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

[joe a]

John last seen May 17th. hmm. Anyone heard from him? I assume if this was his dev repository, there a reason he didn't move a build to stable...

I'm guessing he may not be up to providing support, yet.

 

[madfusker]

Yeah, it's a busy job for sure. Many thanks for the work he's done though!

 

[jrmwvu04]

John last seen May 17th. hmm. Anyone heard from him? I assume if this was his dev repository, there a reason he didn't move a build to stable...

The naming convention (E series) suggests some of them are “stable” by prior standards. As for why the board/support disappearance, perhaps related...

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/p...server-for-adblock.26114/page-166#post-541496

 

[dave14305]

I've pushed Skynet WebUI support for Johns Fork (Versions 374.43_41+), let me know if everything works as expected.

The WebUI is installed, but John's fork doesn't use the menuTree.js file so there's no presence in the Firewall menus. I can browse to https://router.asus.com/user1.asp, but the stats button doesn't work because it's missing the rest of the necessary CSS.

I didn't think this would work without some info from @john9527. The user*.asp files are implemented as well as the helper.sh updates. But I don't know how you would add a tab to the existing pages. And many of the resources the page loads are 404 not found.

Probably not going to work for the fork and its older UI style.

Spoiler

--------------------                | ----------
| Test Description |                | | Result |
--------------------                | ----------

Internet-Connectivity               | [Passed]
Write Permission                    | [Passed]
Firewall-Start Entry                | [Passed]
Services-Stop Entry                 | [Passed]
Service-Event Entry                 | [Passed]
SWAP File                           | [Passed]
Cron Jobs                           | [Passed]
NTP Sync                            | [Passed]
IPSet Comment Support               | [Passed]
Log Level 5 Settings                | [Passed]
Duplicate Rules In RAW              | [Passed]
IPSets                              | [Passed]
IPTables Rules                      | [Passed]
Local WebUI Files                   | [Passed]
Mounted WebUI Files                 | [Passed]
MenuTree.js Entry                   | grep: /www/require/modules/menuTree.js: No such file or directory
[Failed]
Diversion Plus Content              | [Failed]

 

[RMerlin]

That old code base was never updated to Asus's tree-style menu code AFAIK, so adding new pages will be quite difficult for third party devs, since pages are hardcoded into state.js.

 

[alfie]

I'm runing new 41E5 on AC66u, just few hours of testing.
Cloudflare stubby issue seems stabilized and https://www.snbforums.com/threads/f...lts-releases-v39e3.18914/page-491#post-527447 trick is no longer necessary.

I see some ssl certificate issues

Spoiler: sys log httpd

Jan 1 01:00:40 httpd: start httpd
Jan 1 01:00:40 httpd: start httpd - SSL
Jan 1 01:00:40 crond[721]: crond (busybox 1.25.1) started, log level 8
Jan 1 01:00:40 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 1 01:00:43 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 1 01:00:43 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 1 01:00:43 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 1 01:00:43 httpd: Unable to start in SSL mode, exiting!

I can not access to https webui.
Any other feedback?

 

[dave14305]

I'm runing new 41E5 on AC66u, just few hours of testing.
Cloudflare stubby issue seems stabilized and https://www.snbforums.com/threads/f...lts-releases-v39e3.18914/page-491#post-527447 trick is no longer necessary.

I see some ssl certificate issues

Spoiler: sys log httpd

Jan 1 01:00:40 httpd: start httpd
Jan 1 01:00:40 httpd: start httpd - SSL
Jan 1 01:00:40 crond[721]: crond (busybox 1.25.1) started, log level 8
Jan 1 01:00:40 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 1 01:00:43 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 1 01:00:43 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 1 01:00:43 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 1 01:00:43 httpd: Unable to start in SSL mode, exiting!

I can not access to https webui.
Any other feedback?

Time is probably not set yet (Jan 1?).

 

[Gar]

I've been running it since release without issue. A minimal config with DoT/Quad9.

 

[alfie]

Time is probably not set yet (Jan 1?).

that's quick

NTP is updating some seconds after

Spoiler: NTP

Jan 1 01:01:23 ntp: start NTP update
Jan 1 01:01:23 ddns_update: connected to nwsrv-ns1.asus.com (103.10.4.108) on port 443.
Jan 22 18:36:50 rc_service: ntp 1244:notify_rc restart_upnp

Bug?

