Intermediate FW update necessary?

[Michael Clifford]

I'm finishing due diligence to upgrade my N66U from Merlin 376.47 to either John's fork or the latest Merlin.

I came upon this post (https://www.snbforums.com/threads/merlin-update-firmware-wont-update-rtac68u.33543/#post-269921) that suggests that an upgrade to an intermediate version is necessary.

Can anybody comment or clarify? If an intermediate version is necessary, please confirm the version.

BTW, I've not had a lick of trouble with the router. Thanks, Merlin.

mjclifford

 

[martinr]

There's this:

"

• The RT-AC68U and RT-AC56U need to be at least on firmware 378.55 (or the last 378.xxx version from Asus) before you can flash 380.xx, due to the partition size change."

from https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Installation


It doesn't mention your router, the N66U, but I vaguely recall a post that included that model, too. I'll see if I can find it. I may well be wrong, though, not that an intermediate flashing would be detrimental.

 

[RMerlin]

The RT-N66U shouldn't require any intermediate build.