asus rt-n56u firmware upgrade gone wrong

[high_revs]

was in the UI and the interface informed me there's a firmware upgrade. silly me didn't backup but whatever changes I made should've be backed up already from feb sans maybe additional accounts via samba - there's a hdd attached to router to make it like a nas). recovery from last backup is easy.

oddly and normally asus would ask you to reboot now after upgrade. but it said reboot manually, with browser screen frozen (but pc is not frozen). power light blinks slowly after unplugging the power and re-connecting. i did a hard reset - press reset button while plugging power in. nada

i've done the 30-30-30 reset also, i.e. hold 30 seconds with power, 30 seconds w/o power, again 30 seconds with power. total 90 seconds straight that reset is pressed as part of 30-30-30 procesa. nada. slow blinking light.

i'm hardwired to it but i cannot get to 192.168.1.1 either. i set my laptop's IP to 192.168.1.2 as IP, 255.255.255.0 as subnet, and 192.168.1.1 as gateway (never really had to do that before but might as well). nada

i just need to get to the interface just so i can revert the firmware to past version.

thoughts what else to try? not sure if the asus technical support line is open tomorrow (page says they do but not 100% it's for network).

even if i get a new router with guest network (rt-n56u didn't have that), i can still use this as an AP. My TPLINK mini-router in ap mode doesn't really work well to treat that as a guest network.

[L4D]

Got the same router had the same problem with the frozen browser screen. Power cycled it several times, reset it and cussed at it for about an hour until i finally was able to get it to work... The new firmware sucks too. I got it working with the new firmware but I wont buy another Asus router again.

Try cussing at it.

[Michael in California]

What is the version number of the new software and when was it published. I upgrades a couple of months ago without issue. Is there a new update? I can't help you guys, but hopefully, I can learn and not repeat your experience. Thanks.

[Mute]

Have you tried running the Asus firmware restoration utility software? If not, download it and run it. Sounds like your router is in recovery mode right now and you can properly load the firmware and getting up and running again with that utility software.

[high_revs]

Have you tried running the Asus firmware restoration utility software? If not, download it and run it. Sounds like your router is in recovery mode right now and you can properly load the firmware and getting up and running again with that utility software.

that's what i ended up doing. next day after posting here. had to connect direct to modem and do the research. suprrised even a hard reset or a 30-30-30 reset wouldnt' get me back to square one.

but i like the features of the new firmware. if the device allows it, router can tell me the device name. and separates wired vs. wifi devices.

i did have to re-format my external drive though. i guess some of the s/w installed when i connected it to the router to treat it like a nas either weren't compatible or got messed up. i initially set it up for external access ftp. re-format and re-connect was the only thing that worked.

What is the version number of the new software and when was it published. I upgrades a couple of months ago without issue. Is there a new update? I can't help you guys, but hopefully, I can learn and not repeat your experience. Thanks.

i don't remember the version that was automatically downloaded by the router's interface. i just downloaded the most recent one frrom asus' website, plug on usb and then use firmware recovery. i guess i could've used my current one (i saved all fw i installed) but at that point, i just used the most recent one from asus' site. i guess i might want to just download myself and flash, vs. asking the router to d/l and flash. used to work fine. unsure why it didn't this time.

[xianxithin]

Sounds like your router is in recovery mode right now and you can properly load the firmware and getting up and running again with that utility software.