[Preview] Asuswrt-Merlin 384.4 test builds

[rtn66uftw]

@RMerlin
Commit 855fc08 has the description "Merge SDK 7114 files and binary blobs for RT-AC3100 and RT-AC5300 (GPL 384_20379)".

Looking at release/src/router/bwdpi_source/asus/prebuild_arm_7114/RT-AC5300/libbwdpi.so
the version in github is the same as the one in GPL_RT_AC3100_300438420379.zip,
but this file is different from the one in GPL_RT_AC5300_300438420379.zip?

The github version in release/src/router/bwdpi_source/asus/prebuild_arm_7114/RT-AC3100 itself has not been updated yet.

Interesting find. AC3100 source has indeed not updated yet
https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-me...bwdpi_source/asus/prebuild_arm_7114/RT-AC3100

 

[nzwayne]

Converted from 384.3 to 384.4 aplha1 ok, didn't factory default reset on RT-AC86U All going great so far. Have noticed on "QoS - WAN/LAN Bandwidth Monitor" the device priority settings now stay of High/Medium with the devices you select etc..., with earlier levels including 384.3 they didn't. Now off to play with the RT-AC87U.
BTW..impressive the skills of "RMerlin" in these firmware solutions!!

 

[LostFreq]

@RMerlin
Commit 855fc08 has the description "Merge SDK 7114 files and binary blobs for RT-AC3100 and RT-AC5300 (GPL 384_20379)".

Looking at release/src/router/bwdpi_source/asus/prebuild_arm_7114/RT-AC5300/libbwdpi.so
the version in github is the same as the one in GPL_RT_AC3100_300438420379.zip,
but this file is different from the one in GPL_RT_AC5300_300438420379.zip?

The github version in release/src/router/bwdpi_source/asus/prebuild_arm_7114/RT-AC3100 itself has not been updated yet.

Maybe related: commit 9afa4aa ("build: fix a few paths in copy-prebuilt script") reverted commit 206b89a ("build: update copy-prebuilt for model-specific libbwdpi.so collection").

 

[Raphie]

The RT-AC5300 version seems to work fine. Together with Skynet and AB-Solution. I had the Asus FW for a couple of days, with Ghostery and adblock but was shocked how much slower that worked.

Merlin/AB-Solution/Skynet is just super snappy.

 

[stambeccuccio]

Here I am, just installed ver. RT-AC68U_384.4_alpha1-g760f919
No installation problem. The first impression is excellent.
On fly I noticed 2 things:

1) AiProtection Page is ok in English, while it is to adjust the formatting in Italian (see screenshot)

2) Tools page. Ethernet Ports.
At the door n. 2 ... I connected a TL-WPA8630 device (a Powerline AV1300 kit).
In previous firmware the name of the device (TL-WPA8630) was displayed, while now ... every 5 seconds are displayed in rotation the device names that are connected to that Powerline.
I do not know if this is a problem, but it is a different behavior than before.

 

[Sanna1967]

This boring and annoying message is still there when both radios are not activated

:unable to send packet on real device for eth2: No buffer space available

Sorry, spam is back with a reboot, even if on INFO only

 

[visortgw]

Here I am, just installed ver. RT-AC68U_384.4_alpha1-g760f919
No installation problem. The first impression is excellent.
On fly I noticed 2 things:

1) AiProtection Page is ok in English, while it is to adjust the formatting in Italian (see screenshot)

2) Tools page. Ethernet Ports.
At the door n. 2 ... I connected a TL-WPA8630 device (a Powerline AV1300 kit).
In previous firmware the name of the device (TL-WPA8630) was displayed, while now ... every 5 seconds are displayed in rotation the device names that are connected to that Powerline.
I do not know if this is a problem, but it is a different behavior than before.

Did you try selecting English for the language at the upper right corner of the page?

 

[stambeccuccio]

Yes. Formatting is ok in English.

 

[FeRReTTi]

I actually just noticed that QOS statistics and web history tabs don't output anything on my AC5300. Has anyone else had this happen theirs as well?

 

[HuskyHerder]

@FeRReTTi

Same here, no output

 

[skeal]

RT-AC86U- Got problems with some Samba file transfers, they start off but drop to zero after about 30 seconds.

SMB log error:

Feb 17 11:42:58 smbd[1912]: [2018/02/17 11:42:58.869970,  0] smbd/smb2_read.c:219(smb2_sendfile_send_data)
Feb 17 11:42:58 smbd[1912]:   smb2_sendfile_send_data: sendfile failed for file Sicarivs La noche y el silencio.avi (Connection timed out). Terminating
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]: [2018/02/17 11:46:16.249969,  0] smbd/smb2_read.c:219(smb2_sendfile_send_data)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   smb2_sendfile_send_data: sendfile failed for file Sicarivs La noche y el silencio.avi (Connection timed out). Terminating
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]: [2018/02/17 11:46:16.250567,  0] lib/fault.c:47(fault_report)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   ===============================================================
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]: [2018/02/17 11:46:16.250673,  0] lib/fault.c:48(fault_report)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 2030 (3.6.25)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   Please read the Trouble-Shooting section of the Samba3-HOWTO
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]: [2018/02/17 11:46:16.250806,  0] lib/fault.c:50(fault_report)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   From: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-HOWTO.pdf
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]: [2018/02/17 11:46:16.250937,  0] lib/fault.c:51(fault_report)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   ===============================================================
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]: [2018/02/17 11:46:16.251032,  0] lib/util.c:1117(smb_panic)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   PANIC (pid 2030): internal error
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]: [2018/02/17 11:46:16.251251,  0] lib/util.c:1221(log_stack_trace)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   BACKTRACE: 0 stack frames:
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]: [2018/02/17 11:46:16.251352,  0] lib/fault.c:345(dump_core)
Feb 17 11:46:16 smbd[2030]:   Exiting on internal error (core file administratively disabled)

