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

[john9527]

Understand that....

I was able to export the patches from the old branch, so was able to bring them in exactly as they were in the beta....so don't expect any surprises with the new build.

There were a little over 100 downloads of the beta and nobody yelled, so I guess it's running OK

 

[jim769]

Understand that....

I was able to export the patches from the old branch, so was able to bring them in exactly as they were in the beta....so don't expect any surprises with the new build.

There were a little over 100 downloads of the beta and nobody yelled, so I guess it's running OK

Excellent i will be watching this thread for the final...

 

[RMerlin]

I regularly do updates to the 'master' branch to get Merlin's latest commits and let me occasionally play with something on the his latest release. The fork is set up as a different branch. As best I can tell, there are some files that were marked as 'untracked' when they really should have been tracked...they got updated in my fork, and I was no longer able to compile the fork. I struggled for quite a while trying to get things straightened out unsuccessfully (I'm far from a git expert).
.

You can use "git revert" to revert a bad commit, or checkout from a previous point in time with "git checkout SHA1".

When it comes to fixing things with Git, this is my favorite (interactive) cheatsheet:

http://sethrobertson.github.io/GitFixUm/fixup.html

 

[john9527]

You can use "git revert" to revert a bad commit, or checkout from a previous point in time with "git checkout SHA1".

When it comes to fixing things with Git, this is my favorite (interactive) cheatsheet:

http://sethrobertson.github.io/GitFixUm/fixup.html

I tried git revert....as well as git reset --hard to try and go back....apparently neither one handles untracked files. I kept the old repo by renaming it. I'm going to go back and try again at some point to figure it out.

Thanks for the pointer...always looking for a good source of info. But I must say, just doing searches around git and what you want to do usually gets pretty good results.

 

[RMerlin]

I tried git revert....as well as git reset --hard to try and go back....apparently neither one handles untracked files. I kept the old repo by renaming it. I'm going to go back and try again at some point to figure it out.

Thanks for the pointer...always looking for a good source of info. But I must say, just doing searches around git and what you want to do usually gets pretty good results.

Untracked files are files that Git does not know anything about, so deleting/overwriting any of these would indeed be unrecoverable.

 

[tjeee]

I got this in het log file: "miniupnpd[473]: SoapMethod: Unknown: AddPortMapping^M ^M <s:Envelope^M xmlns:s=" with firmware 374.43_2-06j9527 and 374.43_2-06Ej9527 on a Asus RT-N66U. What does it mean? I have a TvPad to watch channels online and i can not watch it with this firmware.

 

[IAAI]

Hello John,



I'm new on this forum and just installed your fork last night over the Asus original firmware.



I live in Romania where we have fiber to the home and my subscription is of 500Mb/s.



I reached those speeds using direct connection but not with my Asus AC68U.



I had Asus FW xxx.3626, than updated to xxx.3873 - and still the same maximum speeds:

Online Test speeds: 280Mb/s

Torrent dl speeds: 280Mb/s



I then switched to your fork, 3.0.0.4.374.43_2-06Ej9527, did a factory reset 10 seconds reset button.



And now i have:

Online Test speeds: 493Mb/s

Torrent dl speeds: 176Mb/s



No matter what I try, those numbers don't change.



We're not talking about wireless, just wired network, with a pc i7, 16GB ram.



It is a pppoe connection and I didn't change anything besides ssid, passwords and some DHCP fixed ip allocations - that's it, the rest is as you have set it.



nvram get bl_version

1.0.2.0



nvram get clkfreq

800,666



These are the only 2 commands I know just thought you could use more info.



Any ideas?



Thank you!

I don't mind 280 for 500 connection lol i bit you are playing less than $40

 

[john9527]

I got this in het log file: "miniupnpd[473]: SoapMethod: Unknown: AddPortMapping^M ^M <s:Envelope^M xmlns:s=" with firmware 374.43_2-06j9527 and 374.43_2-06Ej9527 on a Asus RT-N66U. What does it mean? I have a TvPad to watch channels online and i can not watch it with this firmware.

If it wasn't a cut/paste error, the data in the error message looks like it really is a bad upnp request.

Did it start with the addition of the TvPad?
Did it work correctly on the stock Asus firmware?

I'd also try the TvPad support if they offer it.

 

[john9527]

Update-07 Released

Update-07 has been released!

