Reply To: Converting DSL-AC68U to RT-AC68U for use as AiMesh Node – Solved I’m sure there were a series of posts on the old forum about hacking a DSL-AC68U to make it into an RT-AC68U. Sadly those posts are lost and not cached…

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Hi, I’ve been following this thread with interest and referring to the guidance it initially provides converted my DSL-AC68U into RT-AC68U.  I have to say, UK Sentinel and Six have given some absolutely brilliant advice in respect of this, and also to you booji with regards to your specific issue.

I see that one of the pics you posted on 20th March shows your firmware as being version ‘3.0.0.4.384_2118’, while the other indicates version ‘9.0.0.4.384_56087’, so clearly something is wrong here.  And coincidentally Asus has just released version ‘3.0.0.4.384_56087’ for the device!!

I’m no expert in this field at all, but if I was you I would be following Six’s suggestion of trying to clear/reset the NVRAM.  I’ve stumbled upon a post in which someone says the syntax to achieve this on RT-AC56 and RT-AC68U routers is:  ‘mtd-erase2 nvram’. I’m not sure maybe you’ve  tried this already…

The thread then goes on to recommend doing a power cycle immediately after this in order to clear the nvram – the advice in this respect is either to press the reset button for 5 seconds while the router is on, or turn it on with the WPS button pressed, wait 10 secs, then release it.   Incidentally, the thread I’m referring to is here:  https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac66u-reset-clear-nvram.13550/

Good luck – hope this works for your DSL-AC68U

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