[Release 384/NG] Asuswrt-Merlin 384.4 is now available

[z0ki]

@elintseeker

Great then would I use mtd-erase2 nvram as before? Or has that changed also?

*edit

Just tried and I get 'ssh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

 

[unsynaps]

Seeing Telnet is compeltely removed and SSH is now required. How would one use SSH to clear NVRAM etc?

I've always been used to using telnet 192.168.1.1 then logging in using my username/password.

Can someone explain step by step on how to login via SSH and what command to use to clear NVRAM?

https://www.ssh.com/ssh/putty/windows/

 

[unsynaps]

Just like 384.4 Beta 3, the Release 0 also disabled the 2.4 GHz radio and I cannot get it back on. Factory reset did not help. Flashed back to 384.3 release 0 and the 2.4 radio instantly came back on. So at least for my AC86U, the 384.4 release isn't ready for prime time. I did not have this radio issue with 384.4 Beta 1 & 2. I saw one other post earlier about someone similarly losing the 5 GHz radio. So I don't think this is an isolated event.

No 2.4 or 5.0 issues here on my 86

 

[Butterfly Bones]

@elintseeker

Great then would I use mtd-erase2 nvram as before? Or has that changed also?

*edit

Just tried and I get 'ssh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Here are the nvram commands (using nvram --help) from my AC86U with 384.4

usage:
nvram    [get]            :get nvram value
    [set name=value]    :set name with value
    [unset name]        :remove nvram entry
    [show]            :show all nvrams
    [dump]            :show all nvrams tuples
    [setflag bit=value]    :set bit value
    [getflag bit]        :get bit value
    [save]            :save nvram to a file
    [restore]        :restore nvram from saved file
    [erase]            :erase nvram partition
    [commit [restart]]    :save nvram [optional] to restart wlan
    [kernelset]        :populate nvram from kernel configuration file
    [save_ap]        :save ap mode nvram to a file
    [save_rp_2g]        :save 2.4GHz repeater mode nvram to a file
    [save_rp_5g]        :save 5GHz repeater mode nvram to a file
    [save_rp_5g2]        :save 5GHz high band repeater mode nvram to a file [triband]
    [fb_save file]        :save the romfile for feedback

 

[JSinFCVA]

No 2.4 or 5.0 issues here on my 86

Seems like an uncommon issue. I'm not doing anything special either. Just basic routing/firewall with both wireless networks active. No USB devices. I may reset the router to factory under 384.3, perform a minimal config to get past the setup screens, then immediately flash 384.4 R0 to see if the 2 radios initialize. Previously, the 2.4 LED on the unit goes OFF during the 384.4 flash and never comes back on. Can't coax it back on using firmware settings either.

 

[z0ki]

Thanks guys for the input @unsynaps and @Butterfly Bones

I cleared the NVRAM turned router off for 10 seconds powered it on went ahead to setup my network. And it looks like the UI is buggy still? When entering a Network Name and Password for 2Ghz and 5Ghz it just hangs and it doesn't proceed. I then need to open up 192.168.1.1 in another window then reboot router for the changes to take effect?

Anyone else noticed this?

 

[Butterfly Bones]

Thanks guys for the input @unsynaps and @Butterfly Bones

I cleared the NVRAM turned router off for 10 seconds powered it on went ahead to setup my network. And it looks like the UI is buggy still? When entering a Network Name and Password for 2Ghz and 5Ghz it just hangs and it doesn't proceed. I then need to open up 192.168.1.1 in another window then reboot router for the changes to take effect?

Anyone else noticed this?

Those who have reported this found that clearing browser with Shift+F5 solved it.

 

[RMerlin]

Now that I have Lets Encrypt certificate being magically generated by Asus, I am not sure where the certs are located?

/jffs/.le/

 

[RMerlin]

Any one know what I should be looking at?

Your ISP. Some ISPs will actively drop some ports such as those used by SMB, to protect their customers.

