Download Firmware AsusWRT Merlin 380.63

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 380.63 has been released and the following changes and improvements have been made to it:

New:

• QoS Statistics page, showing the amount of traffic assigned to each available classes, as well as the current throughput.
• Charts added to various Traffic Monitor pages. Note that you can click on legend items to reveal/hide the DL/UL data. Hovering over a bar or a pie slice will display the exact value for that item.
• Added pc_delete() to the helper script
• IPv6 firewall now supports fixed interface ID (EUI64) ipv6 destination addresses

Changed:

• Updated Tor to 0.2.8.9
• Updated OUI database.
• ipset was updated to version 6.29 on ARM models. IMPORTANT: this means you will probably need to update your script to the new syntax. You need to load the xt_set.ko module at the start of your script. There has been no change to MIPS models, due to their older kernel. (ARM only)
• OpenVPN policy rules now start at prio 10000 instead of 1000
• Added help popups to various settings that are unique to Asuswrt-Merlin.
• Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.2j

Fixed:

• Custom group/shadow/passwd weren’t applied at boot time.
• CVE-2016-5195 (Dirty COW) kernel vulnerability
• Network Service Filter rules would only apply to clients under Parental Control if that was enabled (original debugging by john9527) (Asus bug)
• A few memory leaks in httpd and rc services.