RT-AC88U

[BaRDaHL]

You can try and disable beamforming. If that does not work, flash the latest Asus 3.0.0.4.380.1354 firmware, then reset the router to defaults. I have had better results with the Asus firmware over the Merlin firmware on the RT-AC88U. I am running the 1681 beta release on mine. Here is pretty good guide for setting up Asus routers....
http://www.rickygao.com/tuning-the-asus-wireless-router-to-best-performance/

Ok ill try whit official fw to see if it helps, anyway i need Merlin becouse i need to acetive jffs to run custom scripts becouse my ISP use vlans 6, 2 & 3 for Internet, IPTV & VoIP.

Where can i get the 1681 beta??

 

[bodean]

Where can i get the 1681 beta??

Look back 2 pages in this thread, a link was posted.

 

[Adam Kingsley]

Look back 2 pages in this thread, a link was posted.

I actually don't see it. Mind actually linking to the post directly? Like this: http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac88u.27704/page-39#post-237649

 

[BaRDaHL]

New firmware for Chinese new year!

RT-AC88U - 3.0.0.4_380_2064
Download : Click Here

*Require restore to factory default setting, after update the firmware.

- Added Smart Connect feature
- Fixed bugs

Source: http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/99653284-post408.html

This is the only link i can found but is 2064 and some posts after ppl calling it have less wired speed...

 

[el pescador]

Ok ill try whit official fw to see if it helps, anyway i need Merlin becouse i need to acetive jffs to run custom scripts becouse my ISP use vlans 6, 2 & 3 for Internet, IPTV & VoIP.

Where can i get the 1681 beta??

you can on the official firmware.

you select manual set up then put the vlans in
microsoft + (some other name)
enable both the options below.

i dont have my viop set up through the router....i have it directly ion the ONT

 

[Puppa]

This is the only link i can found but is 2064 and some posts after ppl calling it have less wired speed...

What features are turned on for your router? Do you happen to be using SmartConnect?

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[whatsupdude]

Source?

It was in this thread, a few pages back, can't find it right now. Some discussion about blue and white lights and a guy said he had white lights and revision 2, as far as I can remember.

Oh and before I forget it. I have an idea for asuswrt-merlin. As we all know, there is a schedule for turning wifi on and off. Would it be possible for you to include the option to check if any devices are currently connected before turning it off? It would be nice to prevent the wifi turnoff in case any devices are still connected. It'd definitely make the whole schedule thing a lot better for me.

Something like this

def TurnOffWifi():
if(devices.connected() == true):
wait 15 minutes;
TurnOffWifi();
else:
ActuallyTurnWifiOff();

 

[RMerlin]

It was in this thread, a few pages back, can't find it right now. Some discussion about blue and white lights and a guy said he had white lights and revision 2, as far as I can remember.

The LED discussion was a misunderstanding AFAIK, the LED color change was with the RT-AC87U.

Nobody knows what's different between Revision A1 and A2, and from the looks of it revision A1 was only before the official worldwide launch. Those minor revisions aren't uncommon, and tend to deal with manufacturing tweaks, replacing a component by another on the pc board, etc...

Oh and before I forget it. I have an idea for asuswrt-merlin. As we all know, there is a schedule for turning wifi on and off. Would it be possible for you to include the option to check if any devices are currently connected before turning it off? It would be nice to prevent the wifi turnoff in case any devices are still connected. It'd definitely make the whole schedule thing a lot better for me.

Something like this

def TurnOffWifi():
if(devices.connected() == true):
wait 15 minutes;
TurnOffWifi();
else:
ActuallyTurnWifiOff();

It's highly unlikely I'll be adding much in terms of new features from now on. The code base has grown too complex, and every new GPL release from Asus is becoming more difficult for me to merge on top of my own changes, with also an increasing amount of code that's closed source, and outside of my control.

 

[BaRDaHL]

Finally managed to get full speed after FW upgrade to asus official 1354 i leave a SS here so yes the problem is RMerlin 380.57 FW
Anyway ill have to downgrade to RMerlin again becouse i need it to setup vlans 2 & 3 for iptv and voip...
Hope to have a new Merlin FW soon whit latest official fixes...

 

[dsring]

Finally managed to get full speed after FW upgrade to asus official 1354 i leave a SS here so yes the problem is RMerlin 380.57 FW
Anyway ill have to downgrade to RMerlin again becouse i need it to setup vlans 2 & 3 for iptv and voip...
Hope to have a new Merlin FW soon whit latest official fixes...
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There is a 380.58 alpha version of the Merlin firmware that is based on Asus 1354. It is stable. A couple of people have compiled from Merlin's commits on Github. See...
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/380-58.29787/page-3#post-234179

 

[BaRDaHL]

There is a 380.58 alpha version of the Merlin firmware that is based on Asus 1354. It is stable. A couple of people have compiled from Merlin's commits on Github. See...
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/380-58.29787/page-3#post-234179

Thank you very much!!!!

