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

[kevinlekiller]

Glad you could read my mind....it should have read 'without making any changes in the gui'

Was in a rush yesterday when I replied, but indeed I understood

Thanks again john9527 for the help, and for your work on asuswrt.

 

[ycodryn]

Hi. After using merlin's fw long time on N66U I went to Tomato because of poor WiFi range with new Asus policy. Now I want to give this fork firmware a try to see how is working but I have some problems, wat was working on tomato, here is not working.

1. IPv6 on native is getting an IP adress but on http://test-ipv6.com/ is saying that my IPV6 is not working (no network access).
2. DYNDNS is not working using same settings like in tomato.

Feb 26 19:18:14 watchdog: start ddns.
Feb 26 19:18:14 rc_service: watchdog 349:notify_rc start_ddns
Feb 26 19:18:14 rc_service: waitting "start_radvd" via ...
Feb 26 19:18:29 rc_service: skip the event: start_ddns.
Feb 26 19:18:58 watchdog: start ddns.
Feb 26 19:18:58 rc_service: watchdog 349:notify_rc start_ddns
Feb 26 19:18:58 rc_service: waitting "start_radvd" via ...
Feb 26 19:19:13 rc_service: skip the event: start_ddns.
Feb 26 19:19:32 rc_service: httpd 1480:notify_rc restart_ddns
Feb 26 19:19:32 rc_service: waitting "start_radvd" via ...
Feb 26 19:19:47 rc_service: skip the event: restart_ddns.
Feb 26 19:20:22 rc_service: httpd 1480:notify_rc restart_ddns
Feb 26 19:20:22 rc_service: waitting "start_radvd" via ...
Feb 26 19:20:38 rc_service: skip the event: restart_ddns.

 

[john9527]

Hi. After using merlin's fw long time on N66U I went to Tomato because of poor WiFi range with new Asus policy. Now I want to give this fork firmware a try to see how is working but I have some problems, wat was working on tomato, here is not working.

1. IPv6 on native is getting an IP adress but on http://test-ipv6.com/ is saying that my IPV6 is not working (no network access).
2. DYNDNS is not working using same settings like in tomato.

I was hoping someone more familiar with IPv6 would jump in...

In the absence of other ideas, I'd suggest starting with some basic debugging to try and get IPv6 working first (the ddns problem may just be a follow on to a connectivity issue).

There have been some issues reported when trying to move between DD_WRT/Tomato and ASUS Merlin codes. For a first step, I'd try doing a 'WPS reset' and see if that helps. This suggestion just from personal experience when I was experimenting early on with Tomato, and this was the only standard procedure that was able to straighten things out.

Power off the router. Then while holding down the WPS button, power on and wait for about 10 sec (the power LED should start fast blinking). Release the WPS button and the router should reboot back to the initial setup screen.
Configure the minimal requirements and see if you have connectivity.

 

[RocketJSquirrel]

1. IPv6 on native is getting an IP adress but on http://test-ipv6.com/ is saying that my IPV6 is not working (no network access).

Forgive me if this is too simplistic, but are you sure your computer is set up correctly for v6? From your description, the router is succeeding with v6 but maybe the computer is failing.

 

[ycodryn]

Forgive me if this is too simplistic, but are you sure your computer is set up correctly for v6? From your description, the router is succeeding with v6 but maybe the computer is failing.

Yes is set up correctly for v6 because with Tomato is working just fine. I already did that wipe with WPS, I`m always doing that after a custom rom install. Is not working and thats it I reverted back to tomato. Thanks for answers.

Here is a image with IPv6 and tomato working taken right now:

 

[john9527]

Yes is set up correctly for v6 because with Tomato is working just fine. I already did that wipe with WPS, I`m always doing that after a custom rom install. Is not working and thats it I reverted back to tomato. Thanks for answers.

Here is a image with IPv6 and tomato working taken right now:

Sorry you couldn't get it working....there are lots of folks using native IPv6 on the fork so I'm sure it works. If you decide to try again, we'll be here.

Based on your log output, it looks like radvd (Router Advertisement) is having trouble starting. I'd ask you to log into the router with telnet/ssh and append the contents of /etc/radvd.conf

 

[ycodryn]

Sorry you couldn't get it working....there are lots of folks using native IPv6 on the fork so I'm sure it works. If you decide to try again, we'll be here.

Based on your log output, it looks like radvd (Router Advertisement) is having trouble starting. I'd ask you to log into the router with telnet/ssh and append the contents of /etc/radvd.conf

Thank you but maybe when another update comes up. Another bug that made me going back to tomato was really strage: after a router restart next day my net from PC was down and I could not log in to router but on a iPad I could do that and on another identical iPad my WiFi connection was droping down every 5 sec. After 4 restarts of router nothing changed. Anyway on official merlin tomato everything was going ok beside wifi range.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

This has to be something on your end i have used John's fork since the first release on both my N66U and now my AC68U and its rock solid never any disconnects although comcast IPv6 can be tricky i always manage to get it working.

