Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.2 Beta is now available

[JohnD5000]

In the system log page.

I run scribe & uiScribe, is that why I do not see it?

 

[Deleted member 22229]

I run scribe & uiScribe, is that why I do not see it?

I don't know i don't use any add on's.

 

[Matthew Patrick]

That why I didn't talk much.

I know. We already have a thread for it. I didn't talk much either. Just letting him know that a simple fan fixes it

 

[jerry6]

MY RT5300 working perfectly on 386.beta2 -3 no problems yet
thanks

 

[AntonK]

Dirty from 386.2_b2 to b3. Zero problems, wonderful performance in every respect.

 

[akamaka]

Got a cheap chinese usb fans kit. They have those air filters. Replaceable too it seems like. With the filters it's only pushing like a very small amount of air. I thought it wouldn't be enough. But yes it was more than enough.

From the lowest 80C and normally at 90C (and more if on load) . To about 50C on the lowest and 60C on load . Pretty big difference right there.

The lowest without fan I could get before 386 was 70C and about 69C (nice)

Buy USB laptop cooling pad. I use one for my RT-AC5300; the temp keps steady @60C

 

[Sky1111]

Overall, 386.2 Beta3 seems good BUT:
- wifi speed on AX client seems a tiny bit better (with 5GHz/160 link connected at 2402Mbps, actual internet speed can reach 570+ Mbps (out of 1Gbps on wire), and with previous version it was like 500
- seeing some slower than usual speeds on PIA VPN (just one client) - used to be 100-120, now it is more like 50 , and browsing sometimes is just painful
- (same problem with Beta2) walking with iPhone during Teams will result periodic sound loss

 

[raven-au]

No. This is the compromise for me supporting the ROG models - I won't be using the ROG UI.

When you look closely there's not much you miss out on, the Merlin VPN implementation offers more than VPNFusion, and the gaming features are mostly available just without the flashy interface.

And for people like myself that got the AX11000 purely because it had three wireless radios and there was no RT model available Merlin is a better choice. In fact VPNFusion lacks what I need to utilize router based VPN.

And, I might add, beta3 has been working well, apart for the basic stuff I mentioned earlier I've enabled Cake QOS (not sure I'll continue with that but it does seem to function ok) and SkyNet.

 

[MvW]

I run scribe & uiScribe, is that why I do not see it?

Yes, that's the reason. The entire page (https://router.asus.com:8443/Main_LogStatus_Content.asp) has been replaced by uiScribe, along with the option to set the log level, I suppose

If you don't want to see those messages, just write a filter and direct them to /opt/var/log/garbage.log. That's my digital trash can for everything I don't want to see in my logs.

 

[kernol]

Yes, that's the reason. The entire page (https://router.asus.com:8443/Main_LogStatus_Content.asp) has been replaced by uiScribe, along with the option to set the log level, I suppose

If you don't want to see those messages, just write a filter and direct them to /opt/var/log/garbage.log. That's my digital trash can for everything I don't want to see in my logs.

@JohnD5000 - You can still change the log level - first uninstall uiScribe [but keep data] - then go to System Log page - change level - reinstall uiScribe ... sorted.

 

[MvW]

@JohnD5000 - You can still change the log level - first uninstall uiScribe [but keep data] - then go to System Log page - change level - reinstall uiScribe ... sorted.

Not completely sure, but pretty confident, this works, but it might be a less of of hassle and worth a try. Maybe someone who's not using (ui)Scribe/syslog-ng is willing to try this out, that way you'll know for sure. The log_level is a nvram variable, which defaults to 7. Notice should be 5, according to an old post by @RMerlin I found in regards to one of the changelogs in the 380 branch. So, I'm not sure whether the numbers corresponding with the levels have changed, but there's an easy way to find out.

Open an SSH session.

You can see the current loglevel with

nvram get log_level

You should be able to change it with:

nvram set log_level=5
nvram commit

Now reboot your router through the UI. If you return to uiScribe Messages you should see the changes immediately (from the timepoint you rebooted).

If not, just change it back to 7, the same way as described above. It'll save you the hassle of reinstalling and missing data in your filtered logfiles because Scribe has been uninstalled shortly.

 

[Jack Yaz]

@JohnD5000 - You can still change the log level - first uninstall uiScribe [but keep data] - then go to System Log page - change level - reinstall uiScribe ... sorted.

the log levels don't really make much sense for syslog-ng (scribe), as they apply to what the built-in syslog is doing rather than syslog-ng

 

[Martineau]

@RMerlin

EDIT: For the next Beta, is there any possibility you could investigate the inclusion of kernel netlink attributes/modules

FRA_SPORT_RANGE

FRA_DPORT_RANGE

for the recent v386.2 iproute2 v5.11.0 HND models upgrade?

Many thanks

 

[kernol]

the log levels don't really make much sense for syslog-ng (scribe), as they apply to what the built-in syslog is doing rather than syslog-ng

Thanks for that - understood. seemed to make a difference to my logs after I spotted the suggestion elsewhere and gave it a whirl - but imagination is a powerful thing .

 

[Jack Yaz]

Thanks for that - understood. seemed to make a difference to my logs after I spotted the suggestion elsewhere and gave it a whirl - but imagination is a powerful thing .

i think it will work for what entries are actually generated by klogd, but the "messages to show" wouldn't take effect. or something like that

 

[RMerlin]

@RMerlin

EDIT: For the next Beta, is there any possibility you could investigate the inclusion of kernel netlink attributes/modules

FRA_SPORT_RANGE

FRA_DPORT_RANGE

for the recent v386.2 iproute2 v5.11.0 HND models upgrade?

