[Beta 384/NG] Asuswrt-merlin 384.4 Beta is now available

[unsynaps]

What setting do you have on the WAN -> DDNS Page for SSL certificate (LE, Persistent or None)

Do you have AiCloud enabled?

This drove me bonkers. My own SSL's getting overwritten. Found the document page ( https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Custom-SSL-certificates ) then went bonkers looking for the setting... that was moved.

Just wanted to add its relocation is no fault of Merlin. Someone at Asus shut their brain off.

 

[Twohothardware]

Can you test the Game Boost WTFast GPN service on the RT-AC86U using the latest beta firmware? I've tried beta 2 and beta 3 for 384.4 and with both my Core 2 CPU utilization is maxed at 100% when I log into and enable this service.

I have it set for just 1 game on my PS4 and the PS4 isn't even turned on while the CPU Core 2 is 100%. As soon as I log out of the service my CPU usage drops back near 0% for both Cores. There's no real WAN traffic when the service is enabled so nothing is being transferred.

 

[RMerlin]

Confirm. Thanks!

Will you look on services-stop and unmount ?
As I found previously, service-stop was run during reboot only from command line and unmount - only during firmware upgrade.

Not in the near future..

 

[RMerlin]

Apologies if you have already answered this question. Will this beta work on the Asus Raptor GT-AC5300 or only the RT version?

I have no plan to support the GT-AC5300, only the RT-AC5300.

Also I am using the Link Aggregation on the Raptor (Ports 5&6) to connect to my Cisco switch which I also setup 2 ports for Link Aggregation. Will this work from your experience and is there any benefits to doing this.

No idea, I don't use link aggregation, as it's mostly useless in a home environment. It requires multiple concurrent clients, and it also requires disks that are fast enough to handle two concurrent 1 Gbps link - that's rarely the case with mechanical drives.

 

[Vexira]

QoS restart probably wipes out existing UPNP forwards, and your XBox isn't refreshing them, or you're not waiting it long enough to give it a chance to do so. Just restart the XBox to force it to update its UPnP leases.



Seems to be a bug within the RT-AC86U closed source code. qos_rulelist gets reset back to factory default after a reboot, and there's no occurence in the open source code that specifically writes to that setting except on the web server when using the mobile app. This is outside of my control.



On a fresh Windows 10 install, the SMBv1 client is not installed. On upgrades the client stays installed, but gets automatically removed if unused for a certain period of time. This has nothing to do with the Windows SKU you are using (Home vs Pro).

Nope it changes instantly as some as qos finishes priority changes, game mode is open, if I change it to custom it goes moderate then when I changed it back to games is open again.

 

[vango44]

Can you test the Game Boost WTFast GPN service on the RT-AC86U using the latest beta firmware? I've tried beta 2 and beta 3 for 384.4 and with both my Core 2 CPU utilization is maxed at 100% when I log into and enable this service.

I have it set for just 1 game on my PS4 and the PS4 isn't even turned on while the CPU Core 2 is 100%. As soon as I log out of the service my CPU usage drops back near 0% for both Cores. There's no real WAN traffic when the service is enabled so nothing is being transferred.

I have the same result.
I ran it for a few hours with LOL and both cores kept alternating from 50-100% on the web GUI. My son said the game was slightly less stable if anything so I tried re-booting router and no change so I shut down WTFast. [beta2 on AC86U]

 

[Twohothardware]

I have the same result.
I ran it for a few hours with LOL and both cores kept alternating from 50-100% on the web GUI. My son said the game was slightly less stable if anything so I tried re-booting router and no change so I shut down WTFast. [beta2 on AC86U]

I logged into the router via SSH and ran the Top command and what is listed as "/jffs/.wtfast/bin/wtfd -d" is using 50% CPU constantly.

 

[Correlor]

@RMerlin,

I noticed the other day that all the maps on the usb-drive on my AC-5300 were shared on my network. I could open them with the username/password for my router. These are the settings I used for years but now it looks like 'Enable Share Off' does not work.

 

[RejZoR]

So far so good on my RT-AC87U (using 384.4 Beta3).

 

[JohnNerd]

OpenVPN was broken in beta 2, working again in beta 3 on 87U. Thank you Merlin for updating so fast.

 

[ozzed]

I have always been using this utility https://www.snbforums.com/threads/user-nvram-save-restore-utility-r26-2.19521/ to "manually" restore the settings after a factory reset, but if I'm not misinterpreting things, this utility no longer works under NG, or am I misinterpreting things? So far it has really been a time saver for me as it takes such a long time to set everything up again after a reset.

 

[Mutzli]

Update to beta 3 and now I'm having problems with QoS starting. Here is the error message:
Mar 11 09:28:07 kernel: ERR[parse_qos_conf:932] Can't set new QoS conf while QoS is started!
Mar 11 09:28:07 kernel: ERR[ioctl_iqos_op_config:3592] parse qos_conf error!!
Mar 11 09:28:07 kernel: ioctl_iqos_op_config() fail!
Mar 11 09:28:07 kernel: ERR[qos_start:3344] QoS is already started!
Mar 11 09:28:07 kernel: ioctl_iqos_op_switch(1) fail!
Mar 11 09:28:10 kernel: ERR[parse_qos_conf:932] Can't set new QoS conf while QoS is started!
Mar 11 09:28:10 kernel: ERR[ioctl_iqos_op_config:3592] parse qos_conf error!!
Mar 11 09:28:10 kernel: ioctl_iqos_op_config() fail!
Mar 11 09:28:10 kernel: ERR[qos_start:3344] QoS is already started!
Mar 11 09:28:10 kernel: ioctl_iqos_op_switch(1) fail!

