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No problem, as far as I recall, very early firmware’s had issue with ADSL etc, and some minor issues with VDSL, but that was a long time ago,

Yes, a shortened DSL cable will assist (for testing purposes) and hopefully the shorter cable and newer firmware will at least for DSL, be stable.

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Yes, not good news indeed, could means fixes take even longer to be released, quality testing is the big issue with ASUS DSL Routers, not tested properly, hence all these issues and with no/little real world testers helping ASUS, the firmware will not improve  ;(

 

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OK, Just got a strange email from ASUS stating very clearly they never asked me (they did) or other users to test and that they have dedicated field testers in UK/IT/AU/NZ doing these tests.

So all that have kindly helped test these beta firmware’s for the DSL-AC88U, thank you for you assistance, but seems ASUS have no need any more for testers.

 

Update: looks like some individuals have complained to ASUS that the public, have been asked to test beta firmware’s, ‘which is exactly what RMerlin does via his ASUSWRT-Merlin firmware beta releases’ as a result ASUS wish to re affirm, they never asked for assistance in (we are not asking users to try, as it’s beta version) testing beta firmware’s.

I have asked ASUS for clarity between ‘ASKED and ALLOWED‘

So alas looks like no more beta firmware’s will be published, at least via my Forums until ASUS clarify further their stance regarding beta firmware’s and public access.

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ASUS have asked me to test beta540 as this should then be the final test for ASUS to decide a new start point for firmware….. I will be testing over weekend.

Beta540 was withdrawn as also had Ports issue, but I will endure for the sake of getting this sorted ;o

I am on VDSL (G.inp) and I think only other area to test maybe WebHistory, turn On or Off, as this was fixed in release 540 ?

Thanks for all you help ;)

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gigios wrote:

Yes, sorry. To add less post I continue to update the original table. But, if you prefer, I can add a new post on every update

What you are doing is great, I just noticed the dates and time, did not match when you originally posted , but glad you are keeping us all updated ;)

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gigios wrote:

This is the current situation with the build 546: – WiFi 2.4GHz, 5GHz, Guest (no MAC Filter) – DDNS – DHCP da 192.168.1.50 a 192.168.1.199 – Port Forwarding (10 rules) – AI Protection off (not changed the default) – Firewall on (default)

Date       Time  Used    %   Free
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2018-09-25 21:00 169MB (37%) 289MB
2018-09-25 22:35 171MB (37%) 287MB
2018-09-26 06:30 188MB (41%) 269MB
2018-09-26 08:15 190MB (41%) 268MB
2018-09-26 10:00 192MB (42%) 265MB
2018-09-26 12:00 196MB (43%) 262MB
2018-09-26 14:00 198MB (43%) 259MB
2018-09-26 17:05 202MB (44%) 255MB

How’s the memory usage looking tonight,

Update: I’ve just noticed, you keep adding to the table ;-) ?

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@paulinventome – that is a little strange as the DSL-AC88U has many issues, but non are really DSL related, usually more wifi/dhcp and memory usage that runs out and causes router to crash and reboot.

Can you cut and paste a copy of your System Log > DSL Settings/Log page? and Administration > DSL Settings page, just so I can see what going on?

BTW – what firmware version was you on originally?

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@gigios – Thanks for update, it is looking like the memory usage is slowly increasing, which is a good indication that this build456 also has the Broadcom Kernel memory issues.

We need to test for a few more days, just to make sure ;)

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Thanks @Cozak and @gigios

Great info and thanks for checking, do you happen to recall if build540 also had memory issues?

 

 

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Edit: Unfortunately this version is the identical version tested the last weekend with the memory leak.  One suggestion from the Italian forum is to try with the firewall disabled, to check if the problem is the fix on the firewall. I will test in this way this night.

 

@gigios, do you mean you have tested Build546 already? or do you mean, this one has memory leak and/or this firmware has firewall issue also and maybe the alleged fix caused the memory loss?

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Thanks for the info. The only problem is that, actually, it’s not possible to download the file. It’s necessary to wait 4 hours

This just mean’s others users are also downloading, just tried the link myself and now says 3 hours, so best to try tonight ;-)

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ASUS has confirmed to myself this morning they are comfortable that build527 does not have the Broadcom Kernel Memory issues, they have asked me to post a slightly newer Firmware, Build546 to ask if anybody would test also for Kernel Memory issues, this version has some minor improvements over Build527, (Firewall) but does still have wifi/DHCP ‘features’ (Microsoft wording for bugs) ;-)

I have also asked ASUS for Build546 for the DSL-AC3100 to test.

A factory reset is advisable after loading new firmware and flashing firmware twice onto router does seem to be better .

 

DSL-AC88U_v9.10.06_build546.zip

https://www.asuswebstorage.com/navigate/s/EA9AD9AB7D314FA0926C1E0B9634522CY

 

DSL-AC3100_v9.10.06_build546.zip

https://www.asuswebstorage.com/navigate/s/99D207A1AB7B44A29CF811BBC8B220F2Y

 

Original (old) Changelog for Reference Only:
–        Fixed Firewall related issues.
–        Fixed UI HTTPS failed to work issue.
–        Removed HTTP support from web access from WAN, only HTTPS available.
–        Removed G.fast capability from Auto-Sync mode for DSL Modulation, in order to avoid possible ADSL2+

 

 

 

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@darkblak – thanks for the update and I also will send ASUS DSL team an email tonight suggesting 527 has no memory issues like more recent versions, then they can start releasing good betas with the other many fixes we need so badly :)

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That is promising, forum user @darkblak is also testing 527 and reporting no increases with RAM/Memory, this at least should provide a good basis for ASUS to produce new firmwares, and please feed this back to ASUS and I will nag them from my end also

I just checked my old notes from ASUS back in February, Yes ‘February!’ when they released this firmware and a potential fix was to enable and disable the firewall a few times and save, as this kicked firewall into action, but did not always work.

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And many others have also given up, alas you are out of luck then, with the DSL-AC88U, all those good points/issues you detail are still relevant in various firmware’s.

If you are not happy to wait until ASUS fix firmware’s, then maybe you need to consider returning the router to retailer ad purchase something else ?

 

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