Download Firmware Asuswrt-Merlin 386.1_2

Asus uses a Tomato-derived firmware called Asuswrt for its routers, such as the RT-AC68 and RT-AX88. 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. The changelog for version 386.1_2 looks like this:

New:

• Added snmp support to the RT-AX86U.

Updated:

• inadyn to 2.8.1.
• nano to 5.5.

Changed:

• Use local OUI database instead of remote one hosted on Asus’s server (allows queries to work even when accessing webui over https)
• If dropbear cannot create keys in /jffs then create temporary ones in /etc so SSH can work even without a working JFFS partition.

Fixed:

• Missing Game Mode on RT-AC88U
• Non-working 160 MHz settings for RT-AC88U region/versions that should support it
• Missing Instant Guard to RT-AX56U and RT-AC88U.
• IPv6 ending with “::” were considered invalid on the webui (was breaking the Prefix field on the 6in4 tunnel page for instance).
• OUI lookups on site survey page not working (for non-HND models)
• WiFi Radar missing on GT-AC2900
• Netools-enabled pages not used by GT-AC2900 and RT-AX86U
• GeForce NOW UPNP not working
• Erasing the JFFS partition would often require a second reboot since the operation failed when encountering a bad block. These are now properly skipped.
• Parental Control’s time scheduler not working properly.