Update-07 of the 374.43 update fork is now available. This release in addition to addressing ongoing security updates also addresses several user requested enhancements/fixes and adds some new features. A detailed Changelog can be found in the download directory.

Download information and highlights can be found in the first post.
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showpost.php?p=134867&postcount=1

Please take the time to read through at least the highlights (there's a lot of good stuff in this update )

Also, please note I've changed from MD5 checksums to SHA256.

Thanks to everyone for your support (and your interest in this next update) !

 

[microchip]

Update-07 has been released!

Update-07 of the 374.43 update fork is now available. This release in addition to addressing ongoing security updates also addresses several user requested enhancements/fixes and adds some new features. A detailed Changelog can be found in the download directory.

Download information and highlights can be found in the first post.
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showpost.php?p=134867&postcount=1

Please take the time to read through at least the highlights (there's a lot of good stuff in this update )

Thanks to everyone for your support (and your interest in this next update) !

Thanks John! Enjoying it here with no issues

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Thanks for your work John will be installing update soon.


EDIT: Ok V-7 installed all working good so far. One note IPv6 seems the same as before it works its just sometimes a pita to get the router to grab the v6 address but it finally does update 6 was the same way.

 

[john9527]

@Kel-L, Sorry to hear that's still there with IPv6....if it happens again, could you let the router just sit for a few minutes and see if it finally gets an address on it's own.

 

[RogerSC]

Update-07 has been released!

Update-07 of the 374.43 update fork is now available. This release in addition to addressing ongoing security updates also addresses several user requested enhancements/fixes and adds some new features. A detailed Changelog can be found in the download directory.

Download information and highlights can be found in the first post.
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showpost.php?p=134867&postcount=1

Please take the time to read through at least the highlights (there's a lot of good stuff in this update )

Thanks to everyone for your support (and your interest in this next update) !

Did you update the md5sums file yet?

Thanks for this.

 

[john9527]

Did you update the md5sums file yet?

Thanks for this.

Little change there....I followed Merlin's lead and switched to sha256sum

I switched from MD5 to SHA256 hashes, as MD5 have become too weak, numerous papers mentioning discovered block collisions now for this method.

That's why the new string is longer, for instance.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

@Kel-L, Sorry to hear that's still there with IPv6....if it happens again, could you let the router just sit for a few minutes and see if it finally gets an address on it's own.

Not a huge deal i just have to reboot the router via the GUI a few times and it seems to pull a v6 address as mentioned this is the same as ver 6 was. It does retain v6 once it gets it that is the lease renews every 2 days with no issues its just getting it for the first time is the issue. Other then this i am having no issues as of yet with Ver 7 all computers, tablets,roku boxes and phones all working well.

 

[penguin22]

The official v7 is working fine here, just like the beta did. IPv6 is fully functional and it's good to know that there is no longer an issue with the admin being renamed.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

The official v7 is working fine here, just like the beta did. IPv6 is fully functional and it's good to know that there is no longer an issue with the admin being renamed.

Are you using comcrap for your ISP ?

 

[john9527]

Are you using comcrap for your ISP ?

No, I'm on Cox Communications, which hasn't enabled IPv6 yet for other than their business plans (supposed to be this year for residential).

That's why I reach out to a few of you on occasion to help me out

 

[Deleted member 22229]

No, I'm on Cox Communications, which hasn't enabled IPv6 yet (supposed to be this year).

That's why I reach out to a few of you on occasion to help me out

Yeah i dont have a clue why comcast IPv6 is sometimes wonky it has been this way even with the older Merlin and Asus builds. I know Merlin and i believe Asus is using a new standard for there Ipv6 and that does work perfect every time so maybe there on to something there. I like Merlins firmware but it drops the signal to much for my N66U and your firmware does not do that i have a lot of 5 GHZ devices and i need the signal.

When i get my tax refund i am planning to try the 87U and see how that works out. After reading around here i dont know how that will go it may end up returned. We shall see.

 

[RogerSC]

I'm curious about the RT-AC68P changes in this release...that's the router that I have, and I just tried 6j last night. It was pretty disappointing as far as wireless goes, so was this an expected result for the 68P on 6j? I didn't bother to power-cycle the router, as often helps when I see weaker wireless after a flash, the wireless was that low. Back to normal after restoring 376.49_5.

Oh yeah, the sha256sum works a lot better *smile*.

I expect I'll get around to trying 7 soon, but I'm doing another experiment first *smile*.