[jbilly93]

Hey everyone;

Not sure if this is the right thread, but I did notice talk about the ASUS RT-N66U. I just finished up the DD-WRT process on this device using Merlins firmware first, and then followed the process from there.

I'm now in DDWRT and everything appears stable. A few questions/concerns. 1.) How do I enable SSH? The radio button is currently set to "Disable" and its greyed out, so you can't even change it.

2.) I enabled telnet. However whenever I telnet into 192.168.1.1, it asks for username/password. I put in my router admin credentials and it doesnt take it? Is there somewhere else in the GUI that I have to specify credentials? Thanks in advance!

[RMerlin]

[RyDogg1]

Hey guys, been running Fractal build 20364 mega for a while now, no problems to report.

Was curious about the new builds here:

ftp://ftp.basmaf.com/Fractal_Builds/20801/

Any release notes floating around somewhere?

[Ozpa]

Hey guys! Just got my router 3 hours ago! I must say Asus is really fancy with their packaging I love it (same as video cards). Everything looks so sleek.

Here's what 270.26b Merlin reports about my router in Tools.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/641/captureqdq.jpg

I'm not blind I can see 1.0.1.3 and 65,536 at the bottom where is says NVRAM usage, but I guess I'm good to go to installing anything I wish then?

I'll set-up this Merlin fw and will use it for a few weeks to see how it goes. I have loads of questions but I'll ask on smallnetbuilder instead since this is a DD-WRT forum.

Much appreciated for all your help and I'll keep checking on the discussion in this thread periodically.

[RMerlin]

[katinatez]

[Ozpa]

Thanks guys, I'll settle on using Merlin fw for a while. I was really disappointed to find out that QoS doesn't really work for me like I need it to, I imagined it was different. Oh well no biggie.

[mikefl]

I was using one of the latest Merlin 64K builds and simply updated the CFE to 1.0.1.3 which went well. Then I rebooted the router, router still working ok. Installed dd-wrt.v24-20979_NEWD_2_K2.6_mini-RT-N66.trx and it appear to install ok. I could not access the router afterwards and did not see the wireless broadcasting. Tried to reset it (even using the 30/30/30 method) but still no good. Power LED is solid, 2 switch LED's blink, Internet LED blinks and two wireless LEDS (2.4/5GHZ) are on solid (never blink). Help!

Thanks in advance.

-Mike

[katinatez]

[mikefl]

Well I followed the instructions on this page:

http://charleswilkinson.co.uk/2012/12/22/dd-wrt-on-the-asus-rt-n66u-with-64k-cfe/

I guess maybe my mistake was downloading the latest dd-wrt version. Anyway I did find a post further down on the above page and at least now I am able to access the router in recovery mode i'm assuming, when I access the page it says "Asustek CFE miniWeb Server" and I have the option to upload firmware, reboot or restore NVRAM values. I have tried all options but no luck. I can still access the recovery mode. What should I do next? I thought I saved the CFE but I can't find it so I don't think I have the backup. I used the following command:

scp root@192.168.0.1:/tmp/home/root/cfe.old .

-Mike

[katinatez]

[mikefl]

I did run the scp command but maybe it takes a long time to copy and I didn't give it enough time, that is the only thing I can think of.

I believe I installed 20979 which I thought was the latest. Maybe my issue was that I didn't give the router enough time as it's pretty difficult to tell when the process is really complete and you can reboot the router. Anyway I was able to flash back the latest firmware from Merlin and that is working fine. I would possibly like to try this again if someone can indicate the correct latest firmware available that I should use. Luckily I didn't brick the router.

My main reason for flashing dd-wrt is certain benefits, I don't really need allot of the advanced features. Basically I been experiencing issues with the 5GHZ band on my MacBook Pro Retina 2013 and was wondering if it would work better with dd-wrt vs. Merlin firmware. Not a range issue , basically I'm experiencing very slow or unreliable connections when using the 5GHZ band, works fine using the 2.4GHZ band. I am right next to the router (like 5 inches) so not a range issue, etc.

By the way the 30/30/30 reset instructions on the WIKI for this router don't appear to be accurate. I found the following to work and allow me to enter recovery mode, no other instructions worked (I thought my router was bricked):

1) Unplug power cable of the routeur
2) Turn it on to leave all excess of power…
3) Press the WPS button
4) Put the powercord back on and then, after 1 or 2 seconds, press the reset button without releasing the WPS.
5) Wait a bit and only now release the WPS button while keeping the Reset button on.
6) Wait a bit more and release.
7) Wait and try to ping your routeur on 192.168.1.1 (you have fixed IP obvisouly)

The above was posted on:

http://charleswilkinson.co.uk/2012/12/22/dd-wrt-on-the-asus-rt-n66u-with-64k-cfe/

Thanks.


-Mike

[katinatez]

If you have 1.0.1.3 cfe then you could flash Fractuals build that state 64kb in the .trx file.Right thru web gui.

Here is an

example dd-wrt.v24-20801_NEWD_2_K2.6_mega-RT-N66_64K

Link is here ftp://ftp.basmaf.com/Fractal_Builds/20801/

[mikefl]

I was able to flash successfully version 20979 64k. The flashing process was very quickly from Merlin. I just did a "mtd erase nvram" then "reboot" via telnet after the flashing. Everything is working well. I would just like to know what tweaks people have done as far as the wireless radio settings go. I have the RTN-66U H/W Version B1. Right now the only issue of concern is that both radios (2.4GHZ/5GHZ) are showing TX errors under dd-wrt. The number is low on both so far. I have seen this issue in the past with Buffalo routers but recent dd-wrt versions appear to address that.


-Mike

[worch]

I recently purchased an RT-AC66U and installed Merlin's build, RT-AC66U_3.0.0.4_270.26b. The system info page reports the bootloader CFE is version 1.0.1.4.

I found no mentioned of this newer version in this thread. Are there any changes with this CFE version that I should be aware of before flashing the 64k build previously mentioned to work with 1.0.1.3? Has anyone tested this CFE version yet?


System Info page:
Router
Model RT-AC66U
Firmware Build Sun Mar 17 20:49:36 UTC 2013 root@6078913
Bootloader (CFE) 1.0.1.4
Driver version wl0: Aug 29 2012 12:34:30 version 6.30.39.31 (r341183)
Features mssid 2.4G 5G update usbX2 switchctrl manual_stb pwrctrl ipv6 PARENTAL2 pptpd printer modem wimax openvpnd HTTPS webdav cloudsync appbase media diskutility psta wl6 nfsd
Uptime 0 days 0 hours 13 minutes 43 seconds
Radios temperature 2.4 GHz: 54°C - 5 GHz: 62°C

CPU
CPU Model Broadcom BCM5300 chip rev 1
CPU Frequency 600 MHz
CPU Load 0.06, 0.04, 0.01

Memory
Total 234.14 MB
Free 190.27 MB
Buffers 5.80 MB
Swap usage 0.00 / 0.00 MB

Internal Storage
NVRAM usage 34765 / 65536 bytes
JFFS Unmounted


Thanks!