1. Access Asus router via web browser from PC. Programmed WAN IP address and network information.
2. Powered off the Asus router.
3. Downloaded openwrt-brcm-2.4-squashfs.trx and saved to my PC local disk.
4. Disabled all NIC's on the PC except for the one connected to the Asus.
5. Held in black "restore" button on back of router while powering it on. Waiting until power light (orange broken circle with line in top) stopped flashing.
6. Ran ASUS "Firmware Restoration" utility. Selected the file "openwrt-brcm-2.4-squashfs.trx" and submit. Waiting until status bar went across screen, then watched router reboot. Waiting another five minutes for good measure.
- instructions on using firmware restoration:
- Disable all but one network interfaces on your PC. This is nessesary because the firmware restoration tool is not very intelligent in finding the correct interface to use for communicating with the router.
- Configure Windows TCP/IP networking to have static IP address 192.168.1.10 as shown in this image.
- Disconnect the power cable.
- Press the reset button on the back of the router.
- Keep pressing the reset button while inserting the power cable again.
- Keep pressing the reset button until the power LED starts flashing every second.
- Start the firmware restoration tool on your PC (You can find this tool on the CD or download it from the Asus website).
- This tool should find the Asus router -> select it.
- Select the correct firmware file you want to upload. Double check again if it's the correct one!
- Press upload.
- instructions on using firmware restoration: