STOP ASKING! RT-AC87U & RT-AC87R are twins

hggomes · Nov 16, 2014

Try a nvram get odmpid after reboot and see the output.

Adamm · Nov 17, 2014

Pierino said:
Then it must not exist in the cfe because I'm doing it exactly as he says.

Did you do a nvram reset after flashing the CFE with the new odmpid? I did the same thing with my AC68R, and my router successfully recognizes it as a AC68U after changing the value mentioned.

Pierino · Nov 17, 2014

When I type nvram get odmpid, it doesn't return anything.

1bigloser2 · Jan 9, 2015

Thanks Magnetron1.1

I now have a RT-AC87U with 3754 firmware.... The RT-AC87R never gets firmware updates on time... Thanks for the information.....

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enr00ted · Jan 19, 2015

Pierino said:
Is there a way to do this to change the rt-n66u into rt-n66w?

RMerlin said:
You will have to stop by the hardware store and buy some white spray paint - the RT-N66W is a white version of the RT-N66U.

LOL ! Top reply to a top comment

sfx2000 · Oct 11, 2015

Hehe.. the unicorn of the RT-AC68 series - the RT-AC68W

I'd think this would be a standard RT-AC68U with a white housing...

conazo · Mar 26, 2016

Magnetron1.1 said:
How to turn an RT-AC87R into an RT-AC87U:
(Used serial port to make change to NVRAM right after first time boot and before making any changes through the web GUI.)
(I did this to show the initial boot-up screen, but the odmpid variable can be modified at any time and using Telnet.)

/ # nvram get odmpid
RT-AC87R

/ # nvram set odmpid=RT-AC87U
/ # nvram commit && reboot

/ # nvram get odmpid
RT-AC87U

BTW, ASUS released new firmware 3.0.0.4.376_2061 yesterday.

- Magnetron1.1

Hi, im trying to convert ac87r to ac87u i have both sshd and putty however i need a step by step tutorial, can please provide me with one it would really appreciated

Thanks

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