A new stable release is out, version 21.02.2. Could you please update your repository?
Done. Let me know if anything breaks after updating.
Thank you for your time and effort in compiling a new version. No noticeable changes, everything works fine.
great work!! have been waiting on openwrt for some time now.
was thinking to switch over during this weekend., and was expecting the support be available in the main branch... but..
any recommendations, think this is the last updated branch for building arinc9/openwrt/tree/asus_rt-ac88u last comment is packages-nvram-add-NVRAM-quirks-for-bcm53xx-target and this is the last release openwrt-21.02.2-bcm53xx-generic-asus_rt-ac88u-squashfs, correct?
by the way Izmir is a great place!!
There's one last patch to be applied. After that, official builds are going to be produced for this device. I'm going to create a page for it on OpenWrt wiki in the meantime.
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openwrt/patch/20220331063506.16085-1-arinc.unal@arinc9.com/
Agreed! It's the only reason I bear to still live in Turkey. I'll buy you a beer if you ever get to visit around.
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@arinc9, if I want to build from official OpenWrt master source, which commits from your repository should I cherry pick?
Also, since master has already moved to Kernel 5.15, will your changes to support RC-AC88U work with new kernel?
And big thanks for all your work on adding support to this router! 
The last two commits on the asus_rt-ac88u branch.
Yes, my patches on upstream have already been backported to 5.15 on the official OpenWrt master branch.
Cheers buddy!
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This device is finally supported on snapshot! Official builds are now available to download on the device page or the firmware selector.
This device will be supported on 22.03 too. Next rc release should have a build for the device.
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Finally official support, handsome!
Do you think this firmware will work on the ASUS RT-AC3100? My understanding is they are the same router except the AC3100 only has 5 ethernet ports.
RT-AC3100, RT-AC88U and RT-AC88R models are the same product with slight differences. AFAIK, RT-AC3100 doesn't include the realtek switch and has a few cosmetic differences. GPIO structure for LEDs, buttons and USB power might be different too.
I'm not sure whether the image would work. If you have an RT-AC3100, let me know. I can write the devicetree for it.
I just tried it. It flashes and reboots, but never boots. I can ping it, but can not access it via http. I have a RT-AC3100, what do you need from me to write the devicetree? Thanks.
Alright, let's make a speedrun of new device support. First of all, snapshot doesn't include luci so try SSH instead. If that doesn't work too, I'll send you a test image.
My bad, I should have tried ssh. This is my first time using openwrt and assumed luci was installed. I am able to ssh and I was able to install luci. I normally use VyOS, but am sick of running it as a VM. It looks like I can start playing around with it now. I will let you know if I find anything strange. Thanks for you help.
Make sure the buttons, LEDs and USB work as intended. It will still need its own devicetree for proper support.
22.03.0-rc4 stable release is up for RT-AC88U. Download link is on the device page. Stable releases include LuCI by default.
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Unfortunately I shelved my RT-AC88U. 5Ghz radio is definetilvey dead (most probably a harware issue since it does not work with sotck firmware as well).
does it support both radios?
It does yes
This is awesome news. I will give the rc version a try when I am home next week.