Is unmounting before upgrading sufficient, or does it also need to be absent on first boot? Unmounting via the FW before ugrading is doable, but physical removal for 2 boots is a pain.

If unsure, I recommend booting without USB disk plugged in, to ensure all RAM is available for the procedure.

This is generally not needed if you only use a small USB thumbdrive for things like Entware.

I cannot compare with the minidlna status page (192.168.1.1:8200) because that does not work:

Asus disabled that page for security reason. I added a switch a few months ago to re-enable it, you have to enable it (Enable status webpage).

 

[RMerlin]

Install of 384.4 went well on my 68U. I did notice that the system clock is about 7 hours off. Anyway to set time manually??

Set your timezone correctly - the clock automatically syncs with an NTP server once WAN comes up.

I don't have smb enabled but somehow the smb share showing on my network, does any body know why.

You probably have Force Master Browser enabled, which requires Samba to run. Disable it.

 

[RMerlin]

Seems like an uncommon issue. I'm not doing anything special either. Just basic routing/firewall with both wireless networks active. No USB devices. I may reset the router to factory under 384.3, perform a minimal config to get past the setup screens, then immediately flash 384.4 R0 to see if the 2 radios initialize. Previously, the 2.4 LED on the unit goes OFF during the 384.4 flash and never comes back on. Can't coax it back on using firmware settings either.

Do a complete power cycle instead of just a reboot.

 

[tl2k2]

no I don't have Force Master Browser enabled, this disabled by default and I also didn't have the two main toggle on top (which is off).

 

[netmik3]

My rt-ac5300 is being extremely annoying. So I installed 384.4 then initialized twice.

Everytime I set a wifi setting and it does that quick reset, wifi never comes back until I turn the power off then on. I'm about to take a hammer to this thing. I've had to get up 30 times to reset it and it's taking hours to set everything up.

This also happened on the welcome screen. After it wanted the wifi settings, they never came back up and I waited an hour.

So I got on ethernet and the router is responding. However, the wireless log has no clients and both web ui and ssh reboot commands do nothing. I have to cut the power but it does respond otherwise.

Here's the log. Doesn't seem to say anything. Everything is great after a hard reboot.

Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering forwarding state
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: device eth1 left promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering disabled state
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering forwarding state
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: device eth2 left promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering disabled state
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: br0: port 4(eth3) entering forwarding state
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: device eth3 left promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: br0: port 4(eth3) entering disabled state
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: br0: port 5(wl0.1) entering forwarding state
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: device wl0.1 left promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:41 kernel: br0: port 5(wl0.1) entering disabled state
Mar 18 01:00:47 kernel: Register interface [wl0.2]  MAC: d0:17:c2:eb:01:50
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: device eth2 entered promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: device eth3 entered promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 4(eth3) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 4(eth3) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: device wl0.1 entered promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 5(wl0.1) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 5(wl0.1) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: device wl0.2 entered promiscuous mode
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 6(wl0.2) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:48 kernel: br0: port 6(wl0.2) entering listening state
Mar 18 01:00:52 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering learning state
Mar 18 01:00:52 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering learning state
Mar 18 01:00:52 kernel: br0: port 4(eth3) entering learning state
Mar 18 01:00:52 kernel: br0: port 5(wl0.1) entering learning state
Mar 18 01:00:52 kernel: br0: port 6(wl0.2) entering learning state
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: topology change detected, sending tcn bpdu
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering forwarding state
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: topology change detected, sending tcn bpdu
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering forwarding state
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: topology change detected, sending tcn bpdu
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: port 4(eth3) entering forwarding state
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: topology change detected, sending tcn bpdu
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: port 5(wl0.1) entering forwarding state
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: topology change detected, sending tcn bpdu
Mar 18 01:00:56 kernel: br0: port 6(wl0.2) entering forwarding state
Feb 13 16:00:16 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.25.1
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.25.1 (2018-03-15 16:16:39 EDT)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: ut:
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:     vector  : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000   (   4 kB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:     fixmap  : 0xfff00000 - 0xfffe0000   ( 896 kB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:     DMA     : 0xf7e00000 - 0xffe00000   ( 128 MB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:     vmalloc : 0xa0800000 - 0xf0000000   (1272 MB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:     lowmem  : 0x80000000 - 0xa0000000   ( 512 MB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:     modules : 0x7f000000 - 0x80000000   (  16 MB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:       .init : 0x80008000 - 0x80050000   ( 288 kB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:       .text : 0x80050000 - 0x80410000   (3840 kB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:       .data : 0x8042a000 - 0x8044f460   ( 150 kB)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: * Invalid signature of oopsbuf: 26-02-2A-93-41-05-00-35 (len 1095242244)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: Hierarchical RCU implementation.
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:     RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs is disabled.
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel:     Verbose stalled-CPUs detection is disabled.
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: NR_IRQS:256
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: MPCORE GIC init
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: External imprecise Data abort at addr=0x0, fsr=0x1c06, pc=0x8000f9d8 lr=0x8000f9cc ignored.
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: MPCORE Global Timer Clock 700000000Hz
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 2798.38 BogoMIPS (lpj=13991936)
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: MPCORE Private timer setup CPU0
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: Calibrating local timer... 699.812MHz.
Feb 13 16:00:16 kernel: L310: cache controller enabled 16 ways, CACHE_ID 0x410000c8, AUX_CTRL 0x7a130800

