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

[bk_think]

Big success updating my RT-N66U from Merlin 374.35_4-sdk5 to John's latest. Used the nvram transfer utility to save/restore settings. Day #2 and all seems well. Thanks so much for making these available.

I looked several times for the '@UpgradeMatrix.txt' mentioned in post #1. Was this removed or renamed?

Now to fix the router power button. For several years I've used a long stick wedged between the button and the upper shelf (wall mounted router).

BK

 

[ColinTaylor]

I looked several times for the '@UpgradeMatrix.txt' mentioned in post #1. Was this removed or renamed?

@john9527 You've missed it out from the latest release's download directories. As well as pia_openvpn_options.zip and @RT-AC68U 'E' build.....

@bk_think In the meantime just look in the previous release's download directory.

 

[slobodan]

Stubby log:

Could not get qname from query: A helper function for dicts had a name argument that for a name that is not in the dict.
Could not get qname from query: A helper function for dicts had a name argument that for a name that is not in the dict.
Could not get qname from query: A helper function for dicts had a name argument that for a name that is not in the dict.
Could not get qname from query: A helper function for dicts had a name argument that for a name that is not in the dict.
Could not get qname from query: A helper function for dicts had a name argument that for a name that is not in the dict.
Could not get qname from query: A helper function for dicts had a name argument that for a name that is not in the dict.
Could not get qname from query: A helper function for dicts had a name argument that for a name that is not in the dict.

 

[slobodan]

nvram set stubby_ipv6=2 does what? What do those values?

 

[john9527]

Could not get qname from query: A helper function for dicts had a name argument that for a name that is not in the dict.

Don't have the foggiest idea Best guess is that there is a bad DNS entry somewhere.

nvram set stubby_ipv6=2 does what? What do those values?

That's just a counter of the number of ipv6 servers that are configured (same for stubby_ipv4 for ipv4). It's really just a flag telling the code it should check for valid ipv4 or ipv6 server addresses when generating the yml file.

 

[john9527]

@john9527 You've missed it out from the latest release's download directories. As well as pia_openvpn_options.zip and @RT-AC68U 'E' build.....

@bk_think In the meantime just look in the previous release's download directory.

Copied them over (except for the PIA file).....thanks for letting me know.
While still in the code, I doubt anyone besides me actually used the PIA option (and the keys in the file are out of date).
And I don't use it anymore since PIA implemented the CGM ciphers.

 

[bk_think]

Copied them over (except for the PIA file).....thanks for letting me know.
While still in the code, I doubt anyone besides me actually used the PIA option (and the keys in the file are out of date).
And I don't use it anymore since PIA implemented the CGM ciphers.

Whoops, if I read the matrix correctly I should have used the Restoration Tool instead of the GUI. I unplugged everything and connected directly, reset before/after, clean restored nvram. Firmware update itself took <10min. All seems OK and running smoothly.

BK

 

[john9527]

Whoops, if I read the matrix correctly I should have used the Restoration Tool instead of the GUI. I unplugged everything and connected directly, reset before/after, clean restored nvram. Firmware update itself took <10min. All seems OK and running smoothly.

BK

No, you're OK coming from 374.35...restoration tool is necessary 380 and above.

 

[rednic]

Hi
I have a RT-AC68U A1 and 1 Gb internet bat download torrent is limited to 30 Mb.
Please help.

 

[slobodan]

Hi
I have a RT-AC68U A1 and 1 Gb internet bat download torrent is limited to 30 Mb.
Please help.

Torrents download speed depends mostly upon what others do, at the other end(s) of the internet.

 

[rednic]

Stock i have 100 Mb.

 

[fatspirit]

Stock i have 100 Mb.

Over Wi-Fi? Over Ethernet? What's Speedtest says?

 

[rednic]

Over Wi-Fi? Over Ethernet? What's Speedtest says?

LAN

 

[john9527]

Hi
I have a RT-AC68U A1 and 1 Gb internet bat download torrent is limited to 30 Mb.
Please help.

I'm not a torrent user, but you should provide a bit more data on your setup for others to help
- What torrent app? Installed on router or run from a client?
- If a client, connected via ethernet or wireless?
- Any other packages installed? Entware? Skynet? Diversion?
- What router options, QoS, Traffic Monitor? What DNS servers?
- Ports manually forwarded or set via upnp?
- Anything else you can think of about your config.

 

[rednic]

I'm not a torrent user, but you should provide a bit more data on your setup for others to help
- What torrent app? Installed on router or run from a client?
- If a client, connected via ethernet or wireless?
- Any other packages installed? Entware? Skynet? Diversion?
- What router options, QoS, Traffic Monitor? What DNS servers?
- Ports manually forwarded or set via upnp?
- Anything else you can think of about your config.

Thanks for the reply.
Qbittorrent default and router settings are also default.
I just use LAN
The browser speedtest is 940 Mb.
Just in the torrent I have 30 Mb.
With original original firmware it goes around 100 Mb

 

[il2]

Thx for the update!

I selected DoT with Cloudflare and have no complaints from the family.

Is DNS Rebind protection unnecessary with DoT? Just curious, why you have it disabled.

 

[ColinTaylor]

The browser speedtest is 940 Mb.
Just in the torrent I have 30 Mb.
With original original firmware it goes around 100 Mb

How are you determining the torrent speeds (30/100)? If you are looking at the speeds reported by qBittorrent they are in Mebibytes (MiB) not Megabits (Mb). So 100MiB/s (=839Mb/s) would be consistent with the maximum speed of your connection.

Try downloading from a known high speed source, like Ubuntu: http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.10/ubuntu-18.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

Check that Hardware acceleration is enabled at Tools > System Information > Network

 

[rednic]

How are you determining the torrent speeds (30/100)? If you are looking at the speeds reported by qBittorrent they are in Mebibytes (MiB) not Megabits (Mb). So 100MiB/s (=839Mb/s) would be consistent with the maximum speed of your connection.

Try downloading from a known high speed source, like Ubuntu: http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.10/ubuntu-18.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

Check that Hardware acceleration is enabled at Tools > System Information > Network

With Merlin fork 374.43_37E4j9527 only 20-30 MiB /s.
Now whit 384.8 i have 90-100 MiB/s.
My speedtest is attached.
We are looking for the best firmware for RT-AC68U.
For now, I do not use the router except for web and torrent.
Thanks a lot for answers.

 

[Builder71]

Is DNS Rebind protection unnecessary with DoT? Just curious, why you have it disabled.

Biggest reason is because it's the default.
Also I use local LAN resolving and if I hover over that item, it says something about not working if on yes.

 

[ColinTaylor]

For now, I do not use the router except for web and torrent.

Just stay with 384.8 then.