Asuswrt-Merlin 376.44 is out

[Mullins]

I can confirm this behavior on 376.44 + RT-AC56U + Comcast. Speed drops dramatically and clients cannot connect to the router or have DHCP errors after about 1.5days. A reboot fixes issue which soon returns.

I had issues on my RT-N16, also on Comcast, where the router would just slow to a crawl, even with file transfers over LAN.

Flashing .43 and doing a factory restore fixed it completely.

 

[RMerlin]

Hi.
Found some strange activity in LOG http://pastebin.com/KLrHnScV . What can it be and what should I do?

My home network is based on the next type: all devices inside the home network are gaved a static IP addresses according to their MAC. LAN => DHCP Server looks like a http://note.io/1lMqa1r . All devices get their static IP correctly. In the WAN => Virtual Server / Port forwarding I setup the forwarding http://note.io/1lMqPA8 but on any device in the program port looks like it is closed http://note.io/WJxd5H and http://note.io/1lMr8L9. I need this for uTorrent. On my previous router all seems to work fine in this case. I think I am doing something wrong. What is it?

Your SSH server is accessible over WAN, so you get a bunch of bots randomly trying to connect to it. Make sure that you didn't enable the SSH option to make it available from WAN, and that the router's firewall is enabled.

 

[Markmaster]

Your SSH server is accessible over WAN, so you get a bunch of bots randomly trying to connect to it. Make sure that you didn't enable the SSH option to make it available from WAN, and that the router's firewall is enabled.

Thanks. And what did you recommend for port forwarding issue?

 

[RMerlin]

Thanks. And what did you recommend for port forwarding issue?

Again, make sure the firewall is enabled, since a port forward is an iptable rule in the firewall.

 

[Markmaster]

Again, make sure the firewall is enabled, since a port forward is an iptable rule in the firewall.

I enabled Firewall in the settings http://note.io/1oODaEc then restart router manually and still nave no incoming connections on the selected ports on both my devices with uTorrent installed.

 

[owine]

Hi.
Found some strange activity in LOG http://pastebin.com/KLrHnScV . What can it be and what should I do?

My home network is based on the next type: all devices inside the home network are gaved a static IP addresses according to their MAC. LAN => DHCP Server looks like a http://note.io/1lMqa1r . All devices get their static IP correctly. In the WAN => Virtual Server / Port forwarding I setup the forwarding http://note.io/1lMqPA8 but on any device in the program port looks like it is closed http://note.io/WJxd5H and http://note.io/1lMr8L9. I need this for uTorrent. On my previous router all seems to work fine in this case. I think I am doing something wrong. What is it?

Does it work if you use UPNP or NAT-PMP?

 

[alabrand]

I had issues on my RT-N16, also on Comcast, where the router would just slow to a crawl, even with file transfers over LAN.

Flashing .43 and doing a factory restore fixed it completely.

I've been having some really, really strange behaviors with my speed after updating to .44 resulting in abnormal ping, latency, crap download and upload speeds. I have to rebooth my router after an hour or so.

Luckily, it seems to be a problem with .44 and I will downgrade to .43 for the meantime to see if that fixes it.

 

[Markmaster]

Does it work if you use UPNP or NAT-PMP?

Yes. But still there is no incoming connections allowed.

 

[alabrand]

I've been having some really, really strange behaviors with my speed after updating to .44 resulting in abnormal ping, latency, crap download and upload speeds. I have to rebooth my router after an hour or so.

Luckily, it seems to be a problem with .44 and I will downgrade to .43 for the meantime to see if that fixes it.

Rolling back to .43 did not work for me. I'm at a stump. My ping skyrockets to the 500 hundreds when playing and my download speed sucks donkey butt. WHAT TO DO?!

 

[ColinTaylor]

Yes. But still there is no incoming connections allowed.

If you're using UPNP make sure you don't have manual port forwarding active at the same time.

 

[Markmaster]

If you're using UPNP make sure you don't have manual port forwarding active at the same time.

I am trying to not to use the UPnP at my setup.

 

[speedingcheetah]

If you're using UPNP make sure you don't have manual port forwarding active at the same time.

Utorrent with upnp works fine for me and i do have a bunch of port forwards set to the same system.

I havnt had any issues with speed since I flashed merlin firmware on my AC56U.

I did have a random reboot...i think...soft reboot maybe, as the router log did not day it rebooted...by my systems all suddenly opened web browser to my home page. No idea why Asus routers do that when it looses then regains connectivity, it has done that since day 1 on stock firmware.

 

[john9527]

I am trying to not to use the UPnP at my setup.

