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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    Really !!! so what do you suggest to do ? wait for PuTTY ? cause it's still there , I didn't closed it .
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    I didn't noticed that, 128MB out of 256MB RAM is down ... officially bricked , any recommendation for something more reliable , I know ASUS suppose to be good but I'm not gonna buy ASUS again.
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    It happened again after normal reboot the router stuck in recovery mode ... now after connecting through serial and using PuTTY and tftpd32 I'm gonna put the info I got from PuTTY : CFE version 5.100.138.20 based on BBP 1.0.37 for BCM947XX (32bit,SP,LE) . . Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000)...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    Thanks alot very good guide , today I bought the USB-TTL Converting Board from local market (it was expensive ) so I start reading about using the TTL and when I powered the router it worked , it seems shutting down the router for few days did some discharge or something , anyway it's back to...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    Yes I did , it reset the router back to it's default IP 192.168.1.1 but again nothing further , I'm gonna see if I can find the serial cable in our local market if not then I need to order it online and wait .
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    After the last try the ASUSTeK - CFE miniWEB Server start working but that didn't solve anything further , I'm gonna see if I can get USB to Serial TTL as hggomes suggest , will report if I can make any progress , can you point to a beginner guide on how to use this serial cable ? I'm searching...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    I don't have com port on my computer is there a converter that work on such situation ? like this : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009T2ZR6W/?tag=snbforums-20 EDIT: can I try third party FW like DD-WRT using TFTPD32 it might wake him up ?
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    Ok asus recovery tool didn't work, after router reboot it's back to rescue mode , will try tftpd32 ... EDIT : After using TFTPD32 the upload was a success ... but after the router self reboot .. it's back to rescue mode !! , I'm gonna dig in more in Linux as the 1st thing I encounter in Linux...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    I found something very interesting it seems that my router ignored all the reset tries and FW recovery and still store it's last working 192.168.7.1 as it's ip so i did config the lan adapter to 192.168.7.11/255.255.255.0 and now the router is ping-able while i'm speaking i'm trying the asus...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    I enabled the ICMP by making a new rule in firewall although I disabled the firewall at some point trying to see if it solve the problem , now firewall enabled and ICMP rule created and enabled as for ICMP in the router I don't know but it was ping-able before this incident if that's a useful...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    That's a new hope but I have to learn Linux in the first place , definitely gonna give it a try.
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    All other lan cards are disabled and I'm using Ethernet , it's a desktop I don't have wifi on it ... wow I'm just shocked how this well reputed router got bricked from a normal reboot using it's asus FW :( .
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    Help Plz: Asus RT-N66U Dark Night [Stuck in rescue mode]

    I have the same problem : RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode and the tool can upload the FW and start the recovery process but after the router reboot it will go to rescue mode again , while the tool can upload the FW the ping to 192.168.1.1 always reply with "destination host unreachable " , I'm...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    I'm sorry I don't know how to get this bootloader version and I don't know what is the bootloader , thanks for your help , I'll keep on using Asus Recovery as I don't know why the TFTPD32 didn't work .
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    I tried TFTPD 32 and did as you said and got nothing ... nothing at all , no loading just this "block #0" and router kept on slow blink , as for the router Bootloader version I guess you mean the FW version that was running ... hmmmm I don't remember , I noticed that I was trying to flash the...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    Thanks again , steps 1 and 2 didn't change anything no behaviour change as soon as this router restart after the recovery process by about 40min it goes back to rescue mode ( slow LED blink like 3-4 sec on then 3-4 sec off) also can you take a look at the screens below , how can the FW restore...
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    Thanks for reply , do you have a basic guide for TFTP also I cannot ping the router while it's in rescue mode and I think that will prevent TFTP from working, I'm beginner with these router recovery methods .
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    Asus RT-N66U stuck in rescue mode after a reboot ...

    Hello everyone I've read alot in this forum and you have alot of excellent info , my problem happened after a normal reboot via the router UI page , and now I'm stuck in rescue mode " slow power blink". I tried asus restoration utility with latest FW but it seems no luck so far : I did ip...
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