Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.2 Beta is now available

[dave14305]

On 386.2 beta 3, ax86u. My connection felt like it was stuttering a bit while gaming, so essentially the connection felt worse right after I updated to latest beta release on time sensitive games.
I looked at cake settings and noticed my overhead values showed 36 instead of the expected 18. I was using "docsis" in the "cake-qos.conf.add" to have set as additional DLOPTIONS and ULOPTIONS.

It's worth noting that the overhead 18 and mpu 64 values were already defined in the GUI (so therefore reflected in the "cake-qos.conf"), the "docsis" value was added in "cake-qos.conf.add" as that's what I was used to doing when running earlier versions of cake installed from CLI.

At any rate, I thought the use of docsis would overwrite any overhead values already defined from the GUI but it doesn't seem like that's the case as can be seen from the screenshot. I removed docsis and now its back to overhead 18, so I'll leave it like that for the interim. Just noting my observations.

Multiple overhead specifications on the command line are cumulative (overhead 18 docsis = 36). But docsis overhead 18 would result in 18. The overhead keyword is absolute, but the keywords are cumulative.

If you want to use the keywords only, leave overhead = 0 in the GUI.

 

[cplay]

Multiple overhead specifications on the command line are cumulative (overhead 18 docsis = 36). But docsis overhead 18 would result in 18. The overhead keyword is absolute, but the keywords are cumulative.

If you want to use the keywords only, leave overhead = 0 in the GUI.

If I want to forgo working out atm/mtu for my 4g connection can’t I just take an extra 5 percent off both upload and download and set to like 85,85 percent dl ul?

 

[FTC]

Hi, this is to report a successful dirty upgrade from 386.2 beta 1 to beta 3 on my RT-AX88U aimesh router and RT-AX56U aimesh node. Everything seems like working fine at this time : DHCP / Samba / diversion / OVPN server / IPTV / DLNA / AiProtection. My WAN is fiber 1Gb PPPoE symmetric. NTP time is correct although we did pass our timezone dst change last sunday so I can not confirm the glitch found in beta1 is fixed. I've also not seen traffic spikes. Wifi is fast although I still have AX mode disabled after beta 1 (I may try to retest this in the next hours).

All in all, looks very good. Thanks Merlin & team for another solid beta!

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

There's an NTP issue, which is showing in 386.1_2 as well as 386.2_beta2/3. The ntp daemon is only opening an IPv6 port for supporting LAN clients. Since my ISP is IPv4 only, I disable IPv6 on the IPv6 page, but only an IPv6 port is opened. Here's output from a couple of relevant commands that illustrate what I'm talking about. Note that this is from 386.1_2, the release to which I reverted after issues with 386.2_betas (see above), and performed an 'nvram erase'.

graxadm@grax: netstat -peanut | egrep -v 'TIME_WAIT'\|'ESTABLISHED'
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       User       Inode      PID/Program name  
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5152            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          370        274/envrams        
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:18017           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          450        1023/wanduck      
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:47753         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          6265       2239/mcpd          
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:7788            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          7292       1905/cfg_server    
tcp        0      0 192.168.50.1:80         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          7958       2380/lighttpd      
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:880           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          5154       1230/httpd        
tcp        0      0 192.168.50.1:880        0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          5153       1230/httpd        
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          17087      3695/dnsmasq      
tcp        0      0 192.168.50.1:53         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          17085      3695/dnsmasq      
tcp        0      0 127.0.1.1:53            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          17068      3692/stubby        
tcp        0      0 192.168.50.1:22         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          2602       1084/dropbear      
tcp        0      0 192.168.50.1:1080       0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          6688       2393/ssh          
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5916          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          882        1955/acsd2        
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:9999            0.0.0.0:*                           0          2748       1241/infosvr      
udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:42032         0.0.0.0:*                           0          881        1955/acsd2        
udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53            0.0.0.0:*                           0          17086      3695/dnsmasq      
udp        0      0 192.168.50.1:53         0.0.0.0:*                           0          17084      3695/dnsmasq      
udp        0      0 127.0.1.1:53            0.0.0.0:*                           0          17067      3692/stubby        
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*                           0          17081      3695/dnsmasq      
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:18018           0.0.0.0:*                           0          451        1023/wanduck      
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:7788            0.0.0.0:*                           0          7293       1905/cfg_server    
udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:59032         0.0.0.0:*                           0          2623       1148/wlceventd    
udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:47032         0.0.0.0:*                           0          7324       1586/roamast      
udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:61689         0.0.0.0:*                           0          3241       1316/mastiff      
udp        0      0 :::123                  :::*                                0          7484       2233/ntp          
graxadm@grax: lsof -nPp 2233
COMMAND  PID    USER   FD      TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
ntp     2233 graxadm  cwd       DIR   0,12     1712    1 /
ntp     2233 graxadm  rtd       DIR   0,12     1712    1 /
ntp     2233 graxadm  txt       REG   0,12   519260 4220 /bin/busybox
ntp     2233 graxadm  mem       REG   0,12    67348 3845 /lib/libresolv.so.2
ntp     2233 graxadm  mem       REG   0,12    17948 4100 /lib/libnss_dns.so.2
ntp     2233 graxadm  mem       REG   0,12    38500 4097 /lib/libnss_files.so.2
ntp     2233 graxadm  mem       REG   0,12  1242964 4054 /lib/libc.so.6
ntp     2233 graxadm  mem       REG   0,12   120500 3819 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
ntp     2233 graxadm  mem       REG   0,12   714224 4057 /lib/libm.so.6
ntp     2233 graxadm  mem       REG   0,12    30208 4086 /lib/libcrypt.so.1
ntp     2233 graxadm  mem       REG   0,12   138508 4098 /lib/ld-linux.so.3
ntp     2233 graxadm    0u      CHR    1,3      0t0 1028 /dev/null
ntp     2233 graxadm    1u      CHR    1,3      0t0 1028 /dev/null
ntp     2233 graxadm    2u      CHR    1,3      0t0 1028 /dev/null
ntp     2233 graxadm    3u  netlink             0t0  155 unknown protocol: 31
ntp     2233 graxadm    4u  netlink             0t0  156 unknown protocol: 31
ntp     2233 graxadm    5u     IPv6   7484      0t0  UDP *:123

