GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
Date: March 26, 2022
Release: 386.5_2-gnuton0
- NEW: Added support for ZenWifi AX (X8)/RT-AX95Q
- NEW: Added support for TUF-AX5400
GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
Date: March 03, 2022
Release: 386.05_0-gnuton0_beta1
- NEW: Added support for the TUF-AX5400
- NEW: Added support for the RT-AX95Q.
- NEW: Added support for the RT-AC68U V4.
- NEW: Added support for the GT-AXE11000.
- NEW: Added config option for the Boost key on
GT models. The option can be found on the
Administration -> System page. - NEW: Basic IPv6 support for TQoS (Kevin Bracey)
- UPDATED: Merged with GPL 386_46065.
- UPDATED: Reverted dnsmasq from 2.86 to 2.85.
- UPDATED: miniupnpd to 2.3.0.
- UPDATED: avahi to 0.8 + a few backports.
- CHANGED: Improved accuracy of overhead parameters
in Traditional QoS (Kevin Bracey) - CHANGED: Report download stats for TQoS (Kevin Bracey)
- CHANGED: Report DFS scanning state for both 5 GHz bands
if appropriate on tri-band models - CHANGED: Enabled pass_persist support in net-snmp.
- FIXED: Various TQoS issues (Kevin Bracey)
- FIXED: enabling/disabling 802.11b rates wouldn't get saved
to nvram. - FIXED: netatalk failing to load extensions, breaking
Time Machine. - FIXED: Large swapfiles reported the incorrect size on
the Tools page (Kevin Bracey) - FIXED: User accounts would not show as connected on
the OpenVPN server username list if a remote
client connected over IPv6. - FIXED: Earlier syslog content was missing on RT-AX86U
and RT-AX68U after a reboot. - FIXED: WAN monitoring could fail if using IPv6 and
DNS Rebind protection was enabled. - FIXED: RT-AX86U syslog could be truncated after a reboot.
GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
Date: January 31, 2022
Release: 386.04_0-gnuton2
- NOTE: AiMesh setup needs ethernet backhaul cable
- FIXED Added back DNS Priv and DNS SEC to VDSL WAN page
GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
Date: January 24, 2022
Release: 386.04_0-gnuton1
- NOTE: AiMesh setup needs ethernet backhaul cable
- FIXED DSL-AX82U updated ADSL driver
- FIXED DSL-AX82U Allow manual upload for all variants
Upstream changes coming with this release
- NEW: Added wireguard kernel module + userspace tool to
HND models firmware images. - NEW: IPv6 support for OpenVPN server. Allows to remotely
connect to your router's OpenVPN server over IPv6, and
reach LAN clients over their IPv6 (redirecting IPv6
Internet traffic does not work). - UPDATED: Merged with GPL 386_45958 + a few newer patches
from Asus. - UPDATED: curl to 7.79.1.
- UPDATED: vsftpd to 3.0.5.
- UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1m.
- UPDATED: wget to 1.21.1.
- UPDATED: nettle to 3.7.3.
- UPDATED: dnsmasq to 2.86.
- UPDATED: openvpn to 2.5.5.
- UPDATED: tor to 0.4.5.11.
- UPDATED: miniupnpd to 2.2.3-git 20211017.
- UPDATED: inadyn to 2.9.1.
- UPDATED: CA bundle to 2021-12-13.
- UPDATED: amtm to 3.2.2 (thelonelycoder)
- CHANGED: replaced jitterentropy-rngd with haveged.
It uses more resources, but it works
properly on older platforms, and is
generally less CPU intensive in regular
use. This is implemented for all router
models. - CHANGED: Switched dnsmasq crypto backend to nettle.
- CHANGED: Switched to Asus's own dhcp hostname support.
Existing dhcp_hostnames entries will be
converted on first boot. - CHANGED: miniupnpd will now be supplied the public WAN
IP to improve compatibility with dual NAT
setups. - CHANGEED: Disabling Auto DoH will now also disable
Windows' new Discovery of Designated
Resolvers (DDR) feature. - FIXED: Wrong interface might be used for the default
gateway in an openvpn client routing table. - FIXED: Generated OpenVPN certs used SHA1 signatures
instead of SHA256 (regression from 386.1) - FIXED: Various issues with protocol handling when
importing an ovpn client file. - FIXED: IPv6 not working while in Dual WAN mode.
- FIXED: Failed OpenVPN client connections might sometime
be stuck with a "Connecting" state. - FIXED: NTP sometimes failing to update at boot time
when using IPv6. - FIXED: Changes done by firewall-start may be lost after
ddns service gets stopped when using tunnelbroker
GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
Date: January 08, 2022
Release: 386.04_0-gnuton1_beta4
- NOTE: AiMesh setup needs ethernet backhaul cable
- NOTE: This is based on upstream 386.4 stable.
