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I’ve already tried the WPS power (quick blinking led) a few weeks ago and also mtd-erase2 nvram but no joy. Originally with the mtd-erase2 nvram I didn’t power off but I read on another forum that powering off after the telnet command should stop any backing up of nvram. I tried this briefly a few days ago and it still didn’t work but I think I should give this a few more tries when I get back home in a few days time.
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NVram you have has never gone though any setup so that probably explains dsl_enable=0.
Yes I have a bt extenal modem plugged into LAN1 with primary Lan set to Ethernet WAN.
When I boot the router with the default settings (and booji still lurking in there) I’ve recently found out I cant even set up to work with the external modem either. I have to load an old config file from 2015 and set it to Ehernet Wan and it springs into life. So it looks other bits and bobs are stuck in the router stopping it from working properly. I noticed that I have a vpn profile as well I cant delete. I’m out of the UK for a few days so will pick this up when I get back. I don’t want to start messing about now since I want to VPN to my router while I’m away. I’ll catch up on my return. Thanks a lot both of you for trying to help me out.
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I have dsl_enable=1 too, unfortunately my internet connection has been hijacked by cbeebies so I can’t do anything!
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Trouble is its a right pain as only one router, every time I try something the internet drops. The NVram show was from a default settings (apart from telenet enabled) so I will do the mod on that one to see if it sets to the right model.
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It must have crept though when I tried to change the router to a RT-AC68U last week to see if it cleared the issue when changing to a DSL-AC68U.
btw should it be
nvram set model=”DSL-AC68U”
nvram set asuscfemodel=”DSL-AC68U”
nvram set asuscfecommit=1
nvram commit
I wont try anything yet
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This was a nvram log was after a memory clear so the user/pass is not the one I normally use. Mac address I’m not to worried about. If any of the “booji” settings are in their then I can always change things this end.
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We do Indeed, just not this time. But what I can see I need to tinker now to get things back on track. Probably more drastic measures required. Kill or cure even I will upload the nvram as soon as I reconfigure my router again to connect to the internet
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If this survives a hard reset it indicates that you have been meddling with things that you don’t understand.
Why on earth would I make things up and lie to you? If I meddled I would have told you. I did nothing more than foolishly upload the wrong firmware and I am as mystified as you why this “booji” anomaly has happened. The only reason why I have tried to ask for help on forums is that I realise that is that this has got me stumped. My forte in engineering is more of an electronic nature and I left the computer world in the days of the commodore pet and programming machine code into an 8080 processor by just using a hex keyboard. I have no doubt things have moved on since!
If you don’t believe me then it’s your choice and I respect that considering the fact that this makes no sense. However If you do want to see the contents of the NVram then I’m happy to post it.
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I can confirm that after a factory reset/firmware upload the “booji” setting seems to survive. I did an nvram search and the word “booji” did not crop up but I would assume it is somewhere in memory. I would assume it’s probably in a file that can be removed so if anyone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
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I will recheck to see if these settings survive tomorrow as the whole process takes a few hours from start to end. If these settings surviving are indeed a cause for the router being confused the next step would be finding a way to clear them. I can always supply an NVram status tomorrow which might show a bit more of what’s going on.
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back in the room…eventually.
After a bit of digging i’m pretty sure things are surviving factory restore/firmware upload.
I have uploaded a few pages. These pages are captured after a full Asus firmware tool restore and hard NVreset. As you can see on the WAN/PVC summary page there is a section called “booji” this was a username with previous DSL settings that have somehow survived the cleaning process. Now if I go into the booji setting it shows a VDSL section without a username or password. The ADSL setting (picture not included) has a username and password box. I didn’t notice these pages before since I restored my config from an older version so didn’t spot it. It sort of explain why my router is confused since there’s part of the router settings that hasn’t been cleared out.
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Which is exactly what I would expect to happen, with the recovery completely wiping everything back to factory settings with the latest firmware. So Mr Booji what are you doing that is different?
I wish I knew, you would think the recovery would wipe all the settings
Hi Guys,
Sorry about the delay in reply, while i’m trying stuff out on this damned router I have no internet. At the moment I’ve got the internet by connecting to my old HG616 moden via Lan port 1 so each time I experiment I have to undo everything then redo everything after.
I did try and turn my DSL-AC68U to RT-AC68U last night using the latest asus stock RT firmware and it worked. doing the telnet commands set to to the right web interface.I couldn’t get it working with my bt HG612 modem though but it more the fact that I wasn’t sure how to do it since it seemed to differ slightly from the DSL-AC68U version.
So I reverted back to the DSL-AC68U by putting into recovery mode, flashed back to DSL-AC68U firmware and factory reset.
Unlike your attempt you mentioned earlier even though it went back to the DSL-AC68U it still displayed it as a RT-AC68U in the top right hand corner and also on device ID (and still no DSL drivers loaded).
I managed to get it back to the right settings by telnet with the complete opposite commands.
nvram set odmpid=”DSL-AC68U”
nvram set asuscfeodmpid=”DSL-AC68U”
nvram set asuscfecommit=1
nvram commit
This got me back to my original DSL broken router again. At 2.30am I gave up.
I got read your other posts today (at work) and tried with the old 21126-fix01 firmware you gave a link to ealier. This is exactly what I did.
1/ Reset the router NVram (WPS button/Power on)
2/ Boot into recovery (Reset/power on until LED blinks slowly)
3/ Load firmware over Ethernet using Asus recovery tool. (unit reboots after recovery)
4/ Reset the router NVram (WPS button/Power on)
4/ Plug in DSL connection and reboot. The router fires up in setup mode. do the minimum of setting username and leave wireless open (just enough to get into the router GUI).
5/ Load 21126-fix01 firmware over Web GUI and reboot
6/ repeat set 5 (as asus recommend doing this twice)
Waited with bated breath on reboot and…….no DSL no DSL driver loaded! Aaaarrrgh.
So even using the tried and tested 21126-fix01 hasnt worked either.
I have now reconfigured with the HG616 moden just to send this message. One thing I have though about and that not ALL parts of the NV are cleared during the reset. After all when you coverted your DSL-AC68U to RT-AC68U even though you did a factory restore some elements of the NVram still remained since , even after updating firmware, you had to telnet to change the ID. Now maybe I could have had a partly corrupted bad flash that knock out something in the NV ram and this still survives a WPS button/Power on NV ram clear. This might explain why not all is cleared.
So I thought I would do a NVRam text dump with a router with minimal settings (ie just user admin/admin123, wireless open and telenet enabled). If I could compare this with another DSL-AC68U nv ram dump I may be able to spot any differences. What do you think?
Another odd thing I noticed last light was if you manually set the VDSL link there is no username/password box on the GUI but there is for ADSL. I have no idea why this is. I had previously restored an old (pre router fail) config file to set the DSL setting up and this has the username/password box after the config is loaded. Look at the router info on a clean reconfigured router and it’s not there.
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Yes, loaded recovery firmware before the process then then normal firmware after (twice) via http.
Have done combinations of clearing nvram (by holding wps during power on) or leaving as is before the initial firmware upload and/or in between upgrades. All result in no driver and firmware displayed, and no DSL light.
Can I check with you that the driver and firmware version is displayed (and not blank like the picture I uploaded) even when the DSL cable is not plugged in?
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