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Haha, Hi guys,

Still haven’t sorted it out. And yes I have tried everything. Got an email from Asus support today which basically told to send it back to the retailer. Somehow I can’t see Currys taking my 3 year old router back. I told Asus I would be thinking about them when I took a hammer to the router later (I wouldn’t just bin it, I would have to give it a wack first).

When I updated the router with the wrong firmware the router did report that it was not the proper firmware but it still went though the upload process and manage to stop my DSL. Funny enough I tried to deliberately upload this Merlin firmware again now it identifies it as the wrong firmware and wont load.

To all intent and purpose this router reports as a DSL-AC68U.  All DSL settings are there apart from showing  DSL Firmware and drivers as blank.

I didn’t do any ssh before the router stopped working properly but did a few since like nvram-show and a nvram clear but that’s all.

I know a few Asus users had a similar problem when they upgraded to v3.0.0.4.384_21126 firmware and they fixed it by flashing with DSL-AC68U_9.0.0.4_384_21126-fix01_DSL_1.0.4.6.trx. This is no longer on the ASUS web site so I was unable to try it. I was told that the most recent firmware would also fix the problem but it hasn’t worked for me. I was keen on getting this 21126-fix01 firmware since it seems the only confirmed method I’ve read on other forums that seems to work. I know these users also tried updating the router with old firmware without success and only when updating with 21126-fix01 firmware did it fix the DSL issue.

If anyone has got a copy of the 21126-fix01 firmware could they give me a copy – it’s worth a try.

If anyone has turned a DSL-AC68U to RT-AC68U and back again then I’m willing to give this a try as it might give kick the DSL part back.

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Has anyone tried this and managed to revert back to a DSL-AC68U. I’m interested in doing this to my router but want a way back in case I decide to change my mind.

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Hi and thanks you for replying.

 

I tried ASUS firmware recovery tool and using a static ip on pc/laptop of 192.168.1.10 and flashed the lastest version of recovery firmware from the asus site “ASUS DSL-AC68U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.384_21128 specifically for restoration tool”

No Joy. still the same – I also flashed the same firmware using CME – same results.

I have just tried flashing with some really old firmware “ASUS DSL-AC68U Router Firmware Restoration Tool 3.0.0.4.378.9166”  with the Asus restoration tool – no joy.

I have tried factory resetting the modem both before and after firmware uploads – no joy.

Spent many hours on this and still have a router without DSL

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I just stumbled on to this thread and wondered if you can help me. I rather stupidly upgraded my DSL-AC68U firmware with Merlin RT-AC68U firmware by misteak.

The DSL part of the router now doesn’t work and the DSL light does not come on and shows “cable unplugged” in the main router page. The firmware page also shows not DSL firmware (see picture).

The first thing I did was go on the Asus site and reload the most recent firmware but this has not got the DSL part working again.

I’ve tried everything and spent days trying to get it working.

I’ve upgraded the firmware over the Asus recovery tool, Miniweb server and manually over the routers firmware upload page. All without success. I followed the Asus advice about uploading the firmware twice – still no joy.

Has anyone else stuffed up their DSL-AC68U like this and how did they get it working again.

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