ASUS RT-AC86U - NEW - Firmware version 3.0.0.4.384_81792 (14.04.2020)

[rmassung]

Any other issues with 81369? Any bugs in GUI? It seems anything past 45717 in my AC86U causes drops on my Note 9 (Yes, please dont send me the reset, config from scratch bit as i have been in IT field for 20 yrs

No other issues. It has been solid. No GUI bugs at all. I am running QoS Work at home selection, over 20 devices connected across all connections plus the Open NAT for some games. I do have it scheduled for reboot 3:00am daily.

 

[K-2SO]

I have already tried some of these things on my phone and none of my other 14 devices seem to have this issue.

You already located the problem - this specific phone. How's the router in fault?

 

[KevTech]

It seems anything past 45717 in my AC86U causes drops on my Note 9

Are these disabled or enabled?

Roaming assistant

Airtime Fairness

I disable both of them.

 

[mogulman]

I don't get it. Asus has some sort of presence on these forums. I've helped test beta firmware. Why can't they at least tell us why a firmware was pulled? Seems like such a small thing.

 

[davidangel64]

No other issues. It has been solid. No GUI bugs at all. I am running QoS Work at home selection, over 20 devices connected across all connections plus the Open NAT for some games. I do have it scheduled for reboot 3:00am daily.

Have you experienced the reboot bug as described here?

 

[K-2SO]

Why can't they at least tell us why a firmware was pulled?

Better question is why it wasn't fixed for 2 weeks after thousands of routers were flashed with some bug.

Have you experienced the reboot bug as described here?

I've seen it many times. I have 2 RT-AC86U. Both do the same thing. WAN port died on one. Was replaced under warranty.

 

[OzarkEdge]

Have you experienced the reboot bug as described here?

Not once, working with seven RT-AC86Us.

I have had one 86U die and be replaced under warranty. First symptom was trouble browsing for about a week; then it died with a couple half-lit LEDs.

OE

 

[RMerlin]

I don't get it. Asus has some sort of presence on these forums.

They haven't had an active representative in years in here. Just a very few rare visits from an engineer now and then.

 

[rmassung]

Have you experienced the reboot bug as described here?

No, just the dropping issues on the 81792 that made me downgrade a few days ago. I did set the router to reboot everyday at 3am every other day. Right now it has been up for 19 hours. Before I set the update schedule it was up for 3 days.

 

[K-2SO]

I did set the router to reboot everyday at 3am every other day.

Don't do that with AC86U. One day you'll find it turned off in the morning. Don't get surprised.

 

[bbunge]

Don't do that with AC86U. One day you'll find it turned off in the morning. Don't get surprised.

Agreed! Keep an eye on the used RAM and reboot manually if needed. Current Version : 3.0.0.4.384_81792 is solid for me with Smart Connect enabled and no WIFI Professional settings changed.
I recommend adding a thumb drive with a swap partition or swap file. See:
https://mydevtutorials.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/how-to-activate-swap-on-asus-rt-ac68u-router/
I am even running DoT on my stock AC86U!

 

[K-2SO]

I recommend adding a thumb drive with a swap partition or swap file.

Not needed. 81792 running for 2 weeks already. 140MB free RAM with AiProtection and Parental Controls. This swap on USB is not convincing. Very slow and another point of failure. I do have USB on my other router to run scripts. Not the best solution, but this is what we can have. Plan B solution.

 

[K-2SO]

Traffic Analyzer quit working. No recorded data in last 2 days. Nothing new for me though.

 

[tallytr]

Traffic Analyzer quit working. No recorded data in last 2 days. Nothing new for me though.

Just curious, why do you use the traffic analyzer?
And a question:
Why does RAM use increase over time, lets say a week, when re-booted it goes to 71% in my case (no ext. HDD connected...)

 

[K-2SO]

Just curious, why do you use the traffic analyzer?

I don't. Testing the firmware release here. I have 2 RT-AC86U routers.

Why does RAM use increase over time,

Cache and Buffers. Nothing to worry about. Normal. SSH top for more info.

 

[K-2SO]

BTW I don't see the picture attached. Chrome, Safari, Edge. Different connections.

 

[bitsbytes]

i can't disable QoS. the more i tinker with this firmware the more bugs i find. also i had the same can't access the gui bug until i restart the router. this firmware is a nightmare for me.

 

[K-2SO]

i can't disable QoS.

Go to Game, disable Gear Accelerator. First on top. Asus likes fancy names. It disables QoS.

this firmware is a nightmare for me.

This firmware officially doesn't exist.

 

[bitsbytes]

Go to Game, disable Gear Accelerator. First on top. Asus likes fancy names. It disables QoS.


This firmware officially doesn't exist.

Gear Accelerator was not enabled.i'm still on it and i don't know why but thank for trying to help

 

[mogulman]

They haven't had an active representative in years in here. Just a very few rare visits from an engineer now and then.

The last time I had a sequence of messages with arthurlien, it was in December, 2019. That was only 4 months ago, not years.