what is your output of

netstat -lnp | grep 123

 

[BreakingDad]

Dirty Install beta1 to beta3, had to reinstall yazdchp (without wiping) to get assignments back, I find that's usual for me even on a reboot however.

All good everywhere else.

Thank you Magic Eric.

 

[RMerlin]

Multiple overhead specifications on the command line are cumulative (overhead 18 docsis = 36). But docsis overhead 18 would result in 18. The overhead keyword is absolute, but the keywords are cumulative.

If you want to use the keywords only, leave overhead = 0 in the GUI.

Using the keyword does the exact same thing as using the preset on the webui, there's no reason to manually define it through a config file.

 

[askan7]

USB transfer speeds improved with beta 3. I was transferring at 50mb/s over wifi to my usb 3.0 flash drive. Before it was like 35mb/s max over wifi, 60mb over ethernet.

 

[dave14305]

Using the keyword does the exact same thing as using the preset on the webui, there's no reason to manually define it through a config file.

Agreed. Yet someone wanted to do it anyway.

 

[JohnD5000]

Dirty upgraded from Beta 2 to Beta 3, now there are no items loading on the Addons tab. Actually, I click on the Addons link but the page doesn't open, it just stays on the last page that was being viewed. Might be a problem with one of the scripts, so I will post there, too. Edit: running RT-AC86U

Note: on that tab before was, dn-vnstat, spdMerlin, scMerlin, ntpMerlin, & Help & Support.

Logging into amtm, I can see that all the scripts show up and as best I can tell, are running.

Doing a cru l and all seem to be added. Note, I have a homemade script that runs every 3 minutes that I have been running for a year and 1/2, but looking at log, it is not running (but is in the cru l listing) EDIT: after 20-25 min from boot it started running every 3 min

When I select ntpMerlin through amtm there is this error message near top:

WebUI for ntpMerlin is available at:
WebUI page not found

When I noticed that the Addons page was not working, I did a hard reboot (power off/ wait two minutes and power back on. Didn't help.

I won't go back to Beta2 to see if we can find the issue. Let me know if there is any testing anyone wants me to try

 

[Matthew Patrick]

So anyone running beta 3 on AC86U as a main router? Any issues so far? Haven't seen much report here haha. Just some with random problems. But that's to be expected with different configurations...

 

[Sicario]

So anyone running beta 3 on AC86U as a main router? Any issues so far? Haven't seen much report here haha. Just some with random problems. But that's to be expected with different configurations...

for me, it's so much better than previous betas, especially with stability.

 

[stevef9432203]

AX-11000 Upgrade from alpha2 to beta3 and full reset have no network connectivity to modem..Argh!!!!

 

[Matthew Patrick]

for me, it's so much better than previous betas, especially with stability.

Were you having problems with stability in the previous betas??

 

[Sicario]

Were you having problems with stability in the previous betas??

yes, mostly with wifi. bad video quality during facetime or zoom, frequent latency spike during gaming..

 

[MDK]

Hello.

does this beta 3 have all GT11000 features enable ?

best regards

 

[Matthew Patrick]

yes, mostly with wifi. bad video quality during facetime or zoom, frequent latency spike during gaming..

Ah. Don't have that problem in beta 1 . Although I am using flexqos tho. Okay then. Thanks for the insight!! Please let us know if you've got any problems on this new beta thanks!!

 

[alex1236hk]

Hello.

does this beta 3 have all GT11000 features enable ?

best regards

read the change log.

 

[MDK]

read the change log.

hello,

Thank you for your help, its apreciated.

best regards

 

[rlucho]

Hi! How are you? New here... I have 2 AX11000 in AiMesh 2.0 working at home, they are using the latest official Asus beta firmware (9.0.0.4.386_41994), so i want to know how to update to Merlin now... Just dirty flash the merlin firmware in both? Nothing else? First time Merlin's user, Thanks in advance!

 

[Wistuplu]

Hello,

Thank you for beta 3.
38 hours running on AC86U
All good.

W.

FYI
Dirty upgrade from 386.2 beta2+
Cake, diffserv4 for upstream
spdMerlin, connmon, cake-qos
No AiMesh