Here is some information from XVortex (from another forum), which might be useful for you. Since Asus differs a bit from EA6900, you might need to add the following variables to nvram:
The first variable is particularly important, since it affects functionality of one of the USB ports. The other variables are needed because Asus has extra buttons and light diodes, which EA6900 does not.
Yep WL0 works perfect now, and thx for the hint. I'll try this finetuning.
Beside everything is working well now, I've another issue.
I'm currently unable to flash an alternative dd-wrt version. It feels like usual... Select binary, start upgrade, router tells me it's working well, rebooting and vola... Same firmware as before is booting up.
So I'm currently stuck on Kongs 24200M firmware.
Before I go further into that issue, my first thought was... Have I use the Asus binaries from now on?
By the way, I modified the cfe with my mac-addresses. It seems no difference. Without patching the cfe, dd-wrt lists and uses my own hw-mac-addresses as well correctly. I checked them before and afterwards.
Maybe patching is neseccary when I use the Asus cfe miniweb which comes up while booting. I did't try that emergency web-interface for now, but maybe patching the cfe is important for that.
Then update the cfe using those instructions "http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/CFE_backup".
First backup you cfe, then you can restore with the new one. But the restoring instructions are not 100% correct at the wiki.
e.g. "mtd unlock cfe" is not working, you have do modify that command using the correct bootloader "partition" same as the backup procedure... You will figure it out...
Be aware that this procedure could brick your router, and fixing an possible issue is not that simple.
Thank you very much for your instruction , but can you be a bit more detail? I am not sure about the bootloader "partition" that you mentioned.
Anyways, I think I may flash the Asus's cfe instead, so it would be really great, if you can give a step by step instruction on how to update the cfe for this router.
Other owner of this router may want to follow your instruction to update to a new cfe, because the factory cfe is really stuck.
Then update the cfe using those instructions "http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/CFE_backup".
First backup you cfe, then you can restore with the new one. But the restoring instructions are not 100% correct at the wiki.
e.g. "mtd unlock cfe" is not working, you have do modify that command using the correct bootloader "partition" same as the backup procedure... You will figure it out...
Be aware that this procedure could brick your router, and fixing an possible issue is not that simple.
Thank you very much for your instruction , but can you be a bit more detail? I am not sure about the bootloader "partition" that you mentioned.
Anyways, I think I may flash the Asus's cfe instead, so it would be really great, if you can give a step by step instruction on how to update the cfe for this router.
Other owner of this router may want to follow your instruction to update to a new cfe, because the factory cfe is really stuck.
Dear all,
TAKE CARE !!! I was flashing some versions and never were flashed correctly. Then I was trying to flash original firms and result was 2 nice bricks.
I'm with the mobile phone, but look at my latest post to see behaviour.
I hope this helps and regards. _________________ 7 x Broadcom BCM5300 chip rev 1 - Asus RT-AC66U ----> v3.0-r31899 giga (04/24/17)
1 x Marvel Armada 385 - LinkSys WRT1900ACS ---------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x Marvel Armada 370/XP - LinkSys WRT1900AC -------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x QCA IPQ806X - Linksys EA8500 -------------------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x Broadcom BCM4709 - Asus RT-AC3200 --------------> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) - Asus RT-AC68U ----> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) - Linksys EA6900 ---> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARM Cortex-A9 Processor - Net Gear R7000 -------> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
5 x Broadcom BCM4716 chip rev 1 - Linksys E4200 ----> v24-sp2 (06/07/14) kingkong
1 x Broadcom BCM5300 chip rev 1 - Asus RT-AC66U ----> v24-sp2 (04/01/13) giga
Then update the cfe using those instructions "http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/CFE_backup".
First backup you cfe, then you can restore with the new one. But the restoring instructions are not 100% correct at the wiki.
e.g. "mtd unlock cfe" is not working, you have do modify that command using the correct bootloader "partition" same as the backup procedure... You will figure it out...
Be aware that this procedure could brick your router, and fixing an possible issue is not that simple.
Thank you very much for your instruction , but can you be a bit more detail? I am not sure about the bootloader "partition" that you mentioned.
