[Fork] Asuswrt-Merlin 374.43 LTS releases (Archive)

[zonnebril]

Hi @john9527. I have upgraded my N66U router's firmware to the latest V23E3, coming from V22E4. With this latest firmware, I can no longer set the RT66U's Domain Name (from LAN > DHCP Server) to " home.lan". It gives me the following error popup: "Domain name cannot be a registered domain!" From the beginning of using your firmware (V03) I have always used home.lan as the dns suffix. With the latest firmware I can for example successfully use "internal.lan".

Because " home.lan" cannot be an registered domain, what is causing this error you think? I am not exactly sure if this was also the case in the V23E1 firmware. It still exists in V23E3 though.

 

[john9527]

Because " home.lan" cannot be an registered domain, what is causing this error you think? I am not exactly sure if this was also the case in the V23E1 firmware. It still exists in V23E3 though.

There must be a cosmic convergence going on somewhere.....I also use home.lan as my domain and just ran into this and fixed it two days ago Pretty sure it was part of some code I backported from ASUS.

Temporary workaround.....don't use a domain that is exactly 3,4 or 8 characters long.

EDIT: Corrected character length for domain name.

 

[zonnebril]

I also use home.lan as my domain and just ran into this and fixed it two days ago Pretty sure it was part of some code I backported from ASUS.

Temporary workaround.....don't use a domain that is exactly 3,4 or 8 characters long.

Cool, confirmed then . So from your comment I understand that it will be fixed in the next release. I will wait for it, for now I will temporary use internal.lan.

Thanks John. Awesome firmware and awesome support!

 

[john9527]

Pushed another small refresh to the current stable release. No high severity fixes, just fixing a couple of annoying reported problems.

Enjoy...and thanks again to everyone for their continued support!

LATEST RELEASE: Update-23E4
23-March-2017
Merlin fork 374.43_2-23E4j9527
Download http://bit.ly/1YdgUcP
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The key updates:

• Fix displayed CTF status may be incorrect on LAN/Switch Control page - @cybrnook
• Fix some router domain names may be incorrectly flagged as being a registered domain - @zonnebril
• Fix some OpenVPN Client read/write stats may be reversed

SHA256

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39d3158cfd444a5fa137b144d22340d014627c33340e3cfb58a5003fc7be8e64  RT-AC68U_3.0.0.4_374.43_2-23E4j9527.trx
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[john9527]

A double release day! Pushed a new beta which needs some runtime...

BETA RELEASE: Update-24B6
26-March-2017
Merlin fork 374.43_2-24B6j9527
Download http://bit.ly/1UGjcOX
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Following are the major changes (full changelog is in the zip files)

Update-24B6 Highlights

• Security
  • Update Busybox to 1.25.1 (Merlin/themiron backport)
    This took a couple of hours playing 'whack-a-mole' with compiler errors, and is a significant update. Because of its scope and required other component updates it can affect everything from USB attached devices to scripting and WAN connections. I'm hoping to get at least a couple of beta users for a few weeks of runtime before rolling it out as the stable release.
  • Update OpenVPN to 2.4.1
• Other Updates
  • NEW: Support for Host-Uniq on PPPoE connections (Vodafone Italy)
  • NEW: Possible support for DFS channels on EU AC66 routers
    Please follow the same directions in Merlin_Fork_Options.txt for the N66 routers to try it out.
  • CHANGED: Update dnsmasq to 2.77-e33b487
    This is a pre-release of the next dnsmasq and includes DNSSEC and IPv6 fixes for some early testing.

As always, a reminder to users with MIPS routers to have a backup of /jffs in case the jffs space needs to be reformatted due to increases in firmware size.

SHA256

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9d248e95a3b7dfac0d20b492c9a3feedea8d4cd0a3a01b81db8d02f35ad8f0ff  RT-AC66U_3.0.0.4_374.43_2-24B6j9527.trx
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[cybrnook]

You're on fire @john9527 !!!

 

[InkyRag]

Pushed another small refresh to the current stable release. No high severity fixes, just fixing a couple of annoying reported problems.

• Fix some router domain names may be incorrectly flagged as being a registered domain -

Thanks John. This fixed the domain name problem for me.

