FAQ

Tips

This FAQ is for the HomeAssistant integration.

• AiMesh
• AsusRouter vs AsusWRT
• Aura RGB
• Connected devices
  • Hostname / device_tracker name
• Entities
• Migration from an old version
  • Migration sequences
• Networks
  • 6 GHz WLANs
• Ports
  • DSL ports
  • PLC ports
• Router
  • Firmware
• When the feature will be implemented?

AiMesh

AiMesh is supported on the basic level. Further development is currently in progress. Development and debugging requires a compatible device.

AsusRouter vs AsusWRT

This list contain only some of the AsusRouter features. Due to the constant development, the full feature list should be checked here.

As per December 2023, the stock AsusWRT integration does already have support for the HTTP(S) API. At the same time, it is still limited to the basic features.

Feature	AsusRouter	AsusWRT	Both
Connection	HTTP(S) API	SSH / telnet / HTTP(S) API
Device tracking	Many device attributes Full list of connected devices (MAC, IP, hostname)		`device_trackers` `connected_devices` sensor
Monitoring	AiMesh support Traffic and speed on all network interfaces (per user selection) CPU, RAM, temperatures OpenVPN, WireGuard (client, server) Ports (LAN, WAN, USB) Internet and WAN status (+ dual WAN, aggregation)	Traffic and speed for Linux interface, e.g. `eth0`	Load average Temperature
Control	Device reboot & restart of router services LED OpenVPN, WireGuard (client, server) Parental control, port forwarding WLAN (including guest networks)

Aura RGB

Aura RGB support development is currently on hold. Development and debugging requires a compatible device.

Connected devices

Hostname / device_tracker name

The following priority list is used for naming:

• Friendly name of the device (if set in the router admin panel)
• Name as reported by the connected device
• MAC address if neither of the above is known

Entities

Migration from an old version

Some versions of AsusRouter might implement breaking changes, which will not allow migration from really old versions. In this case, you would need to manually update to a correct version still supporting migration before actually updating to the latest release.

With the release of AsusRouter 0.15.0, migration from 0.5.1 and earlier has been removed.

Migration sequences

• Find the step that contains your AsusRouter version (consider ranges, e.g. 0.14.0 is already included into step with versions [0.6.0 : 0.14.3])
• Perform all the following steps one by one

Steps:

1. Migrate to any in [0.6.0 : 0.14.3]
2. Migrate to any in [0.15.0 : 0.16.1]
3. Migrate to any in [0.17.0 : 0.20.0]
4. Migrate to the latest release

Networks

6 GHz WLANs

AsusRouter has basic support of 6 GHz networks. Further development and debugging requires a compatible device.

Ports

AsusRouter fully suports:

• Port types: LAN, WAN, USB, SFP+, MoCA
• Port speeds (internet): 10, 100, 1000, 2500, 5000, 10000 Mb/s
• Port speeds (USB): 480, 5000, 10000, 20000 Mb/s

DSL ports

DSL ports are not yet supported by AsusRouter. Development and debugging requires a compatible device.

PLC ports

PLC ports are not yet supported by AsusRouter. Development and debugging requires a compatible device.

Router

Firmware

Firmware version for all the AsusWRT-powered devices consists of 3 parts:

• major:
  • 3.0.0.4 - all the stable stock builds and all the Merlin.
  • 9.0.0.4 - beta versions of stock builds.
  • Most of Merlin builds (including Gnuton) avoid showing major in the Web UI.
• minor:
  • a 3-digit value, e.g. 388, 386 etc for stock FW.
  • a double value, combining 3-digit stock minor and a sequence number, separetad with . or _, e.g. 380.70, 386.8 etc.
• build:
  • a 5-digit value, e.g. 20558.
  • an even sequence number, e.g. 0, 2, 4 etc for Merlin FW.
  • same as Merlin and -gnuton for Gnuton builds.

Examples:

• 3.0.0.4.388_20558 for stock FW.
• 3.0.0.4.386.6_2 for Merlin FW.
• 3.0.0.4.386.04_0-gnuton for Gnuton Merlin build.

When the feature will be implemented?

If some of the features are missing from AsusRouter, this is only because no compatible device is available for development and testing. You can support purchase of a device required via donate on Buy Me a Coffee.