Third party firmware for Asus routers

Networking & Firewalls
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Background:
Just got an Asus RT-AX86U Pro. Using as Access Point only (behind pfSense).
Happy with speed and coverage. No problems connecting to standard 2.4 and 5GHz.

Set up “Guest” network using “Guest Network Pro”. Tried several different devices. Several different attempts to configure. Failed to connect.
Apparently there is a known issue with Guest Network.

Asus however, seems clueless. VERY disappointing.

Question:
Can anybody recommend third party firmware for Asus RT-AX86U Pro ?
I have seen a couple of choices but not sure about how good they are.

Thanks in advance
Sterling

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I haven’t tried it but there is this project floating around for asus.

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Thank you @xMAXIMUSx . That was where I was heading.
I don’t think firmware is my total solution to Guest network, but part of it.
I think I need to let pfSense Handles all routing, DHCP, VLANs, and firewall rules.

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I totally agree with you. If your asus has an AP mode or bridge mode. Then you should create a Guest VLAN on pfsense and then connect your AP to pfsense on that VLAN.

Same method as setting up a UniFi AP with pfsense.

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if this is based on OpenWRT than you totally CAN do VLANs, DHCP and firewalling on the Asus device. However, I wouldn’t recommend doing this. I have been running OpenWRT for more than 10y and maintaining the firewall rules was a nightmare.