You could try the tweak by @Adamm

[URL="https://www.snbforums.com/threads/ac86u-smb-tweaking.44729/"]AC86U SMB Tweaking[/URL]

 

[Vexira]

Asus made changes to how the client selector dropdown is implemented in 384_20379. I haven't gone through all pages yet to ensure these changes were all properly applied, I only took care of the DHCP page so far.

Would that explain the gui but in Ap mode where at you select a wifi Channel on the 87u it appears as blank and does not display the selected channel number on both bands.

 

[Sinner]

The RT-AC5300 version seems to work fine. Together with Skynet and AB-Solution. I had the Asus FW for a couple of days, with Ghostery and adblock but was shocked how much slower that worked.

Merlin/AB-Solution/Skynet is just super snappy.

Have you tried adguard? Ive been using theyre dns beta for a few weeks now plus the built in trend mico stuff and its been impressive but havent compared its snappyness. The site info i believe is www.adguard.com

 

[MarvinAndro]

The flashoholic in me had to try the first 384.4 alpha build for RT-AC5300.

Flashed, rebooted and 60+ devices have reconnected fine. It's a Netflix night so I won't be poking at the devices much tonight.

The first observation - I didn't add any new entries under "Manually Assigned IP around the DHCP list (Max Limit : 128)" but hit the Save button (don't even know why) and the following error popped up:
"Resulting list of DHCP reservations is too long - remove some, or use shorter names."

The RT-AC5300_380.69_2 firmware wasn't complaining about this. Not only I didn't add anything but I'm sure I don't have 128+ entries. There ought to be other limits now. What are they and how do I check which ones I'm now exceeding?

Also confirming other folks' observation that QoS_Stats.asp and AdaptiveQoS_WebHistory.asp no longer show any data.

Thanks!

 

[daviworld]

Hi Merlin,

Made an account for this, but on the ac5300, I noticed since going from 380_69_2 to 384.4 alpha 1, the protected management frame option is missing in wireless. Wasn't sure if Asus removed it or it was a CSS issue like the wireless Mac filter page earlier reported. Can also confirm the QoS bug's as well.

Best,
Davi

Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk

 

[stambeccuccio]

LAN - DHCP Server
Manually Assigned IP around the DHCP list (Max Limit : 128)

There is a problem there. It does not accept over 60 devices.
This problem was also present in previous 380.xx versions

 

[elnash]

All good so far in my 87U. The only thing that when I do a reboot is the access to Https.

 

[DonnyJohnny]

AC68U. dirty flash from 384.3 beta 2 to 384.4 alpha 1.

Everything ok. But during boot up there is 3 minor error msg (highlighted in BOLD). What it mean?

Feb 18 16:46:06 kernel: et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 13 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
Feb 18 16:46:06 kernel: et0: et_mvlan_netdev_event: event 1 for vlan1 mvlan_en 0
Feb 18 16:46:12 WAN_Connection: ISP's DHCP did not function properly.
Feb 18 16:46:14 custom_config: Appending content of /jffs/configs/dnsmasq.conf.add.
Feb 18 16:46:14 custom_script: Running /jffs/scripts/dnsmasq.postconf (args: /etc/dnsmasq.conf)
Feb 18 16:46:14 RT-AC68U: start https:8443
Feb 18 16:46:14 RT-AC68U: start httpd:80
Feb 18 16:46:15 lldpd[365]: cannot get ethtool link information with GLINKSETTINGS (requires 4.9+): Operation not permitted
Feb 18 16:46:15 lldpd[365]: cannot get ethtool link information with GSET (requires 2.6.19+): Operation not permitted
Feb 18 16:46:17 disk_monitor: be idle
Feb 18 16:46:17 hour_monitor: daemon is starting
Feb 18 16:46:17 hour_monitor: daemon terminates
Feb 18 16:46:17 custom_script: Running /jffs/scripts/services-start

 

[john9527]

The RT-AC5300_380.69_2 firmware wasn't complaining about this. Not only I didn't add anything but I'm sure I don't have 128+ entries. There ought to be other limits now. What are they and how do I check which ones I'm now exceeding?

The new limit is 2500 bytes to contain all the staticlist data.
So (per entry, assuming single byte chars),
MAC=17 bytes
IP = up to 15 bytes (let's use 12 as an avg)
Hostname = up to 16 bytes (let's again use 12 as an avg)
Field separators = 3 bytes

Avg bytes/entry = 44

2500/44 = 56 entries as a typical max

 

[stambeccuccio]

John, is it not possible to increase the limit 2500 bytes?