Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 388.2 Beta is now available for Wifi 6 models

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

Did you modify the routers hosts?

nope.

RT-AX88U_Pro-29B8:/tmp/home/root# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.1 RT-AX88U_Pro-29B8. RT-AX88U_Pro-29B8
192.168.1.1 RT-AX88U_Pro-29B8.local
192.168.1.1 www.asusrouter.com
192.168.1.1 asusrouter.com
192.168.1.1 www.asusrepeater.com
192.168.1.1 asusrepeater.com
192.168.1.1 www.asusap.com
192.168.1.1 asusap.com
192.168.1.1 www.asusswitch.com
192.168.1.1 asusswitch.com
192.168.1.1 router.asus.com
192.168.1.1 repeater.asus.com
192.168.1.1 ap.asus.com
192.168.1.1 www.asusnetwork.net
192.168.1.1 asusswitch.net
192.168.1.1 asusrepeater.net
192.168.1.1 asusap.net
192.168.1.1 zenwifi.net
192.168.1.1 expertwifi.net

 

[karateca]

nope.

RT-AX88U_Pro-29B8:/tmp/home/root# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.1 RT-AX88U_Pro-29B8. RT-AX88U_Pro-29B8
192.168.1.1 RT-AX88U_Pro-29B8.local
192.168.1.1 www.asusrouter.com
192.168.1.1 asusrouter.com
192.168.1.1 www.asusrepeater.com
192.168.1.1 asusrepeater.com
192.168.1.1 www.asusap.com
192.168.1.1 asusap.com
192.168.1.1 www.asusswitch.com
192.168.1.1 asusswitch.com
192.168.1.1 router.asus.com
192.168.1.1 repeater.asus.com
192.168.1.1 ap.asus.com
192.168.1.1 www.asusnetwork.net
192.168.1.1 asusswitch.net
192.168.1.1 asusrepeater.net
192.168.1.1 asusap.net
192.168.1.1 zenwifi.net
192.168.1.1 expertwifi.net

for what its this?

 

[Tech9]

Hmm... IPv6 Native enabled, DNS Director (Router) causing IPv4 test fail:

IPv6 test - IPv6/4 connectivity and speed test

IPv6-test.com is a free service that checks your IPv6 and IPv4 connectivity and speed. Diagnose connection problems, discover which address(es) you are currently using to browse the Internet, and what is your browser's protocol of choice when both v6 and v4 are available.

ipv6-test.com

Is this normal or expected? First time seeing this...

DNS Director off:

 

[Anubis]

Thanks for your reply.

I am using the 5ghz and it’s very fast. I also don’t have Mac filtering enable, nor is the 5ghz disabled. 2ghz even gives the scanning animation. Nothing happens on the 5ghz side.

Bandwidth 10? That can’t be right?

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

for what its this?

Response for another user's question.

 

[RMerlin]

I am using the 5ghz and it’s very fast. I also don’t have Mac filtering enable, nor is the 5ghz disabled. 2ghz even gives the scanning animation. Nothing happens on the 5ghz side.

Then I have no other idea. That code is closed source, it is the same code that Asus uses when setting up Repeater Mode, just that I made the list available within the webui.

 

[RMerlin]

I don't know if that is because it is on beta firmware, or if @RMerlin needs to take a look at the firmware update code for this particular model.

There is no RT-AX88U_PRO version on the update server because this beta is the first release. It will get populated once a 388.2 final gets published.

What does this mean for users of the RT-AX3000 like me? If my notes are right I use the RT-AX58U firmware. Am I using an "unpopular" model?!

Same firmware image, so same support. If I keep supporting the RT-AX58U, it will stay supported. If I drop it, it will also get dropped.

Hi. What's the purpose of https://10.10.0.1:8443/Advanced_IPv61_Content.asp (beyond https://10.10.0.1:8443/Advanced_IPv6_Content.asp)
Both are available after clean upgrade from IPv6 menu.

No idea.

 

[RMerlin]

Hmm... IPv6 Native enabled, DNS Director (Router) causing IPv4 test fail:

View attachment 48847

IPv6 test - IPv6/4 connectivity and speed test

IPv6-test.com is a free service that checks your IPv6 and IPv4 connectivity and speed. Diagnose connection problems, discover which address(es) you are currently using to browse the Internet, and what is your browser's protocol of choice when both v6 and v4 are available.

ipv6-test.com

Is this normal or expected? First time seeing this...

DNS Director off:

View attachment 48846

I can only assume that if you force the client to use the router as its DNS, then the router is probably using your native IPv6 DNS server, which may cause whatever test this site is doing to fail.

 

[bluepoint]

Hmm... IPv6 Native enabled, DNS Director (Router) causing IPv4 test fail:

View attachment 48847

IPv6 test - IPv6/4 connectivity and speed test

IPv6-test.com is a free service that checks your IPv6 and IPv4 connectivity and speed. Diagnose connection problems, discover which address(es) you are currently using to browse the Internet, and what is your browser's protocol of choice when both v6 and v4 are available.

ipv6-test.com

Is this normal or expected? First time seeing this...

DNS Director off:

View attachment 48846

That site is not reliable, itll give you different results. What do you get from

Test your IPv6.

This will test your browser and connection for IPv6 readiness, as well as show you your current IPv4 and IPv6 address.

test-ipv6.com

 

[y2k se]

I just acquired a RT-AX88U Pro, has any one had experience so far with flashing the newly added merlin support for this model?

I'm at two days uptime with no issues.

