WebUI Not Loading, Cannot Reset

[Tristor]

Howdy Folks,

I just got my Asus RT-AC68U in today and flashed to the latest Asus firmware then to the latest release of AsusWRT-Merlin (which was released yesterday). Everything seemed okay, I configured the basic Wi-Fi stuff, configured the AC68U to have an IP that matched my local network, but hadn't yet completed all configuration when I decided to go ahead and enable SSH and change the password. Turns out, the password I generated in my password manager was too long but I wasn't warned about this, and it got truncated. I figured out what it is, but too late, as I attempted a hardware reset and now it's borked.

Methods by which I've attempted to hard reset:

30-30-30
Reset Button for 5 seconds (just reboots)
WPS button reset as listed on the AsusWRT-Merlin wiki

None of these have any effect, the router always boots in the same state. I have working SSH access, but the WebUI is inaccessible from both HTTP and HTTPS.

How do I hard reset this so I can start completely fresh?

 

[Tristor]

I was able to resolve by doing a 30-30-30, apparently I mistimed or something the first time around. I'm good now.

 

[L&LD]

Asus routers do not respond to a 30-30-30 reset at all.

 

[Tristor]

I ran through the whole cycle, I assumed it was the 30-30-30 that did it. I tried all 3 again, and this time it worked... Not sure why it didn't work the first time around, but I'm in business so I'm off into the sunset.

 

[L&LD]

I also do not know why it worked in the end, but it wasn't the 30-30-30 reset (that is a wrt-ism as RMerlin states).

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt...t-and-10s-wps-button-reset.19048/#post-136280