Asuswrt-Merlin 374.42_2 is out

[Builder71]

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Which one is correct ...

Always do a "nvram get" first.
This way you can go back without a restore to factory default.

e.g. "nvram get 0:ccode" doesn't give me an answer.
So I would say don't use these set commands.

 

[W500]

I noticed a small typo in the instructions here:

nvram ser regulation_domain=#a
should be:
nvram set regulation_domain=#a

I also found similar instructions elsewhere in the forum which are:

nvram set 0:ccode=#a
nvram set 1:ccode=#a
nvram set 0:regrev=0
nvram set 1:regrev=0
nvram set wl0_country_code=#a
nvram set wl0_country_rev=0
nvram set wl0_reg_mode=off
nvram set wl1_country_code=#a
nvram set wl1_country_rev=0
nvram set wl1_reg_mode=off
nvram commit
reboot

Which one is correct and I am assuming that this will allow maximum transmission that the hardware is capable of. Does that mean that using these settings could increase transmission power levels above what is allowed in the US? Only asking because I live in a remote area.

Sorry for the typo. It gives you the opportunity to behave like a responsible citizen. You could indeed increase the 5 GHz power level above the Us allowed 100mw. But it would not bring you much. Twice the power is just a minor step in dbm.

 

[RMerlin]

Thank you very much for the enormous amount of value you are producing by giving us your Merlin-releases.

I am using a sixxs.net IPv6 tunnel on my AC66U rather than native IPv6.
I start IPv6 with "/opt/sbin/aiccu start /opt/etc/aiccu.conf" from /jffs/scripts/wan-start.

Since this release radvd no longer gets configured and started automatically.

/etc/radvd.conf is no longer created and even if I put a radvd.conf into /jffs/configs it is not copied to /etc automatically and radvd is not started.

I had to create my own startup script that copies radvd.conf into /etc and starts radvd -u admin. The radvd.conf I use is the one I saved from the last release.

Is this behavior on purpose?

Go to the IPv6 page, and make sure radvd is enabled there.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Which one is correct and I am assuming that this will allow maximum transmission that the hardware is capable of.

I wouldn't use these commands, they look messed up. If you go back and find the original post by XVortex you will see that they are for a Linksys EA6900.

 

[InkyRag]

Sorry for the typo. give you the opportunity to behave like a responsible citizen. You could indeed increase the 5 GHz power level above the Us allowed 100mw. But it would not bring you much. Twice the power is just a minor step in dbm.

Thank you for this. I just ran these commands on one of my ac68u's and did in fact gain a little range in both 2.4 an 5 GHz channels, verified by inssider.

 

[wsarahan]

i just did not like one thing in this build, but it`s a Asus issue and not a Merlin one

When you use dual wan now when you switch to the Wan or Lan the page does not update, there is not a refresh page

 

[DrTeeth]

Sorry for the typo. It gives you the opportunity to behave like a responsible citizen. You could indeed increase the 5 GHz power level above the Us allowed 100mw. But it would not bring you much. Twice the power is just a minor step in dbm.

From the latest info that I have, the USA allows more than 100mW on the 5GHz band. Please see attachment.

I have run the commands you supplied and it looks as if power may still be limited. I do not wish to run higher than the 200mW allowed in my area, just saying.

 

[W500]

reality

Thank you for this. I just ran these commands on one of my ac68u's and did in fact gain a little range in both 2.4 an 5 GHz channels, verified by inssider.

You alway should keep in mind that Your Asus AP/Router is much more capable than your client. My clients are intel ac 7260 which max out at 32Mwats with limmited antenna gain. That is no match for the Asus ac66. The settings I gave wil cut out regulation issues that hamper throughput. I have 2.4 GHz power on 20Mw and 5 GHz power on 80 Mw for maximum throughput.

Ofcourse this wil be different when using another AP as bridge.

 

[W500]

Power

From the latest info that I have, the USA allows more than 100mW on the 5GHz band. Please see attachment.

I have run the commands you supplied and it looks as if power may still be limited. I do not wish to run higher than the 200mW allowed in my area, just saying.

As far as I know the Asus AP's/routers max power on 2.4 and 5 GHz is 200 Mw. Thats it. If you want more you wil need higher gain antenna's

 

[shrike4242]

Maintenance release = no resets needed for upgrade from .41?

 

[owine]

Can't confirm that on RT-N66U, I'm using dnscrypt-proxy with .42.

Interesting. I had to add a "service restart_dnsmasq" to my wan-start script after putting the NTP addresses into hosts.add and that fixed things. Maybe a race condition with appending to hosts.add and dnsmasq reading it?

 

[Daybreak]

Howdy,

374.42 feedback;
traffic manager, global and individual numbers are right on the money. working very good here.

client list, is working the fastest update and response time.

overall, I am really liking this build. I am not finding any issues here at this time.

Again, thank you very much for your passion and this hobby. Job well done.

 

[chercm]

Howdy,

374.42 feedback;
traffic manager, global and individual numbers are right on the money. working very good here.

client list, is working the fastest update and response time.

overall, I am really liking this build. I am not finding any issues here at this time.

Again, thank you very much for your passion and this hobby. Job well done.

nice one .....

 

[tonyquan]

Rmerlin, as a Mac user I can confirm that the spurious error messages in the log related to PCP are gone in 42. PCP is otherwise working fine. I assume this is what you mentioned in the release notes about fixes to PCP in this build.

 

[RMerlin]

Rmerlin, as a Mac user I can confirm that the spurious error messages in the log related to PCP are gone in 42. PCP is otherwise working fine. I assume this is what you mentioned in the release notes about fixes to PCP in this build.

That's correct. A user reported it to Thomas, who fixed it in the latest miniupnpd version. Thanks for confirming the fix is working.

 

[RMerlin]

need factory reset for .5517 ---->.42?

What router model?

 

[ryzhov_al]

Interesting. I had to add a "service restart_dnsmasq" to my wan-start script after putting the NTP addresses into hosts.add and that fixed things. Maybe a race condition with appending to hosts.add and dnsmasq reading it?

No, rc-code is preparing dnsmasq config (including hosts.add and dnsmasq.conf.add) and only then restarting dnsmasq daemon.

 

[Techno Pride]

On an RT-AC66U, I went into the console and changed regulatory settings. Did a commit to nvram then rebooted.

After which, I went into the UI and did a configuration restore and rebooted.

The console changes were not overridden by the config restore. Is this normal behaviour?

thanks.

 

[mberteotti]

Howdy,

374.42 feedback;
traffic manager, global and individual numbers are right on the money. working very good here.

client list, is working the fastest update and response time.

overall, I am really liking this build. I am not finding any issues here at this time.

Again, thank you very much for your passion and this hobby. Job well done.

Just flashed on top of 374.41 on my RT-N66U. Not finding any issues here too but 24h and monthly traffic monitor still giving weird numbers (Fantom is debugging this issue). Thanks Merlin!!

 

[chercm]

do i need factory reset if upgrading from 3.0.0.4.374.39?