In reply to a post by Taras:

Regarding the IP address for my Asus Router: at one time the Asus Routers Home LAN Login IP was 192.168.1.1 but after a firmware upgrade, (a few years ago, that changed to 192.168.50.1 for my Asus RT-AX88U Pro Router.

192.168.50.1 is the default address for Asus routers

192.168.1.1 or with some its 192.168.50.1
https://www.asus.com/uk/support/faq/1011245/

In reply to a post by Taras:

are you on 0.6.x branch

No, its obviously the older chipset. Versions on here https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/

In reply to a post by Taras:

theses two links may help on vlan mapping

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/help-wanted-mappin...

jksmurf on that thread near the bottom shows the vlan page thats on the ax88u pro though.

mervlan may be the solution for any missing features that do exist on the higher end devices

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/mervlan-v0-52-91-s...

Thank you for these links; very helpful.

The standard Asus Firmware certainly does not manage the VLAN but there serms to be a lot more features in the Merlin VLAN Firmware so it is not surprising that so many use it.

I always worry about downloading third party firmware but I have read about development co-operation links between Asus and Merlin so perhaps I should just bite the bullet and give Merlin a try.

merlin is fine.

Its a shame that asus hasn't hired him and expand what they do.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by Taras:

are you on 0.6.x branch

No, its obviously the older chipset. Versions on here https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/

Ahh thats a shame, the x.6.x branch is quite nice

In reply to a post by Taras:

Ahh thats a shame, the x.6.x branch is quite nice

I'd upgrade/replace router if I could get a WiFi 7 that had 3 bands, or a 10GbE connection to my switch. Still hoping there may be an upgrade to the BE88U maybe a BE88U_Pro in the next year...