Hello, just a lurker around here and finally registered to ask if anyone has seen a similar issue.
I've had an ASUS AC3100 sitting unused in the box for 2 years! Finally got around to getting this up and running on DD-WRT.
It was running fine for about 3 weeks before the 5GHz Wifi seems to have quit working properly. Multiple wireless devices no longer will connect to the 5GHz AP, when the 2GHz AP works well.
I have tried the following.
I don't know what Bootloader CFE version the router is on. Would anybody like to point me in the right direction? Perhaps the 5GHz Wifi is damaged, in which case I would be willing to ship this router to whoever could put it to use since the Wifi is the main reason I bought it.
I've had an ASUS AC3100 sitting unused in the box for 2 years! Finally got around to getting this up and running on DD-WRT.
It was running fine for about 3 weeks before the 5GHz Wifi seems to have quit working properly. Multiple wireless devices no longer will connect to the 5GHz AP, when the 2GHz AP works well.
I have tried the following.
- used telnet to erase nvram and rebooted (same issue with 5GHz)
- updated to DD-WRT v3.0-r40167 std (06/30/19) (same issue with 5GHz)
- used DD-WRT GUI Firmware Upgrade page to flash Merlin firmware with .bin as the filename extension (boots back into DD-WRT)
- used Recovery Mode web GUI to flash Merlin firmware (boots back into DD-WRT)
- used TFTP to flash Merlin firmware when router is placed in Recovery Mode (boots back into DD-WRT)
- used ASUS Firmware Restoration utility to try to flash Merlin firmware (the program just shows: The wireless router is not in rescue mode.)
I don't know what Bootloader CFE version the router is on. Would anybody like to point me in the right direction? Perhaps the 5GHz Wifi is damaged, in which case I would be willing to ship this router to whoever could put it to use since the Wifi is the main reason I bought it.