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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 01/10/2026

They hand out CVE IDs like candies these days, regardless of the real merit of the "issue".

Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 23/09/2026

Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.9 is now available for supported models. This release migrates to OpenSSL 3.5, and implements a new hardware-accelerated AQM (BCM4912 and BCM4916 models only).

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 17/09/2026

Two years ago, I paid $270 CAD for this 64 GB memory kit. The same kit has now reached $1929 CAD. www.canadacomputers.com/en/desktop-m... We're so screwed.

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G.SKILL Flare X5 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000MHz CL30 UDIMM

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 15/09/2026

Depends on your connection. Cake is not compatible with hardware acceleration, so it will limit throughput to around 300 Mbps.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 15/09/2026

That router uses a different CPU and hardware accelerator (archer instead of runner), which lacks the hardware AQM.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 09/09/2026

Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.9 will include a new AQM implementation that works with hardware acceleration enabled. This uses Broadcom's Traffic Manager, which is available on models with a BCM4912 or BCM4916 CPU.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 08/09/2026

Stupidest 2FA ever: a banking mobile app sending an SMS validation code to that very same phone you are running it on. And the bank not supporting any other 2FA method.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 28/08/2026

uBlock Origin Lite fait parfaitement le travail. Tout ce bruit concernant la disparition du support pour Manifest V2 est exagérée par les médias.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 27/08/2026

After a few months using Firefox as my main browser, I think it's time to go back to Chrome. The issues are now out weighting the benefits: random 2-3 secs pause on "Transferring data from somesite dot com", gesture navigation addon quirkiness, annoying start page on mobile...

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 20/08/2026

Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.12_2 and 3006.102.8_4 are now available for all supported models.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 20/08/2026

Asus' build system is already a very complicated mess that I don't dare touching unless absolutely necessary. Adapting it for any kind of caching solution would be a nightmare and waste more time than I would ultimately be saving.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 20/08/2026

I used ccache back in my Android days. It's a great way to introduce hard-to-spot issues in your generated binaries. Makefile already deals with that on its own, so if it`s a test scenario where I don`t mind recompiling just portions, then I just do it directly - just a 3-4 mins rebuild.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 20/08/2026

Impossible. Les composants binaires pré-compilés d'un modèle ne fonctionnent qu'avec le code GPL de la même version. Tu peux pas les mélanger. Non, déjà trop de réseaux sociaux comme tel, j'utilise de moins en moins Bluesky et Mastodon car y'a pratiquement pas d'utilisateurs.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 20/08/2026

I seriously doubt that any piece of software could reduce a 57 minutes CPU workload to less than 10 minutes, unless you own a Delorian.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 20/08/2026

All done, it took 57 minutes to compile all 19 at once.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 20/08/2026

This is how you stress test a dev system: compiling 19 router firmwares in parallel :)

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 10/08/2026

Asuswrt requires Ubuntu <=20.04 to build (older BCM SDK are not compatible with 22.04). I'm going to build a new dev VM under Ubuntu 26.04, and rely on Docker instead for firmware compiling under the older environment. Asus provided me with their docker config, should be fine.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 10/08/2026

Experimental Asuswrt-Merlin builds that upgrade OpenSSL to version 3.5 through the use of a shim to interface with the prebuilt closed source portions that are linked against 1.1.1. www.snbforums.com/threads/open...

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Beta - OpenSSL 3.5 firmware test builds

Hi folks, Asuswrt-Merlin is currently on OpenSSL 1.1.1 (with the exception of the GT-BE19000AI, Asuswrt 6.0 being on 3.5). While so far it`s not an issue, as security fixes are being backported from...

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 02/08/2026

This is going to hurt once it blows up... isaiprofitable.com

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Is AI Profitable Yet?

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 02/08/2026

All well-documented in the Changelog.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 31/07/2026

Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.12 is now available for legacy devices. This release merges a new GPL, makes important changes too OpenVPN, fixes a number of issues, and merges component updates.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 28/07/2026

Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.8_2 is now available. This release is mainly to address the broken IPSEC server, along with a few other minor changes.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 24/07/2026

Je ne sais pas où il trouve l'espace pour stocker le OS + l'executable de pihole lui-même, qui a aussi besoin de RAM avant même d'avoir des blocklists de chargés en RAM. Mon container Pihole ici consomme 29 MB de RAM - et c'est en profitant du kernel qui provient de l'hôte Proxmox.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 23/07/2026

Ça dit absolument rien sur comment son Pi-Hole est connecté au réseau, ou comment le logiciel lui-même tourne si y'a pas de RAM. Je n'y crois pas.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 10/07/2026

Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.12 beta 1 is now available for legacy models. This release focusses on GPL merge, component updates and OpenVPN enhancements. www.snbforums.com/threads/asus...

