Asuswrt-Merlin 3.0.0.4.354.29 Beta 1

[xdj]

It worked

Sounds to me like somehow, your computers ended up on a different subnet from your router. What are their respective IPs? As a sanity check, I would try manually setting one of those computers with a static IP on the proper subnet and make sure you can get out. Also, if you are in a crowded WIFI space, make sure your machine has picked out the right router.

fwiw, I am running 29-Beta1 with DHCP, static IP, and openVPN/bridged-DHCP (with Android, iOS, OSX, Win8, Linux, VBox/Linux on the intranet) and I can't find anything broken so far.

I also upgraded from RT-N66U_3.0.0.4_270.26b.trx, but I made sure that I did a factory reset first:

Administration/Restore/Save/Upload Setting/Factory default/Restore​

before I flashed to:

RT-N66U_3.0.0.4_354.29-BETA1.trx​

@kfmfe04

Thanks, it worked.

I must remember not to upgrade firmware while half asleep!!!

Cheers,

X

 

[Jochem]

Did you click on the Advanced settings option on the IP traffic info, and enabled "Display hostnames'?

No, but "Display hostnames" was enabled by default after the factory reset. If i click"no" al curly braces around IP's disappear. If i click "yes" then they reappear (not all IP's have curly braces around them but they all are listed in the static DHCP list). Checked with current Chrome and IE10.

 

[RMerlin]

No, but "Display hostnames" was enabled by default after the factory reset. If i click"no" al curly braces around IP's disappear. If i click "yes" then they reappear (not all IP's have curly braces around them but they all are listed in the static DHCP list). Checked with current Chrome and IE10.

If IPs show between () then it means that the firmware is indeed trying to display a hostname, but for some reason all hostnames are showing up as empty. Check that you don't have an invalid name on either one of your devices or one of the DHCP reservations. Characters such as quotes or from different charsets (such as cyrillic) are not allowed.

Most of the time if you open your browser's error console, you will see Javascript errors when that occurs. If you check the line of the error you might see the list of names that were written in the script, causing the error.

 

[bill1228]

Thanks for the great firmware!
I have installed the 29b version on my rt-n66u and have a couple of issues. I have a ASUS wireless card, USE-N53, with latest Ralink drivers installed. With 29b it takes a long time, 2 to 3 minutes to connect after coming out of sleep mode (Windows 7 Pro) before connecting. When i look at the logs I see the PC request a IP address and one is given by the n66u then a few seconds the request is made again and responded to. Finally after several sequences the PC gets the IP address, always the same given, and is happy.
On other thing I noticed is that it looks like I am seeing lease renewals every hour with the default time of 84600 seconds (1 day) in the logs but when I do a "ipconfig /all" it shows the correct 1 day interval which means, of course renew in 12 hours.
If I run 28b firmware I do not see the same issues. I know the drivers are the same so go figure. On the other hand the Lennox Icomfort thermostat seems to like the 29b better then the 28b. No pleasing everyone I guess.
I did not do a reset so maybe that would help straighten things out.
Update:
Forgot to say that the issue was with 5g wireless, which I know is buggy. One thing of note is that the DHCP start with a discover from the client followed by an offer. When failing I never see an ack like there was an issue with the offer except you would expect a nack in that case.
Just observations, no response needed.
--bill

 

[Jochem]

Check that you don't have an invalid name on either one of your devices or one of the DHCP reservations. Characters such as quotes or from different charsets (such as cyrillic) are not allowed.

Most of the time if you open your browser's error console, you will see Javascript errors when that occurs. If you check the line of the error you might see the list of names that were written in the script, causing the error.

Only simple alphabetical host names and no javascript errors. I think i'l do a factory reset again and see what happens.

 

[kfmfe04]

RMerlin,

There appears to be a mini-bug, possibly in router/networkmap/function.c 's FindHostName() around Lines 1864-1873.

Two hostnames are being concatenated.