My RT-AC87U worked flawless in beta2. Should I do a factory reset?

 

[Blacklistedcard]

Beta 3 running great on my RT-AC87U and AC86U.....

 

[Blacklistedcard]

The Game Boost WTFast GPN service, is it real or just marketing BS?

 

[pattiri]

The Game Boost WTFast GPN service, is it real or just marketing BS?

Here my 2 comments about WTFast;

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/wtfast-stays-with-the-change-to-merlin.40497/#post-339149

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/wtfast-stays-with-the-change-to-merlin.40497/#post-339157

Summary; if the connection between you and game server is already good enough WTFast (both windows app and router app) makes things worse otherwise it helps a little.

 

[Blacklistedcard]

Here my 2 comments about WTFast;

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/wtfast-stays-with-the-change-to-merlin.40497/#post-339149

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/wtfast-stays-with-the-change-to-merlin.40497/#post-339157

Summary; if the connection between you and game server is already good enough WTFast (both windows app and router app) makes things worse otherwise it helps a little.

Thanks... reading the other threads....

 

[stambeccuccio]

After update to beta 3 and after a connection via VPN I find these warning messages in General Log:

Mar 11 14:52:45 smbd[1909]: [2018/03/11 14:52:45.608200, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:52:45 smbd[1909]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:52:45 smbd[1910]: [2018/03/11 14:52:45.641970, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:52:45 smbd[1910]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:52:47 smbd[1914]: [2018/03/11 14:52:47.952245, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:52:47 smbd[1914]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:52:47 smbd[1915]: [2018/03/11 14:52:47.996680, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:52:47 smbd[1915]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:54:42 smbd[1959]: [2018/03/11 14:54:42.707269, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:54:42 smbd[1959]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:54:42 smbd[1960]: [2018/03/11 14:54:42.724177, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:54:42 smbd[1960]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:54:48 smbd[1965]: [2018/03/11 14:54:48.430539, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:54:48 smbd[1965]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:54:48 smbd[1966]: [2018/03/11 14:54:48.447654, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:54:48 smbd[1966]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:54:53 smbd[1968]: [2018/03/11 14:54:53.073841, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:54:53 smbd[1968]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:54:53 smbd[1969]: [2018/03/11 14:54:53.088797, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:54:53 smbd[1969]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:54:55 smbd[1971]: [2018/03/11 14:54:55.356470, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:54:55 smbd[1971]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:54:55 smbd[1972]: [2018/03/11 14:54:55.374577, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:54:55 smbd[1972]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:55:26 smbd[1984]: [2018/03/11 14:55:26.090530, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:55:26 smbd[1984]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:55:26 smbd[1985]: [2018/03/11 14:55:26.290336, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:55:26 smbd[1985]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:55:28 smbd[1986]: [2018/03/11 14:55:28.742574, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:55:28 smbd[1986]: No protocol supported !
Mar 11 14:55:28 smbd[1987]: [2018/03/11 14:55:28.756345, 0] smbd/negprot.c:706(reply_negprot)
Mar 11 14:55:28 smbd[1987]: No protocol supported !

After update I've reset VPN settings and set the following parameters

General:
- RSA Encryption: 2048 bit
- Client will use VPN to access: Internet and local network

Advanced Settings:
- Authorization Mode: TLS
- TLS control channel security: Bi-directional Auth
- HMAC Authentication: SHA 256
- Cipher Negotiation: Enable
- Negotiable ciphers: AES-256-GCM
- Compression: LZ4

 

[Twohothardware]

The Game Boost WTFast GPN service, is it real or just marketing BS?

Think of it and other VPN type services as another route you can take to get to the server you're trying to connect to. A VPN or in this case GPN can reduce the number of hops needed, eliminate packet loss if a server on your ISP's route is dropping packets, as well as it can give you a less restrictive connection if say your gaming without a static IP and routable ports like a University connection or a mobile LTE connection, or if you're just having NAT/firewall issues connecting to a game, ect.

With WTFast though it's only for a single game that you add to the game profile list that you'd see any improvement.

 

[stambeccuccio]

With a further test I seaw that such warning messages appear only if I have set
Samba protocol version: SMBv2
If instead I set both samba protocol SMBv1 + SMBv2 there is no warning messages in connections via VPN

 

[John35]

I have no plan to support the GT-AC5300, only the RT-AC5300.

No idea, I don't use link aggregation, as it's mostly useless in a home environment. It requires multiple concurrent clients, and it also requires disks that are fast enough to handle two concurrent 1 Gbps link - that's rarely the case with mechanical drives.

BTW with a NAS it's not that hard provided there is enough caching to cover the seek times. If you have a 4-drive RAID5 to get 90MB/s (c. 1xGbE) you need to read 30MB/s from each of the drives. Modern drives can do a significant multiple of that. For example my fairly cheap (£334 IIRC) 4-bay NAS (Qnap TS-453A) is specified by them to get over 400MB/s for reads and writes (which will require all 4 Ethernet ports aggregated but only c. 140MB/s for each drive).