GT-BE98 Pro Merlin bugs in 3006.102.1

[tabormeister]

Fresh setup flow for GT-BE98 Pro w/ Merlin has a couple bugs -
1. visual bug, snapshot of old RT-N66 style router

2. Functional bug - after selecting automatic IP, only 2.4ghz is shown, and the router freezes on this screen after apply.

 

[tabormeister]

Update: If I go through the advanced settings, pick router, auto ip, etc. it'll let me actually finish the wizard and set up the router. Still a bit bugged as it only displays WiFi 7 and IoT networks, without option to split networks out.

 

[eibgrad]

1. Always do a factory reset after any firmware update.
2. Never restore a backup from a prior firmware.
3. Make sure your browser cache is cleared or else use incognito mode.

Failure to do the above often leads to weird results.

 

[tabormeister]

1. Always do a factory reset after any firmware update.
2. Never restore a backup from a prior firmware.
3. Make sure your browser cache is cleared or else use incognito mode.

Failure to do the above often leads to weird results.

All 3 done these are fresh off the press with a good clean config.

 

[tabormeister]

New bug: DoT (DNS over TLS) enabled set to Cloudflare servers for ipv4 and ipv6 kills traffic for devices on main VLAN. Turned it off and on again and now working fine.

 

[RMerlin]

The QIS is Asus' unmodified code. I doubt they used different images for each individual models.

Update: If I go through the advanced settings, pick router, auto ip, etc. it'll let me actually finish the wizard and set up the router. Still a bit bugged as it only displays WiFi 7 and IoT networks, without option to split networks out.

This is the default for Wifi 7 devices. You need to disable Smart Connect after completing QIS to separate SSIDs.

 

[tabormeister]

The QIS is Asus' unmodified code. I doubt they used different images for each individual models.

This is the default for Wifi 7 devices. You need to disable Smart Connect after completing QIS to separate SSIDs.

Cool! I was wrong about DNS - I think it's a combo of me enabling IPv6 Native, then turning on DNS over TLS - I can't get DoT working w/ IPv6 on. Had to re-disable to get internet downstream of router again.

 

[tabormeister]

Looks like WiFi on BE98 isn't working after connecting an AX88U Pro AiMesh node running Merlin 388.7 - will try a full reset of everything and setting up fresh again.

 

[tabormeister]

I can't get half my Google Homes or my printer to work on this release of Merlin, will have to flash back to stock temporarily until that's fixed. Happy to troubleshoot or provide logs/diagnostic files if that would be helpful!

 

[tabormeister]

Update: The issue with DoT was turning the built-in IoT network off. That's a bug w/ underlying Asus code.

 

[Bodin Praphanthongchai]

Lucky me! I have everything working as expect except 1 device Fire TV Stick 4k Max 2nd Gen that couldn't connect to MLO SSID. I have like 30-40 IoT devices connected to IoT Guess Network and other device about 20-30 devices in the house connected to MLO SSID. I have others AX6000 and AX89X setup as an AP and 10GBE switch. There is no issue so far. DNS and DoT were working as it should.

 

[zoggy]

I upgraded to fios 5G (previously had 1G w/Asus RT-AC88U) and replaced router with Asus GT-BE98_PRO.
Installed merlin "GT-BE98_PRO_3006_102.1_0" and reset, and setup fresh.

Had odd issue with wifi with my phone (pixel 6) just reconnecting non-stop to the wifi until I turned off Smart Connect + MLO, all good now.

Getting 5G up/down no issues there, however since upgrading the router I randomly see the router wan port bounce quickly.
Some days no flaps, some days several.

cat syslog.log | grep eth0
Sep 24 11:13:09 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link DOWN.
Sep 24 11:13:13 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link Up at 10000 mbps full duplex AN: On
Sep 25 17:03:20 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link DOWN.
Sep 25 17:03:26 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link Up at 10000 mbps full duplex AN: On
Sep 25 17:03:28 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link DOWN.
Sep 25 17:03:30 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link Up at 10000 mbps full duplex AN: On
Sep 25 17:07:12 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link DOWN.
Sep 25 17:07:16 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link Up at 10000 mbps full duplex AN: On
Sep 25 17:07:18 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link DOWN.
Sep 25 17:07:22 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link Up at 10000 mbps full duplex AN: On
Sep 25 17:45:13 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link DOWN.
Sep 25 17:45:17 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link Up at 10000 mbps full duplex AN: On

today:

cat syslog.log | grep eth0
Oct 1 15:13:03 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link DOWN.
Oct 1 15:13:07 kernel: eth0 (Int switch port: 5) (Logical Port: 5) (phyId: 9) Link Up at 10000 mbps full duplex AN: On

Wish I could figure out what is causing it.. hoping a future firmware will make it magically go away.