Asus gebruikt voor zijn nieuwere routers, zoals de RT-N66U en RT-AC66U, van Tomato afgeleide firmware met de naam Asuswrt. Deze firmware is opensource op enkele drivers na, waarvan de binaries wel meegeleverd worden.
Asuswrt-merlin is een aangepaste versie van de originele firmware die onder meer bugfixes en kleine verbeteringen bevat, maar toch dicht bij het origineel probeert te blijven, zodat het mogelijk blijft om nieuwe features die Asus introduceert toe te voegen aan de code. Enkele dagen geleden is er een nieuwe versie van Asuswrt-merlin verschenen en de release notes daarvan zien er als volgt uit:
Asuswrt-Merlin - build 376.49_4
Supported devices are:Here is a list of features that Asuswrt-merlin brings over the original firmware:
- RT-N16
- RT-N66U
- RT-AC66U
- RT-AC56U
- RT-AC68U
- RT-AC68P
- RT-AC87U
System:Disk sharing:
- Based on 3.0.0.4.376_3677 source code from Asus
- Various bugfixes and optimizations
- Some components were updated to newer versions, for improved stability and security
- User scripts that run on specific events
- Cron jobs
- Ability to customize the config files used by the router services
- LED control - put your router in "Stealth Mode" by turning off all LEDs
- Entware easy setup script (alternative to Optware - the two are mutually exclusive) (not available on RT-AC56/RT-AC68/RT-AC87)
- Full SNMP support (based on experimental code from Asus)
Networking:
- Enable/disable the use of shorter share names
- Disk spindown after user-configurable inactivity timeout
- NFS sharing (through webui)
- Improved compatibility with 3TB+ and Advanced Format HDDs
- Allow or disable WAN access to the FTP server
- Updated Samba version (3.6.x)
Web interface:
- Force acting as a Master Browser
- Act as a WINS server
- SSHD
- Allows tweaking TCP/UDP connection tracking timeouts
- CIFS client support (for mounting remote SMB share on the router)
- Layer7 iptables matching (N16/N66/AC66 only)
- User-defined options for WAN DHCP queries (required by some ISPs)
- Advanced OpenVPN client and server support (all models except RT-N16)
- Netfilter ipset module, for efficient blacklist implementation
- Configurable min/max UPNP ports
- IPSec kernel support (N16/N66/AC66 only)
- DNS-based Filtering, can be applied globally or per client
- Optionally save traffic stats to disk (USB or JFFS partition)
- Enhanced traffic monitoring: added monthly, as well as per IP monitoring
- Name field on the DHCP reservation list and Wireless ACL list
- System info summary page
- Wireless client IP and hostname on the Wireless Log page
- Wifi icon reports the state of both radios
- Display the Ethernet port states
- Wireless site survey
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