FAQ
AiMesh
AiMesh support 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.
Feature | AsusRouter | AsusWRT | Both |
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Connection |
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Device tracking |
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Monitoring |
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Control |
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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
LAN / WAN speed sensors become unavailable with time
This problem is connected to the device HTTP daemon - some API endpoint become unavailable (also from Web UI or official mobile app). This problem can be solved restarting HTTP daemon using the button.{device}_restart_http_daemon
from HA.
- If entities became unavailable when AsusRouter was already running, sensors will recover by themself.
- If entities were unavailable from the AsusRouter load, you would need to manually reload integration.
An example automation is available here: link
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:
- Migrate to any in [
0.6.0
:0.14.3
] - Migrate to any in [
0.15.0
:0.16.1
] - Migrate to any in [
0.17.0
:0.20.0
] - 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 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s ethernet ports / speeds.
2.5 Gb/s ports
2.5 Gb/s ports / speeds are fully supported by AsusRouter. There are reports from users of using 2.5 Gb/s LAN ports. Reports of using 2.5 Gb/s speeds on WAN ports are not available yet.
10 Gb/s ports
10 Gb/s ports / speeds are not yet supported by AsusRouter. Development and debugging requires a compatible device.
DSL ports
DSL ports are not yet supported by AsusRouter. Development and debugging requires a compatible device.
SFP+ ports
SFP+ 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.
- a 3-digit value, e.g.
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.
- a 5-digit value, e.g.
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.