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Hi, I have an Asus RT-AC68U running Merlin 384.5 and I'm unable to update to 384.6. I've tried multiple times from different PCs and it shows that firmware is upgrading and it completes, but the firmware version doesn't change. Through the process, I never lost wifi, so I thought something wasn't working right. Normally, I lose wifi at some point during the upgrade. Also, it seems to have blown out my settings as well. I even did a factory reset and then tried to upgrade and it still didn't work. I've never had any issues upgrading before.

Any ideas?
 
LexLuthor said:
Hi, I have an Asus RT-AC68U running Merlin 384.5 and I'm unable to update to 384.6. I've tried multiple times from different PCs and it shows that firmware is upgrading and it completes, but the firmware version doesn't change. Through the process, I never lost wifi, so I thought something wasn't working right. Normally, I lose wifi at some point during the upgrade. Also, it seems to have blown out my settings as well. I even did a factory reset and then tried to upgrade and it still didn't work. I've never had any issues upgrading before.

Any ideas?
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If you are running scripts on yours router (AB-Solution, Skynet, pixelserv, dnscrypt, ect..) you may have a RAM issue. Turn off your router and unplug your USB stick. Then turn on and try to upgrade. This usually does the trick.
 
Morac said:
It’s only been a little over 24 hours, but it looks like 384.6 fixed the memory leak I was having with 384.5. I didn’t do anything special other than flash 384.6 on top of 384.5 and the free memory on my AC-88U has been holding steady at 377 MB (more than it was under 384.5). I did reject the two agreements though.
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I also rejected the two agreements and one disabled DDNS, which had previously been enabled by the ASUS router app, and the other disabled all the Trend Micro protection features.

As soon as you enable them, the relevent agreement pops up again that you must agree to to use that feature. I've left DDNS off, as I'm not fussed about the app, but I re-enabled the malicious site blocking.
 
LexLuthor said:
Hi, I have an Asus RT-AC68U running Merlin 384.5 and I'm unable to update to 384.6. I've tried multiple times from different PCs and it shows that firmware is upgrading and it completes, but the firmware version doesn't change. Through the process, I never lost wifi, so I thought something wasn't working right. Normally, I lose wifi at some point during the upgrade. Also, it seems to have blown out my settings as well. I even did a factory reset and then tried to upgrade and it still didn't work. I've never had any issues upgrading before.

Any ideas?
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Is it an Asus RT-68U or a TM1900 ?
 
LexLuthor said:
Missed that, sorry.

So I can't even go revert Asus stock firmware on this, that won't load either? I need to go to some gimped TMobile firmware?
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You would need to ask TMobile , they are responsible for their exclusive model.
 
MarkyPancake said:
I got an AC86U yesterday and set it up with 384.5 and a factory reset.

It has been a long time since I upgraded a Merlin firmware, as I left my AC68U on 380.59, the version before ASUS added their firmware check.

Can I get away with flashing 384.6 over 384.5 without a factory reset? I don't fancy setting it all up again so soon.

Thanks!
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Shouldn't be an issue Marky. I've had no probs with dirty upgrades on my 86U.
 
Upgraded my RT-AC5300 from 384.6 beta 1 to 384.6 followed by initialize and manual reload of settings. It is running silky smooth. Thank you, Eric.
 
I noticed one minor glitch.

Realised my macbook pro was not backing up via time machine - the last backup 2 days ago. It wouldn't start - the disk was not found. Indeed I tried to add a new backup destination and sure enough the router didn't even show up.

Went into usb apps/time machine & turned it off and back on again. Time machine now working
ASUS RT-AC3200
 
I finally upgraded from 380.70 on my RT-AC68W including a full reset and manual setup, basically following this guide: https://x3mtek.com/asuswrt-merlin-firmware-upgrade/

There is one issue I can't seem to solve with the open vpn server setup. Using my android phone I can connect fine locally via wifi but when I shut off wifi and go through my phone's cellular connection it doesn't work. The generated .ovpn file is identical to the old 380.70 version with the exception of the certificate. I've tried tweaking various settings but none seem to help. I've also tried enabling IPV6 in the router as my phone's cellular connection is using IPV6 but that didn't help. I also tried disabling the IPV6 firewall, that didn't help.

