[Beta 382] Asuswrt-Merlin 382.2 Beta is now available

[PDinDetroit]

I have used Asuswrt-Merlin for about a year, just stayed a lurker until recently. Thank you Eric for doing this painstaking work and for moving up the timetable of release for the RT-AC3200.

As for my 2 original RT-AC66U's, c'est la vie. Guess it might be time to upgrade. I like the RT-AC3200's and Microcenter seems to have them in stock for $199.99.

Other recommendations are welcome.

 

[glugglug]

As for my 2 original RT-AC66U's, c'est la vie. Guess it might be time to upgrade. I like the RT-AC3200's and Microcenter seems to have them in stock for $199.99.

Other recommendations are welcome.

AC3200 would be my last choice of current Asus routers. The "3200" comes from 600 on the 2.4GHz band, and 1300 on each of the 2 5GHz bands. There are only 2 80MHz blocks for 5GHz Wifi available in the US, so if you have a second access point, it will pretty much have to overlap with it on one of the 5GHz bands. As you can read in this thread, the 3200 has less frequent GPL releases, which makes it harder for Merlin to support than other models.

The 86U has 750Mbps (in theory) in the 2.4GHz band, and 2167Mbps for the 5GHz band (rather than doing 2 5GHz bands at once), so each supported band is actually higher bandwidth.
Also, the 86U has a faster processor than pretty much anything else (besides an AC5300).

Another great option is an AC3100 or AC88U. Either of these has 4x4 MU-MIMO instead of 3x3 on the 86U or the 3200, giving them 33% more total WiFi bandwidth in each band. (1000Mbps on 2.4GHz, 2167Mbps on 5GHz). They also have much faster CPUs than the 3200, but not as fast as the 86U. The 88U has the additional feature of 8 LAN ports and supporting link aggregation for 2 of them, otherwise the 88U and 3100 are basically the same router.

If you need a high bandwidth VPN I'd go with an 86U for the raw CPU power. Otherwise, probably an 88U.

 

[RMerlin]

Missed this thread...just wanted to report the clkfreq nvram setting is reset to default after rebooting the RT-AC68U on v3.82.2 beta2. Not sure if this is already known or not, or if there is a workaround.

That's been the case for two or three years now.

Jan 15 21:59:50 kernel: ERR... udb_ioctl_op_dc_get_ips_rt_event: hooknum for anomaly must be 1 or 3

Related to AiProtection, no idea what it means.

Only bug right now is the LAN port: I'm connected through LAN 2 and it shows LAN 3 in status page.

Main status page or Tools -> Sysinfo page?

 

[pietjepuk100]

I have used Asuswrt-Merlin for about a year, just stayed a lurker until recently. Thank you Eric for doing this painstaking work and for moving up the timetable of release for the RT-AC3200.

As for my 2 original RT-AC66U's, c'est la vie. Guess it might be time to upgrade. I like the RT-AC3200's and Microcenter seems to have them in stock for $199.99.

Other recommendations are welcome.

I recently replaced my AC87U since there has been not much going on for this router in a long time. This was my approach on selecting a new router.

I checked the AIMesh page to see what routers are on there as this is where ASUS is currently focussing on (my AC87U wasn't on it) and therefore, started looking for options is this list: https://www.asus.com/aimesh/ (see bottom of page for compatible routers).
AiMesh is currently what ASUS is making a fuss about so my bet was that if I take a router from that page I at least would be "safe" for the next 1 to 2 years.

This combined with what Merlin is supporting made me choose for the AC86U. I liked the CPU specs for the VPN, it is roughly 2.5 times faster than the AC87U (for me) while working over the VPN.

 

[TheOldMan]

I have the 382.3 alpha 2 build flashed on my RT-AC3200. It stayed up and running for 24 hours already. No issues despite being called a frankenbuild. I'm disappointed it's not going to be an aimesh device. Ab-solution is working as expected.

 

[RMerlin]

To those running the 382.3 alpha 2 build for the RT-AC3200, can you test Adaptive QoS? Reboot your router with Adaptive QoS enabled, give it maybe 2 or 3 minutes after rebooting, then check the QoS Stats page to confirm that both charts are showing correctly, along with the 7+ categories.

 

[RMerlin]

Only one item outstanding from both firmwares on the RT-AC3200: Cannot get a 6TB Seagate Backup+ Hub to be recognized on the USB 3 port of the RT-AC3200.

Asuswrt does not support USB 3.0 hubs, its kernel is too old. Only USB 2.0 hubs are supported.

 

[Vexira]

I have the 382.3 alpha 2 build flashed on my RT-AC3200. It stayed up and running for 24 hours already. No issues despite being called a frankenbuild. I'm disappointed it's not going to be an aimesh device. Ab-solution is working as expected.

We don't know for sure yet only wave one has been released.

 

[king006]

@RMerlin,

Do you have a solution to my problem with 382.3 alpha 1 for the ASUS RT-AC68U?

@RMerlin,

Since the 382.3 alpha 1 for RT-AC68U, http://rtr.ca/merlin/enable_dhcp_for_guests.sh no longer works?

