3006.102.4_1-gnuton1

[gnuton]

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: June 11, 2025
Release: 3006.102.4_1-gnuton1

• ADEED: Support for GT-BE98

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This discussion was created from the release 3006.102.4_1-gnuton1.

[hulleyrob]

If this is the release shouldn't there be more versions?

[hulleyrob]

Yes. Have you checked you have the v1 version of the hardware?

[gnuton]

@hulleyrob I see people gets confused with 3004 and 3006 and I do understand that. :(
3006 firmware is only for the GT-BE98. All other routers I support so far are stuck to the 3004

[hulleyrob]

@hulleyrob I see people gets confused with 3004 and 3006 and I do understand that. :(

3006 firmware is only for the GT-BE98. All other routers I support so far are stuck to the 3004

Yeah I just checked I'm on 3004.388.9.2 🙄

[Ki32Ffa]

@hulleyrob I see people gets confused with 3004 and 3006 and I do understand that. :( 3006 firmware is only for the GT-BE98. All other routers I support so far are stuck to the 3004

First, I too would like to thank you for your support of gt-be98.

Secondly, I have a question and a request, if you don't mind.

I'm in a country that is actively engaged in blocking the internet. And we are actively engaged in countering deep packet inspection.
is a zapret utility for that but it doesn't officially support asuswrt, only openwrt. According to some comments I knew that some people managed to install zapret on merlin firmware and I decided to try too. After a few days I realized that I won't succeed because the NFQUEUE module is not available for the script. The solution was to rebuild the firmware myself with a change in the config /release/src-rt-5.04behnd.4916 /kernel/linux-4. 19 parameters:
FILTER_XT_TARGET_NFQUEUE
FILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNBYTES
FILTER_XT_MATCH_MULTIPORT
FILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNLIMIT
FILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNMARK
FILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK
o = m.
nk you very much for the docker image ild.

So my request is, can you make these changes in the main repository or are there some restrictions from which it is better to include them at the kernel level with =y?

[gnuton]

@Ki32Ffa you can raise a pull request with the proposed patch, the reason and the explanation of why it should be used.
Better to prove it works too

[Arabvpsnet]

thanks alot going to test it now

[nishrana14]

"Wireless Mode" only shows "Auto" now and cannot change to AX/AC/N/G/B etc.

[Trippersgarage]

I have the same issue, thou it exists on the original Asus firmware too.

[unisoftenterprises]

If I use GUEST PORTAL - Free WIFI with portal message (like 'Welcome to my WIFI Network' blah blah), and have a passphrase (WPA3) and portal passcode, when I connect by Android 14, I get a message saying "192.168.1.1 fail" after I type the passcode into the web portal page. Its 100% correct. If I then go back to the "Sign In to Wi-Fi" android notification, it the gives "web page not available" and you cant get out of this until you reboot the router, even if you try and connect to the guest SSID from another device.

Android WIFI sign in page message (in part with example IP address):
The Web page at http://192.168.1.1:8083/FreeUam?res=notyet&uamip=192.168.1.1&uamport=3390&challenge= ......

net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

If I turn off the passcode, but keep the portal message, it displays the portal message to agree to, and pressing CONTINUE button gives a "192.168.1.1 says fail" dialogue.

This appears in router log for Guest Portal 'LAN IP', when 'DHCP server' enabled under 'Advanced Settings' and 29 clients allowed for subnet mask:
Jun 18 14:14:07 dnsmasq[24164]: failed to create listening socket for 192.168.1.1: Cannot assign requested address

I had previously used Guest Portal with passphrase and passcode on Asus stock firmware (older) and it worked.

[unisoftenterprises]

Another issue:

If you have an SSID of type "IoT network", and an SSID for Guest Portal type, and you use ACCESS INTRANET and tick the other SSID, you cannot then untick the ticked SSID under Access Intranet if you then want to remove it. It stays "tattooed" which is incorrect behaviour.