 

[JGrana]

I am at 1 day. The only problem I’m having might be related to something on my network.
If I reboot the AX88U Pro, some devices (iPhone, ecobee thermostat, Harmony Hub) seem to get assigned a DHCP address in the 10.10.13.X address space, even though they are on the correct SSID. I had a few Raspberry Pi’s on the network - disconnected them.
If I power cycle the devices, they then get the correct 192.168.1.X address. I even turned off WiFi on my iPhone, turned back on, connected to the correct SSID - the first time or two - 10.10.13.X. I even see error messages (and some dnsmasq Fatal 6 errors) during this period in /tmp/syslog.log - I can see the requesting device want 10.10.13.X…

I’m not sure how to find this rogue DHCP server…My Windows PC and laptop connect correctly to 192.168.1.X.

For what’s its worth, I never had this problem with my older AX88U running 388.1. I don’t believe I have added any new devices to the network.

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

There is no RT-AX88U_PRO version on the update server because this beta is the first release. It will get populated once a 388.2 final gets published.

Thank you for clearing that up, at least I know it is not a bug. Great work so far. The RT-AX88-Pro is purring along for rebranded model.

 

[Anubis]

Then I have no other idea. That code is closed source, it is the same code that Asus uses when setting up Repeater Mode, just that I made the list available within the webui.

Auto select channel including DFS channels. If this option is checked before the 5ghz survey, then the results won’t populate. If that option, or a channel is specified other than auto in the wireless section of the gui, the 5ghz results show, but for my network they appear to be bogus.

What is the consensus here on whether to check (Auto select channel including DFS channels) on or off?

Can anyone else confirm this behavior?

ETA: I just checked my 5Ghz band with Wifi Explorer on the Mac, and the router is performing great. It has me on DFS 100 channel and 160mhz rock solid! I’m averaging 730Mbps on my iPhone 14 Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO. I’m on Comcast/Xfinity 1400 at the router. Just have to chalk up the site survey is broken for 5ghz. Or site survey doesn’t work for DFS channels?

 

[mkr42]

I am using an AX11000 as my main router and I am unable to change the 5G2 wireless backhaul settings in a AIMesh setup. It just says "applying settings" and hangs. I tried installing the lastest ASUS firmware and same thing. It works fine with the previous version. This is probably something you cant fix because it is closed source I am guessing.

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

Auto select channel including DFS channels. If this option is checked before the 5ghz survey, then the results won’t populate. If that option, or a channel is specified other than auto in the wireless section of the gui, the 5ghz results show, but for my network they appear to be bogus.

What is the consensus here on whether to check (Auto select channel including DFS channels) on or off?

Can anyone else confirm this behavior?

ETA: I just checked my 5Ghz band with Wifi Explorer on the Mac, and the router is performing great. It has me on DFS 100 channel and 160mhz rock solid! I’m averaging 730Mbps on my iPhone 14 Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO. I’m on Comcast/Xfinity 1400 at the router. Just have to chalk up the site survey is broken for 5ghz. Or site survey doesn’t work for DFS channels?

I have the same package and I am getting about 850mbps on wireless.

 

[Anubis]

I have the same package and I am getting about 850mbps on wireless.

View attachment 48862

What device did you run this speed test on? Router and client? Thanks!

 

[busch09]

Having issues adding mesh nodes. Rt-AX88U 388.2 Master
Cannot add Rt-ax88u and rt-ax58u as nodes. both fail if on 388.2, both fully reset. Unable to add the even if 1 ft apart from master.
When flashing back to stock 388.22525 i can add them as nodes no problem.

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

What device did you run this speed test on? Router and client? Thanks!

RT-AX88U-Pro, samsung S22 ultra

 

[Tech9]

When flashing back to stock 388.22525 i can add them as nodes no problem.

Use wired connection for now when setting up AiMesh. A fix for wireless node discovery is coming in future Asuswrt-Merlin releases.

[ 388.2 alpha Build(s) ] Testing available build(s)

Running 388.2_alpha2-g099892a1cf on AXE16000. Can confirm issue with 2.4ghz and 6ghz radio is gone (prev, devices connecting to the 2.4ghz radio would have no exit to internet). Had already seen it work in stock image, glad to see the gpl merge brought the fix to Merlin. OpenVPN to connect...

www.snbforums.com

 

[aex.perez]

Have symmetic bandwidth 1G fiber with AT&T. Under normal conditions the PC/Ookla Speedtest comes back at ~930Mbs +/- 10Mbps and so does the router whether SPDMerlin or it's own Speedtest.

At random times, the SpeedTest results at the router whether using SPDMerlin or the it's own Speedtest the results come back asymetrical, ~410Mbps +/- 40Mbps on the down and ~650Mbps +/- 50Mbps on the up. I've yet to correlate anything in the log (running Scribe) at the time window that issue happens in. What I can say is that only a reboot fixes it back to normal, so far. Restarting the WAN interface or AT&T modem does not fix it, only a reboot at the router, does not look to be carrier related. When this happens WiFi gets hit as well, and Speedtest results drop by ~150Mbs, but with asymmetrical results where the down is lower than the up. But on the wired devices, its a consistent ~930Mbs +/- 10Mbps in both directions regardless of this drop. This also happend to me with the 388.1 releases but with so many WiFi issues with that release this took a back seat, all the TV's and streaming boxes are wired sny way. But its happening again, before I HW reset the AX88 router and start from scratch, curious if anyone else has run into this situation. Thinking I may just reboot the router and monitor it to capture the different logs at the time the router goes into limp mode, instead. I've yet to disable Skynet temporarily to eliminate it. Plenty of RAM on the router, and CPU is in the single digits also no QoS at play either. Trying to find/locate/capture the bandwidth drop in the log. Looking for way of fixing this without a reboot, but no luck so far.

Looks like this in SPDMerlin, very easy to see normal/abnormal conditions.

From a Scibe/UIScribe perspective, these filters are active

Any ideas?