Merge pull request #486 from ExtremeFiretop/Improved-AiMesh-Detection

Suggestion 3: Improved AiMesh Detection

Author: Martinski4GitHub

MerlinAU.sh

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 #
 # Original Creation Date: 2023-Oct-01 by @ExtremeFiretop.
 # Official Co-Author: @Martinski W. - Date: 2023-Nov-01
-# Last Modified: 2025-Jun-02
+# Last Modified: 2025-Jun-06
 ###################################################################
 set -u
 
 ## Set version for each Production Release ##
-readonly SCRIPT_VERSION=1.4.7
+readonly SCRIPT_VERSION=1.4.8
 readonly SCRIPT_NAME="MerlinAU"
 ## Set to "master" for Production Releases ##
 SCRIPT_BRANCH="master"
@@ -4638,33 +4638,38 @@ _GetLoginCredentials_()
     return 0
 }
 
-##----------------------------------------##
-## Modified by Martinski W. [2024-Apr-06] ##
-##----------------------------------------##
+##-------------------------------------------##
+## Modified by ExtremeFiretop [2025-June-06] ##
+##-------------------------------------------##
 _GetNodeIPv4List_()
 {
-    # Get the value of asus_device_list #
-    local ip_addresses
-    local device_list="$(nvram get asus_device_list)"
+    local NODE_ROLE="2"                   # keep only nodes whose last field == 2
+    local device_list ip_addresses
 
-    # Check if asus_device_list is not empty #
-    if [ -n "$device_list" ]
-    then
-        # Split the device list into records and extract the IP addresses, excluding Main Router LAN IP address #
-        ip_addresses="$(echo "$device_list" | tr '<' '\n' | awk -v exclude="$mainLAN_IPaddr" -F'>' '{if (NF>=4 && $3 != exclude) print $3}')"
+    device_list="$(nvram get asus_device_list)"
 
-        # Check if IP addresses are not empty #
-        if [ -n "$ip_addresses" ]; then
-            # Print each IP address on a separate line
-            printf "%s\n" "$ip_addresses"
-        else
-            return 1
-        fi
-    else
+    if [ -z "$device_list" ]; then
         Say "NVRAM asus_device_list is NOT populated. No Mesh Nodes were found."
         return 1
     fi
-    return 0
+
+    ip_addresses="$(
+        printf '%s\n' "$device_list" |         
+        tr '<' '\n'            |               
+        awk -F'>' \
+            -v role="$NODE_ROLE" \
+            -v exclude="$mainLAN_IPaddr" '
+            NF >= 4 && $3 != exclude && $NF == role { print $3 }
+        '
+    )"
+
+    if [ -n "$ip_addresses" ]; then
+        printf '%s\n' "$ip_addresses"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # nothing matched
+    return 1
 }
 
 ##----------------------------------------##

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MerlinAU - AsusWRT-Merlin Firmware Auto Updater
-## v1.4.7
-## 2025-Jun-03
+## v1.4.8
+## 2025-Jun-06
 
 ## WebUI:
 ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9c1dff99-9c13-491b-a7fa-aff924d5f02e)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Use your preferred SSH client to connect to the router.
 *Manual Installation*
 1. To Download the script to your router, Copy and paste:
 ```bash
-curl --retry 3 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ExtremeFiretop/MerlinAutoUpdate-Router/master/MerlinAU.sh" -o "/jffs/scripts/MerlinAU.sh" && chmod +x "/jffs/scripts/MerlinAU.sh && sh /jffs/scripts/MerlinAU.sh install"
+curl --retry 3 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ExtremeFiretop/MerlinAutoUpdate-Router/master/MerlinAU.sh" -o "/jffs/scripts/MerlinAU.sh" && chmod +x "/jffs/scripts/MerlinAU.sh" && sh /jffs/scripts/MerlinAU.sh install
 ```
 - The script is now ready for use!
 

version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.7
+1.4.8