Download Firmware Asuswrt-Merlin 380.61

Asus uses Tomato-derived firmware called Asuswrt for its newer routers, such as the RT-AC66U and RT-AC87U. This firmware is, with the exception of a few drivers, open source, whereby the closed binaries are included. Asuswrt-merlin, in turn, is a modified version of the original firmware from Asus. It includes bug fixes and minor improvements, but still tries to stay close to the original, so that it remains possible to add new features that Asus introduces to the code. Version 380.59 has been released and the following changes and improvements have been made to it:

Asuswrt-Merlin 380.61 is now available

Asuswrt-Merlin 380.61 is now available, for all supported models. This is the first official release that supports Asus’s new firmware format. This means that you can directly flash this version on top of Asus’s 3.0.0.4.380_3xxx and newer. Reverting to an older version will require putting your router in firmware recovery mode.

The most important changes since 380.59:

• Compatible with the new firmware header format.
• Merged with Asus GPL 380_3831.
• Updated OpenVPN to 2.3.11 and Dropbear to 2016.74.
• Fixes to OpenVPN’s status report
• Reverted a lot of Asus’s customizations to minidlna, to resolve various stability issues

There is one known issue at this time where, for a few users, the networkmap comes up empty. I’ve been unable to reproduce the problem, and people reported similar issues with the stock firmware, so I’ll let Asus take care of that one. This should not impair the router’s functionality or it’s stability.