Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 18:48 Post subject: Warning - kong firmware fried my wan port on two new r7000s
One router fried one month in and had to return, its replacement one week in, wan port simply doesnt work, no light no internet, modem direct connect works fine, wan port wont light up, new cable didnt work, pretty sure kong firmware is overloading the wan port or something and frying the circuitry. Model is stock isp router, 0 chance of it causing any of this and never had this problem before i moved to kong + r7000. This is kong latest firmware for r7000 dd-wrt.v24-K3_AC_ARM_STD.bin 2018 version.
If that was the case you wouldn't be the ONLY one. I know one way you can fry a WAN/LAN port Static-Electricity. I been running KONG/DDWRT firmware for years. Counting a total of 6 family and my R7000s using KONG firmware with no dead ports. _________________ Home Network on Telus 1Gb PureFibre - 10GbE Copper Backbone
2x R7800 - Gateway & WiFi & 3xWireGuard - DDWRT r53562 Std k4.9
Off Site 1
R7000 - Gateway & WiFi & WireGuard - DDWRT r54517 Std
E3000 - Station Bridge - DDWRT r49626 Mega K4.4
Off Site 2
R7000 - Gateway & WiFi - DDWRT r54517 Std
E2000 - Wired ISP IPTV PVR Blocker - DDWRT r35531
I've probably flashed kong's firmware on hundreds of units, if you count r7000, r6300v2, r6400, rt-ac68 etc _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
Most probably it's your internet modem killing your router... I had plenty of routers killed because of stupid dsl/cable providers not grounding their network properly and frying everything in the neighborhood during storms, thank god I've moved to fiber...
According to my stats there are ~35000 installations on the R7000. You are the first one saying that it broke the wan port:-)
More likely is, that you disabled it, which can be done by pressing the rest button at the wrong time when booting.
Or it is still active, but some other issue, like incompatible modem. A simple tcpdump will tell if there are any packages going in and out the wan port, or if it is deactivated etc.
The wan led has nothing to do with the physical state of the port, just connect the wan port to a regular pc and check if the led on the network port of your pc lights up. _________________ KONG PB's: http://www.desipro.de/ddwrt/
KONG Info: http://tips.desipro.de/
You guys are all wrong. Kong firmware overloaded my WAN port, too. It was so bad that the whole router exploded and killed my family + me
That is awesome. Can I install Kong's firmware in my car's computer? I want the ability make other drivers run off the road and to make red lights stay green just for me
Joined: 02 Aug 2017 Posts: 153 Location: Central Michigan
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 20:17 Post subject:
I have two routers that both have Kong builds on them with no issues whats up with that ??? _________________ ISP: Charter
Modem: Netgear CM600
Router:(2) Asus RT-AC86U Merlin 384.5
Router: LinksysWRT3200Acm{RIP}
Router: Linksys EA8500 kongat r35030m (Vpn)
Router: Netgear X4S kongat r35965M
Vpn: IpVanish
Unbrick your 3200acm with usb to ttl cable: https://tinyurl.com/y9azvrkg
This topic should be deleted.
It is beyond the pale.
Post when you have something more useful to contribute. _________________ Router currently owned:
Netgear R7800 - Router
Netgear R7000 - AP mode