Very very basic question on install

[alternety]

Hi. I have been searching, but the world has moved on enough that is it hard to find the simplest basics. At least I am not getting anywhere.

I have an early rt-n66u. It was made before memory over 32MB was usable. I loaded Merlin's 3.0.0.4.264.22. I want to get to the current release.

Can anyone please point me to a very simple and basic procedure that does not leave out or gloss over steps because "everyone knows that"? I am an everyone; and I don't know that.

I would appreciate understanding before I brick the router.

 

[r00t4rd3d]

Goto your web interface, 192.168.1.1 > Administration > Firmware Upgrade and flash the latest release. Coming from such an old firmware version you will probably want to do a Factory Reset, Admin > Restore/Save/Upload Setting > Factory Default and then redo your settings manually, dont back up from a file.

Also, its very hard to brick an Asus router, it has a recovery mode that helps you get back to stock firmware in case of a problem. Recovery Mode: Power off, hold in reset, power on, goto web interface.

 

[alternety]

I seem to remember there was something special to do because the base unit only addressed 32K. Am I hallucinating?

 

[RogerSC]

I seem to remember there was something special to do because the base unit only addressed 32K. Am I hallucinating?

As I recall, if you stick to RMerlin or Asus firmware then you don't need to worry about it.

 

[RMerlin]

Be prepared to have all your settings reset back to factory default if the firmware you are currently running is still only addressing 32 KB of nvram.