[Beta 384/NG] Asuswrt-Merlin 384.5 Beta is now available

[king006]

This beta works fine! Thankyou @RMerlin

 

[Yop]

In my case everything seems fine but DDNS. I'm using asus.com and every time I try to register my domain It returns "Unauthorized registration request!"

Apr 29 10:15:17 rc_service: httpd 385:notify_rc restart_ddns
Apr 29 10:15:17 start_ddns: update WWW.ASUS.COM dyndns, wan_unit 0
Apr 29 10:15:18 ddns_update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Apr 29 10:15:18 ddns_update: connected to nwsrv-ns1.asus.com (103.10.4.108) on port 80.
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: Asus update entry:: return: HTTP/1.1 401 |Authorization failed^M Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 08:15:18 GMT^M Server: Apache^M X-Powered-By: PHP/5.6.30^M Content-Length: 0^M Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8^M ^M
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: retval= 2, ddns_return_code (,401)
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: asusddns_update: 2

It is a AC5300


EDIT: Reverted back to 384.4_2 and It works again

 

[joegreat]

Bad news: The beta 1 firmware crashed 5G WLAN on my two AC87Us.
After restart 5G WLAN is disabled and the wireless config page is broken (cannot use it at all).

I did a dirty upgrade over 384.4 and a downgrade to it enabled 5G WLAN again and the config page is also working again!

Looks like a build error due to the specific AC87U Quantenna Firmware - as also the Quantenna version information is missing on the Tools page...

Try a power cycle to reset the Quantenna CPU. I haven't made any change related to Quantenna in many months, and I didn't get any similar report during the alpha stage.

So why even post if you have not done a complete factory reset ? 384 code is picky and frankly a factory reset is almost needed every flash.

I confirm that a 2nd try to update worked on my AC87Us - looks like Quantenna needed the 2nd push (or a power cycle) to work with Beta 1.

 

[LostFreq]

@RMerlin In my browser (Firefox ESR 52.7.3) commit f4176d9 ("webui: set textarea_ssh_table font to Courier/monospace") causes the effective font-size to change from 13px previously to 16px now. I don't see why this happens, but an easy solution is to add an explicit font-size to the .textarea_ssh_table CSS:

font-size:13px;

 

[zadigre]

In my case everything seems fine but DDNS. I'm using asus.com and every time I try to register my domain It returns "Unauthorized registration request!"

Apr 29 10:15:17 rc_service: httpd 385:notify_rc restart_ddns
Apr 29 10:15:17 start_ddns: update WWW.ASUS.COM dyndns, wan_unit 0
Apr 29 10:15:18 ddns_update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Apr 29 10:15:18 ddns_update: connected to nwsrv-ns1.asus.com (103.10.4.108) on port 80.
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: Asus update entry:: return: HTTP/1.1 401 |Authorization failed^M Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 08:15:18 GMT^M Server: Apache^M X-Powered-By: PHP/5.6.30^M Content-Length: 0^M Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8^M ^M
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: retval= 2, ddns_return_code (,401)
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: asusddns_update: 2

It is a AC5300


EDIT: Reverted back to 384.4_2 and It works again

I had the same problem with the Aloha release... and now also with the beta.
Apparently we absolutely need to do a factory reset to fix the problem.

I’m curious to know what is triggering this problem exactly... knowing what is the source of this problem would help us prevent that problem form occurring.

In the meantime, I’ve started using NOIP ddns...

 

[Nurofen]

And what's new in Asus 87U ???

 

[pmm]

Updated RT-AC5300 with no obvious issues from alpha 3.

Same for me. beta1 is running silky-smooth.

 

[Mobz]

Apr 29 15:49:37 kernel: ERR[qos_start:3356] qos_ops is not registered!
Apr 29 15:49:37 kernel: ioctl_iqos_op_switch(1) fail!

