[Official Beta] AiMesh beta firmware for RT-AC68U/RT-AC86U/RT-AC5300/RT-AC88U

[hotsauce2007]

For Online/Offline issue, we found some exception and fixed.
For APP, i need to discuss with APP team and will update to you.

Okay, dont forget to talk about the DNS filter for the team, this is a great feature

 

[hotsauce2007]

Thanks very much for that extra info. Sounds like the overall usability/stability at this point may not be quite as buggy as I was beginning to think? Like you I also have need to use Merlin for my main house router (with wifi turned off) because of DNS filtering plus a couple of other conveniences. But it actually suits my physical setup anyway to then have the 4 AIMesh units all as wired AP’s separate from the router (currently AC68U about to become AC86U sometime this week once I transpose the setup). Just procrastinating about whether to actually put the AIMesh AP’s out in place of the old ones (slow but reliable). Guess I can always pull them out again if it doesn’t go so well?

StephenH

Hi StephenH

After the asus team fixes the little issues about wifi drops and offline problems, the AIMESH FW will be usable almost 100% of the time, I´am using with no problems till now but the nodes shows offline and not even connected to the main router aimesh but everything is working good so I will not turn it off or reboot, I will leave working till the new FW release

The DNS filter is a pretty good feature, I did a dns filter for my devices and everybody of the house or even the guest users will have dns filter, this is an amazing tool for us, I was planning to get one PF SENSE and use aimesh at the same time, probably this is the best setup ever, also in the meantime I am testing the AD BLOCK tool inside of the router and firewall, keep in touch with LEDE FW too, maybe we can have the best of each one and put all together to work for us

 

[Stephen Harrington]

Hi StephenH

After the asus team fixes the little issues about wifi drops and offline problems, the AIMESH FW will be usable almost 100% of the time, I´am using with no problems till now but the nodes shows offline and not even connected to the main router aimesh but everything is working good so I will not turn it off or reboot, I will leave working till the new FW release

The DNS filter is a pretty good feature, I did a dns filter for my devices and everybody of the house or even the guest users will have dns filter, this is an amazing tool for us, I was planning to get one PF SENSE and use aimesh at the same time, probably this is the best setup ever, also in the meantime I am testing the AD BLOCK tool inside of the router and firewall, keep in touch with LEDE FW too, maybe we can have the best of each one and put all together to work for us

Yes it’s hard trying to balance all the requirements and still keep it sane in terms of administration, but thanks for your perspective.

StephenH

 

[arthurlien]

Wired connectivity supported in AiMesh system

 

[hotsauce2007]

Wired connectivity supported in AiMesh system

Arthur,

Mine is :

AC68U MERLIN ---------> AC68U AIMESH AP MODE ------> LAN to WAN NODE1 / AC68R
------------------------------>----------------------------------------> LAN to WAN NODE2 / AC68W

The two nodes receive the WIRE from the AIMESH AP router, should I move the second node to the lan of node1 or it´s just okay? I am just asking because it´s everything working good till now in this configuration, but I really want to move out the merlin and use only ONE aimesh router with 2 nodes

 

[arthurlien]

Arthur,

Mine is :

AC68U MERLIN ---------> AC68U AIMESH AP MODE ------> LAN to WAN NODE1 / AC68R
AC68U MERLIN---------->AC68U AIMESH AP MODE ------> LAN to WAN NODE2 / AC68W

The two nodes receive the WIRE from the AIMESH AP router, should I move the second node to the lan of node1 or it´s just okay? I am just asking because it´s everything working good till now in this configuration, but I really want to move out the merlin and use only ONE aimesh router with 2 nodes

You can use change the Operation Mode from AP to Wireless Router mode (your AC68U AIMESH AP MODE) and use it to replaced AC68U MERLIN.

Case 1:
AC68U AiMESH Router MODE -----> LAN to WAN NODE1/AC68R
AC68U AiMESH Router MODE -----> LAN to WAN NODE2/AC68W

Case 2:
AC68U AiMESH Router MODE -----> LAN to WAN NODE1/AC68R -----> LAN to WAN NODE2/AC68W

Both cases are supported and you can choose by yourself.