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Checking your browser

Verifying your connection. This should only take a moment.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 08/07/2026

Le seul changement potential peut être du côté des Guest Networks. J'ai oublié les détails car ça date de trop longtemps, mais je pense que seuls certains guests sont migrés de 3004 à 3006. Si tu recrées avec le même SSID, même type de sécurité et la même clé, la reconnexion serait automatique.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 08/07/2026

Vu le jump majeur de versions, il y aura possiblement des ajustements à faire. Entre autre l'implantation d'OpenVPN a pas mal changé depuis l'époque.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 08/07/2026

Le problème était surtout sous 3004, le Guest Network 1 fonctionnait différemment des autres. Maintenant, chaque GN peut être configuré isolé/même sous-réseau à ta préférence.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 08/07/2026

Il y a certainement le volet sécurité. Le Wifi ne devrait pas vraiment être changé, donc je ne m'attendrais pas à un impact pour les périphériques IoT.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 06/07/2026

Can someone tell me why, by default, Realtek NICs on Windows will strip the VLAN tag, so if your LAN has IPv6 RA advertised on a separate VLAN, the Windows client end up with two IPv6 subnets, with the VLAN one not working? Sounds broken out-of-the-box to me.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 01/07/2026

Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.8 beta 3 is now available. The main change since beta 2 is related to IPv6.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 30/06/2026

If your Microsoft Outlook crashes whenever you open the contextual menu in a new email, update your version from 2605 to 2606. No idea why this started specifically this morning. MS screwed something up again most likely. So far only one customer complained. I expect more...

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 21/05/2026

There's no actual article, just a lot of people getting tired of AI overloading web servers, scraping your work for their personal use, and so on.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 21/05/2026

Out of the loop on what specifically?

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 21/05/2026

After a few URL switches, the dnsmasq author now decided to put a "roadblock" in front of the git repo specifically for AI scraper bots. The FOSS community is visibly getting tired of the abuse from these AI providers. I have Cloudflare rejecting AI scrapers as well now.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 14/05/2026

Dark mode is coming to the GT-BE19000AI dashboard.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 27/04/2026

Some bots are fishing for *very* old security issues on the fwupdate server... [27/Apr/2026:11:38:03 -0400] "GET /phpinfo.php3 HTTP/1.1" 404 196 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36"

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 23/04/2026

I don't know if @cPanel is to blame for last night's MySQL upgrade that broke my server, but considering how they keep increasing their pricing on a yearly basis, I chose to count them as responsible for this. Thankfully they already published an article on how to revert.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 12/04/2026

"You can't build bananas in the USA" remains the best answer ever to one of these clueless politicians.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 12/04/2026

And if the US truly end up banning most new devices next year, expect Wifi 8 adoption rate to be glacial in the US.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 12/04/2026

Technology won't stop advancing because the market adoption is lagging behind, and this is fine. Gives more time for a technology to mature before it becomes both affordable and reliable enough to be adopted by the masses. The number of regions still not opening the 6 GHz band is a hurdle.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 12/04/2026

While they talk about possibly launching a product late this year, I suspect Wifi 8 products won't be more mainstream until somewhere in the second half of 2027, with a focus on very high-end and very expensive models. Which means for most home users, it won't be relevant until 2028.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 12/04/2026

Asus webpage that lists the numerous technological improvements in Wifi 8. The list is longer than I expected - I wonder how many of these will actually be fully implement in most consumer products? www.asus.com/ca-en/conten...

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What is WiFi 8? Ultra-High Reliability | ASUS Canada

Next-gen standard for enhanced multi-AP/client environments. Learn how UHR and new features improve mission-critical apps and AI networking.

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Eric Sauvageau @asuswrt-merlin.net · 08/04/2026

tls-crypt-v2 support made easy - you can even generate the client keys (signed with the automatically-generated server key) from the webui.

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