAS wire-connected to the main network) access to IoT devices on the guest network (but I do not want to allow IoT devices to have access to devices on the main network). This works well on 3.0.0.4 firmware without Guest Pro and VLAN features, but somehow I didn't manage to set it up that way on firmware 3.0.0.6.102_21514 and wasn't pretty convinced to take part in beta testing. Could anybody check whether this is doable with either the current or the beta version, please?

 

[Hypothosis]

come on asus, give us an official beta, this has been really good, really amazing connectivity, i like this better than the AX11000's i have\

uptime:

50 days 1 hour(s) 52 minute(s) 58 seconds

 

[Spartan]

ASUS hasn't updates the firmware since a year, I have not seen them ever abandon a product like this my ancient RT-AC68U had updates for years.

 

[L&LD]

Use RMerlin firmware for more up-to-date firmware.

Changelog (388.x) | Asuswrt-Merlin

asuswrt-merlin.net

There are options.

 

[Spartan]

Use RMerlin firmware for more up-to-date firmware.

Changelog (388.x) | Asuswrt-Merlin

asuswrt-merlin.net

There are options.

Didn't use Merlin firmware in years, does it support AiMesh?

 

[jetpack42]

Didn't use Merlin firmware in years, does it support AiMesh?

Merlin has AiMesh support. AiMesh should be identical between stock and Merlin, if I am remembering things correctly.

 

[L&LD]

Yes, it does.

About | Asuswrt-Merlin

asuswrt-merlin.net

 

[Spartan]

Yes, it does.

About | Asuswrt-Merlin

asuswrt-merlin.net

What is the difference between these 2 files:

GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_rog_nand_squashfs.pkgtb
GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_nand_squashfs.pkgtb

 

[Paliv]

What is the difference between these 2 files:

GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_rog_nand_squashfs.pkgtb
GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_nand_squashfs.pkgtb

I’m guessing one keeps the very ‘intense’ ROG gui theme, and the other has the standard ASUS gui.

 

[jsbeddow]

I’m guessing one keeps the very ‘intense’ ROG gui theme, and the other has the standard ASUS gui.

Good guess, you are correct.

 

[Spartan]

I’m guessing one keeps the very ‘intense’ ROG gui theme, and the other has the standard ASUS gui.

You're right, I updated to GT-AX6000_3004_388.7_0_rog_nand_squashfs for both my main GT-Ax6000 and the other GT-AX6000 (AiMesh), all settings were preserved, I will do a full reset tomorrow when I have time but for now it works perfectly.

Never seen the jitter go to 0ms before:

 

[john385]

Just switched to Merlin.
Can't believe ASUS left (one of its) flagship routers on the backburner. Embarrassing.
Did a factory reset before flashing just in case.
Flashed Merlin.
Factory reset again.
(that dd-wrt muscle memory caution will never leave me. lol).
Set everything up. So far so good.

 

[Hypothosis]

does anyone know what this actually is? is this in merlin nowadays, what does it do (it's not the trend micro signature file) and are there actually any updates coming? I'm thinking to switch back to merlin, the theme is so ugly