The system.log says:

Jan 14 14:29:58 kernel: DROP IN=wl1.1 OUT=eth0 SRC=172.16.11.135 DST=195.121.1.34 LEN=62 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=4887 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=41497 DPT=53 LEN=42 MARK=0x1f

He lost the connection to the DNS server. But why? I also no longer receive an IP address from the guest DHCP.

This problem has been resolved with a downgrade to 382.2 beta 2. So the problem is in the new alpha 382.3! Do you want to find out and solve this problem? Thank you!

 

[AndreiV]

To those running the 382.3 alpha 2 build for the RT-AC3200, can you test Adaptive QoS? Reboot your router with Adaptive QoS enabled, give it maybe 2 or 3 minutes after rebooting, then check the QoS Stats page to confirm that both charts are showing correctly, along with the 7+ categories.

382.3_alpha2-g92b6c01 flashed and working. Have QOS set to adaptive/ Websurfing , ran speed tests at nperf.com and have used WhatsApp and several sites/forums , everything looks to be recorded and displayed correctly.

 

[BMWDude49120]

AC3200 would be my last choice of current Asus routers. The "3200" comes from 600 on the 2.4GHz band, and 1300 on each of the 2 5GHz bands. There are only 2 80MHz blocks for 5GHz Wifi available in the US, so if you have a second access point, it will pretty much have to overlap with it on one of the 5GHz bands. As you can read in this thread, the 3200 has less frequent GPL releases, which makes it harder for Merlin to support than other models.

The 86U has 750Mbps (in theory) in the 2.4GHz band, and 2167Mbps for the 5GHz band (rather than doing 2 5GHz bands at once), so each supported band is actually higher bandwidth.
Also, the 86U has a faster processor than pretty much anything else (besides an AC5300).

Another great option is an AC3100 or AC88U. Either of these has 4x4 MU-MIMO instead of 3x3 on the 86U or the 3200, giving them 33% more total WiFi bandwidth in each band. (1000Mbps on 2.4GHz, 2167Mbps on 5GHz). They also have much faster CPUs than the 3200, but not as fast as the 86U. The 88U has the additional feature of 8 LAN ports and supporting link aggregation for 2 of them, otherwise the 88U and 3100 are basically the same router.

If you need a high bandwidth VPN I'd go with an 86U for the raw CPU power. Otherwise, probably an 88U.

The 86U is actually 4x4 on 5GHz, while the 2.4GHz is only 3x3 on this router. See here:
https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wir...86u-dual-band-ac2900-wireless-router-reviewed

 

[PDinDetroit]

I recently replaced my AC87U since there has been not much going on for this router in a long time. This was my approach on selecting a new router.

I checked the AIMesh page to see what routers are on there as this is where ASUS is currently focussing on (my AC87U wasn't on it) and therefore, started looking for options is this list: https://www.asus.com/aimesh/ (see bottom of page for compatible routers).
AiMesh is currently what ASUS is making a fuss about so my bet was that if I take a router from that page I at least would be "safe" for the next 1 to 2 years.

This combined with what Merlin is supporting made me choose for the AC86U. I liked the CPU specs for the VPN, it is roughly 2.5 times faster than the AC87U (for me) while working over the VPN.

Thank you. Makes sense to review both ASUS' and Merlin's "Product Roadmaps" as a determining factor for my home network architecture. Out comes the Requirements and Pro/Con Documents to make sure I have the bases covered.

 

[PDinDetroit]

Asuswrt does not support USB 3.0 hubs, its kernel is too old. Only USB 2.0 hubs are supported.

Thank you, makes sense not to backport USB 3 in that case.

 

[PDinDetroit]

To those running the 382.3 alpha 2 build for the RT-AC3200, can you test Adaptive QoS? Reboot your router with Adaptive QoS enabled, give it maybe 2 or 3 minutes after rebooting, then check the QoS Stats page to confirm that both charts are showing correctly, along with the 7+ categories.

The charts and 8 categories/classes display properly, but the traffic associated with each may not be correct. I have the following set-up:

• QoS Type: Adaptive
• Bandwidth: Automatic
• Queue Discipline: sfq
• Mode: Custom, Order:
  • VoIP/IM
  • A/V Streaming
  • Web Surfing
  • File Transferring
  • Others
  • Gaming

From a work laptop LAN attached, VoIP/IM traffic showed up under "Default" and OneDrive transfers showed up under "Net Control Packets". YouTube videos showed up under "A/V Streaming" and Web Traffic to portal.office.com showed up under "Web Surfing". I believe that this is due to work connectivity through Microsoft DirectAccess for Skype for Business and OneDrive.

From a home desktop LAN attached, download of a 3 GB ISO from msdn.microsoft.com through Edge Browser showed up under "Net Control Packets".

From a home laptop WLAN attached, traffic seems to be under correct categories/classes.

I tested with simultaneous traffic to all the above. No usability issue noted.