Instead of:
AspireRevoR3700 192.168.11.10
iPad 192.168.11.46

I am getting:
AspireRevoR3700 iPad 192.168.11.10
iPad 192.168.11.46

The two MACs in question: one is coming from /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases (dump below)

85125 1c:e6:2b:93:XXX:YYY 192.168.11.141 iPad-Mini 01:1c:e6:2b:93:XXX:YYY
86400 78:ca:39:d5:AAA:BBB 192.168.11.46 iPad 01:78:ca:39:d5:AAA:BBB

AspireRevoR3700 is just a Win7 box on a static IP - not sure what's so special about it that this one's the only one that appears to be getting hit. It's either some weird configuration problem on my end or there is some issue with the code that happens to hit this entry.

Also, sometimes, I get the iPad-Mini name concatenated, and other times, I get the iPad name concatenated, but it always happens to the AspireRevoR3700.

I'm willing to attach to the process and step through gdb if you can briefly describe the procedure from a 13.04 Ubuntu box to the N66U (come to think of it, I'm not sure this is possible: I've never cross-compiled using gcc before, much less cross-debugged), ie if it takes less time than for you to eyeball the code and be able to tell what is wrong.

TY.

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Addendum:

I've just started getting:

AspireRevoR3700 mbp 192.168.11.10 (IP right, name wrong)
mbp 192.168.11.244 (correct DHCP from openVPN)

when I log into the intranet from a coffeeshop.

There might be something wrong with my configuration - perhaps I will have to figure out how to debug a running FW.

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Update:

ok - I've forked the github repository and manage to build it on Ubuntu.

I will start looking into how to debug this code (fprintf( stderr )? logfile prolly better - will look at code) - C was my first language, but I am a noob to debugging embedded firmware...

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Final Update:

I found a problem in the C code when hostnames get long (15 characters or more) - I've patched the code/tested it, and submitted to RMerlin.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Hearing all these rumors about wireless drivers and weak wireless. I am running stock F/W 354 from Asus and experience no such problems.

 

[DrTeeth]

Hearing all these rumors about wireless drivers and weak wireless. I am running stock F/W 354 from Asus and experience no such problems.

Bully for you!

 

[burritoboy9984]

Howdy folks,

3.0.0.4.354.29 Beta 1 has just been released. Due to the numerous changes and to avoid confusion over which version people ahve flashed, the version number got bumped to 354.29.

There is unfortunately still no resolution for the RT-N66U wireless driver, however that didn't prevent me from spending a lot of time and efforts in fixing other issues over which I do have control

Coming next, the plan is to hope for a fixed RT-N66U driver in the near future (I have no ETA on that one, sorry). In the mean time feature development will be mostly frozen, and I will mostly focus on bug fixes. The goal is to ensure that the first release that will come with the new wireless driver will be as stable as possible, before starting to look into other potential feature changes.

Thanks everyone for your interest in this project!

I just picked up an N66 to replace my aging N16 as you may have seen in the other thread. What exactly is the issue with the newest wifi driver? Trying to determine if it is a problem for everyone, or only people who need certain settings, 2.4/5ghz etc.

Also, if I have a backup from my N16, is there a way to get my lan static ip's back without manually typing them all in again?

Thanks for all your hard work!
-Erik

 

[DrTeeth]

Hi Erik,

The issue affects 5GHz clients with some chipsets. Others seem to have managed to fix the problem by changing certain parameters. You'll have to do a bit of reading to get to the bottom of the story.

Good luck, DrT

 

[RMerlin]

I just picked up an N66 to replace my aging N16 as you may have seen in the other thread. What exactly is the issue with the newest wifi driver? Trying to determine if it is a problem for everyone, or only people who need certain settings, 2.4/5ghz etc.

The issue mostly affect people with Intel-based wireless cards (Centrino) on the 5 GHz band when using 40 MHz channel width. The wireless client will be totally unable to connect, or if it does it will be at ridiculously low speeds (5-10 Mbits).

Also, if I have a backup from my N16, is there a way to get my lan static ip's back without manually typing them all in again?

