Asus tricksters - Just before buying my AX86u Pro I went out there and only saw 3006_102 firmware thinking, incorrectly, that this model might have begun life on AsusWRT 5.0. Now that I think about it, It's been around a while and I knew it started life on the other branch. I know why they do it, though I wish they'd at least show a list of all the previous versions.
Asus likely pulled the listing of older firmware's for many of their routers due to the recent security vulnerability that is being exploited in the older unpatched firmware versions. They likely don't want people downgrading the firmware to older versions that are compromised. See the big discussion on that malware:
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Thanks, this is all I was curious about - would never rollback to these. I forget to look for reddit subforums, though there is literally one for everything.
No one can answer that without significantly more information on your use case, needs and wants. You should review the various addon scripts to see if there is anything you need or want to setup for your use case.
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I'm currently working with 102_37346.Woho! Saw the GPL being added to 3.0.0.6.102_37094 for BE88U yesterday! Now there is hope for a new build soon
Even better
I have particular requirements, so I get the code directly from Asus.
Awesome. Yeah, I understood it as you have good contacts with Asus.
Asus likely pulled the listing of older firmware's for many of their routers due to the recent security vulnerability that is being exploited in the older unpatched firmware versions. They likely don't want people downgrading the firmware to older versions that are compromised. See the big discussion on that malware:
Malware damaging ASUS routers?
This malware damaging Asus routers has to be described in a sticky thread with a warning sign! Update: Asus is releasing patched firmware for multiple models. Check for firmware updates! The changelog for most firmware releases contains the following: 1. Strengthened input validation and data...
If one really, really, wants to downgrade to older stock Asus firmware on a RT-AX86U Pro and introduced unpatched security vulnerably they can do so at their own risk. Here is a listing of links to older Asus RT-AX86U Pro firmware. The current/latest as of this post firmware version for the RT-AX86U Pro is 3.0.0.6.102_34336. The following list of RT-AX86U Pro firmware was compiled by searching through the Asus Official subforum for "release" postings of RT-AX86U Pro firmware. It may not be all the firmware's released for that model but is likely a fair number of them.
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.6.102_34336 (11/12/2024)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.6.102_34334 (11/4/2024)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.6.102_34319 (10/15/2024)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.6.102_34314 (8/8/2024)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.6.102_34313 (5/28/2024)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.6.102_34312 (5/9/2024)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388_24199 (1/3/2024)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388_24198 (10/8/2023)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388_23565 (6/15/2023)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388_23285 (5/6/2023)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388_22525 (2/4/2023)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388.22237 (12/24/2022)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388.21074 (10/31/2022)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388.21070 (10/13/2022)
RT-AX86U Pro 3.0.0.4.388.21069 (9/23/2022) (Initial firmware release)
Note: Date on the firmware above is from the firmware file date within the zipped file.
One uses the older stock firmware at their own risk!!!
Older versions of RT-AX86U Pro Asus-Merlin firmware can be found at it's firmware download location:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/asuswrt-merlin/files/RT-AX86U_PRO/Release/
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If one needs to do that then they'll have to do what I did, either dig through old Release posts for their router in the Asus Official subforum. Or load up their router model's page in a site like Wayback Machine to get the old firmware listed and the link to download them. The links to old firmware seem to still work (at least the few I tried for the RT-AX86U Pro) so at least one still has a method of getting to the old Asus stock firmware.
No, and AFAIK they have no plan to implement it either.
does that mean a new 3006.xxx build is coming for the BE88U? I have a BE88U on the way so maybe I'll wait to install Asus-Merlin until the new build is out.
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