Trying to fix an Asus RT-AC3200.
Have a serial connectivity and this is where the bootstrap gets stuck:
As this point I can CTRL+C and enter the CFE. I have tried everything I can think about (erase NVRAM, Asus restore utility, CFE Webserver flashing TFTP client flashing, TFTP server flashing, different firmware: stock, DD-WRT, Tomato, etc, downgraded CFE)
Bottom line it will always show this: Hello!! Enter Rescue Mode: (by Force)
Does anybody know what it might be the root cause and how to disable this (since it's by Force).
P.S. there one specific thing about this device that makes me puzzled: when I power the router on if I'm already connected to the USB of my computer it will get stuck with all the lights on. If I power on while USB is disconnected and plug it back just after all the lights have powered off it progresses and can see the output like per code area above. Is this normal?
Thanks!
Have a serial connectivity and this is where the bootstrap gets stuck:
Code:
Device eth0: hwaddr AC-22-0B-CE-69-20, ipaddr 192.168.1.1, mask 255.255.255.0
gateway not set, nameserver not set
Null Rescue Flag.
Hello!! Enter Rescue Mode: (by Force)
Reading ::
TFTP Server.
..tftp retry wait 0
Failed.: Timeout occured
Reading ::
TFTP Server.
..tftp retry wait 0
Failed.: Timeout occured
As this point I can CTRL+C and enter the CFE. I have tried everything I can think about (erase NVRAM, Asus restore utility, CFE Webserver flashing TFTP client flashing, TFTP server flashing, different firmware: stock, DD-WRT, Tomato, etc, downgraded CFE)
Bottom line it will always show this: Hello!! Enter Rescue Mode: (by Force)
Does anybody know what it might be the root cause and how to disable this (since it's by Force).
P.S. there one specific thing about this device that makes me puzzled: when I power the router on if I'm already connected to the USB of my computer it will get stuck with all the lights on. If I power on while USB is disconnected and plug it back just after all the lights have powered off it progresses and can see the output like per code area above. Is this normal?
Thanks!