On average, 17-24 devices connected ranging from:

• LAN: HP Laptops and Desktops, HP Printers, Samsung TV's, Samsung Blu Ray Players, SlingBox, Yamaha Receivers (some devices are LAN attached to RT-AC66U utilizing Media Bridge Mode connected to RT-AC3200 on 5GHz-2)
• WLAN: Samsung Android Tablets and Phones, Samsung TV's, Samsung Blu Ray Players, IoT Devices, HP TouchPad Android Devices

All are working as expected, have had Adaptive QoS running since loading 382.3 alpha 2 build for the RT-AC3200 yesterday. No notable error/warning messages in either router's logs.

 

[mocchii2000]

my router: rt-ac88u
firmversion:382.2 beta2

It is a trouble that occurred from the previous version. When wireless setting is changed, the radio wave before the setting will be turned off, but the radio wave after the setting will not be output.

In this phenomenon, even when /sbin/restart_wireless 　is executed, radio waves are not output in the same way.

The routers are set up after initializing the firmware before and after firmware version upgrade.

This is the log when restart_wireless is executed.
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: dhd_flow_rings_delete_for_peer: ifindex 0
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: dhd_flow_rings_delete_for_peer: ifindex 0
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: dhd_bus_flow_ring_delete_request elete Pending
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176979.751 wl0: link down (wl0)
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176979.766 flow_create : bitmap_size=512 maxitems=512
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering forwarding state
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: device eth1 left promiscuous mode
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering disabled state
Jan 17 04:01:38 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176934.020 wl1: link down (wl1)
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.039 wl0: wl_open
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.056 wl0: wlc_ampdu_tx_set: AGG Mode = MAC+AQM txmaxpkts 512
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.070 wl0: wl_open
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.071 wlc_ucode_download: wl0: Loading non-MU ucode
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering listening state
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering listening state
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.124 wl1: wl_open
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.141 wl1: wlc_ampdu_tx_set: AGG Mode = MAC+AQM txmaxpkts 512
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.155 wl1: wl_open
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.156 wlc_ucode_download: wl1: Loading non-MU ucode
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.171 wl1: CORE INIT : nfifo 6 mu_tx_enab 0
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.171 wl1: CORE INIT : mode 2 pktclassify 1 rxsplit 0 hdr conve 0 DMA_CT Disabled
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.182 wl1: wlc_enable_probe_req: state down, deferring setting of host flags
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.183 enable 1: q0 frmcnt 0, wrdcnt 0, q1 frmcnt 0, wrdcnt 0
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.085 wl0: CORE INIT : nfifo 6 mu_tx_enab 0
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.085 wl0: CORE INIT : mode 2 pktclassify 1 rxsplit 0 hdr conve 0 DMA_CT Disabled
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.096 wl0: wlc_enable_probe_req: state down, deferring setting of host flags
Jan 17 04:01:42 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.096 enable 1: q0 frmcnt 0, wrdcnt 0, q1 frmcnt 0, wrdcnt 0
Jan 17 04:01:43 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176984.709 bcm_pack_xtlv_entry: no space tlv_buf: requested:260, available:236
Jan 17 04:01:43 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176938.914 flow_create : bitmap_size=512 maxitems=512
Jan 17 04:01:43 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176985.096 wl0: wlc_lq_chanim_update: WLC_CHANIM upd blocked scan/detect
Jan 17 04:01:43 rt-ac88u kernel: CONSOLE: 176985.096 wl0: wlc_watchdog: WLC_CHANIM upd fail -25

 

[mocchii2000]

this log is when wireless setteing apply
Jan 17 04:21:07 rt-ac88u rc_service: httpd 348:notify_rc restart_wireless
Jan 17 04:21:07 rt-ac88u syslog: Error unlocking 0: 9 Bad file descriptor
Jan 17 04:21:27 rt-ac88u rc_service: httpd 348:notify_rc restart_wireless
Jan 17 04:21:27 rt-ac88u rc_service: waitting "restart_wireless" via httpd ...
Jan 17 04:21:42 rt-ac88u rc_service: skip the event: restart_wireless.

 

[JSinFCVA]

Totally a cosmetic item.
In the Traffic Analyzer, Internet incoming stats are color coded orange, and outgoing are light blue. However, in the graph, incoming is shown in light blue, but outgoing is light green. Perhaps the graph should show orange too. Just noticed this, but don't remember if prior versions were correct or not.

Definitely a low priority item.

 

[TheOldMan]

To those running the 382.3 alpha 2 build for the RT-AC3200, can you test Adaptive QoS? Reboot your router with Adaptive QoS enabled, give it maybe 2 or 3 minutes after rebooting, then check the QoS Stats page to confirm that both charts are showing correctly, along with the 7+ categories.

Check those three png files. Are they of any help to you?

 

[RMerlin]

Check those three png files. Are they of any help to you?

It confirms that queues are properly initialized, so hopefully that means the Trend Micro version used there contains the fixes that were missing from the 18xxx code.

 

[Broken Hope]

Based on your commits to github are you not planning on supporting AiMesh on Merlin Firmware? Or have you just temporarily disabled it whilst getting the new GPL working?