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[Geekofbroadband]

2 newer updates from ASUS

It's good to see they still care about this product and are trying to make it the best they can

[dambuilder]

Tried the latest update the Friday before last and after only 3 days I'd lost FastPath yet again. Switching back to the HG612 and FastPath (as well as G.INP (ECI Cab)) was back 24 hours later. Must admit I like the ASUS as a router only though but as a Modem (for me at least) it sucks...!!!

[michty_me]

I think that is the general consensus for the majority of users.
One guy on overclockers (could well be on here too) has stated there will be another model coming out with a broadcom chipset which could be quite interesting.

[dambuilder]

I was notified by the AC68U last week that a new firmware was available so still having a little faith in this unit I decided to upgrade and try once again using it as a modem/router rather than just router. So far I'm syncing slightly higher than with the HG612 and I'm still on FastPath whereas historically I'd lose it after a couple of days. Anyway below are my current stats. Errors seem ok but can someone in the know cast an eye over them and give me some feedback please? Hope I've not jinxed myself now lol...

cat /tmp/adsl/info_adsl.txt
xDSLmode=VDSL
outDiscards=57563
inDiscards=813
outBytes=3749580258
inBytes=2653688882
outPkts=35550249
inPkts=79208886
CurrentProfiles=17a
UPBOKLE=10.4
TRELLISds=1
TRELLISus=1
ACTSNRMODEds=1
ACTSNRMODEus=1
ACTUALCE=640
SNRMpbds=5.7,5.6,5.7,N/A,N/A
SNRMpbus=6.0,5.8,6.0,0.0,0.0
LATNDown=10.5,28.7,44.7,N/A,N/A
LATNUp=0.1,21.0,32.4,0.0,0.0
SATNDown=18.3,29.3,46.3,N/A,N/A
SATNUp=0.1,20.8,32.4,0.0,0.0
fwVer= FwVer:5.5.2.3_A_A60901 HwVer:T14.F7_0.2

lineState=up
Opmode=ITU G.993.2(VDSL2)
SNRMarginDown=6.0 dB
AttenDown=10.5 dB
SNRMarginUp=6.0 dB
AttenUp=0.1 dB
DataRateDown=58524 kbps
PathModeDown=FastPath
DataRateUp=16535 kbps
PathModeUp=FastPath
WanListMode=1
FECDown=14022
FECUp=1531
CRCDown=2255
CRCUp=276
HECDown=0
HECUp=0
ADSLUpTime=3 days, 19:45, 22 secs
ADSLActiveTime=0 min, 21 secs
PowerDown=13.3 dbm
PowerUp=6.4 dbm
ATURID=26005443434e0000
ATUCID=b5004946544eb204
FarEndVendorID=Infineon(Lantiq)
AttainUp=16312 kbps
AttainDown=73208 kbps
ShowtimeStart=21
TotalStart=21
ATURANSIRev=0
ATUCANSIRev=0
ATURANSIStd=0
ATUCANSIStd=0
TCM=On
InterleaveDepthDown=1
InterleaveDepthUp=1
INPDown=1.1 symbols
INPUp=0.8 symbols
AdslStandard=VDSL2
AdslType=ANNEX_A
mtenStandard=G.dmt.bisplus (Annex L)

[Geekofbroadband]

New firmware came out yesterday and fixes ECI cabinet issues 

[dambuilder]

Yes see my stats above. Been using since the 9th and going strong at 8 days 8 hours uptime. And yes I'm on an ECI cab.

[oqix]

Hello,
Is there any way to increase Interleave Depth on this router? I'm pretty far from the exchange about 1KM  and on 50/5 proflie is my Interleave depth set to 455. Few weeks back I was connected to old port where was ID set to 1300, and it worked much more stable. Same question for INP settings.

Our main ISP recently announced that it will apply the vectoring "as brand new technology", but we must wait several months (years) for its full deployment.


Thank You

[j0hn]

can anyone who still uses this modem please complete the feedback form within the settings asking for them to add es/ses to the connection stats. if there's enough demand they say they'll add it to the next firmware release. most likely only to the telnet stats and not gui but better than nothing at all.

[Geekofbroadband]

New firmware:

ASUS DSL-AC68U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.380_3281 (This product supports both Annex A and Annex B)
Security improvement:
- Fixed Samba Badlock CVE-2016-2110 (Man in the middle attacks possible with NTLMSSP).
- Fixed Samba Badlock CVE-2016-2111 (NETLOGON Spoofing Vulnerability).
- ASUS firmware did not enable Samba LDAP, and not affected by CVE-2016-2112 (LDAP client and server don't enforce integrity) issue.
- The Samba version in ASUS firmware was not affected by CVE-2016-2118 (SAMR and LSA man in the middle attacks possible) .
- The Samba version in ASUS firmware was not affected by CVE-2015-5370 (Multiple errors in DCE-RPC code).
- Fixed command injection issue. Thanks for Chris' contribution.
- Fixed XSS issue. Thanks for Chris' contribution.

