[slobodan]

[slidermike]

[camdbug]

Received a new RT-N66U yesterday, and spent several hours last night researching and reading the various relevant topics and faqs on here.

Btw; although there are a number of recommendations to *only use IE* for web-ui updates, I was running on a MacBook, so that was not an option. Used an up to date Chrome though and everything worked fine for me...

Ultimately switched it on for the first time this morning (at work), got into the Asus web console and noted down a few details (MAC, FW version, etc.).

Hard (30/30/30) reset with the WPA button.

Went into the firmware upgrade screen.

Used the dd-wrt.v24-21676_NEWD-2_K3.x_mega_RT-N66U.trx image for the first update.

At the end, the Asus page did not reboot automatically, so after about 10 minutes I did so manually. Didn't come back up (although all lights were fine). No web-ui and ping not responding, although I didn't have the ping running when it first came up so missed any possible bootloader pings.

Waited about 20 minutes to be safe.

Hard-30/30/30 reset again.

Came back up fine and dd web-ui was there!

Upgraded to the 25179 firmware (wanted a recent, non-experimental version in which the Heartbleed bug was fixed) via the web-ui. Again left about 15 minutes after it rebooted then did a hard reset again.

All looks great!

As I have not even plugged it into the modem yet, nor attached the wifi aerials, I don't know whether it is fully functional, but at least I know that it is running!

So; looks like the advice to carefully read everything and make sure you know what to do and to expect is good advice, and it worked for me.

Thanks everyone

[ToniCipriani]

Picked up one of these to replace my E2000 and the bloody awful stock modem router ISP sold me.

Got DD-WRT up and running on it, but I can't seem to get 40MHz working on the 5GHz radio. UI shows two channels, but when I scan it using InSSIDer it tells me it's on 20MHz.

Tried 25697 and 25628, didn't seem to make a difference. Anything I can try to get it working with 40MHz? It's not an interference issue as there are only two other 5GHz networks around.

EDIT: Got it working. Turns out I needed to set it to N-Only as per here.

[bobcat987]

I have used this router as my wireless access point for about a year with no issues. I got another one recently to replace my actual router. I've run into an odd issue I never had with my first unit; when I flashed dd-wrt (build 25697 mega) the 4 lan ports ended up on the wan vlan and the wan port does not appear to be recognized by the system at all (I plugged a laptop into the wan port and started up wireshark and saw no traffic from the router after several minutes). I flashed back to the asus firmware and all ports seemed to be properly assigned and working. I flashed the router to build 21676 big (the version running on my working access point) and observed similar port issues. Has anyone encountered this issue before or have any ideas? I've tried mucking with port/vlan assignments to no avail.

EDIT: Tried factory reset from command line ('erase nvram') and it worked. Resetting through the gui did not work for me for some reason.

[aichemist]

Anyone using openvpn client on the latest K3 builds. I can't seem to get the vpn client to work on the December 15 build.

Thanks.

[BasCom]

i have two clients, rt-n66u and wr842nd connected to ovh openvpn server based on debian 6

[EagleDelta1]

And it seems like the router never recovers. If I try to flash the Stock ASUS firmware, then the router just bootloops into recovery mode.

That and the Wiki page for the N66U is out of date, referencing firmwares from over a year ago.

[BasCom]

jeah of course, update all wiki entries with new firmwares. fact is: it is working with the firmware named in the wiki.

[unknwn.usr]

Hi guys

I've just updated my Asus N66U (stock firmware) to the latest DD-WRT firmware (dd-wrt.v24-25760_NEWD-2_K3.x_mega_RT-N66U.trx & dd-wrt.v24-25760_NEWD-2_K3.x_mega.bin). I have a 250mbit internet connection that was fully available with the stock firmware. Now after switching to dd-wrt it does only get me download speeds up to ~ 120mbit. Is this a known issue or is there some setting I could change that could possibly help? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[unknwn.usr]

Ok after a little more reading it looks like the problem is the missing hardware acceleration. Guess I'll have to go with the Merlin fw for now. Hopefully dd-wrt will get this feature soon.
Cheers

[slobodan]

[unknwn.usr]

Hi slobodan

Thank you very much. I will give this a try. Would be nice to use dd-wrt since it seems like a really nice piece of software.

Cheers

[Atais]

Hey.

I have configured build-in transmission but every time I reboot the router I can not access the WebGui. I need to disable it from Web Panel and enable.

Could I fix it somehow, with command or something?

[sfrooze]

For people who think the router is bricked.. (not accessible in webgui). The router is not brickable in webgui they can breathe easy.. this steps, that i took from another forum, works for me:

1. Set a static IP on your PC and verify you can reach the stock web interface.
2. Turn it off, hold the reset button and turn it on, when you see the power light slowly blinking let go of the button.
3. Open up the web interface of the CFE by going to the same IP you used for the stock interface.
4. There is an option to clear NVRAM, use it but don't reboot the router.
5. Now flash the tomato firmware through the CFE's web interface and let the router do it's work ( tomato-K26USB-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-117-AIO-64K.trx works for me)
6. Wait for at least 15 minutes 20 to be ensure, the router will reboot at least 2 times during this period.
7. You should now be able to reach tomato on 192.168.1.1, make sure the static IP of your PC is in that range.
8. If you can't reach it turn it off, hold the WPS button, turn it on and wait till the power light is flashing fast.
9. Now let go of the WPS button and restart the router again.
10. Give it around 5 minutes to completely boot up and then you can reach the tomato web interface.

There is no need for the Asus Restoration Tool with the web interface from the CFE.

Wifi light in router advertises your router back to life.

Cheers.