Toastman RT-N Tomato Firmware on Asus RT-N66U 'Dark Knight' Dual Band Wireless-N900 Gigabit Router

Figured it would be a good idea to start an official thread discussing Toastman's tomato on this router. Please keep all messages related to this router & firmware in this thread.

Hi!
I don't need any options BT etc. and I'm using right now the
tomato-K26USB-1.28.0495.3MIPSR2-Toastman-VLAN-RT-N-VPN.trx
I like it very much!
Thank you Toastman!

P.S. I'm watting very much for firmware from Toastman special for RT-N66U's chipset.
I'm not programmer but somebody told that only firmware under new SDK
will open all futures new RT-N66U. I don't know how it right and true.

It may not be too late for the originator of this thread to edit the thread origin so as to state very clearly whether there actually exists a Toastman firmware for this router, and if so, exactly where it can be found.

yes there is. use the RT-N release of toastman's tomato release...

http://bochs.info/tomato/Toastman B...a few others) - EXPERIMENTAL/1.28.0495.3 STD/

In other words, RT-N66U runs the same firmeare as RT-N16?

I am considering getting an N66U in the hope that 5GHz will overcome the severe wireless interference from numerous strong N routers in the neighbourhood.

Is it safe to assume that a device less than 3 years old will be able to handle 5GHz N?

no. the N16 uses the RT release, not the RT-N release.

absolutely not safe to assume that.

RT-N build also cover RT-N16 with newer wifi drivers, so both can bee used by RT-N16.

So, ...


RT-N (MIPSR2 - Linksys E4200, RT-N10, RT-N12, RT-N66U, and a few others) - EXPERIMENTAL
http://www.4shared.com/dir/1a-6LOTh/RT-N___MIPSR2_-_Linksys_E4200_.html

Yes?

Does that mean that RT-N might be a better choice for RT-N16, wifi-wise?

So, is it safe to assume that if a client is "N"-capable, that it will be able to handle 5GHz?

Not necessarily a better choice but most of the times new is better so just test and let us know which one is better for you.

5Ghz is 802.11a btw.

What do you mean with safe? Just check the specs of the device, it will tell you if it handles 5Ghz bands (or 802.11a).

Hi!
I'm using tomato-K26USB-1.28.0495.3MIPSR2-Toastman-VLAN-RT-N-VPN.trx with RT-N66U.
All works fine except Scheduler. It can do Reboot one time but not All Days.
For example, if I check All Days it will reboot router only one time at the first.
But after that router works without rebooting.
I tryed check Custom setting with Reboot command and checked All Days with same results.
By the way (!) same situation was with Shibby's firmware. I really don't know why.
May be something wron with my configuration or even with my router...

No, all of us use the same source, I can't reproduce in RT-N66, In my RT-N16 I tested and it works fine.. we need more info about RT-N66, shibby have one unit I think.

Try to disable USB support,reboot router,rehabilitation USB support once started

new toastman release today. here is the standard "extras" release:

http://www.4shared.com/get/vF0SVURA/tomato-K26USB-1280496MIPSR2-To.html

leave Auto mode.

Did you try multiSSID on your RT-N66U? I did not try 0495.3, but it does not seem to work in 0496.2 (does not save guest network in "Overview" tab of Virtual Wireless).

I also can't get it to work. I haven't had time to mess with it since last weekend. See the "Multiple SSID" thread

I got it to work. According to teaman (in a thread regarding a similar problem for an E3000), you have to save the Virtual Wireless before changing the Wireless Auto Mode in Basic Network. I did just that and it took the "Save" in Advanced Virtual wireless Overview. Then I changed the Auto Mode to N only.

However, I am finding the wireless is much slower than my E4200. I experienced slow fluctuating wireless speeds in the stock firmware as well, so I am wondering if I got a lemon. I do have a lot of neighborhood interference, though.

I'll have to look but i'm pretty sure I never changed the Wireless Auto Mode in basic network. I left it at auto.

Hello! I´ve also bought the RT-N66U Router now, and flashed tomato - toastman mod.

i´ve also tried flashing 60k nvram version, and seems to work fine.

anyone can confirm this too ?

i´ve added lot of stuff, to fill up the nvram up to 56k...

no problem at all, but now i only use 27k again.

what´s the safest way to check if this works 100% without brick the router?

fill up and nvram ? then doing a reboot?

what´s the worst case? any jtag option available for recovering ? (i have jtag cables..)

thanks ,br hk2k2

Next time you filled NVRAM up run this comand and see space: "nvram show |grep entries"
kthaddock

Yes, I tried both versions and they seem to work. However, not sure which one should be used or is the recommended version for this router. Anyone know?

