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post Jul 19 2016, 11:00 AM

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QUOTE(sHawTY @ Jul 19 2016, 10:57 AM)
If you turned on the ASUS DDNS function, you can access your router GUI from anywhere
It's free of charge by the way
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I don't know if I have that enabled. blush.gif
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post Jul 19 2016, 03:03 PM

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You guys must have high usage to have such temperature. tongue.gif
Mine is always 50-60c in a non-air conditioned room. tongue.gif
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post Jul 19 2016, 06:01 PM

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QUOTE(LostAndFound @ Jul 19 2016, 06:00 PM)
Just checked, mine at home (no-one is using it currently) is at 75 C. Idle in non aircon downstairs room.

Sure 50-60 ah? You looking at the temp for the wifi radios or for the CPU? I think everyone mentioning CPU temps. The wifi radios are 54/55 for me.
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post Jul 19 2016, 08:19 PM

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Just checked my router's temperature is 76°c with light usage now. blush.gif

No wonder I faced disconnection earlier with Channel 6, just checked my site survey and more than half of the shown connections in my area are with Channel 6 and none with Channel 11 which I was using previously for years and am using now. laugh.gif

I didn't notice with the WiFi Analyzer earlier. tongue.gif

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post Jul 19 2016, 10:05 PM

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QUOTE(jeisern @ Jul 19 2016, 09:58 PM)
Good for you...same like me mine got ppl use 1 to 7 so i try to avoid those.  smile.gif
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Unfortunately some of my streaming sites don't work with IPv6, I have to disable it. sad.gif
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post Jul 19 2016, 11:17 PM

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QUOTE(jeisern @ Jul 19 2016, 11:08 PM)
oh ? i never did enabled it. i tried with the same settings as you Native but didn't work.
Did you make any other changes to the setup to enable it ?
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Yes, native.
Interface is PPP.

Others no need change but if you want to use Google DNS, then disable Connect to DNS Server automatically, input them in IPv6 DNS server 1 and server 2.

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post Jul 19 2016, 11:28 PM

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QUOTE(jeisern @ Jul 19 2016, 11:24 PM)
ohhhh u replied too fast, i was browsing through the threads ! smile.gif

thanks neways....i got it up. new to this custom firmware thing.... ok let's see how i overkill my 100mbps connection.
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You are welcome. biggrin.gif

For now, not much benefits for me, so I just disabled it. biggrin.gif
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post Jul 19 2016, 11:31 PM

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QUOTE(RViN @ Jul 19 2016, 11:29 PM)
Mine the details will show up in the system log -> ipv6 tab ... but when I try to do those online ipv6 tests it will always fail.
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My test always shows 8/10 but still working. laugh.gif
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post Jul 25 2016, 07:25 PM

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Somehow this router will lose connection, not so often anymore after I switched my WiFi channel. Is it still related to WiFi channels or any other possible causes? unsure.gif
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post Jul 26 2016, 03:19 PM

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It shows connected on my laptop but no data, hence page cannot be loaded... Then, have to wait for a while only it loads back. Anyone with this issue? Though it doesn't happen often but still annoying. I'm already on Vortex firmware.
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post Jul 28 2016, 01:42 PM

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I guess nobody has the same issue as mine. Sigh.

My laptop is an old model and only can be connected to 2.4GHz. Last night I changed it to only N type and stick to 20MHz only, let's monitor tonight. Hope it will help, everything is good with this router except that it will lose active data packet after some time though it is not idle. Then, less than a minute, pages will start loading again. Else it will appear as "Page cannot be reached" or some other page loading errors.

