Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 17:07 Post subject: Requesting help to finally update from Kong on my Asus 68U
Asus AC68U/AC1900 (Tmobile) - Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r39960M kongac (06/08/19)
Is what I have currently. Been using kongs for who knows how long. However 2019 is too old to keep installed and need to finally update that. I know in my study here seems people switched to BS and some even dirty flashed without issues. So if anyone has some guidance to make this update smooth and stable.
I know I have quite a bit configured here and I don't want to lose my assigned ips and so but don't know if any tools have recently come out to have that for a cross upgrade.
Thanks in advance. _________________ ~Battlez-avec la Mystique?~
Asus AC68U/AC1900 (Tmobile) - Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r52369 std (04/20/23)
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 6407 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 18:24 Post subject:
hmm that build is too old and full of security issues..
we always advise, "the last build" 47528 currently...
your best bet is, create a save file from the old build, in case if you need to go back to it...
than, copy/paste all router details on .txt file or export pages via browser to pdf...update, reset and configure manually...
of course, you may do a dirty flash and if no issues just go on...just do not load old save file from a different builds... _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55179 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55303 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55363 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
In order to upgrade from such an old build you need to erase all settings to be on the safe side and reconfigure all your settings manually.
There is a way to avoid this by using easyddup, read up on it in the 'General' topic, but you need external storage in order to use it. If this doesn't appeal to you, make screen shots of all settings before erase & upgrade.
The latest build works well. _________________ Netgear R7000 on Build 55109
Asus AC-AC68U rev. C1 (AP) on Build 55109
Asus AC-68U rev. A1 on Build 54604
Asus AC-68U rev. A1 on Build 53339
Thanks for the update. Yea I currently have an external HD hooked up for samba and Nas. That tool able to work there or would I need a separate partition?
Also good to hear that the performance is up and yes.. I worry about the security issues too. Just too many out there lately and I wonder what was the worst of them on this build but lately been having more issues on the 2.4ghz band connections. So maybe I'll make this my weekend project and just do everything fresh. _________________ ~Battlez-avec la Mystique?~
Asus AC68U/AC1900 (Tmobile) - Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r52369 std (04/20/23)