 

[Nigel Jones]

Thanks for the update Eric. All the work is very much appreciated.

I applied the 384.4 on top of 384.4 beta3 on my RT-AC3200. After install I struggled with wifi, in particular on 5 Ghz bands. I connected ok but there was no data throughput. I rebooted twice, slept on it, and had same issue in the morning. I checked today and connected ok on wired and 2.4 Ghz which I disabled & reenabled 5 Ghz (x2, with no other config changes). 5 Ghz seems to be working ok now. Quite an oddity as I 384.4b3 was working ok (as was b2, b1)

Will keep an eye on it...

 

[Grisu]

And it looks like the UI is buggy still? When entering a Network Name and Password for 2Ghz and 5Ghz it just hangs and it doesn't proceed. I then need to open up 192.168.1.1 in another window then reboot router for the changes to take effect?
Anyone else noticed this?

I reported similar with AC86U on beta3 and still with 384.4 while AC68U is working fine.
After changing channel or bandwith and apply it shows new setting, but doesnt really change it.
Have to reboot to have them effective.
Found out to disable and reenable 2G or 5G in prof-settings will do it too.

Another problem Download-Master.
If I dont close the windows it will hang and cant be updated anymore. Must reboot to access download-master page again. Even with other browser no response.
Sometimes reboot dont solve it, than I must deactivate/reactivate it.

 

[bluzfanmr1]

Asus disabled that page for security reason. I added a switch a few months ago to re-enable it, you have to enable it (Enable status webpage).

This hasn't worked for me for quite a few recent versions on my RT-AC66U_B1 even though I have it set to yes. I get:

Not Found
The requested URL was not found on this server.

Am I doing something wrong or could it be a bug?

 

[hervon]

I don't have smb enabled but somehow the smb share showing on my network, does any body know why.

Happens to me after all firmwares updates lately. Turn smb 'ON' then apply. Turn smb 'OFF' then apply. That should be it.

 

[owiecc]

Asus disabled that page for security reason. I added a switch a few months ago to re-enable it, you have to enable it (Enable status webpage).

I have it enabled and still no page.

 

[XIII]

Everything seems fine (including keeping my custom SSL certificates), except IPsec VPN, which did not work in Beta 3 either (though it did work in an earlier beta).

Oops: I forgot that I should not test this while being connected to my home network...

It works just fine!

 

[Mesmer]

Upgraded from 380.69 on the RT-AC68U, no problems so far. AB-Solution still working, as is Hosts file lookup from jffs. Great work Eric!