My Configuration:
- AiMesh Router: AX88U 9.0.0.4_386_41157-gd618756 + 2 x AiMesh Nodes: AC86U 9.0.0.4_386_41157-gd618756
- Backhaul (Priority:"Auto", Type:"Wired"), Cisco SG100D 8-Port Gigabit Switch from Router to Nodes, ISP: 1 Gbps Fibre
My personal SOP to Upgrade from Merlin 386.1_alpha4 -> Stock RC2-B9 9.0.0.4_386_41157:
(1) Upgrade AiMesh Nodes:
- Administration -> Upgrade Firmware -> Select and Upgrade AiMesh Node (One Node at a time)
- AiMesh -> Topology -> Select AiMesh Node -> Remove Node (One Node at a time to Factory Reset Node)
(2) Upgrade AiMesh Router:
- Administration -> System -> Select “Format JFFS partition” & “Enable JFFS custom scripts and configs” -> Apply
- (I prefer to start everything from scratch - don’t do this if you prefer to preserve anything from JFFS partition)
- Reboot Router
- Administration -> Upgrade Firmware -> Select and Upgrade AiMesh Router
- Administration -> Restore/Save/Upload Setting -> Factory Default - Restore (Initialize)
(3) After Full Factory Reset of AiMesh Router / Nodes, I tried to leave NVRAM using Stock FW default values, except with the following changes:
- AiProtection - Enable
- Wireless:
- 2.4 GHz: Fixed Channel Bandwidth 20MHz, Fixed Control Channel: 11, Roaming Assistant, Explicit / Universal Beamforming: Disable
- 5.0 GHz: Fixed Channel Bandwidth 80MHz, Fixed Control Channel: 149, Roaming Assistant: Disable
- WAN DDNS: Using Asus DDNS Service with Let’s Encrypt
- VPN Servers:
- OpenVPN works with MacBookPro Tunnelblick 3.8.5beta01, iPhoneXsMax iOS OpenVPN Connect 3.2.2
- IPSec works with MacBookPro & iPhoneXsMax Native Configurations
- Instant Guard works with iPhoneXsMax iOS Instant Guard 1.0.9
(4) Add AiMesh Nodes
(5) Reboot AiMesh Network
- AiMesh -> System Settings -> Reboot (AiMesh Router & Nodes)
I have been running smoothly for about
2 (Edit
) over 27 hours. Thank You