Search the forums for "dhcp_staticlist" - there are a few posts showing how to manually export then reimport these.

 

[burritoboy9984]

Search the forums for "dhcp_staticlist" - there are a few posts showing how to manually export then reimport these.

Got it, thanks! Anyway we could talk you into making the gui allow for more text? It limits it to only a couple of ips being added.

Thanks!
-Erik

 

[bill1228]

The issue mostly affect people with Intel-based wireless cards (Centrino) on the 5 GHz band when using 40 MHz channel width. The wireless client will be totally unable to connect, or if it does it will be at ridiculously low speeds (5-10 Mbits).


Just FYI, I have issue with ASUS USB-N53 on the 5GHz using 40 MHz channel width. The N53 uses a Ralink chip set. I have tried the latest Ralink driver from the Ralink site and will still fail to connect when using the 29b firmware.
Interesting thing is that it worked with the 28b firmware without issue but when I went to 29b it failed and when I went back to 28b it still failed. Have not done a reset and reconfigure, which may make a difference, maybe. Using the 2.4GHz for everything at this time.
--bill

 

[jack901]

dropping usb flashdrive

just had .29 drop or unmount the usb 2 flashdrive that is ext 3. does not happen often but it has done it before. rt-n16. on the gui it says no storage avail. and since I had to reboot it nothing in error log. only thing that it writes to is the ip and global monitors..
any way to prevent?
thanks for great firmware.

 

[burritoboy9984]

Got it, thanks! Anyway we could talk you into making the gui allow for more text? It limits it to only a couple of ips being added.

Thanks!
-Erik

A temporary workaround is to enter the code in a telnet session, however you might be limited to 1024 characters.

Another workaround is to create a file in vi with your static ips as such

vi dhcp

<mac:id:1>Ip.add.ress.1>Name1<mac:id:2>Ip.add.ress.2>Name2

then add it to the nvram via

nvram set dhcp_staticlist="`cat /tmp/home/root/dhcp`"

then commit

nvram commit

-Erik

 

[RMerlin]

Just FYI, I have issue with ASUS USB-N53 on the 5GHz using 40 MHz channel width. The N53 uses a Ralink chip set. I have tried the latest Ralink driver from the Ralink site and will still fail to connect when using the 29b firmware.
Interesting thing is that it worked with the 28b firmware without issue but when I went to 29b it failed and when I went back to 28b it still failed. Have not done a reset and reconfigure, which may make a difference, maybe. Using the 2.4GHz for everything at this time.
--bill

No change driver-wise between 28 and 29. My guess is you have it set on Auto channel, and it just moved to a channel that your USB interface won't connect to.

 

[bill1228]

No change driver-wise between 28 and 29. My guess is you have it set on Auto channel, and it just moved to a channel that your USB interface won't connect to.

GOOD GUESS, Merlin ;-)
I had reset the router settings to the defaults. Then reconfigured and would not connect to the 5GHz. Yes it was set to Auto channel. I changed the control channel to 40 and now it connects quickly to the 5Ghz.
I am the only one around on 5GHz so like to use it if possible and now I can again. Hopefully ASUS/Broadcom come up with a fix soon. I always wonder how things that are so basic like connect on the 5GHz not working gets through testing and out into the world, even if beta.
Thanks for the suggestion about the channel.
--bill

 

[NekoKoneko]

I'm experiencing random reboots on my N66 with the 354.29 firmware. For the past 10 days it rebooted 3 times on it's own without actual reason.

Is where any way to write system log to external disk so it wouldn't disappear after restart?

 

[NeutralGold]

I'm experiencing random reboots on my N66 with the 354.29 firmware. For the past 10 days it rebooted 3 times on it's own without actual reason.

Is where any way to write system log to external disk so it wouldn't disappear after restart?

The following thread should help you out.
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=8217&highlight=symlink+syslog

 

[Shrapier]

My file transfers are strangely slow (7-10MB/s on wired) from a external usb connected to the router. Is there any way to speed them up? I am unable to stream 1080p movies because of this.