Worry or not?

router 86U

 

[Mutzli]

I confirm that a 2nd try to update worked on my AC87Us - looks like Quantenna needed the 2nd push (or a power cycle) to work with Beta 1.

The AC87U is very finicky. I found that a power cycle before a new firmware flash and right after works best for this router. I also always remove any connected USB drives. I don't have to do this on any other routers. On my AC88U and AC68U I can flash it with USB drive in place and running for weeks.

 

[hifiwifi]

RT-AC1900P running Beta 1. My home automation power outlets are still unavailable from WAN side. Additionally, it seems I'm unable to add rules to port forwarding. After I hit "apply" they just disappear. Any help here would be appreciated.

 

[lukaszzsch]

I confirm that a 2nd try to update worked on my AC87Us - looks like Quantenna needed the 2nd push (or a power cycle) to work with Beta 1.

Similar issue with 86u. After updating of firmware 2.4 g radio got very unstable and my devices became dicsonecting.

Long power cycle seemed to resolve The problem.

 

[Billy Chaney]

Below is the results behind traditional QoS. No errors in my log. This is the best results I've ever received with dslreports. Good going Eric.

 

[skeal]

Since updating to 384.5 beta 1 No problems with ovpn server operations or ovpn client operations. For that matter nothing is of concern to me at all. Great work Eric! Hey one quick dumb question will the fixes for traditional QOS do anything to adaptive QOS?

 

[Alaska99]

In my case everything seems fine but DDNS. I'm using asus.com and every time I try to register my domain It returns "Unauthorized registration request!"

Apr 29 10:15:17 rc_service: httpd 385:notify_rc restart_ddns
Apr 29 10:15:17 start_ddns: update WWW.ASUS.COM dyndns, wan_unit 0
Apr 29 10:15:18 ddns_update: ez-ipupdate: starting...
Apr 29 10:15:18 ddns_update: connected to nwsrv-ns1.asus.com (103.10.4.108) on port 80.
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: Asus update entry:: return: HTTP/1.1 401 |Authorization failed^M Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 08:15:18 GMT^M Server: Apache^M X-Powered-By: PHP/5.6.30^M Content-Length: 0^M Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8^M ^M
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: retval= 2, ddns_return_code (,401)
Apr 29 10:15:21 ddns_update: asusddns_update: 2

It is a AC5300


EDIT: Reverted back to 384.4_2 and It works again

I had same error with alpha. The only solution I found was reverted back to 384.4.2. I try the beta and and the bug still exist. I have also a AC5300. I wish the nex beta patch this bug because revert back is a pain.

 

[Billy Chaney]

Made an adjustment. Attached are results.

 

[netmik3]

What's the difference between soft reset and hard reset please?

I mean soft via website, hard is power switch

 

[Bartekk]

RT-AC5300: Upgraded from 384.4 to latest original Asus (Factory reset 1) and then to the new Beta (Factory reset 2).
So far so good. WiFi has improved greatly.

OpenVPN works flawlessly, Asus DDNS registered 1st time around, Let's Encrypt cert worked as well.

Will report any issues (if any).

 

[unsynaps]

The AC87U is very finicky. I found that a power cycle before a new firmware flash and right after works best for this router. I also always remove any connected USB drives. I don't have to do this on any other routers. On my AC88U and AC68U I can flash it with USB drive in place and running for weeks.

One of the few reasons I finally ditched the 87 for an 86.

Still might bring it up to get better wifi coverage.

 

[AndreiV]

AC3200 flashed and running . No problems seen so far.

 

[FLA_NL]

Did an upgrade from 384.4_2 on a RT-AC86U. OpenVPN clients are still working, no routing problems either. I do have an issue with chrome based browsers on Android (Chrome and Brave browser). The System log->General log tab becomes unresponsive when opened, and it takes a long time for the menu items to appear. When the menu items are visible they also don't work anymore. Don't have this issue with Firefox for Android. Also Chrome on Windows doesn't have this issue.