Thanks for the reply. Under your download database, I could not find any specific build for RT-N66U, even though the main folder seems to indicate that RT-N66u is supported. So just to clarify, is the version below the version that should be flashed on the RT-N66U? Or is the RT-N66u not supported yet? Thanks.

tomato-K26USB-1.28.0496.2MIPSR2-Toastman-VLAN-RT-N-Ext

thans for reply,

@ toastman, your linked thread is about RT-N16-not 66! till now i haven´t found a thread about a bricked RT-N66U caused by 60k nvram.

and on your download page, there is no specific RT-N66U version.

@kthaddock,

last time i filled up i´ve already done this, to be sure

but i will try again NOW:

here nvram show | grep entires BEFORE i filled up stuff:

Code:

root@master:/tmp/home/root# nvram show | grep entries
1194 entries, 27451 bytes used, 33989 bytes free.

and now filled up with stuff:

Code:

root@master:/tmp/home/root# nvram show | grep entries
1195 entries, 52889 bytes used, 8551 bytes free.

then - NO RISK NO FUN- shutdown my router.

remove Powersupply, wait some seconds, and reboot it.

voila!
still ~53kB used

i´ve dumped the mtdblock4, removed all FF bytes, and about 48k are used.

Code:

Tomato v1.28.0496 MIPSR2-Toastman-VLAN-RT-N K26 USB VPN
root@master:/tmp/home/root# nvram show | grep entries
1194 entries, 52855 bytes used, 8585 bytes free.
root@master:/tmp/home/root#

router survives a reboot with filled nvram? so is this a safe confirmation that 60k NVRAM images works fine on RT-N66U ?

hope this helps someone....

thanks, br hk2k2

@hk2k2
Thanks for the test. People think that was risky, but seems to work. I'm a chicken !

I would love to try out Tomato on my RT-N66U but I get an error:

"Firmware upgrade fail. It may result from incorrect image or error transmission. Please check the version of firmware and try again."

My routers current firmware version is the ASUS 3.0.0.3.108.

Is there a trick I'm missing? I've tried downloading the file with both Chrome and Firefox on Mac OS X 10.7.3.

Did you try this procedure:
http://www.shadowandy.net/2012/03/asus-rt-n66u-tomatousb-firmware-flashing-guide.htm

hm ok, so you think even with my tested reboots with 56k used nvram, it could happen after a while that cfe will try to read something from wrong adress ?

too bad or is there a small chance, that it will work normally

when CFE will read something in nvram? on normal reboot there was no problem at all..

why they just dont offer full 128k flash partition size for nvram

maybe asus will help *G*

br

Can someone explain hk2k2's results on the 60K firmware on RT-N66U? Would be good to see serial console dump of what CFE reports during boot.

Asus did leak source-code for a version of the RT-N16 CFE, which makes it clear that they used Broadcom's historical default NVRAM_SPACE occupying the last 32kB of the flash chip, the GPL router sourcecode for the N66 uses the same. I do not know why they don't just use the whole of the last flash block - since it all gets written everytime nvram is committed. I have experimented with 128kB in CFE (on WRT54G-TM) and sourcecode before and it did work, for a while. There must be a reason why Linksys use 60 rather than 64 which has been the minimum erase block size on most common flash chips (128 or 256 also used).

The router source code (shared by CFE) does search for the start of the nvram in a number of places, one of which matches the 60k location - it looks for the token:-

Code:

#define NVRAM_MAGIC 0x48534C46 /* 'FLSH' */

BUT I have not seen anything that suggests that the size of the nvram is also auto-detected by the CFE, NVRAM_SPACE is a compile #define, used in many places - which is set differently by Linksys (calculated at compile time in tomatousb to support the different sizes).

Yes.

