Asus RT-AX89X some newer router Dong Ngo rated

[Terrance Curry]

Hi all again,

I was wondering if Merlin Firmware would be available for
some newer Asus router: RT-AX89X or which other
firmware for any existing supported router could be
applied to this particular router?

I meant 89X not 98X


Thank you.

 

[L&LD]

No.

Please search for RMerlin's direct response to this.

 

[Terrance Curry]

Oh thank you.

I looked over the list of RT- supported routers and did not
see this one in the list but thought there may have been
another (like RT-AX88U) whose firmware could apply to this
one just like I believe some others that may not be listed.
I thought Merlin firmware applied to all newer RT-AC/AX
Asus routers, I guess I was wrong just like it did not apply
to GT- model routers.

I give up on this and hope that the stock firmware can
someday support 128 IP reservations over DHCP.

Thanks.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Oh thank you.

I looked over the list of RT- supported routers and did not
see this one in the list but thought there may have been
another (like RT-AX88U) whose firmware could apply to this
one just like I believe some others that may not be listed.
I thought Merlin firmware applied to all newer RT-AC/AX
Asus routers, I guess I was wrong just like it did not apply
to GT- model routers.

I give up on this and hope that the stock firmware can
someday support 128 IP reservations over DHCP.

Thanks.

All supported models are listed, with the variant of applicable firmware version for each model.

 

[Marin]

Oh thank you.

I looked over the list of RT- supported routers and did not
see this one in the list but thought there may have been
another (like RT-AX88U) whose firmware could apply to this
one just like I believe some others that may not be listed.
I thought Merlin firmware applied to all newer RT-AC/AX
Asus routers, I guess I was wrong just like it did not apply
to GT- model routers.

I give up on this and hope that the stock firmware can
someday support 128 IP reservations over DHCP.

Thanks.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ax89x.57884/page-14#post-579543


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[L&LD]

@Marin, thank you. That is the post I was thinking of.

 

[Terrance Curry]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ax89x.57884/page-14#post-579543


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Well that was blunt enough. As I said , I give up on some of this
as once I learned the firmware did not apply to GT models of
Asus routers, once I found another RT- model router, I find
an exception to the rule again and maybe not all RT- routers
are supported.
I am going to call Asus about this 64 limit on IP assignment
reservations and hopefully see if stock firmware can one
day support 128 like Merlin claims.

 

[L&LD]

You don't need to guess or give up. The models supported are clearly indicated.

https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/about

Do note that the following models are soon to be 'legacy/unsupported' models very soon. I would also expect others from the same era to follow.

RT-AC87U: 384.13_8
RT-AC3200: 384.13_8

 

[RMerlin]

I find
an exception to the rule again and maybe not all RT- routers
are supported.

What rule would that be? Nobody ever said that I supported all RT-* models - Asus has like over 40 or 50 RT-* different models by now, and I visibly only support a very small subset of these, which must follow certain very basic requirements. The first requirement at this time being it must be based on Broadcom hardware - the RT-AX89X isn't, which means the chances of it ever being supported are very, very small.

What people said was that I don't support GT models because of the increase in work that involves. That doesn't mean that I will support anything that is NOT GT.

The list of supported models is visible in multiple locations: on these forums, on my website, on the Wiki... This should be the only reference used by people to determine support. Never assume anything about any model not on this list, beside that it's not supported right now.

 

[Terrance Curry]

Okay, my misunderstanding

I guess even with the older RT- routers that you may not support
further (example RT-N66 or RT-AC66R), at least you had legacy
firmware that still applies to those and maybe you end your support
for those in 2018. I am still using Merlin Firmware in those 2 routers
of mine on limited basis.

I guess I thought that all RT- routers could accept Merlin firmware
and all GT- routers did not from my questions in another thread here.
Also I thought that for some RT- routers, if your firmware was not
specified for such, one could use another RT- firmware into it
(maybe like RT-AC88U firmware could be applied into another
one or maybe RT-AX88U to RT-AX89...).
My apologies for not distinguishing the RT-AX89X from
a RT-AX88X or whatever based on its internals and processor.
I may not study these devices that much in depth like I used
to or should have as a former engineer. . now I just don't care
and I am more of a manager and just want it to work!,
spare the devil is in the details.

Again, I am sorry for any confusion on my part with this.
I am only utilizing your firmware only to get benefit of the
128 IP reservations and labeling/naming devices features
and perhaps that is not even guaranteed.

I have contacted Asus to discuss this further with them
as I think I may just want to upgrade to a router that you
would not support and I would like to find out from Asus
if it can accommodate the 128 IP reservations feature
currently or in the future and not worry about third-party
firmware and could be lacking in stock Asus firmware.

I just finished a chat with Asus and it is supposed to email
or call me... it went to their engineering department.
Maybe they can explain to me why they have their own 64
limit and maybe we can discuss how I can achieve something
else as the devices in my network grow and way past 64 or 96
devices or networking adapters (wired, wireless)...

Thank you for all you have done and your support.
My sincere apologies for my attitude.

What rule would that be? Nobody ever said that I supported all RT-* models - Asus has like over 40 or 50 RT-* different models by now, and I visibly only support a very small subset of these, which must follow certain very basic requirements. The first requirement at this time being it must be based on Broadcom hardware - the RT-AX89X isn't, which means the chances of it ever being supported are very, very small.

What people said was that I don't support GT models because of the increase in work that involves. That doesn't mean that I will support anything that is NOT GT.

The list of supported models is visible in multiple locations: on these forums, on my website, on the Wiki... This should be the only reference used by people to determine support. Never assume anything about any model not on this list, beside that it's not supported right now.

 

[RMerlin]

I guess even with the older RT- routers that you may not support
further (example RT-N66 or RT-AC66R), at least you had legacy
firmware that still applies to those and maybe you end your support
for those in 2018. I am still using Merlin Firmware in those 2 routers
of mine on limited basis.

I recommend switching to John9527's fork for these older models, as they are still actively maintained by John, and therefore receive critical security fixes in addition to other fixes and enhancements.

maybe we can discuss how I can achieve something
else as the devices in my network grow and way past 64 or 96
devices or networking adapters (wired, wireless)...

Increasing the limit beyond 64 entries will be quite difficult, as it's not just an arbitrary limit chosen at random, but a technical limitation. The problem is with newer Broadcom-based devices, Broadcom hardcodes a maximum length for each specific setting. This means Asus cannot just change "64" for "128", but they need to engineer a new way of storing those settings despite Broadcom's platform limitations.

Something that can run my custom firmware will still reach that limit before reaching 128 entries (the exact limit is impossible to predict as it depends on the length of the hostnames used by each entries). The practical limit will be anywhere between 60 and 80, and one will only know at save time as the webpage will validate the total resulting length.

What one can do however with my firmware is create a custom dnsmasq.conf.add file, and manually enter as many DHCP reservations as they wish to that file. This however requires a custom firmware, as the stock firmware does not allow to customize config files (they wouldn't survive a reboot, or even a restart of the service).

My sincere apologies for my attitude.

No worries at all, no harm done. Just a misunderstanding.