 

[ycodryn]

Sometimes there is a bug/bugs that only 1 of 10000 has it. Clean install throug recovery>wps wipe>make same settings like in official merlin and here I am. I had 2 asus router until now and this is not my first custom fw install

 

[john9527]

Thank you but maybe when another update comes up. Another bug that made me going back to tomato was really strage: after a router restart next day my net from PC was down and I could not log in to router but on a iPad I could do that and on another identical iPad my WiFi connection was droping down every 5 sec. After 4 restarts of router nothing changed. Anyway on official merlin tomato everything was going ok beside wifi range.

Those errors are all similar to the types of errors reported moving back and forth between DD-WRT and ASUS based code (and I seem to remember at least one case of tomato). In those cases it was necessary to manually clean out the mtd partitions to get things working.

 

[kevinlekiller]

Hi john, will we be getting the Entware script on the arm devices RMerlin added to the latest beta in the future?

Thanks.

 

[john9527]

Hi john, will we be getting the Entware script on the arm devices RMerlin added to the latest beta in the future?

Thanks.

I was wondering how long it would take someone to ask

I've been following the development threads on it, but so far only took a quick look at the Merlin's adds. First guess is it shouldn't be too hard to pick up. I'll see if I can give it a closer look in the next couple of days.

 

[RMerlin]

I was wondering how long it would take someone to ask

I've been following the development threads on it, but so far only took a quick look at the Merlin's adds. First guess is it shouldn't be too hard to pick up. I'll see if I can give it a closer look in the next couple of days.

There's no code change required to support the ARM version of Entware, just need to include both versions of the script, and add the correct one within the Makefile.

Ideally, the two scripts should be merged together IMHO, but that's not something I want to spend time on personally.

 

[ycodryn]

Those errors are all similar to the types of errors reported moving back and forth between DD-WRT and ASUS based code (and I seem to remember at least one case of tomato). In those cases it was necessary to manually clean out the mtd partitions to get things working.

You are talking about mtd-erase -d nvram ? Or 30/30/30 wipe ?

 

[Muyfa666]

I have a RT AC68-U.

After experiencing slow performance with Merlins 378.50, I finally gave this fork a try. It works very good, and it's very fast.

Is this common behavior for the 378.50? Does all the new features and GUI slow the router down?

If all the important security fixes are in this fork, I'm glad to use it, just wondering thou...

 

[john9527]

You are talking about mtd-erase -d nvram ? Or 30/30/30 wipe ?

30/30/30 no longer has any meaning on the ASUS routers.....it's outdated from the old DD-WRT/Linksys days.

Try entering the following commands via SSH/telnet, separately deleting the jffs partition.

mtd-erase -d jffs2
mtd-erase -d nvram
reboot

Then do a factory reset.

You will lose anything in the jffs partition, so back up any scripts/config files first.

Here's the original thread (for N16 but N66 is similar)
http://www.snbforums.com/posts/137804/
Note that the name of the jffs partition has changed between releases....this is valid for the fork code.

 

[john9527]

Update-08BETA Refresh
For those that haven't been scared away
I've refreshed the 08BETA download to

08B9j9527 for the N66U and AC68U. http://1drv.ms/1sDtB1V
Changes in the refresh

• Included curl in all builds
• Included entware-setup for ARM
• Updated entware-setup for MIPS
• BusyBox security fix for CVE-2013-1803
• AICloud security fix for CVE-2015-0240 (unique Samba instance)

Thanks again to everyone that's trying the beta.
For those running IPv6 native and have had trouble pulling an address....any improvement with 08B8?

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Your the man John. Any time frame for the final ?

 

[mobileman88]

Update-08BETA Refresh
For those that haven't been scared away
I've refreshed the 08BETA download to

08B9j9527 for the N66U and AC68U. http://1drv.ms/1sDtB1V
Changes in the refresh

• Included curl in all builds
• Included entware-setup for ARM
• Updated entware-setup for MIPS
• BusyBox security fix for CVE-2013-1803
• AICloud security fix for CVE-2015-0240 (unique Samba instance)

Thanks again to everyone that's trying the beta.
For those running IPv6 native and have had trouble pulling an address....any improvement with 08B8?

If I already have Optware installed, can I still run the Entware script? By the way, the size is 20MB instead of 29MB. Is this correct?

 

[john9527]

If I already have Optware installed, can I still run the Entware script?

According to the Entware-ARM thread, it's either/or.....Entware can't coexist with Optware.

By the way, the size is 20MB instead of 29MB. Is this correct?

Yes, correct. I've removed the Download Master code from the firmware like Merlin's builds. It will be downloaded when you install it. It would be updated immediately anyway, and also frees up a little more jffs space for the MIPS routers.