Code:

    </dev/mtd4 wc
      63      672    131072
 
    </dev/mtd4 tr '\377' '\n' |wc
  106239      672    131072
 
    </dev/mtd4 tr '\377' '\n' |grep -n -v '^$' |head
98305:FLSH@a
98307:åZ*&rrule0=0|1320|300|31|||word text
98308:^begins-with.domain.
98309:.ends-with.net$
98310:^www.exact-domain.net$|0|example
98311:wl_mac_deny=
98312:wl_radius_port=1812
98313:sb/1/ofdm2gpo=0x66666666
98314:pptp_client_mru=1450
98315:https_crt=
 
    nvram show --nosort |head -5  ### (NB: this sequence is not fixed!)
rrule0=0|1320|300|31|||word text ^begins-with.domain. .ends-with.net$ ^www.exact-domain.net$|0|example
wl_mac_deny=
wl_radius_port=1812
sb/1/ofdm2gpo=0x66666666
pptp_client_mru=1450

I've been meaning to start a conversation about NVRAM towards understanding the relationship between the actual NVRAM, the working NVRAM image, and the various processes that interact with (mostly) the latter.

(I'll probably get to it after the wireless -- wl thread )

FWIW, to get the size of the NVRAM image:

Code:

nvram show|tail -1

[above commands were on an N16 -- others may wish to run on N66U, compare and report.]

Do somebody know something about DNSCRYPT in Toastman firmware?
Will it able in future and if YES that when?
Thank you.

Toastman's?

Yes, of course "Toastman's".
The last Shibby's f/w has this option.
What about DNSCRYPT in Toastman's f/w?
Thank you.

Got it sorry, I thought you said Toastman's already had it.

here is my bootlog:

http://pastebin.com/0f2u9rYn

i can see a kernel oops and segfault at the end, what did this mean what causes this ?!



all used functions works as normal here (except some problems with crond and scheduler....)

thanks br hk2k2

You`ve got Segmentation fault, module fault and not corrected detection of flash memory (Found an serial flash with 0 0KB blocks; total size 0MB)

but you still tell us all is good, all is fine.... !!!

I tested NVRAM60 build on wnr3500Lv1, v2 and rt-n16.

All bricked!
.

have you tried on your RTN66U too ?

the problem with the serial flash exist also!!! in normal 32kB nvram version.

and i found it also in bootlog from ORIGINAL ASUS FIRMWARE:

Code:

Creating 5 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash":
0x00000000-0x00040000 : "pmon"
0x00040000-0x01fe0000 : "linux"
0x0013b400-0x012a0000 : "rootfs"
0x012a0000-0x01fe0000 : "jffs2"
0x01fe0000-0x02000000 : "nvram"
Found an  serial flash with 0 0KB blocks; total size 0MB
sflash: found no supported devices

...

and the kernel oops, seems to accur only if i activate usb support on my router... i will check this out.

thanks, br hk2k2

Same with RT-N66U and Toastman's (32k) f/w :
...
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: number of CFI chips: 1
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: cfi_cmdset_0002: Disabling erase-suspend-program due to code brokenness.
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: Flash device: 0x2000000 at 0x1c000000
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: Creating 5 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash":
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: 0x00000000-0x00040000 : "pmon"
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: 0x00040000-0x01fe0000 : "linux"
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: 0x00127000-0x00780000 : "rootfs"
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: 0x00780000-0x01fe0000 : "jffs2"
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.notice kernel: 0x01fe0000-0x02000000 : "nvram"
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.warn kernel: Found an serial flash with 0 0KB blocks; total size 0MB
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.err kernel: sflash: found no supported devices
Dec 31 19:00:07 user.warn kernel: u32 classifier
...

I'm considering getting the RT-N66U in the future. I currently have the RT-N16.

Is loading the Tomato firmware on the RT-N66U nearly identical to the RT-N16's (i.e., put router in recovery mode and use the Asus Firmware Restoration Utility)?

Yes!Same procedure

Other question:Have a bug in Time?In Italy change the hour,but in the router not change?
Why?

Follow the link on post #31.

I live in the US, so I can't say.

In my case, I set the time using the NIST servers (http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi), and set the time to Eastern Time (UTC -0500)

The tomatousb kernel probes for different types of flash chip, not a problem if a particular type not found - obviously a big problem if none found. The kernel oops is a problem, but probably not related to nvram size, I'm surprised no relevant messages in hk2k2's logs, looks like it will work until nvram gets shuffled and important bits not found by CFE in first 32k?