 

[daleksnake]

I bought the ac88u a couple of weeks ago.

For some reason the router will stop connecting to the internet, sometimes after a few hours, sometimes after a couple of days. All the lights are on when I check the router, I just can no longer can connect to the internet. Unplugging and replugging fixes the issue.

Sometimes both the wired and wireless connections stop connecting to the internet, or it will just be the wired connections that will be down but my WiFi connected items can still connect, or vice versa.

The last couple of times it happened I connected my laptop directly to the modem just to see if it was isp or modem issue and was able to connect to the internet without issue.

I installed the most recent firmware directly from Asus and performed a factory reset before setting up the router. I plan on reinstalling firmware and doing a factory reset again this weekend.

Does this sound like it could be a hardware issue? Or is it just software or something went wrong during the firmware install type issue?

I starting to hate this router.


Reinstalling firmware did not help. It worked for about a week and now it wont stay connected for even a day. Had to buy a timer to turn it off once a day, and may have to change the timer out for one of my zwave switches going on and off 3 times a day since there are times mine cant stay connected for 12 hours at times. Plus I then I can turn on/off via remote.

 

[nagle3092]

I starting to hate this router.


Reinstalling firmware did not help. It worked for about a week and now it wont stay connected for even a day. Had to buy a timer to turn it off once a day, and may have to change the timer out for one of my zwave switches going on and off 3 times a day since there are times mine cant stay connected for 12 hours at times. Plus I then I can turn on/off via remote.

I would get it replaced if you can. I've had it since launch and haven't had any issues with it besides one thing with the network map which resolved itself.

 

[matthew_eli]

No.

Hi Merlin and firstly thanks for the reply. Do you think this feature will be supported in the future? It is quite useful to me, since I've 2 HDD with USB3 port and one of them could only be used with the limit of USB2 speed

 

[ombadboy]

I'm on 1354 and have been having quite slow speeds as per http://www.snbforums.com/threads/q-slow-internet-speeds-on-new-asus-rt-ac88u.30458/

I haven't tested Wireless though to see if that gives me full internet speed or not.

 

[RMerlin]

Hi Merlin and firstly thanks for the reply. Do you think this feature will be supported in the future? It is quite useful to me, since I've 2 HDD with USB3 port and one of them could only be used with the limit of USB2 speed

No idea. That requires kernel level support, and I don't know if 2.6.36 supports USB3 HUBs.

 

[matthew_eli]

No idea. That requires kernel level support, and I don't know if 2.6.36 supports USB3 HUBs.

Any Idea if the Kernel will be updated soon? Regarding some other similar platform (DD-WRT and OpenWRT), they are currently in 3.18 and 4.1 Kernel version and the 4.4 version is under testing

 

[RMerlin]

Any Idea if the Kernel will be updated soon? Regarding some other similar platform (DD-WRT and OpenWRT), they are currently in 3.18 and 4.1 Kernel version and the 4.4 version is under testing

It won't. Manufacturers are bound to use the kernel officially supported by the platform provider (Broadcom in this case), and I see no reason for BCM to update the kernel of previous SDK versions, as it would involve a lot of development and regression testing.

The latest SDK (SDK 10) still uses Kernel 2.6.36 from what I've heard.

 

[jack901]

I am on my second ac88u and my network lan transfer speeds are in the less than 100 kb range on a gigabit network. on my rt16 I was getting 5-8 mb per sec. any one else seen this issue? I upgraded to the asus latest 1354 rom and factory reset but still no improvement. I kinda feel the odds of getting two bad ones in a row a little risky esp for the price.first one was dropping lan ports when they were all used. any info or help appreciated.
thanks

 

[IAAI]

I am on my second ac88u and my network lan transfer speeds are in the less than 100 kb range on a gigabit network. on my rt16 I was getting 5-8 mb per sec. any one else seen this issue? I upgraded to the asus latest 1354 rom and factory reset but still no improvement. I kinda feel the odds of getting two bad ones in a row a little risky esp for the price.first one was dropping lan ports when they were all used. any info or help appreciated.
thanks

Have you tried resetting the modem ?
if not I would suggest you something weird.
Reset the router and the modem, switch both off for a couple of hours. Then turn the modem on and configure it then turn the router on and configure it then test