Any way to make it active all the time without going to sleep or anything (if it does)? unsure.gif

I'm on Xwrt-Vortex firmware.
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post Jul 30 2016, 10:27 AM

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QUOTE(prasys @ Jul 30 2016, 08:56 AM)
The SOC is what that matters , its the same as AC68U , so you are getting bang for buck with this router
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Yeah and I got it at RM 199, wonderful router! I did have some problem with it when my laptop connected to the router. I have updated my WiFi driver on Thursday, things look OK now and I hope it will be fixed. biggrin.gif
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post Aug 1 2016, 02:10 PM

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No issue, he is gone now. Just move on, guys. smile.gif
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post Aug 8 2016, 07:51 PM

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For those who have flashed to the latest version of Vortex, any significant difference compared to the previous version? I haven't done mine and just afraid I will screw up anything... sweat.gif

My problem earlier seems to have been fixed with just a simple driver update. laugh.gif
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post Aug 8 2016, 10:56 PM

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QUOTE(irwan6179 @ Aug 8 2016, 10:52 PM)
Nothing much in particular except the good feeling of having the latest version haha
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OK, I will put this on hold first then. laugh.gif
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post Aug 9 2016, 11:44 AM

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QUOTE(sHawTY @ Aug 9 2016, 10:19 AM)
My advise is to proceed applying the update as there are lots of bug fixing when moving from 380.58 to 380.61

Refer below for the changelog which mark the changes from 380.58 to 380.61
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380.61 (4-Aug-2016)
 - FIXED: Connected OpenVPN clients reporting as disconnected
          on the status page following any wireless config change
          (Asus bug)
 - FIXED: OpenVPN server would report being "Initializing"
          while it already was ready, follwoing any
          wireless config change (Asus bug)
 - FIXED: Various stability issues with minidlna (reverted some
          of Asus's customizations)

380.61 Beta 1 (31-July-2016)
 - NEW: Merged with GPL 3831.
 - CHANGED: updated dropbear to 2016.74.
 - FIXED: Do not enforce b/g mode as "auto" if wireless mode
          is also set to Auto.

380.60
  There was no non-beta release, due to limited model support
  and unsolved WAN stability issues.

380.60 Beta 2 (5-July-2016)
  - NEW: Merged with GPL 3479.  This includes the new file format
         required for certification purposes.
  - NEW: Option to enable overhead calculation on Traditional QoS
         for DSL users (ARM-only)
  - NEW: Option on System page to disable the new forced
         redirection to router.asus.com (defaults to disabled)
  - CHANGED: Updated OpenVPN to 2.3.11
  - CHANGED: Allow to specify IPv6 prefixes up to 126 on the IPv6 config
  - CHANGED: Networkmap will now announce itself as "Asuswrt/networkmap"
             when connecting to LAN's web services.
  - FIXED: OpenVPN server instances weren't properly reporting
           if an error occurred at start time.
  - FIXED: wget was unable to access https site due to not
           having a CA bundle to verify certificates
  - FIXED: odhcp6c was sending bogus preferred prefixes, so
           anything larger than 64 could result in an invalid
           prefix
  - FIXED: Language selector is missing on router set for the
           JP region (reverted Asus change)
  - FIXED: Client names with single quotes couldn't be edited
           in the networkmap client popup (Asus bug)
  - FIXED: Router wouldn't run SMB to provide browser master
           or Wins services if no USB disk was plugged
  - FIXED: Router would sometime fail to renew a WAN DHCP lease.
           (fix by theMIROn)

380.59 (10-May-2016)
  - NEW: Merged with 380_2697 GPL.  This includes beta MU-MIMO support for
         the RT-AC87U/AC88U/AC3100/AC5300, and IPTV fixes.
  - NEW: Option on OpenVPN client/server page to reset them back to the
         factory default settings.
  - EXPERIMENTAL: Added support for codel and fq_codel to ARM models
                  (RT-AC56U and newer).

                  When enabling Traditional QoS or Bandwidth Limiter,
                  you can now change from the default sfq queue
                  discipline to codel or fq_codel.
                  (based on Kyle Sanderson's Tomato backport)

                  NOTE: Traditional QoS is currently broken on the
                        newer models (RT-AC88U and up).  This is a known
                        issue in recent Asus releases.