The DST time change fail is a classic bug in uclibc see

http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-456075#post-1402026

from time to time i got this OOPSES again, also with 32k and 60k version.

what does is mean? what causes this ? anyone can read out something?

Code:

CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d661f000, epc == 80087044, ra == 80087034
Oops[#2]:
Cpu 0
$ 0   : 00000000 00000000 00020001 d661f000
$ 4   : d661f000 00020000 00000000 00000000
$ 8   : 80306fb0 73756464 702e7265 6974736f
$12   : 00000001 00000011 00000011 622f7470
$16   : 00000000 ffffffff 87538000 87acd3e0
$20   : 00000080 00000000 802e0000 80270000
$24   : 00000000 8001d8a8
$28   : 87886000 87887dd8 004c541c 80087034
Hi    : 00000000
Lo    : 00000000
epc   : 80087044     Tainted: P
ra    : 80087034 Status: 1100fc03    KERNEL EXL IE
Cause : 00000008
BadVA : d661f000
PrId  : 00019749
Modules linked in: usblp ohci_hcd hfsplus hfs leds_usb led_class ledtrig_usbdev ip6table_mangle ip6table_filter xt_webmon xt_recent xt_IMQ im
q ehci_hcd vfat fat ext2 ext3 jbd mbcache usb_storage sd_mod scsi_wait_scan scsi_mod usbcore wl(P) et(P) igs(P) emf(P)
Process sh (pid: 15363, threadinfo=87886000, task=8136a000)
Stack : 87538030 87538000 00000000 800bd1b4 87538000 87887f30 87887e18 87887f30
        802aa700 800bcb0c 000200d2 00000000 fe141000 fe141000 87538002 00000000
        6e69622f 0068732f 000200d2 00000000 004c5420 800677a4 87887e2c 00000010
        000200d2 00000000 87538130 87503000 8753807c 00000000 0001ffd7 00000000
        004c5420 004c5404 8753807c 00000001 0001fe90 00000000 00000002 812de460
        ...
Call Trace:[<802b0000>][<80003204>][<80001548>]

Code: 00402021  00501821  24a20001 <80710000> 00402821  ae420104  26100001  24021000  1202ffe5
note: sh[15363] exited with preempt_count 1
BUG: scheduling while atomic: sh/0x10000001/15363
Call Trace:[<80006024>][<80006a50>][<80001500>][<802b0000>][<80003204>][<80001548>]

thanks ,br

Can anyone confirm this strange behavior?

Create a test script /temp/test.sh:
#!/bin/sh
echo $1

And execute it a bunch of times with a parameter:
root@Router:/tmp# /tmp/test.sh 2452454
tmp/test.sh
root@Router:/tmp# /tmp/test.sh 2452454
2452454
root@Router:/tmp# /tmp/test.sh 2452454
2452454
root@Router:/tmp# /tmp/test.sh 2452454
2452454
root@Router:/tmp# /tmp/test.sh 2452454
tmp/test.sh

What is your context and purpose? Are you suggesting that the shell sometimes acts as if ther had been $0 instead of $1?

Ah, wait, $0 would be /tmp/test.sh , not tmp/test.sh

Can you replicate this at the command line?

Code:

set -- foo bar # do this once
while sleep 1;do echo $1;done

break out with Control+c


Does it still happen when your script only contains the second line?

Can you remove all the visual clutter?

Here is something from my .profile:
export PS1=" "

This gives me a clean prompt of two spaces.

(instead of the ugly uninformative one)

but some folks might confuse two blanks with nothing.

I removed the visual clutter, edited the test.sh script to look like this:
#!/bin/sh
set -- foo bar
while sleep 1;do echo $1;done

And the result is:
./test.sh
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo

Removed the 2nd line (set -- foo bar) and executed a bunch of times:
./test.sh 123
123
123
123

./test.sh 123
/test.sh
/test.sh
/test.sh
/test.sh

./test.sh 123
/test.sh
/test.sh

./test.sh 123
/test.sh
/test.sh

./test.sh 123
123
123

I'm still puzzled.

I meant interactive . . .

It seems consistent:
set -- foo bar # do this once
while sleep 1;do echo $1;done
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo

while sleep 1;do echo $1;done
foo
foo
foo

while sleep 1;do echo $1;done
foo
foo
foo
foo

while sleep 1;do echo $1;done
foo
foo
foo
foo
foo

Peculiar. what do you get with:

Code:

  echo 'echo $0 $1' >foo ; cat foo

and then run

Code:

  sh -vx foo bar

will it still act strange?