Anyways, I think I may flash the Asus's cfe instead, so it would be really great, if you can give a step by step instruction on how to update the cfe for this router.
Other owner of this router may want to follow your instruction to update to a new cfe, because the factory cfe is really stuck.
I'm not sure how detailed I should describe the procedure.
Are you able to backup your cfe already?
So... Are you familiar with ftp, ssh/telnet and those things?
The wiki backup-procedure is correct, so did you go so far?
TAKE CARE !!! I was flashing some versions and never were flashed correctly. Then I was trying to flash original firms and result was 2 nice bricks.
I'm with the mobile phone, but look at my latest post to see behaviour.
I hope this helps and regards.
Absolutly agree. In worst case, you can brick your router playing around with the bootloader. It's a serious thing!!
Thanks for the support mate and sorry for the panic post, but I think my experience needs to be a kind of a learning sesion to everybody...
I'm still waiting for the 1st unit bricked and the second fortunately they were giving me back the money as the router was bricked at same delivery day.
Many thanks and I'm really anxious to receive the unit again and test to bring as I did in the past some info.
Kindest regards. _________________ 7 x Broadcom BCM5300 chip rev 1 - Asus RT-AC66U ----> v3.0-r31899 giga (04/24/17)
1 x Marvel Armada 385 - LinkSys WRT1900ACS ---------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x Marvel Armada 370/XP - LinkSys WRT1900AC -------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x QCA IPQ806X - Linksys EA8500 -------------------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x Broadcom BCM4709 - Asus RT-AC3200 --------------> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) - Asus RT-AC68U ----> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) - Linksys EA6900 ---> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARM Cortex-A9 Processor - Net Gear R7000 -------> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
5 x Broadcom BCM4716 chip rev 1 - Linksys E4200 ----> v24-sp2 (06/07/14) kingkong
1 x Broadcom BCM5300 chip rev 1 - Asus RT-AC66U ----> v24-sp2 (04/01/13) giga
Then update the cfe using those instructions "http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/CFE_backup".
First backup you cfe, then you can restore with the new one. But the restoring instructions are not 100% correct at the wiki.
e.g. "mtd unlock cfe" is not working, you have do modify that command using the correct bootloader "partition" same as the backup procedure... You will figure it out...
Be aware that this procedure could brick your router, and fixing an possible issue is not that simple.
Thank you very much for your instruction , but can you be a bit more detail? I am not sure about the bootloader "partition" that you mentioned.
Anyways, I think I may flash the Asus's cfe instead, so it would be really great, if you can give a step by step instruction on how to update the cfe for this router.
Other owner of this router may want to follow your instruction to update to a new cfe, because the factory cfe is really stuck.
I'm not sure how detailed I should describe the procedure.
Are you able to backup your cfe already?
So... Are you familiar with ftp, ssh/telnet and those things?
The wiki backup-procedure is correct, so did you go so far?
My way was going from my cfe 1.0 (3.1.12) to cfe 1.1 (3.1.13) to asus cfe.
So next step would be...
Enable FTP by dd-wrt webinterface at the "services" - "nas" and add a user e.g. "root"
The following path .."/tmp/proftpd/users/root/" I use, is the ftp-folder of the user "root".
Connect by telnet or ssh to the router
Make a backup of the nvram variables, maybe you would need that in future.
nvram show > /tmp/proftpd/users/root/nvram.txt
Copy the generated /tmp/proftpd/users/root/nvram.txt on your PC by FTP.
Copy the new cfe 1.1 from page 17 to the router by FTP.
The cfe should be somewhere here... /tmp/proftpd/users/root/cfe_new.bin so we need the following command to write it...
mtd unlock /dev/mtd/0
mtd write -f /tmp/proftpd/users/root/cfe_new.bin /dev/mtd/0
That's it.
Now reboot the router
Same procedure if you want to flash the Asus cfe. No modifications are neccessary for a first testrun.
Afterwards I did a 30/30/30.
If you want, you can modify the mac-addresses as described on page 16 from XVortex.
