RT-N66U reboots to wizard

[Bubbagump210]

I have an Asus RT-N66U and every time it reboots, it reboots to a setup wizard. The issue is this puts the wifi part of the router offline until I plugin and go through the wizard. The odd thing is that the wizard has saved all of my settings and I just click Next Next Next. Am I missing a "reboot in safe mode" checkbox or something? If the NVRAM were shot, I would expect my settings to be missing which makes me believe this is a software issue, not hardware. ANd yes, I am on the latest/greatest firmware 3.0.0.4.380_8228

 

[OzarkEdge]

I have an Asus RT-N66U and every time it reboots, it reboots to a setup wizard. The issue is this puts the wifi part of the router offline until I plugin and go through the wizard. The odd thing is that the wizard has saved all of my settings and I just click Next Next Next. Am I missing a "reboot in safe mode" checkbox or something? If the NVRAM were shot, I would expect my settings to be missing which makes me believe this is a software issue, not hardware. ANd yes, I am on the latest/greatest firmware 3.0.0.4.380_8228

Maybe it's confused... have you tried Restore to clear all settings and re-configure from scratch... sometimes advisable after a significant/any firmware upgrade.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/faq-nvram-and-factory-default-reset.22822/

OE

 

[Bubbagump210]

Maybe it's confused... have you tried Restore to clear all settings and re-configure from scratch... sometimes advisable after a significant/any firmware upgrade.

OE

I have not. It does feel like it is reverting to some sort of fail-safe boot mode.

 

[OzarkEdge]

I have not. It does feel like it is reverting to some sort of fail-safe boot mode.

I appreciate 'feels like'... it's often my best/only troubleshooting tool!

Your described behavior feels unusual, not like a mode, so maybe clearing the NVRAM will heal it.

OE

 

[Bubbagump210]

Bah, just

I appreciate 'feels like'... it's often my best/only troubleshooting tool!

Your described behavior feels unusual, not like a mode, so maybe clearing the NVRAM will heal it.

OE

Bah, just what I was hoping to not do. Ah well, I have spent more time troubleshooting than starting over at this point.