[Maylyn's Review] ASUS RT-AC87U

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Asuswrt-Merlin 378.51 is out

378.51 (6-Mar-2015)
- CHANGED: Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.0q (no real code change)
- CHANGED: Split the changelog into a separate file
- CHANGED: Added logging on custom config/script execution. An error message will also be logged if those are disabled while such a file is found.
- CHANGED: Allow pasting the password in some fields that would disable it (patch by gfairchild)
- FIXED: RSSI not reported for guest clients (beta 1 regression)
- FIXED: DM failing to install on RT-AC66U (beta 1 regression)


378.51 Beta 1 (28-Feb-2015)
- IMPORTANT: The RT-N16 is no longer officially supported. The increased number of separate router platforms is becoming too much of a burden for one single developer, as some features must be implemented 2-3 separate times for different architectures. The RT-N16 support will remain in the source code, so other developers can still compile their own builds, and possibly take over for supporting this older platform. However, no new features will be implemented, and it will no longer get tested. I still welcome external contributions if someone else wants to take care of testing and providing fixes to new issues.
- NEW: Added support for the RT-AC3200.
- NEW: ARM support for Entware, using Zyxmon's Qnapware repository.
- NEW: Re-designed Wireless Log page displaying connected wireless clients. The new page uses Ajax to automatically update itself at a user-selected frequency, for near realtime monitoring of your connected wifi clients.
- NEW: NAT loopback can now be chosen between Disable, Asus's original, and Merlin's own (based on Phuzi0n's original DD-WRT design). The option can be found on the Firewall page.
- CHANGED: Reverted RT-AC66U driver to previous version as some users were experiencing stability issues with the 3754 version.
- CHANGED: Updated p910nd to 0.97 to resolve incomplete print jobs (patch by stsichler)
- CHANGED: Updated Samba to 3.6.25
- CHANGED: The Entware setup scripts will now backup any existing installation rather than remove it (patch by TeHashX)
- CHANGED: Re-implemented our original NAT loopback code, with attempts at reconfiguring it whenever the DPI engine is restarted. This is still experimental, as most of the DPI engine is closed source, so unsure if the loopback gets re-enabled in every regular DPI restart scenarios.
- CHANGED: Disabled the offline default error page. Clear your offline content in your browser to fully get rid of it.
- CHANGED: Removed security warnings if FTP/Samba are configured to allow unauthenticated users.
- FIXED: Issues when connecting with Russian ISPs relying on DHCP+VPN (such as Beeline)
- FIXED: When enabling WAN access to webui, the router would always forward both http and https ports regardless of if either of these were disabled.
- FIXED: Shared printers over LPRng would sometime fail to completely print the last page (patch by stsichler)
- FIXED: CVE-2015-0240 security issue in Samba 3.5.8 (used by AiCloud). The main Samba daemon was patched by the update to 3.6.25.

Downloads are here.
 

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Asuswrt-Merlin 378.51 is out

378.51 (6-Mar-2015)
- CHANGED: Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.0q (no real code change)
- CHANGED: Split the changelog into a separate file
- CHANGED: Added logging on custom config/script execution. An error message will also be logged if those are disabled while such a file is found.
- CHANGED: Allow pasting the password in some fields that would disable it (patch by gfairchild)
- FIXED: RSSI not reported for guest clients (beta 1 regression)
- FIXED: DM failing to install on RT-AC66U (beta 1 regression)


378.51 Beta 1 (28-Feb-2015)
- IMPORTANT: The RT-N16 is no longer officially supported. The increased number of separate router platforms is becoming too much of a burden for one single developer, as some features must be implemented 2-3 separate times for different architectures. The RT-N16 support will remain in the source code, so other developers can still compile their own builds, and possibly take over for supporting this older platform. However, no new features will be implemented, and it will no longer get tested. I still welcome external contributions if someone else wants to take care of testing and providing fixes to new issues.
- NEW: Added support for the RT-AC3200.
- NEW: ARM support for Entware, using Zyxmon's Qnapware repository.
- NEW: Re-designed Wireless Log page displaying connected wireless clients. The new page uses Ajax to automatically update itself at a user-selected frequency, for near realtime monitoring of your connected wifi clients.
- NEW: NAT loopback can now be chosen between Disable, Asus's original, and Merlin's own (based on Phuzi0n's original DD-WRT design). The option can be found on the Firewall page.
- CHANGED: Reverted RT-AC66U driver to previous version as some users were experiencing stability issues with the 3754 version.
- CHANGED: Updated p910nd to 0.97 to resolve incomplete print jobs (patch by stsichler)
- CHANGED: Updated Samba to 3.6.25
- CHANGED: The Entware setup scripts will now backup any existing installation rather than remove it (patch by TeHashX)
- CHANGED: Re-implemented our original NAT loopback code, with attempts at reconfiguring it whenever the DPI engine is restarted. This is still experimental, as most of the DPI engine is closed source, so unsure if the loopback gets re-enabled in every regular DPI restart scenarios.
- CHANGED: Disabled the offline default error page. Clear your offline content in your browser to fully get rid of it.
- CHANGED: Removed security warnings if FTP/Samba are configured to allow unauthenticated users.
- FIXED: Issues when connecting with Russian ISPs relying on DHCP+VPN (such as Beeline)
- FIXED: When enabling WAN access to webui, the router would always forward both http and https ports regardless of if either of these were disabled.
- FIXED: Shared printers over LPRng would sometime fail to completely print the last page (patch by stsichler)
- FIXED: CVE-2015-0240 security issue in Samba 3.5.8 (used by AiCloud). The main Samba daemon was patched by the update to 3.6.25.