Many thanks

Which modules are these?

It will have to wait until 386.3, 386.2 will not receive any further change beyond bugfixes this late in the development cycle.

 

[Martineau]

Which modules are these?

It will have to wait until 386.3, 386.2 will not receive any further change beyond bugfixes this late in the development cycle.

Sorry

ip rule help
 
Usage: ip rule { add | del } SELECTOR ACTION
       ip rule { flush | save | restore }
       ip rule [ list [ SELECTOR ]]
SELECTOR := [ not ] [ from PREFIX ] [ to PREFIX ] [ tos TOS ] [ fwmark FWMARK[/MASK] ]
            [ iif STRING ] [ oif STRING ] [ pref NUMBER ] [ l3mdev ]
            [ uidrange NUMBER-NUMBER ]
            [ ipproto PROTOCOL ]
            [ sport [ NUMBER | NUMBER-NUMBER ]
            [ dport [ NUMBER | NUMBER-NUMBER ] ]

ip rule add sport 12345 table 300

So an RPDB rule 9809 is created, but not sure if the rule is actually as requested?

ip rule

0:    from all lookup local
9809:     from all lookup 300
9810:     from all fwmark 0xd2 lookup 210
9820:     from all fwmark 0xdc lookup 220
32766:    from all lookup main
32767:    from all lookup default

A quick Goggle found the references, so I blindly assumed they were kernel module compile/include flags?

 

[RMerlin]

A quick Goggle found the references, so I blindly assumed they were kernel module compile/include flags?

No idea. Note that some features in iproute2 may possibly require a specific kernel version (for example, Cake required a specific kernel version, or a manual backport).

 

[bbunge]

After loading up the 386.2 beta 3 on the AX86U and snacking on some crow I am pleased to report this version of the firmware is very impressive! Running fixed channels on both bands with the 5 GHz @ CH 40 - 160 MHz and WPA2/WPA3-Personal. My "G" IP cams are working, all the old 2.4 clients stay connected, most AC clients connect via WPA3 and the new ThinkBooks connect @ 160 MHz. Did DSL Reports speed test without QOS and got 104/104 out of my 100/100 FIOS at A+ A+ A. Enabled Cake and the bandwidth dropped slightly to 101/102 with all A+. Running DoT with DNSSEC via Stubby (my preference) and DNS Filter - Router. Have not tested the OpenVPN server nor Instant Guard yet but have no reason to believe they will not work. Next-the release?

Oh, I did as Eric recommended and powered off the router for a few seconds after initial config following factory reset/initialize. Seems to have helped the radio settle in quicker.

 

[bbunge]

AX86U crashed this morning as I was connecting via Instant Guard. From the log:

Apr  1 09:15:18 vpn: + 597c4d91b055409f9dbaa3dc128391e2 10.10.10.1/32 == 50.211.2.169 -- 75.165.xx.xxx == 0.0.0.0/0
May  5 01:05:08 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.25.1
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: LOG
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <6>mod epilog takes 0 jiffies
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <6>IDPfw: Exit IDPfw
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <6>CFG80211-ERROR) wl_cfg80211_sta_info : GET STA INFO failed, -1
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4>dhd_os_stop_wd_thread(): thread:dhd_watchdog_thread:2ee terminated OK
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <6>CFG80211-ERROR) wl_add_remove_eventmsg : Get event_msgs error (-1)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <6>br0: received packet on eth6 with own address as source address
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <6>br0: received packet on eth6 with own address as source address
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <0>NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [pdc_rx:268]
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4>Modules linked in: tun init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffc168000 - ffffffbffc16b54c)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> sch_cake init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffc18d000 - ffffffbffc191fb8)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> tdts_udbfw(O-) init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffc15b000 - ffffffbffc160500)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> tdts_udb(PO) init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffc357000 - ffffffbffc37a054)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> tdts(PO) init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd20a000 - ffffffbffd245de8)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> sr_mod init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd202000 - ffffffbffd204308)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> cdrom init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd1f5000 - ffffffbffd1f9cb0)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> thfsplus(O) init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd1d3000 - ffffffbffd1e0084)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> tntfs(PO) init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd146000 - ffffffbffd192438)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> tfat(PO) init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd0f1000 - ffffffbffd122368)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> uas init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd0e8000 - ffffffbffd0ea140)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> usb_storage init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd0cf000 - ffffffbffd0d2c20)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> sg init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd0c1000 - ffffffbffd0c55d0)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> sd_mod init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd0b3000 - ffffffbffd0b7bd8)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> scsi_mod init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd075000 - ffffffbffd085960)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> nf_nat_sip init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd06e000 - ffffffbffd06f998)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> nf_conntrack_sip init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd063000 - ffffffbffd066108)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> nf_nat_h323 init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd05d000 - ffffffbffd05e0e8)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> nf_conntrack_h323 init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd04b000 - ffffffbffd04ea00)
May  5 01:05:08 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.25.1 (2021-03-28 13:47:46 EDT)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> nf_nat_rtsp init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd046000 - ffffffbffd0469f0)
May  5 01:05:08 crashlog: <4> nf_conntrack_rtsp init_addr(          (null) -           (null)), core_addr(ffffffbffd040000 - ffffffbffd041188)
May  5 01:05:08 kernel: rdd_init_params.runner_nat_cache_key_ptr=0xffffffc00bd00000

Subsequent connection was OK.