This looks good as well.
The inconsistency shows only when calling a script with #!/bin/sh and some parameters.

So, what happens when you invoke the original script with sh -vx /tmp/test.sh foo ? Does it still act up?

It works fine with sh -vx /tmp/test.sh foo and with sh /tmp/test.sh foo, but not with /tmp/test.sh foo.

I wonder if #!/bin/ash is the same.
what version is your busybox? sh --help
also
cat /etc/motd

I just flashed Tomato Firmware v1.28.0497 MIPSR2-Toastman-VLAN-RT-N K26 USB VPN

Absolutely love it. However, the QoS graph seems to be broken? Every entry in the bandwidth distribution(In/Out bound both) is 0. Can anyone tell me what is going on?

You are not alone with QoS graphs. I have same issue.
And somwhere before somebody told about it several times.
It's wellknown issue.

And I have still two more.
Scheduler doesn't work after reboot.
User MAC for 2.4 band gone away after reboot too...

P.S. I did reset, 30/30/30 reset, restore stock firmware and back to Tomato
and always with same issues
QoS graphs
Scheduler
user MAC for 2.4 band
:-(

OK I C. How can I know QoS is working though?

I'm almost sure that QoS works fine.
Because I try to change the "Max Bandwidth Limit"
and mesure the trafic for different class of trafic
P2P, WEB, VOiP etc.
and always I had results proporcional my settings.
Or simple answer even I have max P2P trfic
my VOiP and other trafics with higher priority works
fine without timeouts...

I mean even you don't see QoS grahps QoS really do what it should!


Thanks to Tomato developers!

You are experiencing side effects of the /bin/sh randomness, I also have this inconsistency with QOS, I believe that the QOS scripts under /tmp are causing it.

I have not tried Shiby's build yet. Does it have the same issue with QoS?

The strange sh parameter bug is being discussed here: http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-461749#post-1420427

quietsy -- can this problem be replicated on a router without added hardware? Without added software? Pristine firmware?

This is repost from http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-461749

"Here is a minimalist demonstration of the Hash-Bang Shell Parameter Bug:
Paste this:

cd /tmp
echo "#!/bin/sh" >bug
echo 'echo -n $1.' >>bug
chmod +x bug
for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do bug $i; done

You should get a line of 10 punctuated digits.
But on the N66U, you might see a few "ug"s instead.
You can do this from Tools>System — no need to ssh or telnet."

Oh my God...
RT-N66U is here and
every time when I execute it I don't have any result without "ug" !!!
0.1.2.3.ug.5.6.7.8.9.
ug.1.ug.ug.ug.5.ug.7.8.ug.
ug.1.2.3.ug.ug.ug.ug.8.ug.
etc.
...

I did same test on E2000 and it works fine without "ug" all the time.
"0.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9." Good result !

P.S. On both routers I have last version of Toastman f/w.
I would like to know results of such test with DD-WRT on RT-N66U...

Does factory N66U firmware have a command line interface?
If so, does it have the bug?

The RT-N66U with factory firmware pass "ug" test without any problems.

To ToastMAN.
Thank you for new version of firmware.
Mr. Toastman, do you have any opinion about "ug"-issue (RT-N66U only!) with your and Shibby's firmware ?

Hi,i have found this mod of official firmware Asus!



The author has implemented the control of temperature, there is the possibility to implement on Tomato?
The feature it's visible at this link: http://ip-router/Advanced_PerformanceTuning_Content.asp

Just to disambiguate, please:

Are you saying that you tried (unsuccessfully) to replicate it on several RT-N66U's?

(It is not clear that that was your intended meaning.)

This problem has only been observed on the RT-N66U, running Tomato.
This problem has not been observed with Asus / DD-WRT FW.
There have been multiple reports of this problem with Toastman, Shibby, Victek builds, by multiple users with or without memory cards, and/or optware.
It is intermittent, but frequent when present.
There have been reports of Tomato on RT-N66U's where the problem has not been replicated.


So far, no programmer has said that he replicated it and took diagnostic measures.
Shibby has said that he plans to . . .