And before you go to the Asus cfe, install an Image you wanna use. As I told, I'm currently stuck on that I installed.
Status update of my situation,
I had two random reboots of my router in the last 24h. One time totally unmotivated, the second one when I played around with the settings.
Honestly I was having the same and I wasn't able to flash any other version, so I did the tftp2 with the original firmware and this is when I had the brick 2 times...
Taking advantage of the post, I wasn't aware that I can take the NVRAM variables in a text file, thanks for this hint, but: Do we have any method to past all this information in a router with an script ?
Many thanks and best regards. _________________ 7 x Broadcom BCM5300 chip rev 1 - Asus RT-AC66U ----> v3.0-r31899 giga (04/24/17)
1 x Marvel Armada 385 - LinkSys WRT1900ACS ---------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x Marvel Armada 370/XP - LinkSys WRT1900AC -------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x QCA IPQ806X - Linksys EA8500 -------------------> v3.0-r31899 std (04/24/17)
1 x Broadcom BCM4709 - Asus RT-AC3200 --------------> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) - Asus RT-AC68U ----> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) - Linksys EA6900 ---> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
1 x ARM Cortex-A9 Processor - Net Gear R7000 -------> v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)
5 x Broadcom BCM4716 chip rev 1 - Linksys E4200 ----> v24-sp2 (06/07/14) kingkong
1 x Broadcom BCM5300 chip rev 1 - Asus RT-AC66U ----> v24-sp2 (04/01/13) giga
Thx for the hint. I will be supercareful changeing the firmware. Maybe I try to go back to cfe 1.1 and check if flashing is possible with the original bootloader. Then I'm a step further.
My way was going from my cfe 1.0 (3.1.12) to cfe 1.1 (3.1.13) to asus cfe.
So next step would be...
Enable FTP by dd-wrt webinterface at the "services" - "nas" and add a user e.g. "root"
The following path .."/tmp/proftpd/users/root/" I use, is the ftp-folder of the user "root".
Connect by telnet or ssh to the router
Make a backup of the nvram variables, maybe you would need that in future.
nvram show > /tmp/proftpd/users/root/nvram.txt
Copy the generated /tmp/proftpd/users/root/nvram.txt on your PC by FTP.
Copy the new cfe 1.1 from page 17 to the router by FTP.
The cfe should be somewhere here... /tmp/proftpd/users/root/cfe_new.bin so we need the following command to write it...
mtd unlock /dev/mtd/0
mtd write -f /tmp/proftpd/users/root/cfe_new.bin /dev/mtd/0
That's it.
Now reboot the router
Same procedure if you want to flash the Asus cfe. No modifications are neccessary for a first testrun.
Afterwards I did a 30/30/30.
If you want, you can modify the mac-addresses as described on page 16 from XVortex.
And before you go to the Asus cfe, install an Image you wanna use. As I told, I'm currently stuck on that I installed.
Status update of my situation,
I had two random reboots of my router in the last 24h. One time totally unmotivated, the second one when I played around with the settings.
Many thanks quickmic, I did it, and it said cfe has been written successfully to 1.1. But are there any way or command to check the cfe version that I currently has?
Yep, backup again your cfe.
Then open this file with an editor. Somewhere at the top is the version listed. 1.1 has "3.1.13".
If you compare it to your original one 1.0 it says "3.1.12".
(Maybe) another way would be making a bytewise file comparsion, but I only know out of my mind a Windows tool (Ultra edit) which can do that.
By Linux I'm using ghex, but I don't know if this tool can compare two files.
Yep, backup again your cfe.
Then open this file with an editor. Somewhere at the top is the version listed. 1.1 has "3.1.13".
If you compare it to your original one 1.0 it says "3.1.12".
(Maybe) another way would be making a bytewise file comparsion, but I only know out of my mind a Windows tool (Ultra edit) which can do that.
By Linux I'm using ghex, but I don't know if this tool can compare two files.
I have found a better solution by using this command: nvram show
Then look for sw_version (in my case is 1.1 which is: 3.1.13)
, but can you be a bit more detail? I am not sure about the bootloader "partition" that you mentioned.
