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Re: [Internet] Best Routers for Bridged Networks

reply to FTBoomer
.10 is working fine for me. Irv I suggest if you are having issues with specific versions of firmware that you report them there.

Does anyone know if the latest official ASUS firmware: ASUS RT-N56U Firmware version 1.0.1.8j is OK?

reply to FTBoomer
It's fine...Padavan is better but the stock is fine.

This site has some screenshots and info on the Padavan firmware:
»klseet.com/index.php/asus/asus-r···1018d-p3

reply to FTBoomer
Nope thats the old GUI version. All new now

I uploaded the latest Padavan. Where do I configure IPSEC passthrough? It is not in the same place as the OEM BIOS>

Thanks...

Found it: It is under FIREWALL-->Netfiler

reply to FTBoomer
Sorry just to this MSG...glad you found it.

The Padavan firmware exposes so many features on the RT-N56U that I have no idea what they do...so I am not going to mess with them Is there any documentation on the best configuration?

reply to FTBoomer
No...bt then again there isn't any real documentation for most routers nowadays. You just have to play and google what you don't know. Bottom line don't mess with something unless you are comfortable with it.

reply to FTBoomer
Thanks to a tip from Irv I am now testing another custom build of firmware for the RTN56U. Not going to post the link quite yet because I have already discovered some things that may annoy the heck out of people especially coming from Padavan. More soon.

reply to FTBoomer
Sorry Irv...as pretty as the new firmware is... it fails badly. DMZ doesn't work which is a instant fail by my standards so until they fix that HUGE issue I cannot recommend that beta firmware you sent.

In fact port forwarding on that firmware is broken period....wow I am so surprised that others haven't been screaming about it.

And to add insult to injury I just spent the last 30 minutes recovering from the router being bricked when I returned to stock firmware. So my recommendation is DO NOT use that beta firmware floating around. It's dangerous and the recover process isn't so fun nor does the RTN56U wireless recovery tool work. You need to use an alternate method which is a PIA.

Thanks Gary... I appreciate it.

I don't use Port Forwarding now DMZ, but I have been able to go between ASUS official, Padavan, and the ASUS Beta without problems. Sorry you had any and the for the grief I caused you.

Right now, I'm sitting on official ASUS, iPad's connected at 5Ghz as is one of the wireless computers, other one at 2.4Ghz, and the other computers are wired.

All seems well so far (except for occasional problems 'some days' with you know what).

Thanks for testing the flash out again.
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Irv Spalten

reply to FTBoomer
New Padavan out ...

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Beta version based on 3.0.x kernel is released and available in the downloads section on google code »code.google.com/p/rt-n56u/dow...···can=1&q= . Let me emphasize this again: it is in beta stage, although the kernel itself is stable. It also was tested to some extent before the release.

Restore to defaults is not required, just don't forget to run reset_ss.sh script once after the upgrade.

What to expect from the 3.0.x kernel in general:

- IPv6 support out of the box
- Improved kernel priority scheduler (sirq won't kill userspace anymore, webgui will always be available no matter how busy the router is)
- Faster WAN speeds without FastNAT and hw_nat modules (the speeds are the same with HW_NAT enabled. FastNAT wasn't ported to 3.0.x kernel yet but it looks like there's no need in it now).
- Ext4 + posix_fallocate and XFS filesystems are now supported
- New NTFS kernel driver from N65U (ufsd.ko 8.6). It is rather fast but unfortunately doesn't support NFS export and HFS+ support is disabled. It also supports volumes which are >2TB.
- USB driver now knows more different devices' quirks so more reliable usb storage support

What to expect from the current 3.0.2.4-011 release:

- USB read/write is slower than on current kernel (~2-3 MB slower) because usb_storage process takes up more CPU resources. This should be fixable. The developers have already tried to fix it but got some other regressions in return, so this fix was reverted.
- IPv6 support is almost there. Only few unfinished parts of rc logic left: tunneling, DHCPv6 client and prefix delegation, IPv6 over PPP, IPv6 automatic route creation. Everything else is already working properly (that is static addresses, RAdv, DHCPv6 server) so it is actually possible now to setup IPv6 manually through console (current build compiled with IPv6 support flag disabled though).
- No bugs detected that's why public beta test is in progress

Now considering FastNAT module from wive-NG project:

IPoE connection speeds
Current 2.x kernel:
FastNAT=OFF
~270 mbit/s
FastNAT=ON
~420 mbit/s

3.0.42 kernel:
~400 mbit/s without FastNAT and some other optimizations.

With HW_Nat module enabled speed is around ~930-940 mbit/s on both kernels.

In other words: happy testing! Please report back any anomalies and bugs you might find.
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Above info from »forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showt···7&page=6 which seems to be a good place to watch and report problems.
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Irv Spalten

reply to FTBoomer
Checking again....

Gary, the TOP PAGE is not updated, take the DOWNLOADS tab, »code.google.com/p/rt-n56u/downloads/list and you'll see it was posted 17 hours ago... DOWNLOADS tab on »code.google.com/p/rt-n56u/ which is the project home page. I am not posting SWILL. Check the site again please.
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Irv Spalten

reply to BHNtechXpert
Looks like the ASUS Official was updated today as well :

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ASUS RT-N56U Firmware version 1.0.1.8l
1. update Hardware NAT module to version 2.01
- improve PPPoE upstream throughput
- disable acceleration for all UDP flows
- no longer disable Hardware NAT when L2TP/IPSec passthrough is enabled
2. update minidlna to version 1.0.25
3. fix wireless ACL setting bug
File Size
7,8 (MBytes) 2012.09.18 update
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Since I was on 8j, (don't know what happened to k?) I have loaded it and will see how it works.
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Irv Spalten

reply to FTBoomer
Okay I will try this when I get home tonight and see how it goes.

reply to FTBoomer
I am upgraded to the BETA now....the GUI is 10x faster in this verson...night and day More to come.