Start / search box
"Turn windows features on or off"
"Simple TCIP services (i.e. echo, daytime etc)
Click the Wifi icon in taskbar, click Properties on the Asus-Merlin network
Under "Network profile" set to "Private"
Start / search box
Search "Windows Defender Firewall"
Advanced Settings (left pane)
Inbound Rules (left pane)
Actions / New Rule (far right pane)
Port
TCP 13
Allow the Connection
Uncheck all except "Private"
name: Daytime
description: simple time service
Finish
from your Windows PC (use PuTTY)
"C:\Program Files\PuTTY\pscp" -scp windate admin@asus.router.com:/jffs/
from the Asus-Merlin router (putty/ssh)
cd /jffs
chmod +x windate
vi windate
change the first line to the hostname of your Windows PC running the daytime service (hostname from a cmd.exe prompt to get this)
WINPC=DESKTOP-XXXXXXXX
:wq
from the Asus-Merlin router (putty/ssh)
cd /jffs/scripts
vi services-start
change the line:
/jffs/xfinitywifi &
to:
/jffs/windate &
:wq