Hello, I've got 2 other Asus (broadcom) routers, I did try running dd-wrt on them all but that didn't go so well, and in the case of this poor RT-N66U, I think pushed it one step too far.
Huge thanks to @that1geek for this thread https://www.snbforums.com/threads/t...d-while-flashing-from-tomato-to-merlin.29077/
Let me just say ahead of time that I'm already beyond my skill level but I'll tell you where I'm at. I'm not set up to do any soldering, if it comes to that I'd happily give this thing away (any takers?)
And also, I honestly wasn't aware that I was putting Linksys firmware on my Asus router.
Tried dd-wrt, was attempting to get WDS working across a couple of nodes, I frequently got the signal strength to look OK but they never actually shared an internet connection, so I was experimenting a bit with this one because it's the slowest of the 3 routers I have.
We live in a 3 storey house and reception on the top floor is sketchy, we\ve got a blazing fast fibre connection in but powerline adapters throttle the hell out of it so was looking to do something meshy. I don't think I should have to run cables, in a few years I think they'll be obsolete anyway.
Current status:
It doesn't ping at all if connected directly over ethernet.
It allows a wifi connection to be established (passwordless dd-wrt) for about a minute during boot. In that time you can get a dd-wrt landing page, set a user & pass, navigate to administration and try to upload another trx file but about 20 seconds into that the wifi disappears.
Ordered serial cable, got connected from a MacBook (don't have anything running windows with an ethernet port), if I let it boot I get a login prompt and I can log in
I edited the above because it's constantly interrupted with:
If I escape out to CFE it won't let me activate an interface.
I can usually get it into rescue mode but I can't connect to it while it's in that mode, other than the serial connection.
I guess, is there a way to push firmware over the serial connection? I can't seem to figure that out.
As I've said, if it comes to this JTag thing, I'm out, this thing isn't worth it to me and would happily donate, otherwise any assistance would be appreciated
Huge thanks to @that1geek for this thread https://www.snbforums.com/threads/t...d-while-flashing-from-tomato-to-merlin.29077/
Let me just say ahead of time that I'm already beyond my skill level but I'll tell you where I'm at. I'm not set up to do any soldering, if it comes to that I'd happily give this thing away (any takers?)
And also, I honestly wasn't aware that I was putting Linksys firmware on my Asus router.
Tried dd-wrt, was attempting to get WDS working across a couple of nodes, I frequently got the signal strength to look OK but they never actually shared an internet connection, so I was experimenting a bit with this one because it's the slowest of the 3 routers I have.
We live in a 3 storey house and reception on the top floor is sketchy, we\ve got a blazing fast fibre connection in but powerline adapters throttle the hell out of it so was looking to do something meshy. I don't think I should have to run cables, in a few years I think they'll be obsolete anyway.
Current status:
It doesn't ping at all if connected directly over ethernet.
It allows a wifi connection to be established (passwordless dd-wrt) for about a minute during boot. In that time you can get a dd-wrt landing page, set a user & pass, navigate to administration and try to upload another trx file but about 20 seconds into that the wifi disappears.
Ordered serial cable, got connected from a MacBook (don't have anything running windows with an ethernet port), if I let it boot I get a login prompt and I can log in
Code:
DD-WRT v3.0-r48141 mini (c) 2022 NewMedia-NET GmbH
Release: 01/21/22
Board: Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS
DD-WRT login: root
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/ _ \/ _ \___| | /| / / _ \/_ __/ _ __|_ / / _ \
/ // / // /___/ |/ |/ / , _/ / / | |/ //_ <_/ // /
/____/____/ |__/|__/_/|_| /_/ |___/O___(_)___/
DD-WRT v3.0
https://www.dd-wrt.com
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Jan 1 01:17:44 login[1026]: root login on 'console'
BusyBox v1.35.0 (2022-01-21 02:25:28 +07) built-in shell (ash)
root@DD-WRT:~# ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr AC:22:0B:32:4F:D8
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:840 (840.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
root@DD-WRT:~# busybox
busybox: applet not found
I edited the above because it's constantly interrupted with:
Code:
get_wl_instance doesnt return the right value 0
eth1: No such device
If I escape out to CFE it won't let me activate an interface.
Code:
CFE> ifconfig eth0 addr=192.168.1.1 mask=255.255.255.0
Could not activate network interface 'eth0': Error
*** command status = -1
CFE> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
Could not activate network interface 'eth0': Error
*** command status = -1
CFE> ifconfig br0 addr=192.168.1.1 mask=255.255.255.0
Could not activate network interface 'br0': Error
*** command status = -1
I can usually get it into rescue mode but I can't connect to it while it's in that mode, other than the serial connection.
I guess, is there a way to push firmware over the serial connection? I can't seem to figure that out.
As I've said, if it comes to this JTag thing, I'm out, this thing isn't worth it to me and would happily donate, otherwise any assistance would be appreciated
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