hello, i'm in search of some assistance.
i've had my n56u for 6-8 months, maybe more. in that time i dont recall any problems. a couple days ago i looked on the asus website and saw that there was a newer firmware than the one i had on my router.
i installed it and everything seemed to work that i could tell.
well today i went to go online and i couldnt. i got some kind of notification that lan was not connected to anything. so i went to the n56u to see what might have happened. well first thing i noticed when i picked it up to flip it around to the back was how hot it was. i dont know if it is normal, but it was hot enough to make me wonder if maybe being that hot is bad for the router.
anyway, for a while i could still connect to the router via wifi. so i went into 192.168.1.1 and looked around. none of my ethernet connected devices were shown as connected. furthermore, when i unplugged all the ethernet cables one of the ethernet port lights still remained on. this was very strange to me since nothing was plugged in.
i tried all the ethernet ports but i still get the same result. no indication that anything is connected.
so i assumed it was maybe the firmware and i tried to do a reset via wizard, but i think something else got screwed up b/c now i cant even access that via wifi.
is there a way to install an older firmware with using a usb drive or something? or is there some way to do a factory reset some other way that does not require accessing the router settings in 192.168.1.1?
i've had my n56u for 6-8 months, maybe more. in that time i dont recall any problems. a couple days ago i looked on the asus website and saw that there was a newer firmware than the one i had on my router.
i installed it and everything seemed to work that i could tell.
well today i went to go online and i couldnt. i got some kind of notification that lan was not connected to anything. so i went to the n56u to see what might have happened. well first thing i noticed when i picked it up to flip it around to the back was how hot it was. i dont know if it is normal, but it was hot enough to make me wonder if maybe being that hot is bad for the router.
anyway, for a while i could still connect to the router via wifi. so i went into 192.168.1.1 and looked around. none of my ethernet connected devices were shown as connected. furthermore, when i unplugged all the ethernet cables one of the ethernet port lights still remained on. this was very strange to me since nothing was plugged in.
i tried all the ethernet ports but i still get the same result. no indication that anything is connected.
so i assumed it was maybe the firmware and i tried to do a reset via wizard, but i think something else got screwed up b/c now i cant even access that via wifi.
is there a way to install an older firmware with using a usb drive or something? or is there some way to do a factory reset some other way that does not require accessing the router settings in 192.168.1.1?