- FIXED DSL-AX82U updated ADSL driver
- FIXED DSL-AX82U Allow manual upload for all variants
GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
! !! !!! Known issues !!! !! !
# Please reset to factory your DSL-AC68U after flashing if something in the Web UI is missing or not correctly working.
# AiMesh setup may not work wirelessly. Please connect the routers with an ethernet cable like this just for the setup
(Master Router LAN) -----> (WAN Node)
Notes:
- This firmware is based on Upstream Merlin 386.4-beta3.
- Added RT-AX82U support
Date: December 31, 2021
Release: 386.04_0-gnuton1_beta3
- NEW: Added support for the RT-AX86S (uses the same firmware
as the RT-AX86U). - NEW: Added wireguard kernel module + userspace tool to
HND models firmware images. - NEW: IPv6 support for OpenVPN server. Allows connecting over
your WAN's IPv6, and also reach LAN clients over their
IPv6 (redirecting IPv6 Internet traffic does not work). - UPDATED: Merged with GPL 386_45958 + a few newer patches
from Asus. - UPDATED: curl to 7.79.1.
- UPDATED: vsftpd to 3.0.5.
- UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1m.
- UPDATED: wget to 1.21.1.
- UPDATED: nettle to 3.7.3.
- UPDATED: dnsmasq to 2.86.
- UPDATED: openvpn to 2.5.5.
- UPDATED: tor to 0.4.5.11.
- UPDATED: miniupnpd to 2.2.3-git 20211017.
- UPDATED: inadyn to 2.9.1.
- UPDATED: CA bundle to 2021-12-13.
- UPDATED: amtm to 3.2.1 (thelonelycoder)
- CHANGED: replaced jitterentropy-rngd with haveged.
It uses more resources, but it works
properly on older platforms, and is
generally less CPU intensive in regular
use. This is implemented for all router
models. - CHANGED: Switched dnsmasq crypto backend to nettle.
- CHANGED: Switched to Asus's own dhcp hostname support.
Existing dhcp_hostnames entries will be
converted on first boot. - CHANGED: miniupnpd will now be supplied the public WAN
IP to improve compatibility with dual NAT
setups. - CHANGEED: Disabling Auto DoH will now also disable
Windows' new Discovery of Designated
Resolvers (DDR) feature. - FIXED: Wrong interface might be used for the default
gateway in an openvpn client routing table. - FIXED: Generated OpenVPN certs used SHA1 signatures
instead of SHA256 (regression from 386.1) - FIXED: Various issues with protocol handling when
importing an ovpn client file. - FIXED: IPv6 not working while in Dual WAN mode.
- FIXED: Failed OpenVPN client connections might sometime
GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
Date: November 17, 2021
Release: 386.03_2-gnuton5
- FIXED: regression in PPPoA for DSL-AX82U
- FIXED: DSL-AX82U added ip set kernel modules to make skynet working
Here I will collect the latest snapshots for testing.
I will most probably replace the same file with the latest snapshot, but I will update the md5 checksum.
This "funky" setup will be on hopefully until CircleCI will allow me again to run builds longer than 1 hour.
- 16 Nov 2021 - md5 1e39de4aca0adf0e552efa984879a4a8
- 17 Nov 2021 - md5 66853584a25f0183f9425d9a9e39d494
Issues/Things to tests:
- I1. For 5GHz wireless network, the channel bandwidth seems to only works in 20MHz irregardless of the bandwidth setting. I have couple of AX device which can work with 80/160 MHz but it's only connected at 20MHz bandwidth.
- I2. The WebGui only show connected clients via ethernet cables but not wifi connected clients. Wifi clients can only be seen under the wireless log page
- I3. Wifi radar tab showing 404 Not found
- I4. AiMesh page is empty
- I5. The 'Apply' button under 'Wireless - General' page unable to apply the new changes to the system.
- I6. QoS - WAN / LAN Bandwidth Monitor - doesn't display the list of connected clients, but a spinner which eventually fails.
- I7. Incomplete support to Gundam/DaemonSlayer theme - to test connect to SSH and set nvram set CoBrand="1" or "2"
- I8. amtm support
GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
Date: November 01, 2021
Release: 386.03_2-gnuton5_beta1
- FIXED: regression in PPPoA for DSL-AX82U
- FIXED: DSL-AX82U added ip set kernel modules to make skynet working
GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog
Date: October 28, 2021
Release: 386.03_2-gnuton5_alpha3
- FIXED: regression in PPPoA for DSL-AX82U
- FIXED: DSL-AX82U added ip set kernel modules to make skynet working