New feature:
- URL Filter now supports HTTPS sites blocking.

DSL:
- DSL firmware updated: v1.0.3.6.
- Fixed multicast packets delay issue.
- QIS enhancement:
* Redirect to manual setting while sync up with Annex B.
* Extend waiting time from 60 seconds to 90 seconds before switching Annex mode.
* Fixed DSL status issue in Annex B mode which cause longer Annex mode switching time.
- ADSL WAN (ATM) QIS manual setting list updated.
Modify Turkey ISP TTNET to Turk Telekom.
Add United Kingdom ISP, Kcom.
Add New Zealand ISP, TrustPower.
Add South Africa ISP, Crystal Web.
Add Italy ISP, TIM.
Add Iran ISP, Tcmnet.
Add Poland ISP, Orange.
Add Algeria ISP, Jawab.
Add Faroe Islands ISP, Foroya Tele.
Add Uganda ISP, PoolDeep.
- VDSL WAN (PTM) QIS manual setting list updated.
Add New Zealand ISP, 2 Degrees Broadband.
Add Poland ISP, Orange (VLAN ID 35).
Add Faroe Islands ISP, Foroya Tele.

Bug fixes and Enhancements:
- Fixed Media Server related issues.
- Update the path of Download Master FAQ link & Tool.
- Modified the name string "WCDMA (UMTS)" to "WCDMA (UMTS) / LTE".
- Add 'Cancel' link for certain notification cases.
- Add IPv6 support of radius server IP address.
- Fixed the compatibility issue with EDGE browser in Internet Connection page.
- SSH: support ECDSA key.
- Fixed NTP related issue.
- minidlna: all full realvideo support.
- Enhance IPv6 UDP throughput.
- Fixed Fail-back issue with PPP.
- Fixed no error page in PPP authentication failed case.

MD5:23e602487efc4dade712ba351ebf82d0

[Bully]

I have just order one and will be here Tuesday, will report back on how it goes on my sky fibre unlimited pro line.

[j0hn]

I have just order one and will be here Tuesday, will report back on how it goes on my sky fibre unlimited pro line.

i own 1, and wouldnt dream of plugging the modem side back in. i'd highly recommend a broadcom based modem. asus are the only company i know to use this mediatek chipset and it's useless.

[Geekofbroadband]

MediaTek chipsets are meant to be good on short lines arnt they? And I would also consider getting one of these just because they seem determined to fix it and are still pushing out good firmware updates.

[andyfitter]

They've been pushing out frequent updates since it was released and it still seems busted to me. there are many better modem/router on the market.

One of these also caused me to be banded permanently, only removed by changing providers. My line is about 500M long and has very few errors, and yet the DSL-AC68U still managed to cause DLM to take the harshest action it could.

My advice would be to avoid at all costs.

[ejs]

MediaTek chipsets are meant to be good on short lines arnt they?

I don't think that applies to VDSL2, it may have been said about TrendChip ADSL2+ chips, and TrendChip became the DSL part of MediaTek. And even on ADSL2+, I've seen reports of weird issues where certain Asus devices couldn't establish a connection, apparently because the target SNRM was 3 dB.

[j0hn]

MediaTek chipsets are meant to be good on short lines arnt they? And I would also consider getting one of these just because they seem determined to fix it and are still pushing out good firmware updates.

they keep pushing out firmware update to fix the router side of things. The dsl driver version doesn't change as often. if you contact Asus support about line problems, instead of fixing their useless equipment their default response is to have the noise margin to override the DSLAM. My 1st suggestion from Asus was to set it to 8dB, when that didn't work they recommended I set it to 10dB. The entire VDSL system in the U.K. is configured to work with a 6dB noise margin, and this junk can't do it. It isn't good on short lines, it's just much worse on long lines.

It also has absolutely no ability to view detailed error stats. even the telnet output only gives CRC errors. without connecting a USB, enabling 24 hour monitoring, then viewing the files on the USB afterwards, there is absolutely no way to see ES/SES on the line. enabling this monitoring forces a resync, so I'd need to resync everyday and plug/unplug USB just to view errors.

Just pop on the Aus forum, visit this modems sub section and look for yourself. There's a 2 year long thread about it dropping the PPP session, that STILL isn't fixed.

I've never been so disappointed with a piece of hardware, especially 1 as expensive as this. The support has been absolutely non existent. I gave up on the modem a long time ago and it now operates as a router only. I'd have been better buying the RT-AC68U as at least I can stick the likes of Merlin on that.