Fictional Example to demonstrate the issue:
I have an IoT network SSID with name "AP-CAFE-IoT" and a Guest Portal network of "AP-CAFE-CUSTOMERS".
Both are in separate VLANs - 50 and 55 respectively, using the router's config page for each SSID to assign a VLAN ID.

On AP-CAFE-CUSTOMERS SSID, I tick the box under ACCESS INTRANET for the AP-CAFE-IoT network that is listed.

Upon applying the settings, both SSID's will have an entry listed under ACCESS INTRANET to show they are two way with each other.

If you want to untick the association, on either SSID, the router goes through the process of applying settings taking around a minute, and then the GUI still has the SSID ticked when it should be unticked under both SSIDs.

Rebooting the router does not change the broken behaviour.

WORKAROUND:
You have to delete one of the SSID's under NETWORK, wait for it to do it, and re-create the SSID and all settings. This is not clear in the UI in any way and a lot of work to do, and seems a bug to me. After this, both SSID's now correctly don't have their names ticked under Access Intranet.

[bschilperoord]

Aside from the bugs, this firmware has been working excellent on my GT-BE98

[gnuton]

please file the bugs

[Neoony]

Just have to mention, Thanks big time for supporting GT-BE98

I upgraded from RT-AX86U, because I got 2.5gbit fiber, and while it has 2.5gbit port, it could only barely do 1.5gbit because of the CPU it seemed. And also I could not really get the 2.5gbit anywhere else, because its just 1 port.

It seems like there are not many options for ASUS router in EU/Netherlands for something that can actually handle 2.5+gbit, wifi 7, wifi 6ghz and have merlin wrt.

The only other option for high end I saw was GT-BE19000, which is now a lot cheaper than GT-BE98 (almost 200 euro differences), but unfortunately not supported by merlin wrt/gnuton (I wish)

Then there is RT-BE92U, but that has worse cpu from what I read and I also wanted to try the more high end ones, to see if it can do better wifi Nodes in my set up (upstairs, downstairs, walls)
...and yes the 5Ghz is working better for me on GT-BE98 than on RT-AX86U, 6Ghz is a bit worse than 5Ghz, but thats because there are walls and its upstairs...always wanted to see how the 6Ghz would do in my set up, still its useful for the clients anyways.

so far so good on GT-BE98

Only I had some issues pairing my node (2x GT-BE98), not sure if thats also on stock. I already had my main router flashed with gnuton.
The only way it worked was that I had to set up the node as a normal router and then switch it to the AINode mode.
I also flashed the node with gnuton, since I just could not get it to pair while the node was on stock. (not sure if this also helped)
And I had to also use the cable, just wouldnt work on wifi, even if they were right next to each other
(just ends before it finishes with "unable to pair"...or the page would just refresh and end up on login page, interrupting the process...or I would connect it to the main router as it asked and login and it would just say "waiting for the node MAC to be online" and the node never coming up)

And then when first setting it as Wireless router and then switching to AInode, it would also show a progress bar during pairing (different than when you directly set it as node on startup)
Waited a minute when the progress bar appeared and then switched the cable and then the progress bar continued smoothly until 100%
It would also fail if I waited longer than a minute at that first step.

Something in that way, I tried it many times, so not even sure if I remember everything correctly and not completely sure which of the things I did helped.
But in the end it worked with cable and setting the node as node after making it wireless router.

But again, big thanks for supporting this router in this fork ❤️

[Neoony]

hmm
It worked fine until today
Today I come home and the main node is factory reset (there was nobody near the router...well 2 cats, but they never touch it)
Forgot to save config (cry)

It also reset while I was trying to pair the other node.
When I reset the node, it also factory reset the main one..had them connected with a cable (or it just randomly happened at that time)
EDIT: Actually I guess it didnt really reset the second time, I had to go through wizard again for some reason...but after pairing the node, I see that it kept the vlan 6 setting (weird)

Well I guess I cant even tell what happened from some logs, as it factory reset.

