Beta ASUSWRT 386 RC2 public beta with full functions AiMesh 2.0

[RMerlin]

I notice that RT-AC86U RC2-2,3,4 are the exact same file size 67.6 MB (70,909,972 bytes), and RC2-5,6,7 are the exact same file size 68.0 MB (71,303,188 bytes). Hmmm... am I wasting my time?

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OE

Run md5 hashes, you'll see.

 

[OzarkEdge]

We had better hurry up here... released AC86U firmware is catching up with its beta testing:

Release - Asus AC86U New Firmware - 3.0.0.4.386_40451-g30f1b6c

Just saw the new .386 firmware in my router. Anyone update yet?

www.snbforums.com

RT-AC86U RC2-7 beta is 9.0.0.4.386.40577.
RT-AC86U release is 3.0.0.4.386.40451.

OE

 

[bitsbytes]

Hello asus people. Any input on the new official firmware for the ac86u ? It's a jump to the 386 branch. How far is it from the latest beta?

 

[karma]

Now testing RC2-7... node backhaul drooped to 2.4 and log showed VLAN issues until system reboot. System reboot after clean install is advisable, imo.

Port 0 still only Closed on grc.com ShieldsUp! WAN test (?).

OE

nothing is open, that's good, no?

[edit, oh, i see what you mean, it would be better if it was stealthed. parsed your sentence wrongly]

 

[wags1]

Moabdave,

This is normally what I do, as I like to do Factory Reset for each new Firmware I installed. I am lazy, I have about 40+ devices that I manually assign IP address. The assumption here is there is a Thumbdrive (with name "ASUS") plugged into one of the USB port of the AiMesh Router. I saved about 10 other NVRAM items. I normally take about 15-30 minutes to setup my AiMesh network from scratch, hope it is useful for you.

First item, saved the DHCP_staticlist, Second item saved the icons you assigned to each device. I think these are the 2 most time consuming items.

———————————————————————————————————————————-
Save values:
———————————————————————————————————————————-
nvram get dhcp_staticlist > /tmp/mnt/ASUS/dhcplist.txt
nvram get custom_clientlist > /tmp/mnt/ASUS/custom_clientlist.txt
cp -r /jffs/usericon /tmp/mnt/ASUS/

———————————————————————————————————————————-
Restore values:
———————————————————————————————————————————-
cd /mnt/ASUS
nvram set dhcp_staticlist="`cat /tmp/mnt/ASUS/dhcplist.txt`"
nvram set custom_clientlist="`cat /tmp/mnt/ASUS/custom_clientlist.txt`"
cp -r /tmp/mnt/ASUS/usericon /jffs/
nvram commit && reboot

Edit: I added "custom_clientlist" that maps USER DEFINE DEVICE NAME to MAC ADDRESS, whereas the "dhcp_staticlist" maps MAC ADDRESS to USER ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS.

This may be very helpful. Would it be possible to write everything to a device on the network instead of a USB drive attached to the router?

Thank you for this. All my devices have custom names and icons. Restoring that information is the biggest PITA when doing a factory reset.

 

[OzarkEdge]

nothing is open, that's good, no?

[edit, oh, i see what you mean, it would be better if it was stealthed. parsed your sentence wrongly]

Yeah, it comes and goes... it's been just Closed for awhile now. I don't know if it's the router or the ISP or grc.com. I assume it's the router.

OE

 

[karma]

Yeah, it comes and goes... it's been just Closed for awhile now. I don't know if it's the router or the ISP or grc.com.

OE

indeed weird. I did a scan of my ISP's modem/router and port 0 showed as stealthed...

 

[OzarkEdge]

Now testing RC2-7... node backhaul drooped to 2.4 and log showed VLAN issues until system reboot. System reboot after clean install is advisable, imo.

Port 0 still only Closed on grc.com ShieldsUp! WAN test (?).
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OE

It's the router... AiProtection\Network Protection specifically. If I disable Network Protection, grc.com ShieldsUp! WAN test reports all ports Stealth:

It would nice of @ASUSWRT_2020 to comment on this.

OE

 

[Quan]

After the upgrade to RC-7, my wifi card Realtek RTL 8821CE 802.11ac PCIe adapter was no longer able to connect to the XT8.