 

[hotsauce2007]

You can use change the Operation Mode from AP to Wireless Router mode (your AC68U AIMESH AP MODE) and use it to replaced AC68U MERLIN.

Case 1:
AC68U AiMESH Router MODE -----> LAN to WAN NODE1/AC68R
AC68U AiMESH Router MODE -----> LAN to WAN NODE2/AC68W

Case 2:
AC68U AiMESH Router MODE -----> LAN to WAN NODE1/AC68R -----> LAN to WAN NODE2/AC68W

Both cases are supported and you can choose by yourself.

I was using the solution CASE1 but the problesm with the memory usage and cpu drops the signal and the network, so I am using this configuration till the next fw with improvements

=]

 

[arthurlien]

I was using the solution CASE1 but the problesm with the memory usage and cpu drops the signal and the network, so I am using this configuration till the next fw with improvements

=]

Yap ! It's known issue and keep improve.......

 

[Trial_Master]

Thanks for testing this Beta solution everyone.

 

[DummyPLUG]

Speak about the Ram and CPU usage, where do you guys get that info? I use my AC68U as AP and the system status of webui didn't work, if I click other tab such as system log then it will require login or show a page error. I tried with both chrome and IE.
I also don't have node disconnect.

 

[Stephen Harrington]

Speak about the Ram and CPU usage, where do you guys get that info? I use my AC68U as AP and the system status of webui didn't work, if I click other tab such as system log then it will require login or show a page error. I tried with both chrome and IE.
I also don't have node disconnect.

Works fine here with AC68U as Main AIMesh Node in AP mode ... Network Map / Status shows CPU and RAM usage fine ... maybe try clearing your browser caches?

StephenH

 

[DummyPLUG]

Works fine here with AC68U as Main AIMesh Node in AP mode ... Network Map / Status shows CPU and RAM usage fine ... maybe try clearing your browser caches?

StephenH

Nope, clear cache of chrome and IE, still not working, for chrome it show nothing, for IE, it show the ram but it never update,the graphic didn't update either

 

[arthurlien]

Nope, clear cache of chrome and IE, still not working, for chrome it show nothing, for IE, it show the ram but it never update,the graphic didn't update either

After that, do you need to login again when you click other function?

我從使用 Tapatalk 的 ASUS_Z012DA 發送

 

[DummyPLUG]

After that, do you need to login again when you click other function?

我從使用 Tapatalk 的 ASUS_Z012DA 發送

For chrome I need to relogin
for IE it show:

This page can’t be displayed

• Make sure the web address http://192.168.11.3 is correct.
• Look for the page with your search engine.
• Refresh the page in a few minutes.

p.s. the AP ip is 192.168.11.3

 

[arthurlien]

For chrome I need to relogin
for IE it show:

This page can’t be displayed

• Make sure the web address http://192.168.11.3 is correct.
• Look for the page with your search engine.
• Refresh the page in a few minutes.

p.s. the AP ip is 192.168.11.3

I met same issue, it's known issue.

 

[DummyPLUG]

I met same issue, it's known issue.

Thanks, good to know

 

[Stephen Harrington]

I met same issue, it's known issue.

Is is possible it is Windows specific? I just tried Chrome, Safari and Firefox on both macOS (10.12.6) and iOS (11.1.2) and all seem to be working correctly.

Only other thing I have noticed is that it defaults to 5Ghz Tab, rather than Status tab which it does on Merlin firmware on my main house router. Not sure about stock non-AIMesh firmware as not currently running it anywhere!

StephenH

 

[Trial_Master]

Tested with Edge and Fire Fox on Windows 10. No issues with either browser, both default to Status tab.

 

[Dave123]

I must be misunderstanding something. Aren't those comments ALL related to the Main to Node connections? I'm wanting to connect OTHER devices, ie. an LAN port on a computer or a lan port on a TV to the NODE switch ports...

I have other devices plugged into the switch ports on the main AP and they seem to work just fine. My main AP and node are both wired AC68Us.

 

[maxbraketorque]

I see references to a AI Mesh document, but I can't find the link. Can someone repost the link if its still out there? Also, can this be set up so that the secondary devices connect to the primary device via ethernet (instead by wifi)?