Release [Fork] Asuswrt-Merlin 374 LTS release 52E7

[SubZeroPL]

Hello.
Which package should I flash to my Asus RT-AC66U_B1 (ARM version)? Is package for "normal" AC66U ok?
Also currently I'm on FreshTomato (2021_7 version), is it ok to flash directly from Tomato, or should I first go back to regular Asuswrt?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Which package should I flash to my Asus RT-AC66U_B1 (ARM version)? Is package for "normal" AC66U ok?

No. For the RT-AC66U_B1 (ARM version) you should use the RT-AC68U firmware.

 

[pkozerski]

Hi, what about

Asus Wi-Fi routers attacked by Russian military hackers — what to do now

Feared Sandworm group hitting Westerners at home

www.tomsguide.com

is this firmware protected?

 

[SubZeroPL]

No. For the RT-AC66U_B1 (ARM version) you should use the RT-AC68U firmware.

Thanks

 

[mintoo]

Hi, what about

Asus Wi-Fi routers attacked by Russian military hackers — what to do now

Feared Sandworm group hitting Westerners at home

www.tomsguide.com

is this firmware protected?

I am also interested in the answer. I am using version 49E4.

 

[sibuting921]

I stay up three night after work, try to replace ddwrt with different firmwares on my asus ac-68u,
i tryed asus's FW, merlin, freshtomato, but suffer different type of problem,
last night i finally find this Merlin-LTS-fork is the best solution for me,thank you john9527

a small problem:
you will be asked to login router repeatly,
and you can't finish the QIS_wizard's step3: Router Setup's wireless setup page and can't bypass it, the icon beside apply buttom will keep circling,
when you are using microsoft edge browser (my os is win11),
i realize this after hours trying, this problem will be solved after i change to login router with firefox

 

[DarkStarr]

This might be stupid but is there any way to get a proper login page like newer Merlin versions have?

 

[L&LD]

No. This is what it means to be based off of an older code.

 

[DarkStarr]

No. This is what it means to be based off of an older code.

I figured as much but was hoping there was something that could be done.

 

[heywire]

No forum activity from john9527 since late January. Any clues as to whether he is still alive and kicking? I know he's had a few hiatuses before.

 

[dave14305]

No forum activity from john9527 since late January. Any clues as to whether he is still alive and kicking? I know he's had a few hiatuses before.

He just popped up over here:

Packages: Keep iptables support when adding nftables

I'm currently doing a 22.03 x86 build retaining fw3 instead of fw4 (it's running well and I'm not ready to make the jump just yet due to some packages missing fw4 support and time for my learning curve). But I notice in a recent package commit (acme: switch from iptables to nft) that the...

forum.openwrt.org

 

[Tech9]

John has a new toy. If he shares his work, many people will be interested.

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

John has a new toy. If he shares his work, many people will be interested.

Nah, I think he is just maintaining and living. Perhaps he has a page you can borrow from that book...

 

[Tech9]

Perhaps he has a page you can borrow from that book...

In this world, if you want living, you don't borrow - you take. Otherwise you're only maintaining.

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

In this world, if you want living, you don't borrow - you take. Otherwise you're only maintaining.

That is odd, I always pegged users on here living between the two.

 

[Wistuplu]

However after I did a reset using the reset button: it's now "freezing" on the Wifi AP list when trying to use the

Dear @Jerom7 ,

Thank you for your past experience reports.
Could you share if you finally managed to configure "Media bridge" mode ?
Did you find a workaround with 52E7 ? Did you install another version ?

I'm experimenting with Media Bridge on an AC56U running LTS52E7 (latest public release), and the list of ssids/APs always stays empty during the configuration process (at https://192.168.1.1:8443/QIS_wizard.htm?flag=sitesurvey_mb ). Just as you experienced. BTW, my main router is AC86U.

I had a guest SSID with funky characters on the AC86U, which I just disabled. It didn't help the AC56U.

Considering that the AC56U was not generating the list of ssids, I also tried to connect manually from the AC56U to the AC86U wifi. However, the AC56U never allowed me to reach the step 3 of the configuration of Media Mode and the final result was real bad. (The bridge kept using 192.168.1.1 for its own ip, which happened to be on a different subnet than what the AC86U DHCP would have served it, e.g. 192.168.17.19. I ended up doing a WPS reset on the AC56U.)

EDIT1: I just installed 52E3, did a WPS reset, but the list of ssids also stays empty in the "Media bridge" configuration process.

EDIT2: The latest Asus for the AC56U (3.0.0.4.382_51641) does fill the list of ssids within 10 seconds or so.

 

[Jerom7]

Hi, I don't remember well...

An old browser could help with the list of ssids (plain I.E. or firefox) rather than Chrome or Edge, but I'm not sure I could make it work.
Better stick to Asus FW if it's used only as Media Bridge?

Good luck/cross fingers,

 

[joe a]

No forum activity from john9527 since late January. Any clues as to whether he is still alive and kicking? I know he's had a few hiatuses before.

No Release in 10 months, and very little forum activity. Not good.

 

[heywire]

No Release in 10 months, and very little forum activity. Not good.

Latest beta release was on Aug 4 2022.

 

[joe a]

Latest beta release was on Aug 4 2022.

Right, but where are the new (non-beta) releases? Where are the new forum entries? Some packages like Dropbear are getting old. I miss the way it was.