Ports Misassigned on Merlin

[SChnowzer]

Hi there, I have had a search and can't find the answer in the forum. I am now officially the IT Support guy with the lowest daily rate ever, no money for 10 days work

I have an R8000 configured to Merlin AC3200. When I attach the WAN cable and a LAN to my LT, I get internet but I can't see the GUI for Merlin. If I also connect to WIFI I can see the GUI. Looking at the Network MAP, it shows WAN disconnected.

When I then look at the ports connected, it shows the 2 LAN cables connected but no WAN. The WAN appears connected if I attach the cable to LAN1 but then there is no internet. Obviously misconfigured so I have restarted, hard reset and used my limited knowledge to mess about to no avail. Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Dedel66]

You are running MerlinWRT on a Netgear????

[Announcement] Running Asuswrt-Merlin and forks on non-Asus devices is ILLEGAL

Asuswrt-Merlin contains numerous proprietary components that are only licensed for legal use on original Asus devices. These include (but are not limited to) components from Asus themselves, Broadcom, Trend Micro and Tuxera. Using any of these components on devices for which they haven't been...

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[SChnowzer]

Thanks, I had no idea. I was running DDWRT but couldn't find a decent load so tried Fresh Tomato, not supported by VPN provider who advised to load Merlin so I did. I will await the searchlights and police helicopter

 

[Dedel66]

Do whatever you want, but follow the forum rules. You won't get any support here.

 

[SChnowzer]

And that's just fine and I fully support that stance.

But maybe...don't be so judgmental that there is some criminal activity going on or that i am deliberately breaking forum rules. I have a VPN that I am trying to make work on a router and have followed the advice given by the provider. I wouldn't recognize a software fork or a logical port if I tripped over one. SO maybe have a bit of empathy, it might not improve your day but it would improve mine.

 

[bennor]

@SChnowzer, don't think anyone was being judgmental. They simply pointed you to the stickied/forum forum post from the developer of the Asus-Merlin firmware. It is that firmware developer who is indicating it may be (or is) illegal to use Asus-Merlin firmware on non Asus router and why. It appears you were given poor advice by the VPN provider who told you to try using a different manufacturer's firmware not explicitly designed for your Netgear router.

It should also be noted that in the stickied/tacked [FAQ] READ ME FIRST before posting a question post in this same subforum it explicitly indicates the following (second set of Q/A's in the first post):

Q: Will you support router XYZ from this non-Asus manufacturer?
A: No. Asuswrt-Merlin only targets Asus-supported models, due to both technical and legal reasons.

Generally those stickied/tacked threads are there to help the new users or people new to the forum/subforum.

 

[jerry6]

Hi there, I have had a search and can't find the answer in the forum. I am now officially the IT Support guy with the lowest daily rate ever, no money for 10 days work

I have an R8000 configured to Merlin AC3200. When I attach the WAN cable and a LAN to my LT, I get internet but I can't see the GUI for Merlin. If I also connect to WIFI I can see the GUI. Looking at the Network MAP, it shows WAN disconnected.

When I then look at the ports connected, it shows the 2 LAN cables connected but no WAN. The WAN appears connected if I attach the cable to LAN1 but then there is no internet. Obviously misconfigured so I have restarted, hard reset and used my limited knowledge to mess about to no avail. Any ideas would be appreciated.

did you try the netgear forum ? they might have a soloution