No changes recently at all
No power outage either
Only had diversion and a port forwarding script for protonvpn which I also used for long time on RT-AX86U
Dont have many rules anywhere or anything
10gb swap

The pairing of nodes is a trouble again
(EDIT: well, better than last time, had to connect cable LAN to WAN on node and then it was fine doing the pairing from main)

[Neoony]

The strange thing is that now after the random factory reset, the MLO wireless backhaul somehow works better
Previously, even though it mentioned it was "Wireless - MLO" on the node, I would only see the signal strength of either 6 GHz or 5 GHz (never used it before, therefore wasnt sure if thats normal)
But now, I see all 2GHz 5GHz and 6GHz here

And was able to reach much better speeds on the backhaul, sometimes getting "Great" signal 🤷‍♂️
From 400-500 mbits, reaching to about 800-900 on a PC cable connected to the node (wow)
Wasnt able to get that much before, no matter what I tried (tried all kinds of channels, or only using 5ghz or 6ghz, never above 600)
(I also have it through walls and upstairs)
I set up basically the same settings, weird...I guess I didnt factory reset after upgrading to gnuton before, not sure
Also true that I have been messing with the settings a lot more before this factory reset and now I have just directly set it up to what I had before
🤷‍♂️

EDIT:
after more tweaking, it seems its about 6GHz 320Hz not having enough signal to associate during MLO, somehow, setting 6Ghz to 20MHz to associate and then switch to 320Hz works and now I get 1gbit in MLO...but I guess I have to do that again after restart

EDIT2: after even more tweaking, I think its all because I use a DFS channel on 5 GHz-2. (DFS channel 100, really good speed though)
so e.g.
Restart router, it takes around 10 minutes to clear 5 GHz-2 DFS channel, meanwhile it might fail the MLO and just fall back to single and never go back to MLO.
Then after the DFS is cleared, I have to e.g. change GHz 6 to e.g. 20 MHz and then back to 320MHz, I guess this makes it try MLO again and now with the DFS cleared on 5GHz-2, it then works and does the MLO properly. (and then I get 1gbit, which I cant get with just 5 GHz or 6 GHz alone)

[AlexandrKrushev]

First, I too would like to thank you for your support of gt-be98.

Secondly, I have a question and a request, if you don't mind.

I'm in a country that is actively engaged in blocking the internet. And we are actively engaged in countering deep packet inspection.
There is a zapret utility for that but it doesn't officially support asuswrt, only openwrt. According to some comments I knew that some people managed to install zapret on merlin firmware and I decided to try too. After a few days I realized that I won't succeed because the NFQUEUE module is not available for the script. The solution was to rebuild the firmware myself with a change in the config /release/src-rt-5.04behnd.4916 /kernel/linux-4. 19 parameters:
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFQUEUE
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNBYTES
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MULTIPORT
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNLIMIT
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNMARK
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK
from = y to = m.
By the way, thank you very much for the docker image for the build.

So my request is, can you make these changes in the main repository or are there some restrictions from which it is better to include them at the kernel level with =y?

And the question is that as a result of the build the final firmware is called GT-BE98_3006_102.4_0_nand_squashfs.pkgtb although I use the release code 3006_102.4_1 why is it so?

[Ki32Ffa]

Hello, please share your build, I want to use zapret on my router! Thanks

[gnuton]

Hey @AlexandrKrushev,
the docker image is integrated with github, So you can raise a PR or fork and that would build the image for you without downloading anything locally.
The images will be available to others too.
As for changing kernel params I do not see big issuesto pass from Y to M, but there must be strong reasons for this.

[Sundraw01]

Hi :) Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.5 final was released yesterday. I wanted to ask you when it will be available for the non-pro be98. I'm still using the Asus firmware at the moment and was waiting for a more mature release before finally switching to Gnuton. Thanks for your work :)

[Dj-Hammer]

I also want to change my firmware with this one.
My priority is to add skynet firewall on my router. That Firewall seems very complete and well organized.
Thanks

[Dj-Hammer]

I have already merge the changes and I will release a testing image

Awesome, i would love to test it on my be98, the UI in the latest official update feels a little bit sluggish.

