Two issues with Merlin?

[Hellion]

1. I have an unknown device (a Sony computer - we have no Sony products in the house) connected to my 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi (RT-AC66U). When I go to Wireless MAC Filter however, I can only choose the 5Ghz band in the dropdown menu, this goes for all tabs in the Wireless section of the settings, only 5Ghz available?

2. I have setup and activated OpenVPN on my RT-AC66U, but when I turn it off - apply - and then reboot, it reverts to being turned on again. Seems like a bug to me?

Hopefully its just me missing some setting to click, but if not, I would appreciate these things being fixed at some point

 

[john9527]

1. I have an unknown device (a Sony computer - we have no Sony products in the house) connected to my 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi (RT-AC66U). When I go to Wireless MAC Filter however, I can only choose the 5Ghz band in the dropdown menu, this goes for all tabs in the Wireless section of the settings, only 5Ghz available?

From the release notes.....

Note: Previous firmwares (both Asuswrt-Merlin and stock Asus) suffered from a bug where some nvram settings might end up being corrupted, which can lead to the loss of the 2.4 or 5 GHz settings on the webui with newer firmwares. To fix the issue, either do a factory default reset, or run the following commands over SSH:

nvram set wl0_nband=2
nvram set wl1_nband=1
nvram commit

The actual bug was fixed both on my end and by Asus a few releases ago, however the corrupted setting will cause issues starting with newer firmware versions if not corrected.

Just to make this clear: this is not a new bug! It's an old one, already fixed long ago, but which is causing issues with the new code that relies on this setting.

2. I have setup and activated OpenVPN on my RT-AC66U, but when I turn it off - apply - and then reboot, it reverts to being turned on again. Seems like a bug to me?

Hopefully its just me missing some setting to click, but if not, I would appreciate these things being fixed at some point

You don't say if it's OpenVPN server or client....

If client...There is also a radio button for 'Start with WAN', make sure it's No.
If server....make sure you are selecting the right instance (you can have multiple servers) in the dropdown.

 

[Hellion]

From the release notes.....

Note: Previous firmwares (both Asuswrt-Merlin and stock Asus) suffered from a bug where some nvram settings might end up being corrupted, which can lead to the loss of the 2.4 or 5 GHz settings on the webui with newer firmwares. To fix the issue, either do a factory default reset, or run the following commands over SSH:

nvram set wl0_nband=2
nvram set wl1_nband=1
nvram commit

The actual bug was fixed both on my end and by Asus a few releases ago, however the corrupted setting will cause issues starting with newer firmware versions if not corrected.

Just to make this clear: this is not a new bug! It's an old one, already fixed long ago, but which is causing issues with the new code that relies on this setting.




You don't say if it's OpenVPN server or client....

If client...There is also a radio button for 'Start with WAN', make sure it's No.
If server....make sure you are selecting the right instance (you can have multiple servers) in the dropdown.

Well thats good news. I admit I didnt read through all the changes in the releases, its so hard to for me to know what to look for. I did indeed do a factory reset yesterday out of frustration, and it remedied the issue

I meant OpenVPN client, sorry. I will check that setting as well, thanks a bunch!