  - CHANGED: WAN -> NAT Passthrough now allows you to determine whether or
             not to load the NAT helper module for h323, rtsp and sip.  
             Asus's old behaviour is "Enabled + NAT Helper".
  - CHANGED: DNSFilter client dropdown now uses Asus's new one integrated
             with networkmap.
  - CHANGED: minidlna now supports refreshing an existing database, so the
             Tweak setting was updated accordingly
  - CHANGED: Enable SPNEGO support in Samba
  - CHANGED: Integrated Asus's networkmap into the DHCP reservations page
  - CHANGED: Updated Tor to 0.2.7.6
  - CHANGED: SSH WAN access will also work over IPv6
  - CHANGED: Updated miniupnpd to 2.0
  - CHANGED: Fields on the DHCP static lease page are now sortable
             (original patch by Allan Jensen)
  - CHANGED: Updated openssl to 1.0.2h
  - FIXED: Daily/Monthly traffic monitoring shows invalid values on the
           RT-AC88U/3100/5300, even with CTF disabled.  Implemented a
           temporary workaround.
  - FIXED: WPS wasn't working on the RT-AC3200
  - FIXED: Backported security fixes from OpenWRT to Samba 3.6.25,
           addressing the following:
           CVE-2015-5252, CVE-2015-5370, CVE-2015-5296,
           CVE-2015-5299, CVE-2015-7560, CVE-2016-2110,
           CVE-2016-2111, CVE-2016-2112, CVE-2016-2115,
           CVE-2016-2118.
 - FIXED: OpenVPN clients set to policy-based routing and Exclusive
          DNS mode were still adding the tunnel nameservers to
          dnsmasq, causing both routed and non-routed clients to use
          them.

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QUOTE(sHawTY @ Aug 9 2016, 10:22 AM)
fruitie Just remember to apply the firmware update using an ethernet cable
Don't ever use Wi-Fi when updating the router's firmware
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Thanks for the update and tips. biggrin.gif
I will do that as soon as possible. rclxms.gif
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post Aug 9 2016, 11:15 PM

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Looks like updating my WiFi driver doesn't help. dry.gif Never had this no Internet connection (despite connected) issue when I was using Xiaomi Nano router as AP or the old Huawei router by TM. dry.gif

This issue doesn't happen frequently but will happen once a while, then my connection will go offline for few seconds and resume back again. sweat.gif

I just noticed there is another newer driver update and I have done that, not sure if this helps but honestly speaking I'm giving up already. Maybe not fated to use this router? I may sell it off then if it is still happening. laugh.gif
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post Aug 9 2016, 11:44 PM

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QUOTE(raynman @ Aug 9 2016, 11:28 PM)
fruitie, have you tried flashing your Huawei WS880 to the latest Xwrt-Vortex firmware 380.61?
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I haven't. blush.gif
The truth is my current firmware was flashed by a friend. blush.gif
I supposed upgrading firmware is not as difficult as flashing a totally new firmware right?
I last updated a router firmware was back in 2013. blush.gif
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post Aug 9 2016, 11:52 PM

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QUOTE(AMDAthlon @ Aug 9 2016, 11:51 PM)
Yup..much easier than flashing new firmware.

Follow our forumer guide here
Credits to sHawTY  thumbsup.gif
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Excellent! Thank you and sHawTY, I will do it right now. biggrin.gif
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post Aug 9 2016, 11:53 PM

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QUOTE(raynman @ Aug 9 2016, 11:52 PM)
If your friend has already flashed Xwrt-Vortex firmware 380.58 for you, it is very easy to flash the latest version 380.61

Just go to Administration --> Firmware Upgrade page, select the downloaded firmware file, which has a .trx extension, and click Upload.  smile.gif

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Alright, thanks for the guide. biggrin.gif
Will do it now. Awesome guys. notworthy.gif

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