Please let me know whether this plan is correct, or not? Thanks in advance.
Just upgraded from RT-N66R, to RT-AC68W yesterday; primarily as new S7 Edge uses AC, want to see what it can do. Previously, no problems with the N66R. I have it as primary router with Fios Actiontec as secondary bridge; ethernet from the ONT to the Wan port of Asus router. I swapped in the AC68W; at some points I flashed the newest firmware from Asus .com 3.0.0.4.380_4164 but cannot recall the exact order of various events. I also flashed the previous configuration of the N66R .cfg file. Initially the AC wasn't connecting to internet; Asus tech support referred me to Verizon as I couldn't connect either old or new router to internet. Verizon did connect me to internet; 2.4 and 5 bands are working; but the range of the 5Ghz band is no better than with the N router. Much better signal with 2.4 at a distance. I did unplug power cable to AC router for 10 seconds. I did GUI rebooting as well. I used the same SSID and passwords as before.
My thought is to follow these instructions from previous thread, and reflash the Asus firmware; but tell me if I'm wrong please? thanks! [this from another thread on this site]
Unplug any USB devices, reboot the computer then flash the firmware above. Now, follow the (required) links below to get your router and network devices in a good/known state.
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/no...l-and-manual-configuration.27115/#post-205573
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac66u-slow-wan-to-lan.12973/page-3#post-269410
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/faq-nvram-and-factory-default-reset.22822/
Just upgraded from RT-N66R, to RT-AC68W yesterday; primarily as new S7 Edge uses AC, want to see what it can do. Previously, no problems with the N66R. I have it as primary router with Fios Actiontec as secondary bridge; ethernet from the ONT to the Wan port of Asus router. I swapped in the AC68W; at some points I flashed the newest firmware from Asus .com 3.0.0.4.380_4164 but cannot recall the exact order of various events. I also flashed the previous configuration of the N66R .cfg file. Initially the AC wasn't connecting to internet; Asus tech support referred me to Verizon as I couldn't connect either old or new router to internet. Verizon did connect me to internet; 2.4 and 5 bands are working; but the range of the 5Ghz band is no better than with the N router. Much better signal with 2.4 at a distance. I did unplug power cable to AC router for 10 seconds. I did GUI rebooting as well. I used the same SSID and passwords as before.
My thought is to follow these instructions from previous thread, and reflash the Asus firmware; but tell me if I'm wrong please? thanks! [this from another thread on this site]
Unplug any USB devices, reboot the computer then flash the firmware above. Now, follow the (required) links below to get your router and network devices in a good/known state.
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/no...l-and-manual-configuration.27115/#post-205573
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac66u-slow-wan-to-lan.12973/page-3#post-269410
http://www.snbforums.com/threads/faq-nvram-and-factory-default-reset.22822/
