Firmware Update: Asuswrt-Merlin 386.7_2

Asus uses a Tomato-derived firmware called Asuswrt for its routers, such as the RT-AC68 and RT-AX88. This firmware is, except for a few drivers, open source, with the closed binaries included. Asuswrt-Merlin, in turn, is a modified version of the original Asus firmware. 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 386.7_2 has been released and includes the following changes and improvements:

updated:

• OpenSSL to 1.1.1q.
• RT-AX86U driver + SDK updated to latest upstream version
• RT-AX88U and GT-AX11000 radio firmware downgraded to the previous version.

Fixed:

• Some ISPs would fail to allocate a proper IPv6 prefix (tvlz)
• Packet checksum errors logged when using DNSFilter in Router mode. Router mode will no longer use DNAT, except for newer HND 5.04 models like the GT-AX6000 or XT12, which work properly. Non-Router mode on HND will still use the new DNAT support added in 386.7.
• Some SSH clients would end up with an incorrect PATH value for the default search path.
• OpenVPN clients wouldn’t get updated routing tables if an OpenVPN server was stopped/started while an OpenVPN client was connected