Did you tested? all good? Same nice merlin interface? i'm thinking to wait for stable release.

[lorenc-tomasz]

@gnuton Hi,
nice to see that you are back :) Any plans to release new 3006 for tests ?

Kind regards,
Tom

[B-Dog66]

Just bought a new BE-98, I will be more than happy to test it the new release.

[gnuton]

@B-Dog66 it's on the works

[MattJKilo]

Bricked BE-98.

Can’t be sure it’s the firmware but keen to let people know.

Had an issue. I often like to reboot routers every month or so. I rebooted via the GUI and the router has entered a permanent cycle of booting up (red led lights on top) for about 30 seconds. Then switches to green lights flashing for about 5 minutes. After 5 minutes or so it then just goes back to Red light again and starts the process all over again.

After an hour I gave up waiting. Tried doing hard reset (hold rest button whilst turning on at same time) and using the ASUS Firmware recovery tool.

No luck. The LED lights on top turn solid purple and the firmware recovery tool reports the wireless device is not in recovery mode.

Seem to have a bricked BE-98 now 😳🥹

If anyone knows of an alternative method to fix id also be eternally grateful!

[joinedgitdotcom]

i also had this bootloop @MattJKilo but broke that loop by holding the left of the 2 buttons pressed while powering on the router FYI

[Dj-Hammer]

I was a little bit disappointed about the coverage of BE-98. At 4 meters away, on another room without door yet ( under construction) my Wi-Fi 2.4ghz Gas sensor show me: weak signal....

[Dutch-Wildfire]

I was a little bit disappointed about the coverage of BE-98. At 4 meters away, on another room without door yet ( under construction) my Wi-Fi 2.4ghz Gas sensor show me: weak signal....

That´s more likely an issue with the wifi receiver in your gas sensor than an issue with the GT-BE98. I too have this router and at about six meters with a door I have an excellent 2.4ghz signal. Even 6ghz is still quite decent at this distance with a door.

I my work as a telecom support engineer (for consumers and small businesses) I have noticed that wifi receivers in (often smaller) smart appliances often are not the best.

[joinedgitdotcom]

I was a little bit disappointed about the coverage of BE-98. At 4 meters away, on another room without door yet ( under construction) my Wi-Fi 2.4ghz Gas sensor show me: weak signal....

what Dutch-Wildfire said i am like 10 meters from my router with a brick wall and 2 doors in between and still 300Mbps downstream and 140Mbps upstream on triple band

[gnuton]

@MattJKilo the router is not bricked. just reset it to factory because you have something messed up in the initial scripts.
Worst case recovery using TFTP or the recovery tool.

[joinedgitdotcom]

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: June 11, 2025 Release: 3006.102.4_1-gnuton1

• ADEED: Support for GT-BE98

This discussion was created from the release 3006.102.4_1-gnuton1.

sorry to keep poking you @gnuton but i was wondering when this firmware is going from beta into release

[gnuton]

can you please elaborate more?

[joinedgitdotcom]

when i click "download latest firmware" it is not there

but i just seen i need to hit releases on the top of that page sorry

[gnuton]

You are right. the link as been removed. the firmware has to be downloaded from the links below

[joinedgitdotcom]

you can beter put this Latest firmware
so users get a list they just need to know the version they need for there router (i know mine starts with 3.0.0.6)

[gnuton]

This link is alreay in the page. "Releases" do you feel like getting yet another link helping?
latest was good when I had only one release. I feel like I should move 3006 to another project.

[Icesnap]

This link is alreay in the page. "Releases" do you feel like getting yet another link helping? latest was good when I had only one release. I feel like I should move 3006 to another project. (If so I can add this)

Sorry for asking an unrelated question, i remember a couple of months ago you said there was an upcoming alpha firmware for the GT-BE98, is there an ETA when it is going to be released ?