Excuse the question if it's already been answered....but if you are not using upnp, have you opened the firewall on your computer for the uTorrent port?

 

[Markmaster]

Excuse the question if it's already been answered....but if you are not using upnp, have you opened the firewall on your computer for the uTorrent port?

Yes. I have a Windows PC with Windows 8.1 x64 on it. I try different rules for uTorrent app and still have no luck.

 

[mackworth]

Single level ~900 sq
Tests run w/ Wifi Explorer on 1st gen macbook pro retina
Very dense residential area

Back room - ~50 feet away through 3 walls
Badroom - ~ 25 feet away through 2 walls
Kitchen - ~ 25 feet away through 2 walls
Living Room - Same room

Back room
--------------
43 2.4Ghz: 73% signal
44 2.4Ghz: 71% signal
43 5Ghz: 65% signal
44 5Ghz: 48% signal

Bedroom
--------------
43 2.4Ghz: 91% signal
44 2.4Ghz: 92% signal
43 5Ghz: 90% signal
44 5Ghz: 89% signal

Kitchen
--------------
43 2.4Ghz: 85% signal
44 2.4Ghz: 89% signal
43 5Ghz: 87% signal
44 5Ghz: 84% signal

Living Room
--------------
43 2.4Ghz: 97% signal
44 2.4Ghz: 91% signal
43 5Ghz: 95% signal
44 5Ghz: 91% signal

Besides the back room the numbers are pretty close.

 

[Mullins]

I've been having some really, really strange behaviors with my speed after updating to .44 resulting in abnormal ping, latency, crap download and upload speeds. I have to rebooth my router after an hour or so.

Luckily, it seems to be a problem with .44 and I will downgrade to .43 for the meantime to see if that fixes it.

Did it end up working for you? Make sure you do a factory reset after you downgrade to make sure the problem is gone.

 

[alabrand]

Did it end up working for you? Make sure you do a factory reset after you downgrade to make sure the problem is gone.

I've gone from .44 > .43 > .44 > .35 and now back to .44 again all the while clearing nvram before and after each firmware upgrade. Nothing has solved the issue for me and I'm starting to believe it's an issue with my modem instead.

See, I have VDSL and so I need to have my modem bridged in order for me to use another router than the one built into the box. A week or two ago (when this problem first showed up (I was running .43 at the time, fwiw)) I had to call my ISPs support and have them fix an issue with the IPTV service. And after all that was done, the problem started.

 

[mightyoakbob]

As known, it's not possible any more to localize the router properly.
That gives me a pathetic 4 channels compared to 19 channels on 5GHz with 374.43 firmware. (Allowed in my country!)

Needless to say that, for me, the upgrade journey ends at 374.43
I sure hope ASUS gets his act together and NOT cripple a good product deliberately.

Yes, it is very regrettable but it does look like .43 is the end of the road if wireless performance on n66u is important. I'm grateful to Merlin for 43 as I believe it is pretty secure, does most of the tricks and I don't think there is much in 44 to get excited about.

If only it didn't regularly and simultaneously disconnect all our Kindles.

Bob.

 

[Builder71]

... I'm grateful to Merlin for 43 as I believe it is pretty secure, does most of the tricks and I don't think there is much in 44 to get excited about.
...

+1

No disconnects here, but I don't have Kindles, whatever that may be.

 

[lwizard]

Single level ~900 sq
Tests run w/ Wifi Explorer on 1st gen macbook pro retina
Very dense residential area

Back room - ~50 feet away through 3 walls
Badroom - ~ 25 feet away through 2 walls
Kitchen - ~ 25 feet away through 2 walls
Living Room - Same room

Back room
--------------
43 2.4Ghz: 73% signal
44 2.4Ghz: 71% signal
43 5Ghz: 65% signal
44 5Ghz: 48% signal

Bedroom
--------------
43 2.4Ghz: 91% signal
44 2.4Ghz: 92% signal
43 5Ghz: 90% signal
44 5Ghz: 89% signal

Kitchen
--------------
43 2.4Ghz: 85% signal
44 2.4Ghz: 89% signal
43 5Ghz: 87% signal
44 5Ghz: 84% signal

Living Room
--------------
43 2.4Ghz: 97% signal
44 2.4Ghz: 91% signal
43 5Ghz: 95% signal
44 5Ghz: 91% signal

Besides the back room the numbers are pretty close.

You should do speed tests..
50% signal could be very good or very bad... it could also be that 50 signal on 44 is faster than 60 on 43. Your test does mean anything since in all positions the signal is valid and we know nothing about speeds. To test speeds don't look at windows bu measure the time taken to transfer a single file or use a specific tool.