I have the log level at 6, here's what it looks like from the cellular connection (swapped in 1.2.3.4 for my actual IP):
Code: 
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: MULTI: multi_create_instance called
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 Re-using SSL/TLS context
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 LZO compression initializing
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1622 D:1212 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:3 ]
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1622 D:1450 EF:122 EB:406 ET:0 EL:3 ]
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 Local Options String (VER=V4): 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1542,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-server'
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 Expected Remote Options String (VER=V4): 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1542,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-client'
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 UDPv6 READ [14] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:1.2.3.4:4027: P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_CLIENT_V2 kid=0 [ ] pid=0 DATA len=0
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET6]::ffff:1.2.3.4:4027, sid=a6161fb9 2a1ed6a7
Jul 27 09:49:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 UDPv6 WRITE [26] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:1.2.3.4:4027: P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_SERVER_V2 kid=0 [ 0 ] pid=0 DATA len=0
Jul 27 09:49:12 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 UDPv6 WRITE [14] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:1.2.3.4:4027: P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_SERVER_V2 kid=0 [ ] pid=0 DATA len=0
Jul 27 09:49:12 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 write UDPv6: Operation not permitted (code=1)
Jul 27 09:49:16 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 UDPv6 WRITE [14] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:1.2.3.4:4027: P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_SERVER_V2 kid=0 [ ] pid=0 DATA len=0
Jul 27 09:49:16 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 write UDPv6: Operation not permitted (code=1)
Jul 27 09:49:25 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 UDPv6 WRITE [14] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:1.2.3.4:4027: P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_SERVER_V2 kid=0 [ ] pid=0 DATA len=0
Jul 27 09:49:25 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 write UDPv6: Operation not permitted (code=1)
Jul 27 09:49:41 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 UDPv6 WRITE [14] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:1.2.3.4:4027: P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_SERVER_V2 kid=0 [ ] pid=0 DATA len=0
Jul 27 09:49:41 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 write UDPv6: Operation not permitted (code=1)
Jul 27 09:50:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Jul 27 09:50:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Jul 27 09:50:10 ovpn-server1[5706]: 1.2.3.4 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, client-instance restarting
For comparison here's the same phone, same profile, but now on local wifi:
Code: 
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: MULTI: multi_create_instance called
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 Re-using SSL/TLS context
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 LZO compression initializing
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1622 D:1212 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:3 ]
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1622 D:1450 EF:122 EB:406 ET:0 EL:3 ]
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 Local Options String (VER=V4): 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1542,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-server'
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 Expected Remote Options String (VER=V4): 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1542,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-client'
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [14] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_CLIENT_V2 kid=0 [ ] pid=0 DATA len=0
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891, sid=22b3428e 144e8045
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 WRITE [26] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_SERVER_V2 kid=0 [ 0 ] pid=0 DATA len=0
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [22] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_ACK_V1 kid=0 [ 0 ]
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [174] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ ] pid=1 DATA len=160
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 WRITE [1200] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ 1 ] pid=1 DATA len=1174
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 WRITE [885] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ ] pid=2 DATA len=871
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [22] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_ACK_V1 kid=0 [ 1 ]
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [152] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ 2 ] pid=2 DATA len=126
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 WRITE [77] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ 2 ] pid=3 DATA len=51
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [481] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ 3 ] pid=3 DATA len=455
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_VER=2.5_master
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_PLAT=android
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_PROTO=2
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_NCP=2
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_LZ4=1
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_LZ4v2=1
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_LZO=1
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_COMP_STUB=1
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_COMP_STUBv2=1
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_TCPNL=1
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 peer info: IV_GUI_VER=de.blinkt.openvpn_0.7.5
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 PLUGIN_CALL: POST /usr/lib/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.so/PLUGIN_AUTH_USER_PASS_VERIFY status=0
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 TLS: Username/Password authentication succeeded for username 'greg' [CN SET]
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 WRITE [256] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ 3 ] pid=4 DATA len=230
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [22] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_ACK_V1 kid=0 [ 4 ]
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: 192.168.1.105 [greg] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 MULTI_sva: pool returned IPv4=10.8.0.2, IPv6=(Not enabled)
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 MULTI: Learn: 10.8.0.2 -> greg/192.168.1.105
Jul 27 09:52:38 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 MULTI: primary virtual IP for greg/192.168.1.105: 10.8.0.2
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [56] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ ] pid=4 DATA len=42
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REQUEST'
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 SENT CONTROL [greg]: 'PUSH_REPLY,route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 vpn_gateway 500,dhcp-option DNS 192.168.1.1,redirect-gateway def1,route-gateway 10.8.0.1,topology subnet,ping 15,ping-restart 60,ifconfig 10.8.0.2 255.255.255.0,peer-id 1,cipher AES-128-GCM' (status=1)
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 Data Channel: using negotiated cipher 'AES-128-GCM'
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1550 D:1450 EF:50 EB:406 ET:0 EL:3 ]
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 Outgoing Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-128-GCM' initialized with 128 bit key
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 Incoming Data Channel: Cipher 'AES-128-GCM' initialized with 128 bit key
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 UDPv6 WRITE [22] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_ACK_V1 kid=0 [ 4 ]
Jul 27 09:52:39 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 UDPv6 WRITE [276] to [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_CONTROL_V1 kid=0 [ ] pid=5 DATA len=262
Jul 27 09:52:40 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [22] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_ACK_V1 kid=0 [ 5 ]
Jul 27 09:52:40 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [101] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_DATA_V2 kid=0 DATA len=100
Jul 27 09:52:40 ovpn-server1[5706]: greg/192.168.1.105 UDPv6 READ [73] from [AF_INET6]::ffff:192.168.1.105:35891: P_DATA_V2 kid=0 DATA len=72

