Linux Hates My Asus RT-N66R

[joeslide]

I can download ISOs on my Nexus 10 Android Tablet with no issues, but not on Linux laptop. Apt-get is a real pain if I've not updated in a while. The router acts like configuration changes have been made and it needs to reset the connection. Chrome/Firefox produces the same problems. Running Merlin 374.42. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[extensi0n]

I seem to remember having some issues like that with some linux boxes. (set as static IP's) I think the solution was to set the linux box to do DHCP, but force a static IP from the router in the manually assigned section.

If that doesn't work, I'm not sure. Not my area of expertise.

 

[connorm]

odd. with tomato RAF running on my rt-ac66u and ubuntu LTS ( i believe thats what i installed, im letting my brother use it) on my toshiba laptop everything works great

 

[wh7qq]

Been using my RT-N66U with Linux Mint 16 and now 17 since I got the router...no problems. You might have some configurations problems...try resetting the router to factory defaults. You probably should start with DHCP enabled. I doubt that your Merlin firmware has any problems like that but I have been using Tomato by Shibby for some time with no problems.

 

[DrTeeth]

All my PCs (6) multi-boot and each has several Linux distros on them. No probs here with N66U and Merlin's 374.43

 

[emanuil_tolev]

Try clearing the offline data AND cache on the browser you're using - firmware upgrades usually completely break the web UI for me until I do this. (Chrome: http://support.vendhq.com/hc/en-us/...owser-cache-and-offline-data-in-Google-Chrome , Firefox: Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Network, under "Offline Web Content and User Data", find the entry for 192.168.1.1 or however you access your router, and delete it).

 

[scotte]

Is the problem when connected wired or wireless? What version of the kernel are running?

I have a 4 Linux systems on my AC68 (realizing this is not the AC66 you have) with no problems, via a combination of wired and wireless. One laptop, with an ath9k saw some wireless issues in the past (with a different router) but setting driver options solved it (nohwcrypt or something like that) - that was a couple of years ago though and may be fixed in newer kernel/drivers. If you aren't on a recent kernel, try that - 3.13 is solid, 3.14 should be too.

 

[TonyH]

Hi,
+1. Latest Ubuntu and Mint. No problem with any router so far.
Most annoying is making the drivers run on Linux. Any how, router
f/w is Linux, Eh?

 

[wh7qq]

Hi,
+1. Latest Ubuntu and Mint. No problem with any router so far.
Most annoying is making the drivers run on Linux. Any how, router
f/w is Linux, Eh?

Not sure why you need any drivers to run on Linux...my RT-N66U just runs. I added no drivers to Linux at all. Using Mint 16 and 17 and mythbuntu...it just is not an issue.

 

[TonyH]

Err, well. what I meant was device drivers of all sorts running Linux OS in general. Nothing to do with router.
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