Tenda. Will Merlin firmware fix that rebooting issue?

Edit: Ah I think I know what the issue is. It's the heat. My room is too damn hot lol. I put my fan towards it and it no longer drops the connection during speedtest.

This post has been edited by afroboy: Oct 6 2018, 07:53 PM

Guys dont make the same amateur mistake as me

Router with beamforming enabled but wifi adapter beam forming disable...

Was wondering by speed not even 500 mbps on ac18 (default firmware)

I tried both firmware. Both didn't give me any rebooting issue.

You may try flashing Merlin but not sure whether it solve your rebooting issue.

Who tried the new X7.9.1 firmware

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This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Oct 6 2018, 10:46 PM

Your Merlin is using Koolshare or other variant?

Mind to share the source?

yes koolshare.
I need to find a China phone number first haha anyone have it?

This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Oct 6 2018, 10:58 PM

Dont have china number, haha.

Wait and see whether someone has it

tomorrow maybe I get it

can post details steps. sorry im noob.

Everyone is a noob at some point, no worries.

Here is what I do.

1. Make sure the telnet in Administration > System tab > Telnet is enabled. Or SSH enabled if you prefer SSH.
2. Telnet to your router using Putty tool, login. Make sure putty is tick Telnet. If SSH then SSH ticked.

3. Type in command "nvram show | grep asus_device_list"
You will see something similar to this, below AC68U is my wifi SSID, same goes to MAC and router IP.
Make sure you copy yours, not mine. lol

Sample result:
asus_device_list=<3>TENDA>192.168.1.1>D8:65:63:D4:3D:40>0>AC68U>255.255.255.0>1

4. Copy the entire string above except "asus_device_list=" and also replace "TENDA" to "RT-AC68U"

Command: nvram set asus_device_list="< paste the string starting from <3> until 255.255.255.0>1 >"

Sample:
nvram set asus_device_list="<3>TENDA>192.168.1.1>D8:65:63:D4:3D:40>0>AC68U>255.255.255.0>1"

5. Type in command "nvram show | grep asus_device_list" again to check whether it has the latest changes you made.

6. Next, type in "nvram show | grep odmpid"
You will see it's showing TENDA

7. Type in nvram set odmpid=RT-AC68U (For this part, after commit & reboot, if you issue "nvram show | grep odmpid" again it will be empty, but it still works. Need other sifu to comment on this part)

8. Type in "nvram show | grep odmpid" to check again.

9. Check your setting with this command, nvram show | grep RT-AC68U
computer_name=RT-AC68U

odmpid=RT-AC68U
asus_device_list=<3>RT-AC68U>192.168.1.1>D8:65:63:D4:3D:40>0>AC68U>255.255.255.0>1

10. Type in nvram commit to to apply.

11. Type in "reboot" and router will reboot.

12. Download ASUS router app to try

13. Turn off wifi > When launch the app, it will asked you to enable wifi. After connect, if everything is correct. Will show screen as below.



14. When you login to your ASUS router, the name on top will change from TENDA to RT-AC68U



15. Router web > Tools > name will show as RT-AC68U




Let me know if you got stuck, hope this helps.

This post has been edited by pisces1529: Oct 7 2018, 01:57 AM

hahaha thanks for the details explanation. I done it since the steps from the guy is a bit out of format so I googled it and done.


Attached thumbnail(s)

Ya, necromancer actually give me some ideas and missing pieces that need to make it work.

His command is on WS880, so slightly different. Heh

Anyway, enjoy the app ya

The guide and steps just put here to let others explore and try.

This post has been edited by pisces1529: Oct 7 2018, 02:04 AM

https://firmware.koolshare.cn/Koolshare_Mer...1-koolshare.trx

just guess and change the link folder file name , it work lol

This post has been edited by ex999: Oct 7 2018, 12:05 PM

Thanks for the detailed steps, it works for me!

Thanks for the heads up. Upgraded to this firmware and there's no issue for me. Not sure what are the updates though. System status is still in Chinese but it's no big deal.

Great Thanks.

Haha later i will upgrade, according to the website the update is regarding the koolshare software centre.

You could try to talk to the customer service people if they can accept warranty claim. I bricked my router and they were willing to accept it even though I was honest and told them it was my fault.

Not a big change though but still nice.

Thanks for sharing bro.

Glad it helps.

Is it the same as this link?

https://source.wifihell.com/9-firmware.koolshare.cn/MERLIN/

I don't think so

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This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Oct 7 2018, 01:37 PM