ASUS RT-AC87 Firmware - Official Releases

vaszago · Sep 1, 2015

I think ASUS should the GUI can be written from a software company. And prefer to dedicate, the hardware planning. The GUI of Synology's been a blast. Maybe a partnership with Synology. That would be I think a very good solution.

LoneWolf · Sep 1, 2015

Mr.Smith said:
Meanwhile i use a german "Fritz Box" Router that is absolutely rock solid but unfortunately not supports simultaneous dual band. That´s why i switched to the ASUS RT-AC87

If that's why you switched, why not purchase a couple of access points, and leave the router you like in place?

LoneWolf · Sep 1, 2015

InspectHerGadget said:
I have quite a lot of faith in Synology. I have one of their routers and everything works, updates are handled flawlessly and no issues at all. The Linux based Synology NAS is a complex beast from a software point of view. Asus are primarily hardware manufacturers and while I have been reasonably happy with the AC87, there is no doubt that there have been a lot of issues with the UI and 5GHz band too. Whether it really is an issue or whether SNB people just expect a lot of hard to say. I certainly see quite a bit of switching off my 5GHz network on the AC87. Now whether this is the fault of Qualcomm or Asus I really don't know. I would guess Qualcomm as it would appear to be a driver issue.

I have a lot of faith in Synology too - for the products they are currently known for, that is, NAS solutions. Like every other vendor, I'll have faith in a product I haven't seen them release before after I've seen their performance on the market and a few independent reviews.
It's entirely possible they'll make a great router. It's also entirely possible their 1.0 product will need a second-generation to truly work itself out, not unheard of in this world.

Mr.Smith · Sep 2, 2015

LoneWolf said:
If that's why you switched, why not purchase a couple of access points, and leave the router you like in place?

Maybe this would be a solution too but my plan was to have only one (high end) router (with some extra features like DLNA, Samba, TimeMachine and so on). Also the Wlan rates gets halved when using access points that are not conneccted to lan cables.

mromero · Sep 2, 2015

RMerlin said:
You got burned by buying a router that had a somewhat experimental architecture, and now you want to go to another experimental device from a manufacturer that has no prior experience in developing and supporting a router? <head scratching>

If I were you, I'd look into a more traditional model from an established manufacturer. Netgear R7000, Asus RT-AC68U, etc... those are native Broadcom bcm470x products, used in numerous router models, so they're proven technology (as much as a 802.11ac chipset can be so at this point, that is).

For me, Merlin's firmware somewhat makes me hang on to the Asus RT ac87u.

I have a high regard for Synology. These guys RULE in their software, hardly any hardware is left behind, and they have a great community. They appear to be equally good at hardware and software. I would wait for the second version of this version or the Google router when Asus makes it.

For now Asus has screwed up what could have been a great router with a never-ending stream of rotten firmware starting with the decision to cripple the output power for all routers no matter where distributed. Looking to the future, who knows, we may yet see a great router come out of China or Russia?

P.S. On the first Synology RT1900ac Router, it looks like these guys will be taking no prisoners. It is well designed with lots of cooling vents and: "It is based on the Broadcom chipset and has a 4 GB flash memory."

Puppa · Sep 3, 2015

Back to the topic of RT-AC87 Firmware, does anyone here know why ASUS pulled the 6117 firmware from downloads? There hasn't been anything new released for it in the months since it was pulled (other than for Japan). Was there something terribly wrong with it? (Please don't talk about the login thing, that's an inconvenience for the sake of better security, not a "problem.")

ankhazam · Sep 3, 2015

Use the beta 8248, it's the best at the moment.

RMerlin · Sep 3, 2015

Puppa said:
Back to the topic of RT-AC87 Firmware, does anyone here know why ASUS pulled the 6117 firmware from downloads? There hasn't been anything new released for it in the months since it was pulled (other than for Japan). Was there something terribly wrong with it? (Please don't talk about the login thing, that's an inconvenience for the sake of better security, not a "problem.")

I assume it was due to that build having numerous bugs. If I remember correctly, that build had a broken time scheduler (so, radio scheduling didn't work), the System Administration page was having issues whenever changing anything on that page, a lot of the network tools such as WOL and the ping/traceroute pages were also broken, and the OpenVPN key/certs weren't visible on the OpenVPN config page.

