Reply To: ASUS RT-AC86U ASUSWRT-Merlin Firmware Updated RMerlin on the 2nd February 2019 – released his next stable firmware for the ASUS RT-AC86U (RT-AC86U-384.9) and other models. Asuswrt-Merlin 384/NG Changelog 384.9 (2-Feb-2019) – NEW: Temporarily reorganized code…

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So my ASUS RT-AC86U was plugged in yesterday and was running 386.7_2 (24-July-2022) and notified me that a new ASUSWRT-Merlin 386.9 was available.

RT-AC86U_386.9_0_cferom_ubi.w

This release is also available for other AC (not AX) ASUS routers.

Asuswrt-Merlin Changelog:

386.9 (6-Jan-2023)
– NOTE: 386_xx release are only for Wifi 5 (802.11ac) models.
– NEW: Merged with GPL 386_50757.

– UPDATED: getdns/stubby to 1.7.2/0.4.2.
– UPDATED: zlib to 1.2.12 + backports.
– UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1s.
– UPDATED: inadyn to 2.10.0.
– UPDATED: nettle to 3.8.1.
– UPDATED: openvpn to 2.5.8.
– UPDATED: dropbear to 2022.83.
– UPDATED: dnsmasq to 2.88.
– CHANGED: Rebranded DNSFilter as DNS Director. This will prevent
confusion with the company sharing the same name, and
also better describes what the feature does.
– CHANGED: Setting an OpenVPN client to redirect all traffic while
in “Exclusive” DNS mode will now force redirect ALL
DNS traffic just like in VPN Director mode.
While this will allow redirecting clients with
hardcoded DNS servers, it also means that your whole
LAN will lose the ability of doing local name
resolution. It might be best to use VPN Director
in that case to control which client should
be involved in the DNS redirection, or use
DNSFilter instead of Exclusive DNS mode.
editing VPNDirector rules.
– CHANGED: Switched generated self-signed certificate to an
EC certificate.
– CHANGED: Disabled DSS key support in Dropbear SSH.
– FIXED: Wrong temperatures used by the temperature graphs
(386.8 regression)
– FIXED: Guest Network clients couldn’t route through VPN
(regression in 386.4 following a GPL merge).
– FIXED: Clients connected to Guest Network 1 aren’t
redirected to the router’s NTP if NTP interception is
enabled.
– FIXED: Name was truncated to 31 chars when enabling OpenVPN
client’s Server Certificate Name Validation.
– FIXED: CVE-2022-37434 in zlib.
– REMOVED: Interface selector on Speedtest page (no longer
working, possibly due to an ookla client update)

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

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