Thank you for the clear and concise instructions! Sorry, something went wrong. Nice guide, thanks for taking the time to post it. A couple hints that might save someone else some trouble, since this post is currently near the top when googling "rt-n66u shibby tomato":. I'd also be interested in a non-Windows method for flashing. One possibility though I didn't try it myself : other guides mention using tftp to upload the firmware image. This means that the ASUS firmware recovery tool is not required.
However, this website is only active for seconds, so one needs to be very fast in selecting the appropriate firmware file and press upload. It should be easy to reverse engineer the recovery web ui and create a one line curl script that uploads the firmware. This in combination with a script that checks when the emergency website becomes active could make the whole firmware upload process very smooth.
This guide worked for me, with the exception of having to wait nearly half an hour for the router to come back up. It would go through the update, then sit there with no power light for at least mins, then come up and was fine.
So if the power light goes off, and the firmware recovery tool says "System recovery in progress Check if the router's power LED is blinking, which denotes that the router is in rescue mode," don't fret. Just let it sit there with the power light off for about half an hour, and if yours is like mine was, it will come up just fine.
Also, mine did not throw the error saying that the firmware was incompatible. Not sure why, but everything worked out fine. I had exactly the same experience as bmtphoenix just now, except that I kept trying to flash because I thought it hadn't worked, but really I just had to wait long enough for it to come back on.
The router in firmware upload mode defaults to You don't have to use ASUS' proprietary firmware flasher; any tftp client will work if you're comfortable with manually configuring your IP address. This blog post does a good job explaining the steps on a Mac. Should be the same on Linux. The only change is to get the right firmware, the N firmware won't work on the AC.
Shortly afterwards the web-ui was also available. No revisions to look out for etc? Other than needing the correct version of both the Shibby Tomato firmware and Asus Flash Utility, the steps worked perfectly for both. The only main difference is the long reboot time about minutes if I remember on the N66U that has been previously mentioned; the AC66U was almost instant.
No need to use the Asus utility if already running Tomato? The instructions here simply did not work. They were however close enough, so eventually I got there. The first problem is the instructions start off to unplug your router. But if your router is not connected to your computer the restoration program will simply give an invalid IP address error, and not allow you to even select the firmware file.
The second problem is the instructions to wait for the flashing LED simply don't make sense. As near as I can tell if you are holding on he power, the LED starts off slowly blinking. If you "wait" for it to blink faster or such, you'll simply wait forever. Third problem is if you don't start the upload soon enough, the router will leave recovery mode, and your upload will fail part way through. The last problem is at the end of the process the firmware recovery program will give you an error about not being able to connect and ask if your router is in recovery mode.
It turns out this error is perfectly normal, you have to simply know to give the router more time Oh, also the firmware recover program never gave me an "error" about incompatible firmware Docbill's answer is right. After failing a couple of times I reached the same conclusion. Thank you! You can do this without the Asus Firmware utility - just use the web client.
At least, that's what I had to do on OS X. Just flashed latest Mar 25th v Using the Win 7 recovery flash util, it successfully uploaded, but once done, the power light stayed on and after a bit I power cycled the router, only to find the power light blinking and in recovery mode.
So I happened to go to So I selected the tomato firmware there, after the upload was successful, the power light went off, came back on 25 minutes later and all is well.
Flashed last night. Followed Docbill's instructions using the flash recovery tool on Windows 7. Rebooted but was unable to get an IP. Ran the recovery tool again and that time it worked. Still unable to get an IP but could log in wirelessly. Hope this helps. I had similar experiences, here was my process for fixing. NOTE: if the router is in a constant reboot loop it actually boots the wifi interface and then reboots , then flashing it will may not make a difference.
I was not able to bring one back to life, no factory or aftermarket firmware resolved my bootloop issue. It was an older unit with B1 stamped on it. My newer one does not have B1 stamped on it. Download the most recent factory firmware, software utilities, and documentation for your device. Just download the latest version for each item. If you are not sure, check the release date. It should be posted next to the item that you are downloading. Not all manufacturers do this.
Some only post the most recent version. Some make all versions available, even since the device was released. Next, make sure you have a wired connection to your router.
Connect one end of the cable to your computers Ethernet port. Just wait patiently. Oh yeah, any certain Tomato 'version' better than others? I think I have read about regular Tomato, Shibby Tomato and possibly others - is one more reliable or have a better support group than the others? Thanks again, Bob. VirtualLarry No Lifer. Aug 25, 52, 7, I've never used a print server feature of a router, and don't know if Tomato even has one.
My last two Brother inkjets, including my current one, have network capability built-in. Cause, that's how I roll. All of the MultiWAN stuff isn't really fully debugged yet, I have issues with policy-based routing working with mine, and there are some other features in Tomato that are still primarily designed for single-WAN, and I don't know how they will behave with Multi-WAN.
I think that I've seen a few with USB ports. Thanks, will check out the "Travel routers", appreciate the info Bob. VirtualLarry said:. If you're needing a small server, and a print server, consider one of these small NAS units. You must log in or register to reply here.
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