 

[cybrnook]

The key updates:

• Fix displayed CTF status may be incorrect on LAN/Switch Control page - @cybrnook

23E4, loaded up and so far uneventful (which is great).

I made a backup using your utility. Performed a nvram erase, and upon reboot Switch Control was set to CTF Level 1 and Tools tab reflected CTF. So, looks great!

Restored using your utility and am back up and running!

Thanks as always.

 

[tyspeed42]

Updated to 24B6 on AC68W, AC68U nothing to report but its working great. Thanks John.

 

[Deleted member 27741]

Howdy all been an long time since I rapped at ya. Is anyone else having trouble connecting to the vpn clients on their n66u with firmware 23E4 (I also had this issue with 23E3)?

I have tried the openvpn client (which used to work, not my first rodeo) and to simplify things, the pptp vpn client and cannot get a connection up with either. Per usual, probably my issue but thought I would check in with the community.

 

[cybrnook]

Different model (RT-AC68P), but no issues connecting to Private Internet Access as a client. Just be aware that OpenVPN has been updated to 2.4.0, and that brought a handful of new options/hardening with it. So you might need to adjust your settings somewhat. Or , paste out your openvpn connection log so someone can help point out the issue.

 

[Deleted member 27741]

Different model (RT-AC68P), but no issues connecting to Private Internet Access as a client. Just be aware that OpenVPN has been updated to 2.4.0, and that brought a handful of new options/hardening with it. So you might need to adjust your settings somewhat. Or , paste out your openvpn connection log so someone can help point out the issue.

Probably better to confirm the pptp client is working for others as it is so much simpler to configure... You have no issues connecting the pptp client? I know this seems obvious- but I am confirming the connection by my ip address and it isn't changing.

 

[zonnebril]

Thanks @john9527 for the update. Back to home.lan!
B.t.w. John, is it a new feature that the router shows the "manually reboot" message after firmware update? I have been seeing this in the latest firmwares only. Just curious

 

[Builder71]

Thanks @john9527 for the update. Back to home.lan!
B.t.w. John, is it a new feature that the router shows the "manually reboot" message after firmware update? I have been seeing this in the latest firmwares only. Just curious

Update to 23E4. Thx John.
Got the same message like zonnebril.

 

[john9527]

Thanks @john9527 for the update. Back to home.lan!
B.t.w. John, is it a new feature that the router shows the "manually reboot" message after firmware update? I have been seeing this in the latest firmwares only. Just curious

Not a new feature....but a fact of life.....
I think it depends on the router being able to grab enough memory to be able to restart everything. I hit it on about 1 out of every 15 updates.

 

[john9527]

@000111 - Whose pptp server are you trying to connect to (commercial, work, private)? Haven't changed anything on the pptp client forever, since it's basically been deprecated.

 

[Deleted member 27741]

Got it sorted- thanks John.

 

[john9527]

Got it sorted- thanks John.

Glad to hear you figured it out.
I did a little playing, and was able to connect to PIA via pptp client...but found that the auto-negotiation for encryption wasn't working too well, and I had to force the right level via nvram, (exposing this to the gui was in a later level that I hadn't backported.....it is backported now )

 

[shauno100]

Hi John,

I am a first time user of your firmware and jumped the gun and flashed BETA RELEASE: Update-24B6 on my RT-AC68U. All is working well. I just noticed however that with my Stealthmode scripts i have used with Merlin's firmware without issues when the stealthmode is turned on from my cron job all the LEDS switch off initially but then the USB2 LED turns back on.

I am using the scripts from https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Scheduled-LED-control

Is this a bug or is it expected behaviour? I just noticed in your release notes for the latest Beta that you made some changes and mentioned it could affect anything from USB attached devices to WAN connections. Could this be causing the USB2 to turn back on?

Thanks in advance

Shaun

 

[john9527]

Is this a bug or is it expected behaviour?

No, I wouldn't have expected any problems. I just double checked the led commands from the command line on my AC68P and they worked fine.

So, two questions.....
- Did you do a factory reset after loading this fork?
- What is the rev level of your AC68U? (only rev A1, A2 and B1 are supported....C1 and E1 are not)