[Arabvpsnet]

I am waiting too for new releases Thanks all Den 22. okt. 2025 kl. 16.16 skrev Icesnap ***@***.***>: This link is alreay in the page. "Releases" do you feel like getting yet another link helping? latest was good when I had only one release. I feel like I should move 3006 to another project. (If so I can add this) Sorry for asking an unrelated question, i remember a couple of months ago you said there was an upcoming alpha firmware for the GT-BE98, is there an ETA when it is going to be released ? —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[gnuton]

@Arabvpsnet I have pre-alpha images available if you like

[Zorivax]

Hello @gnuton, I would also like to try the "pre-alpha" for the GT-BE98.

Thank you :)

[Arabvpsnet]

Yes brother I want Has it been integrated with the latest update from asus firmware ? Den 23. okt. 2025 kl. 13.49 skrev Antonio Aloisio ***@***.***>: @Arabvpsnet I have pre-alpha images available if you like —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Icesnap]

@gnuton

Almost four hours with the new 3006.102.6_alpha2, so far zero issues 👍

[Zorivax]

Have it been posted somewhere? I would like to test it out too :)

[Icesnap]

Have it been posted somewhere? I would like to test it out too :)

https://github.com/gnuton/asuswrt-merlin.ng/actions/runs/18744065373

[Zorivax]

Thank you!

*Seems to be working just fine, no problems here! :)

[Sundraw01]

@gnuton I updated directly from the previous GT-BE98_3006_102.4_1-gnuton1 and the router loses connection. Even if I do a hard reset and import the configuration. The problem only occurs when I have DNS Director active; I can't browse.

[SeeonX]

Howdy hey!

A friend recommended I try this firmware for my new ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro but I wanted to make sure my device is supported. Does this support my router? Link to Manufacturer's site: https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-rapture-gt-be98-pro/
I know there is a non-pro version which is why I'm asking just to be super safe.

Thank you so much for your time and effort.

[Dutch-Wildfire]

No, for the GT-BE98 Pro you need the ASUS-Merlin firmware, not Gnuton's. They're not compatible.

[SeeonX]

No, for the GT-BE98 Pro you need the ASUS-Merlin firmware, not Gnuton's. They're not compatible.

Thanks for your quick reply, Dutch! I'll check out ASUS-Merlin firmware. Still a bit new to this!

[joinedgitdotcom]

not sure if i need to post this in bugs or if the usb smb server has been disabled on this firmware

to start off i was on asus firmware and installed this one last week bcause i also wanted to use fetures like amtm and entware add-on's
i have a 4TB USB disk connected to my router for network storage and backups
before on the asus firmware i had no problem using the network storage
now that i have switched i get a error on my phone and on windows that it cannot reach the location
but i also cannot reconnect to it and windows does not give me a login screen like it did before.
i only get the error code seen below

any help in regards of this problem would be much apriciated!

[codyrocco]

It's probably about SMBv1. If you don't have some really old systems in your network, Windows XP, Vista, etc - don't use SMBv1 or v1+v2. Also, for some older multimedia players, like Oppo UDP203, SMBv1 implementation from integrated Samba server isn't compatible (I personally spent many days testing various settings, but not to avail). If you take the amtm/entware way, use Samba from there.
Anyway, how about the transfer speed you obtain? Mine is about 50MB/s... I think is very little.

[joinedgitdotcom]

thanks so much! i was not aware they also had samba, i will look into this

[joinedgitdotcom]

The samba from entware did the trick I copied the settings from the router smb and did not have to configure even 1 setting And I think the smb protocol might be the bottleneck on the speed (not sure but it also uses a lot of cpu power) but for my backup in the background this is sufficient

[codyrocco]

These settings are a bit different between versions, but as you said, could be enough.
You could pay attention a bit to SMBv3 options (below are mine), although will not have any effect over performance on this router

##Enable SMB v1
client min protocol = NT1
server min protocol = NT1
ntlm auth = ntlmv1-permitted

#Enable SMB3 multichannel
server multi channel support=yes
aio read size=0
aio write size=0

#Set speed on 10gbe interface
interfaces = 192.168.x.x ;speed=10000000000