 

[dave14305]

that's quick

NTP is updating some seconds after

Spoiler: NTP

Jan 1 01:01:23 ntp: start NTP update
Jan 1 01:01:23 ddns_update: connected to nwsrv-ns1.asus.com (103.10.4.108) on port 443.
Jan 22 18:36:50 rc_service: ntp 1244:notify_rc restart_upnp

Bug?

No, just timing issues during startup. Go to the SSH command line and run:

service restart_httpd

to see if it will regenerate the cert now.

 

[alfie]

No, just timing issues during startup. Go to the SSH command line and run:

service restart_httpd

to see if it will regenerate the cert now.

Jan 22 19:41:28 rc_service: service 1774:notify_rc restart_httpd
Jan 22 19:41:28 httpd: start httpd
Jan 22 19:41:28 httpd: start httpd - SSL
Jan 22 19:41:28 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 22 19:41:29 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 22 19:41:29 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 22 19:41:29 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 22 19:41:29 httpd: Unable to start in SSL mode, exiting!

 

[BloodFX]

E6 on dev drive.

 

[Uncle_Gadget]

Just in case John was waiting for post # 10,000 before his return, I thought I'd help tilt the scale. [emoji6]

 

[MatrixGeeker]

I do not trust any non-official release that does not come from John. Until then, 39E3 it is for the time being.

I'm confused everyone. I have a 88U and I'm on firmware 384.14.2. Is this the correct official firmware for my router?

And what is the 39E3 software and all this official vs non official stuff

 

[dave14305]

I'm confused everyone. I have a 88U and I'm on firmware 384.14.2. Is this the correct official firmware for my router?

And what is the 39E3 software and all this official vs non official stuff

This is a fork of Merlin's firmware that has been maintained by @john9527 since 2014 based on the older 374.43 code base. It's only available for routers that were in production at the time of that 374.43 release. You can't use it with your "modern" 88U.

John has taken a hiatus from the forums, but continues to post new builds of his firmware in his Onedrive folder, without announcing any official release.

 

[MatrixGeeker]

This is a fork of Merlin's firmware that has been maintained by @john9527 since 2014 based on the older 374.43 code base. It's only available for routers that were in production at the time of that 374.43 release. You can't use it with your "modern" 88U.

John has taken a hiatus from the forums, but continues to post new builds of his firmware in his Onedrive folder, without announcing any official release.

When you refer to "it" what are you referring to ?

So m i on the correct official firmware for my router

 

[dave14305]

When you refer to "it" what are you referring to ?

So m i on the correct official firmware for my router

"it" means John's fork (AKA ASUSWRT-Merlin-LTS) discussed in this thread. You are very welcome to use the regular Merlin 384.14_2 firmware (AKA ASUSWRT-Merlin). Besides the other forum threads here, the best place to get info on the Merlin firmware is https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/

 

[Builder71]

And installed 41E6 on my RT-N66U without problems. Thx John.
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AKXdaMzjqVKbGsc&id=9332FC159A7E129!1117&cid=09332FC159A7E129

 

[alfie]

Running 41E6 on AC66u.
Still failing to initialize SSL. Restarting httpd does not solve the issue.

Jan 24 17:41:22 rc_service: service 1218:notify_rc restart_httpd
Jan 24 17:41:22 httpd: start httpd
Jan 24 17:41:22 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 24 17:41:22 httpd: start httpd - SSL
Jan 24 17:41:23 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 24 17:41:23 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 24 17:41:23 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 24 17:41:23 httpd: Unable to start in SSL mode, exiting!

 

[ColinTaylor]

Running 41E6 on AC66u.
Still failing to initialize SSL. Restarting httpd does not solve the issue.

Jan 24 17:41:22 rc_service: service 1218:notify_rc restart_httpd
Jan 24 17:41:22 httpd: start httpd
Jan 24 17:41:22 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 24 17:41:22 httpd: start httpd - SSL
Jan 24 17:41:23 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 24 17:41:23 syslog: Generating SSL certificate...
Jan 24 17:41:23 httpd: Failed to initialize SSL, generating new key/cert.
Jan 24 17:41:23 httpd: Unable to start in SSL mode, exiting!

Can you log into the router and post the output of this command:

ls -l /etc/cert.pem /etc/key.pem