"i'm interested in this too, how to turn it off?"
Its in one of the threads about the previous firmwares. I didn't turn it off. Its not a big deal that memory gets used for what memory does, store things. Some folks don't like it doing so. But there is a command to disable the process and return memory usage to the way it was before this particular change.
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No... This is ASUS's monster, and their's alone. It is incredibly unfortunate that it does not effect every single user in the installed base, because we know it would have already been resolved if it was global. But, as I mentioned earlier in this thread, the crap is going to be hitting the fan very soon as a good chunk of the routers given as gifts start being returned as defective over this problem.
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Hmm, going from 378.56_2 to 378.57 on my Asus RT-AC68U and using this new auto QoS gives me F-rating on DSLReports SpeedTest in terms of buffer bloat compared to A from 378.56_2.
Dec 27 14:25:37 RT-AC56U kernel: IDPfw: TrendMicro forward module ver-1.0.28
If you want an A for bufferbloat, use the manual settings option putting your advertised up/down values of your speed service. If you leave it on auto, the up/down value defaults to 10Gbps.Hmm, going from 378.56_2 to 378.57 on my Asus RT-AC68U and using this new auto QoS gives me F-rating on DSLReports SpeedTest in terms of buffer bloat compared to A from 378.56_2.
UPDATE:
Ok, now I see that actually cstats file is for the Traffic Monitor and there is no tool to read it. But I am not interested in the Traffic Monitor, what I wanted actually was the web history of the clients. On every reboot of the router the web history under Adaptive QoS is gone, is there no way to save it on a external USB Drive ?
I've done another round of testing and can confirm this behaviour on Rev. B 68U. Setting CTF manually to 'disabled' kills 2,4G wireless.I also had the 2.4G issue on my 68U. I did upgrade from 377.56_2 and then did a factory reset. Then I used John's tool to bring back my settings. Unfortunately the issue on 2.4G appeared. On 5G my clients worked normally. Then I tried to change channel with no luck.
What appeared to solve my problem was to go at LAN settings>Switch Control and put NAT Acceleration to Auto. When it was to "Disable" I had wifi connectivity issues.
Hey John
Yes I have reformatted with EXT2 and EXT4 (just to see if it made any difference, but it didn't), I usually format on the router with EXT2 for my USB sticks using 'mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1', with no issue's, then check the disk with 'e2fsck -fv /dev/sda1', but the Sandisk USB 3 drives have never been an issue, except since this update.
This time round I could not format on the router (the drives simply are not recognized), so I threw them into one of my Linux servers and formatted that way using the same formatting sequence.
They are simply not recognized what so ever, but if I put in the Transend USB 3, it's recognized it right away.
It is a strange one indeed. Thanks for your input John.
POSS
RONV42 said:I am having the same issue with a USB 3 Sandisk Ultra Fit. It was working just great up to this release on my RT-AC87R. Plugged it into the USB 2 port in the back and everything mounted just fine. Un-mounted and plugged it into the USB 3 port and nothing. I will keep it in the USB 2 port for now but any help I can provide to resolve this issue let me know.
I have two partitions on my flash drive. One is for Entware and the other for generic data (backup's etc.) Both are formated ext2.
Most people are probably sticking with factory firmware though. Did you see the post where a guy with a radio problem for a totally different setup said he got it fixed simply by manually changing the radio channel?
Actually, the latest ASUS release is the original source of the 2.4 GHz/no internet bug. The Merlin Alpha versions, including nearly all the Alpha 4s worked fine until the new SDK and Wi-Fi drivers from this new ASUS firmware were incorporated into what is now the latest Merlin release. Then the Merlin version broke the 2.4 side too.
There is basically no escape from this bug if you happen to own a ASUS router that is effected by it. Only way to currently resolve the issue with the dead 2.4 GHz internet connection is to flash back to either the previous public release of Merlin or the previous public release of the stock firmware from ASUS.
Regarding the changing of channels...
I did see that post, and unfortunately, doing a similar test on my brand new 68U did not fix the problem on my rev. B1 hardware.
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