Puppa · Sep 4, 2015

ankhazam said:
Use the beta 8248, it's the best at the moment.

Where is this beta 8248 of which you speak? Or did they pull that, too?

Veldkornet · Sep 4, 2015

Puppa said:
Where is this beta 8248 of which you speak? Or did they pull that, too?

Here.

mucci · Sep 7, 2015

I'm thinking changing the ASUS RT-AC 87R by ASUS - RT - AC 3200. It would be a good idea or this model also has problems? The NETGEAR R 8000 would be a better option?

LoneWolf · Sep 7, 2015

mucci said:
I'm thinking changing the ASUS RT-AC 87R by ASUS - RT - AC 3200. It would be a good idea or this model also has problems? The NETGEAR R 8000 would be a better option?

This is off-topic for an "official firmware releases" thread - you should probably ask a question like this as its own topic.
That said, you're probably better off falling back, not forward, and going with the RT-AC68. Cutting edge routers almost always have issues to be worked out.

Allograft · Sep 7, 2015

Not sure if anyone here knows, what does Asus think about the current Quantenna driver? At this point, there have been two major rewrites, one at the beginning of the year and another one more recently. Does Asus think that this one will be able to get to a very stable, desirable, and functional release? Or is another re-write in store?

Speedluvver · Sep 7, 2015

mucci said:
I'm thinking changing the ASUS RT-AC 87R by ASUS - RT - AC 3200. It would be a good idea or this model also has problems? The NETGEAR R 8000 would be a better option?

I moved to ac3200.. Way more reliable with the same speed and range

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mucci · Sep 17, 2015

ASUS abandoned the development of 87U and 87R routers? Left us with problems? No word on new firmwares. I will change to the new TPLINK AC ARCHER 3200.

jeziu · Sep 17, 2015

Looks like. I have gave up with router already and put it on the shelf. Now I'm very happy user of Netgear R7000 with xwrt firmware.

sentinelvdx · Sep 17, 2015

mucci said:
ASUS abandoned the development of 87U and 87R routers? Left us with problems? No word on new firmwares. I will change to the new TPLINK AC ARCHER 3200.

No man, they are still working, but there're working hard on the 5ghz part

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Trentors · Sep 17, 2015

I don't think 87U will ever work properly with the Quantenna chipset. Making a wifi chipset is about making it as compatible with as many adapter combinations as possible and larger companies like Broadcom and Qualcomm has more resources for making this happen than such a small company as Quantenna. Besides Broadcom wifi adapters are currently in most top phones from Samsung, LG, HTC, Sony and many other vendors. This alone will likely ensure good compatibility with a lot of products.

I remember having a bad feeling with such an experiment 87U in reality is. A new unproven chipset/manufacturer and the fact that the whole chipset is not a simple embedded radio but an entire system with own separate CPU and firmware seemed a bit excessive (this also makes the rebooting of 87U very slow due to the slow start of the Quantenna chipset). Unfortunately the alternative - AC3200 - where delayed here in Europe and somebody even claimed it was for the US market only. So I took the plunge and have regretted it ever since :-(

PS: I used to own a RT-N66U and have set up at least 7 RT-AC68Us for other people. They all worked very well. My next router will very likely be an Asus router as well but I will avoid anything with Quantenna and will feel safest chosing a 100% Broadcom based product.

Veldkornet · Sep 17, 2015

sentinelvdx said:
No man, they are still working, but there're worling hard on the 5ghz part

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Maybe Asus@SG should come register here on these forums to get feedback on the firmwares.

People here love testing and giving feedback. I have the feeling that they will get a lot more feedback than what they're currently getting on that other forum

sentinelvdx · Sep 17, 2015

Veldkornet said:
Maybe Asus@SG should come register here on these forums to get feedback on the firmwares.

People here love testing and giving feedback. I have the feeling that they will get a lot more feedback than what they're currently getting on that other forum

Don't worry he's getting our feedback.
And I also have an account on that forum to share with him our findings.

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