Downloads are here.
My friendly advise, disable the aiprotection.
 

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Bad news ...............
The 5Ghz dropping started for me too since last night........

Same to me.. Got it After talking to Maylyn this morning. But nothing to do with him lol.

Do a hardware power reset and it should be ok. Now still ok
 

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I watching online movie for more than 6 hours including my wife. Trust me my wife SLA to wireless connection is far more strict compare to ISP. I'm not defending Asus, but I think it got to be something different here. I got mine ac87u this January but so far don't have DC issue. It will be helpful if u can paste the system log when client get DC.
 

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My son just got DC from Wifi at 5hz on his Andriod Note2 (one more phone) -

He make a comment - 死倍烂.... what sh*it the adverisment as the Shealth Fighter Bomber........ Lan lah ..........:s13:
 

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My son just got DC from Wifi at 5hz on his Andriod Note2 (one more phone) -

He make a comment - 死倍烂.... what sh*it the adverisment as the Shealth Fighter Bomber........ Lan lah ..........:s13:
Can u check is ur 5ghz channel overlap with others?
 

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My son just got DC from Wifi at 5hz on his Andriod Note2 (one more phone) -

He make a comment - 死倍烂.... what sh*it the adverisment as the Shealth Fighter Bomber........ Lan lah ..........:s13:
You don't know?
Stealth Fighters have to hide their signals to avoid detection. :vijayadmin:
 

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Well, since Asus wants to entirely ignore an entire subset of users, probably time for all of us to ignore Asus as well.

Good for you Asus. Finally acknowledging that there is no fix in the works for Apple devices and that we should all give up and dump Asus for good.

Read this post

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/i...aylyns-review]-asus-rt-ac87u-4781419-101.html

I did lot of test and it's apple fault on disconnect on router. i even purchase netgear router and still disconnect on my apple device..

Dump the apple product!.
 

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I just switch to AC68U today and my observation:

1. Speed test with my MacBook pro shows AC68U hitting 340mbps while AC87U can only get 280mbps

2. So far haven't got disconnected on any of my device

I am more of a normal user. Can't run test to confirm. Haha!
 

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I just test with AC68. Even the wireless speed test is faster than the 87U. Haha! 87U firmware really sucks

Not firmware. I believe the Quantenna chip for the 5G is to blame. Asus should just stick to Broadcom rather than try to launch a flagship with some exotic chip that may not be stable.
 

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I have been using Merlin's 378.51 beta 1, with all beamforming turned off, for 3 days. There's no drop of wifi when using 5GHz on all the devices in my house. When devices are in sleep mode, they can generally stay connected for over 8 hours without issue. However, I observed that some times, the devices do DC when in sleep mode, but they will reconnect back automatically. Overall, I think it's good.
 

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Dear all,

RT-AC87U 3.0.0.4.378_4608 Unofficial Beta

Download: http://bit.ly/1HcAYC5

Changelog:
- Fix br0 issue
- Update signature version to 1.032
- Fix other bug
- Added icon on client status

* Require hard reset
* Do not restore saved configure settings

Best regard,
JK
 
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Dear all,

RT-AC87U 3.0.0.4.378_4608 Unofficial Beta

Download: http://bit.ly/1HcAYC5

Changelog:
- Fix br0 issue
- Update signature version to 1.032
- Fix other bug
- Added icon on client status

* Require hard reset
* Do not restore saved configure settings

Best regard,
JK

Beamforming for both 2.4ghz and 5ghz are all disabled by default.. Wah, why is it so?
 

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Beamforming for both 2.4ghz and 5ghz are all disabled by default.. Wah, why is it so?

Dear renfred,

We are testing on some devices, so we disable by default. <<< Unofficial build >>>

We will enable once finial build is ready.

This build also includes new revision of the driver.

Please let me know if you have any issue on this firmware.

Best regard,
JK
 
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Dear renfred,

We are testing on some devices, so we disable by default. <<< Unofficial build >>>

We will enable once finial build is ready.

This build also includes new revision of the driver.

Please let me know if you have any issue on router mode.

Best regard,
JK
And also --- Keep a look out that 5Ghz will hang - stop responsing with LED turn off too ...

If it happen , all hard reset again + factory reset and start configuration again..
 

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Dear all,

RT-AC87U 3.0.0.4.378_4608 Unofficial Beta

Download: http://bit.ly/1HcAYC5

Changelog:
- Fix br0 issue
- Update signature version to 1.032
- Fix other bug
- Added icon on client status

* Require hard reset
* Do not restore saved configure settings

Best regard,
JK

Any updates on Lan 1 and 2 Teaming Ports with this beta built or next official fw? I'm still getting hang/ dc when RDP to a PC with intel link aggregation setup with last fw.

Is it because of a Quantenna/ Realtek chip that is linking Lan 1 base on below article?

https://pcdiy.asus.com/2014/08/august-2014-the-best-802-11ac-router-rt-ac87u-rt-ac87r/
87U-Layout-Block-Diagram.png
 

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