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Guess it doesn’t like long posts.

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Part Three:

Find the entry for cfg_device_list and copy the MAC Address and replace in both instances of XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX below

Replace XXXX with the last 4 digits of the Mac Address

Enter:

nvram set cfg_device_list=”<RT-AC68U>192.168.1.1>XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX>0″
nvram set dms_friendly_name=”RT-AC68U-XXXX″
nvram set computer_name=”RT-AC68U-XXXX″
nvram set productid=”RT-AC68U”
nvram set lld2d_hostname=”RT-AC68U”
nvram set asus_device_list=”<3>RTAC68U>192.168.1.1>XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX>0>asus>255.255.255.0>1″
nvram set wps_modelnum=”RT-AC68U”
nvram set daapd_friendly_name=”RT-AC68U-XXXX″
nvram set wps_device_name=”RT-AC68U”
nvram set odmpid=”RT-AC68U”

nvram commit

Then reboot your router, it should now identify as an RT-AC68U and allow you to select the option to use it as an AiMesh Node.

 

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Part Two:

Connect to the router which at this point will still identify as DSL-AC68U despite running RT-AC68U firmware.

Goto Administation>System and enable Telnet.

Telnet onto the router.

Enter:

nvram show

Select the output and cut and paste it into a text document as a backup.

 

 

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Thanks for the above, I found the same list of commands after a huge amount of digging elsewhere.

Need to confirm that router can find the AiMesh Node later on (main router currently in use).

Part One:

Steps taken so far:

Download and unzip latest RT-AC68U firmware from asus.com

Download, unzip and install Recovery Tool from asus.com

Factory resest DSL-AC68U

Put DSL-AC68U into Recovery Mode by holding reset while powering on and waiting for flashing power LED.

Connect to DSL-AC68U with ethernet cable and manually set IP to 192.168.1.10 and gateway to 192.168.1.1.

Run Recovery Tool, browse to find RT firmware and upload.

Wait for 5 – 10 mins.

Reboot when instructed to.

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Trying to post a guide to what I’ve done so far, keep hitting a xxxxx protection issue.

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4K streaming via wired LAN and Powerline adapters.

Enable multicast routing (IGMP Proxy) is enabled for LAN

Will try turning off AIP completely and rebooting to see if that makes a difference.

Thanks :-)

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Prior to tweaking BT IPTV stream wasn’t working at all.

Changing the Draytek to bridge mode is what got the IPTV working.

Had this problem on a DSL-AC68U but that was due to the CPU maxing out while stupidly trying to provide AI Protection on the IPTV stream. With AI Protection off the 68 could cope admirably.

I’m not convinced that AI Protection is working correctly. The way it is switched on and off is really odd. You can turn off AI Protection at the main toggle but it still appears to be running (according the the Router Risk Assessment Scan) if Malicious Sites Blocking, Two -Way IPS or Infected Device Prevention and Blocking are toggled on. AI Protection also does not appear to actually do anything when switched on, nothing showing in the logs.

CPU is not maxing out but I’m not sure I trust what it is showing.

 

 

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