 

[Darren Rockach]

I have an AX11000 and two XT8 nodes. The dedicated ethernet backhaul still seems to break things on rc2-7. I set it and then one of the nodes disconnected. I had to re-pair but everytime I did this whilst dedicated ethernet backhaul was enabled one of the nodes would drop off. Once the setting was disabled everything paired successfully again.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

I see no speed test with RC-7, AX58U. Also had strange issues with setting icons in the network map. That seems to have resolved after reboot. Not a issue on standard releases.

 

[semigator]

@ASUSWRT_2020 is the maximum number of devices you can bind = 9? I try to bind more and it says it works, but doesn't actually work.

 

[OzarkEdge]

With RC2-7, my 2.4 mobile started acting up while streaming TuneIn outside my 2xAC86U AiMesh. I tried various things like disabling Smart Connect, deleting the TuneIn app data, and restarting my mobile. No joy. Then I recalled users recently mentioning stronger WiFi signals and raising the Roaming Assistant 2.4 RSSI threshold from the default of -70 to -62 (default used to be -55). So I did that and the issue stopped. So, I will try to come up with a rule for optimizing this setting for a given AiMesh geometry and signals.

However, I am still logging stuff like this:
Oct 22 15:36:38 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(491): eth5: Disassoc 90:C78:90:85:59, status: 0, reason: Disassociated because sending station is leaving (or has left) BSS (8)
Oct 22 15:36:38 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(510): eth5: Auth 90:C78:90:85:59, status: Successful (0)
Oct 22 15:36:38 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(539): eth5: Assoc 90:C78:90:85:59, status: Successful (0)
Oct 22 15:36:39 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:36:39 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:37:12 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(491): eth5: Disassoc 90:C78:90:85:59, status: 0, reason: Disassociated because sending station is leaving (or has left) BSS (8)
Oct 22 15:37:12 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(491): eth5: Disassoc 90:C78:90:85:59, status: 0, reason: Disassociated because sending station is leaving (or has left) BSS (8)
Oct 22 15:39:58 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:39:58 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:39:58 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:39:58 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:39:58 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:39:58 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:39:58 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:39:58 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 22 15:44:53 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(510): eth5: Auth 90:C7

But that 2.4 client is working ok now.

OE

 

[TXbreees]

Yay for updates! Feedback I sent through the feedback UI on the router:

"Thank your for letting the public do beta testing! Issues I've noticed with RC7: On the home screen, viewing connected clients then grouping by interface causes the interface to freeze for 10 to 30 seconds. This has been an issue for the last several releases. Throughput on the new AIMesh screen is still 0 kbps all the time. Attaching all logs for future release improvement!"

 

[YCY]

Have you done factory reset?

yes,they are reset to factory default, but the problem remains. The node cannot connect to any client.

 

[vanic]

Hi OzarkEdge,

Thanks for your remind, actually, we have found the symptom in amas_lib. This issue has fixed in new beta firmware 386-40577. You could verify, thanks!

I have not enjoyed the same level of connection stability for my 2.4 mobile client while working around the property, now and before I switched to using Smart Connect. TuneIn regularly stops streaming with a connection error when normally it does not. If feels like RC2-6 has a connection management issue.

Here's an abbreviated snip from the General Log:

Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: D84:3C:0A:7A:A4 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: pgd = ffffffc011703000
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: [f6953510] *pgd=0000000011758003, *pud=0000000011758003, *pmd=00000000153c1003, *pte=0000000000000000
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 31262 Comm: amas_lib Tainted: P O 4.1.27 #2
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: Hardware name: Broadcom-v8A (DT)
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: task: ffffffc01e86a080 ti: ffffffc013ef0000 task.ti: ffffffc013ef0000
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: PC is at 0xf6998a58
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: LR is at 0xf6996728
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: pc : [<00000000f6998a58>] lr : [<00000000f6996728>] pstate: 600f0010
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: sp : 00000000f69534f8
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: x12: 0000000000000000
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: x11: 00000000f6955ad4 x10: 0000000000000002
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: x9 : 00000000f6d82c92 x8 : 00000000f6a91000
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: x7 : 00000000f6955b20 x6 : 00000000f6a91cc0
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: x5 : 00000000f6a91cc0 x4 : 00000000f69535c0
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: x3 : 00000000000f7db0 x2 : 00000000f6955ae8
Oct 18 12:06:15 kernel: x1 : 00000000f6d82c92 x0 : 00000000fbad8004
<snip>
Oct 18 12:07:08 rc_service: amas_lib 31300:notify_rc restart_firewall
Oct 18 12:58:03 kernel: eth4 (Ext switch port: 3) (Logical Port: 11) Link DOWN.
Oct 18 12:58:06 kernel: eth4 (Ext switch port: 3) (Logical Port: 11) Link UP 1000 mbps full duplex
Oct 18 13:15:09 roamast: determine candidate node [D4:5D:64:7B:5F:61](rssi: -52dbm) for client [90:C78:90:85:59](rssi: -68dbm) to roam
Oct 18 13:15:09 roamast: Roam a client [90:C78:90:85:59], status [0]
Oct 18 13:15:10 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(469): eth5: Deauth_ind 90:C78:90:85:59, status: 0, reason: Deauthenticated because sending station is leaving (or has left) IBSS or ESS (3)
Oct 18 13:15:10 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(486): eth5: Disassoc 90:C78:90:85:59, status: 0, reason: Disassociated because sending station is leaving (or has left) BSS (8)
Oct 18 13:23:31 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(505): eth5: Auth 90:C78:90:85:59, status: Successful (0)
Oct 18 13:23:31 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(534): eth5: Assoc 90:C78:90:85:59, status: Successful (0)
Oct 18 13:26:48 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(486): eth5: Disassoc 90:C78:90:85:59, status: 0, reason: Disassociated because sending station is leaving (or has left) BSS (8)
Oct 18 13:26:48 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(505): eth5: Auth 90:C78:90:85:59, status: Successful (0)
Oct 18 13:26:48 wlceventd: wlceventd_proc_event(534): eth5: Assoc 90:C78:90:85:59, status: Successful (0)
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: 90:C78:90:85:59 not mesh client, can't update it's ip
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: pgd = ffffffc0117a6000
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: [f77cf510] *pgd=0000000009e0d003, *pud=0000000009e0d003, *pmd=000000001163b003, *pte=0000000000000000
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 18021 Comm: amas_lib Tainted: P O 4.1.27 #2
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: Hardware name: Broadcom-v8A (DT)
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: task: ffffffc017671480 ti: ffffffc010d4c000 task.ti: ffffffc010d4c000
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: PC is at 0xf6f2ca58
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: LR is at 0xf6f2a728
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: pc : [<00000000f6f2ca58>] lr : [<00000000f6f2a728>] pstate: 600f0010
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: sp : 00000000f77cf4f8
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: x12: 0000000000000000
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: x11: 00000000f77d1ad4 x10: 0000000000000002
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: x9 : 00000000f7316c92 x8 : 00000000f7025000
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: x7 : 00000000f77d1b20 x6 : 00000000f7025cc0
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: x5 : 00000000f7025cc0 x4 : 00000000f77cf5c0
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: x3 : 00000000000f7db0 x2 : 00000000f77d1ae8
Oct 18 13:26:48 kernel: x1 : 00000000f7316c92 x0 : 00000000fbad8004
<snip>
Oct 18 13:54:01 rc_service: amas_lib 18035:notify_rc restart_firewall

I've made bold some suspicious entries... the first D84:3C:0A:7A:A4 is a SONY AVR wired to the root node... the second 90:C78:90:85:59 is my 2.4 mobile client. There is only one weak 2.4 ch9 20MHz WiFi signal overlapping my ch11 signals.

OE

 

[CrashXRu]

not found util iperf3

 

[YCY]

@ASUSWRT_2020 After resetting many times and testing N times, the node tuf-ax3000 still can't connect to any client and has to go back to the version 3.0.0.4.384.9923

 

[gfondeur]

I notice that RT-AC86U RC2-2,3,4 are the exact same file size 67.6 MB (70,909,972 bytes), and RC2-5,6,7 are the exact same file size 68.0 MB (71,303,188 bytes). Hmmm... am I wasting my time?

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OE

placebo?

 

[OzarkEdge]

placebo?

No, I think Merlin has suggested that there is an internal difference.

OE