Any ideas?
 
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The one thing I have noticed, is the bandwidth monitor is not showing any BW beening used. As I am typing I am downloading a ps4 game plus using netflix and it shows no gages moving back and forth like it use to with last fw?? Anyone else have this issue.

And yes did clean install, other than that it works fine for me.
 
First time poster here. I read through this thread and didn't see this issue mentioned.

I think I downloaded the release RT-AC86U_384.6 zip file. Normally the zip file contains a .trx file that is about 37MB in size which gets uploaded to the router.
When I unpack the zip file I have a file named "RT-AC86U_384.6_0_cferom_ubi.w" that is about 79MB in size. I've never seen this before. Did something get corrupted somehow?

Thank you in advance for your help.
 
DCUNY said:
I think I downloaded the release RT-AC86U_384.6 zip file. Normally the zip file contains a .trx file that is about 37MB in size which gets uploaded to the router.
When I unpack the zip file I have a file named "RT-AC86U_384.6_0_cferom_ubi.w" that is about 79MB in size. I've never seen this before. Did something get corrupted somehow?

Thank you in advance for your help.
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I can't give you the technical explanation as to why, but my 86U updates have all been .w rather than .trx. It's expected, and no reason to suspect corruption.
 
DCUNY said:
First time poster here. I read through this thread and didn't see this issue mentioned.

I think I downloaded the release RT-AC86U_384.6 zip file. Normally the zip file contains a .trx file that is about 37MB in size which gets uploaded to the router.
When I unpack the zip file I have a file named "RT-AC86U_384.6_0_cferom_ubi.w" that is about 79MB in size. I've never seen this before. Did something get corrupted somehow?

Thank you in advance for your help.
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This is the normal firmware file extension and file size for the AC86U.
 
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