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Topic: bricked Asus RT-N56U after installing openwr

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Post #1
brokenasus
4 Jan 2018, 13:10

Hi there,

I tried to install openwrt on my Asus RT-N56U.

I followed the instructions from the wiki (asus/rt-n56u#recovery_installation) with the sysupgrade image (openwrt-15.05.1-ramips-rt3883-rt-n56u-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin), now I can't reach it via browser and only the power lamp is glowing, all other lamps are off.

Firmware restoration tool still uploads firmwares in recovery mode (tried it with the original Asus .trx) and says "recovery successful", but the router still plays dead with only the power lamp glowing.

What can I do now? I'm on Windows 10.

Post #2
brokenasus
4 Jan 2018, 14:29

Update:
It is a N56U B1 and no N56U, which means it is incompatible with openwrt...
I flashed the B1 firmware with the firmware restoration tool, now at least it works again.

(Last edited by brokenasus on 4 Jan 2018, 14:30)

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