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Extends the support of Merlin firmware to more ASUS routers
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Unable to add DSL-AX5400 as AIMesh Node #412

Open thesuperben opened 1 year ago

thesuperben commented 1 year ago

Router Model Affected Models: DSL-AX82U/DSL-AX5400

Firmware Version Affected 388.2_2_0-gnuton1

Is this bug present in upstream Merlin releases too? Yes

Describe the bug When booting router initially after flashing firmware it shows that it is still an AX5400. Unable to use as AIMesh Node.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Flash firmware from stock AX5400 to 388.2_2_0-gnuton1
  2. Check Tools
  3. Model shows DSL-AX5400
  4. Features show AX5400 features. odmpid=DSL-AX5400 when running nvram get odmpid from SSH.

Expected behavior Expected flashing to change from DSL-AX5400 to DSL-AX82U. I have been able to manually resolve the issue by running an init-nat script in /jffs/scripts/ each boot from here however this means I am unable to load the device as an AIMesh Node because it factory resets to do so which loses my script.

DJE007 commented 1 year ago

This can be done on a DSL-AX82U, I have it running that way currently.

Screenshot 2023-06-08 at 2 52 12 pm

If you are talking about the DSL-AX5400 it's not supported in the hardware.

DJE007 commented 1 year ago

A work around could be don't fully reset to factory settings with;

nvram erase && nvram set model=DSL-AX82U && nvram set productid=DSL-AX82U && nvram commit && reboot

thesuperben commented 1 year ago

A work around could be don't fully reset to factory settings with;

nvram erase && nvram set model=DSL-AX82U && nvram set productid=DSL-AX82U && nvram commit && reboot

Unfortunately when I select to set the device as a node it immediately prompts to factory reset. Is there a way around this?