Unstable: 386.12_0-gnuton0_beta1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

This pre-release is only for DSL-AC68U which won't be migrated to 388 firmware by ASUS.

Date: September 13, 2023
Release: 386.12_0-gnuton0_beta1

• UPDATED: Merged with GPL 386_51997.

Unstable: 388.4_0-gnuton0_alpha1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: July 18, 2023
Release: 388.4_0-gnuton0_alpha1

• UPDATED: Merged GPL 388_23588.
• UPDATED: curl to 8.1.2.
• UPDATED: OpenVPN to 2.6.5.
• UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1u.
• UPDATED: tor to 0.4.7.13.
• CHANGED: FTP server will now only support strong ciphers
  in TLS mode.
• FIXED: QOS Classification showing no Upload data on some
  WAN configurations.
• REMOVED: Ethernet port status from the Tools Sysinfo page
  (as this is redundant with Asus' own display
  now available on the networkmap page).

Stable: 388.2_2_0-gnuton1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: June 01, 2023
Release: 388.2_2_0-gnuton1

• UPDATED: Merged GPL 388_22582 for the ZenWifi devices
• UPDATED: Merged GPL 388_22525 for all routers but not Zen

Unstable: 388.2_2-gnuton0_beta2

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: May 11, 2023
Release: 388.2_2-gnuton0_beta2

• UPDATED: Merged GPL 388_22668 for the XT12 (only)
• UPDATED: OpenVPN to 2.6.3.
• FIXED: QoS Status page wouldn't display Upload stats
  if the WAN interface was set to a secondary
  2.5G/10G port instead of the default WAN port.
• FIXED: dnsmasq may crash if no DNS server is configured
  (fix backported from dnsmasq upstream)
• FIXED: Missing GPY211 driver for the XT12 and for certain
  hardware revisions of other HND 5.04 models.

Unstable: 386.10_0-gnuton0_beta1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: May 08, 2023
Release: 386.10_0-gnuton0_beta1

• NOTE: 386_xx release are only for Wifi 5 (802.11ac) models.

Unstable: 388.2-gnuton0_beta1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

🚧 This images are ONLY FOR TESTERS. 🚧
Please open a bug report for any issue found.

Date: April 28, 2023
Release: 388.2-gnuton0_beta1

• NOTE: This release is currently not available
  for the XT12 due to issues with that model's GPL.

• NEW: Added support for the RT-AX88U Pro.

• NEW: Merged with GPL 388_22525.

• NEW: Added Site Survey page under Network Tools tab. This is
  the same network scan that is available for pre-HND
  models, with Wifi 6E support added.

• UPDATED: dnsmasq to 2.89.

• UPDATED: openvpn to 2.6.2. If your client fails to connect
  then your custom settings must contain settings no
  longer supported by OpenVPN 2.6. Review the System
  Log, then remove unsupported settings that are
  reported in your log.

• UPDATED: nettle to 3.8.1.

• UPDATED: inadyn to 2.10.0.

• UPDATED: dropbear to 2022.83.

• UPDATED: miniupnpd to 2.3.3.

• UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1t.

• UPDATED: curl to 8.0.1.

• CHANGED: moved WiFi Radar to the Network Tools tab.

• CHANGED: Disabled auto logout on System Log and Wireless Log
  pages.

• CHANGED: Reduced EDNS packet size from 1280 to 1232 bytes in
  dnsmasq, to better work with some upstream servers
  not fully supporting EDNS0.

• CHANGED: Allow empty fields on WireGuard Client page if the
  client is disabled. This allow users to manually
  clear settings when they are no longer using a client.

• FIXED: NTP redirection wouldn't work properly with Guest
  Network, removed redirection for these.

• FIXED: Added missing Tools icon on ROG UI (icon contributed
  by Cody).

• FIXED: DDNS was being refreshed every time IPv6 bound6() event
  occured even if IPv6 DDNS update was disabled.

• FIXED: Wireless Log wouldn't properly show IPv6 address
  for clients with multiple addresses.

• FIXED: ICMPv6 pings would be dropped when DoS protection
  was enabled (regression in 388.1).

Stable: 388.1_0-gnuton1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: January 19, 2023
Release: 388.1_0-gnuton1

• NEW: TUF images with and without TUF UI
• NEW: Add RT-AXE95Q ZenWifi ET8 support.

NOTE: 388 won't support AC routers, please download the latest DSL-AC68U image from the 386 branch

INSTRUCTIONS: To flash your firmware just upload the .w file for your model that you find here to the webui. After flashing from stock or from 386.x I would recommend a reset to factory. Going back to stock or previous versions is always possible. For questions please use the forum or the chat (links in the main page)

Known issues:

• To setup AiMesh the first time you need an ethernet cable. After the first pairing it's not required anymore.
• TUF images without TUF UI won't be detected by GameFirst.

Stable: 386.9_0-gnuton1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: January 19, 2023
Release: 386.9_0-gnuton1

• NOTE: 386_xx release are only for Wifi 5 (802.11ac) models.
• NEW: Merged with GPL 386_50757.

Unstable: 388.1_0-gnuton0_beta3

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

If you have a DSL-AC68U please get the lastest beta from https://github.com/gnuton/asuswrt-merlin.ng/releases/tag/386.9_0-gnuton0_beta1
Date: January 07, 2023
Release: 388.1_0-gnuton0_beta3

• NEW: TUF images with and without TUF UI
• NEW: Add RT-AXE95Q ZenWifi ET8 support.

Unstable: 386.9_0-gnuton0_beta1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Note: If you have an RT-AX or DSL-AX model please grab the latest 388 builds from here

Date: January 02, 2023
Release: 386.9_0-gnuton0_beta1

• 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.

• 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)