Asuswrt-Merlin 380.64 Beta is now available for all supported models.
The highlights of this release:
Things that need to be tested specifically:
A few notes regarding the new version notification system:
The check is run every 48 hours, or whenever the router is booted. New final releases will display the flashing notification icon at the top of the webui, however new beta releases won't trigger that icon.
The check can manually be triggered from the Firmware Update page. If you check the "Check Beta version" box before clicking on the Check button, then the router will check for any new alpha or beta release. It will NOT check for the presence of a newer non-beta release however, you have to uncheck the Beta box and re-run the manual check for that. Note however that the router will still always check for non-beta releases as part of its scheduled check.
The check code used is the same as used by Asus, where a small text file is downloaded, containing a list of models and available firmware versions. Your router will then locally scan that file, looking for any new release for its specific model.
One change from Asus's code is that I do not support live updating over the Internet. You must manually download, unzip and flash your router like before (the Download button on the Changelog popup will at least take you directly to the correct folder). I have no intention of implementing a live update capability, for many security reasons.
There is no notification outside of the webui (i.e. no email notification) at this time. Part of why is because Asus seems to be working on a revamped notification subsystem for a future firmware. Since I do not know what are their plan for this new notification system, I'd rather not waste my time developing something they might no longer work or become redundant in the near future. If down the road they end up not adding any Email notification capability, then I will consider possibly implementing one (but no promises).
Downloads are here.
Changelog is here.
The highlights of this release:
- New firmware availability notification. You will now be notified on the webui when a new firmware is available for download, and will be shown the changelog, as well as a button bringing you directly to the download folder for your specific model. Note that you must still manually download and flash the firmware.
- Updated components with nano, OpenVPN and Curl updated to their latest versions
- Tor will now route all TCP traffic, not just web traffic.
- The QoS Statistic page will now automatically refresh, allowing you to monitor your QoS traffic as it occurs.
- You will notified when your available nvram becomes too low.
- Performance enhancements to the webui (better caching of some Javascript files)
- Fixes to the webui for Firefox: broken App popup, broken client list on some pages.
Things that need to be tested specifically:
- Please test the webui with Firefox. While two issues were tracked and fixed, I'm unsure if it took care of all the Firefox-specific issues (some of which are random)
- Feedback regarding the performance of the webui: any visible difference? Anything newly broken since 63_2?
- There's an experimental change related to USB HDD handling at shutdown. Does it resolve HDD detection issues that appeared in 380.63_2?
A few notes regarding the new version notification system:
The check is run every 48 hours, or whenever the router is booted. New final releases will display the flashing notification icon at the top of the webui, however new beta releases won't trigger that icon.
The check can manually be triggered from the Firmware Update page. If you check the "Check Beta version" box before clicking on the Check button, then the router will check for any new alpha or beta release. It will NOT check for the presence of a newer non-beta release however, you have to uncheck the Beta box and re-run the manual check for that. Note however that the router will still always check for non-beta releases as part of its scheduled check.
The check code used is the same as used by Asus, where a small text file is downloaded, containing a list of models and available firmware versions. Your router will then locally scan that file, looking for any new release for its specific model.
One change from Asus's code is that I do not support live updating over the Internet. You must manually download, unzip and flash your router like before (the Download button on the Changelog popup will at least take you directly to the correct folder). I have no intention of implementing a live update capability, for many security reasons.
There is no notification outside of the webui (i.e. no email notification) at this time. Part of why is because Asus seems to be working on a revamped notification subsystem for a future firmware. Since I do not know what are their plan for this new notification system, I'd rather not waste my time developing something they might no longer work or become redundant in the near future. If down the road they end up not adding any Email notification capability, then I will consider possibly implementing one (but no promises).
Downloads are here.
Changelog is here.
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