I take that to mean that Toastman has no access to an RT-N66U.
Then, obviously, he cannot diagnose the problem. He can't even see it.

I too, have no access to an RT-N66U. [I find it bizarre that there are people who have this device, which has a catastrophic problem, and who don't have system programming skills, but who would rather live with such a ticking time-bomb than give remote access to someone who might be willing and able to help. -- If I had such a router with this problem, I would certainly not "live with it".]

So far, Shibby is the only programmer who has said that he has access to an RT-N66U.
But he has not even said that he has checked if this problem exists on his RT-N66U.

I understand quite well that compiling program takes different skills from recognizing, tracking, diagnosing, and fixing software problems, especially ones that are both intermittent and limited to particular hardware. These are the worst kind.

Edited . . .

It is available for $215, and in stock, in my neighbourhood.

Maybe the people who own the problem don't really want it diagnosed?

Otherwise, maybe if 8 people could pay $20 each, I'll pay the rest.
If I can't find the problem myself, I can make it accessible online to programmers with diagnostic tools, etc.

Meanwhile, I challenge anyone who owns the problem to consider this:

1. It's your problem. Not my problem.
2. Even though, I'm willing to help.
3. As long as you refuse to do the following, I doubt that you really want this problem fixed:

4. Produce a procedure of the form:

... A. Starting with a factory fresh unit, flash XXX-version Tomato.
... B. Log in, try the shell parameter test, and it fails.

I would like to see reports of people who have done that.

I don't care about people who have no RT-N66U -- this thread is about the RT-N66U.
I don't care about people who have stuck any hardware into their RT-N66U.
I don't care about people who have stuck any software into their RT-N66U.
I don't care about people who have made any configuration changes to their RT-N66U.

So, if a few people care enough, maybe I'll buy one.
And (if I can't track down the problem myself) I can make it accessible to other programmers.

Or, maybe someone here has a better idea?

Hi!
Could sombody tell me about the command to see the temperature of CPU in RT-N66U?
I think if stock firmware has this options I could run special command in System in Tomato
to see the result for count the temperature of processor...
Thank you.

interested

Why is it that numerous people say:

I have an RT-N66U device. I want technical experts to help me.

But no one says:

I will provide access to my RT-N66U router to bona fide technical experts so they can help me.

As far as I know, no technical expert has access to an RT-N66U.

Shibby seems to own one, but in an entire week has not been able to access it for a few seconds, in order to determine whether it has the Shell Parameter Bug.

Thanks to Toastman for new 1.28.0498.2 version.
(- IP Traffic: Fix JS error causing initial load delay when default nvram 'tomato' skin
- ash: fix execution of shell scripts without shebang
- PPPoE Status Progress - overview page
- add PPTPD to ext builds
- Dropbear: 2012.55 update
- Dnsmasq: 2.60 update)

I tryed on it already.
I'm not using IP Traffic, PPPoE, PPTPD and don't execute "shell scripts without shebang"...
May be it's the reason why I don't see any differences.

P.S. I'm not sure but seems to me that GUI in some places of menu slower than before.
For example, I have to wait around 5 seconds to open Device List or IP Traffic...
("ug"-test still show negative results)

Any way thanks a lot for you business Toastman.

[info] i succesful upgraded broadcom driver using Asus`s sources for RT-N66u Result:

Both radios works Now i do more tests.

Wow!!!Great work Shibby!!!
Thank'you

Is there a trick to install a tomato build on this router? I tried both toastman and shibby builds, upload is successful but I still cannot access the gui. On the other hand stock firmware installs without a problem. Has anyone had this problem before or am I the only one?

So far tried these builds:

tomato-K26USB-1.28.7498.1MIPSR2-Toastman-VLAN-RT-Lite.trx
tomato-K26USB-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-085V-VPN.trx
tomato-K26USB-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-092-AIO.trx

none of them worked...

Success!!! I `ve flashed first an older stock version (3.0.0.3.72) and then tomato. Now seems everything OK. The problem was flashing from the latest stock version (3.0.0.3.112) to tomato.

hmm, for me both radios worked fine also in older versions? or what is the point ?

and an other question, i use toastman mods, and wanna ask, if there is a chance to get multple ssid to work in future ?

if i activate it, gui is comletely damaged (no 5ghz settings visible...) and the 2nd ssid has no tx power..(logged with a notebook, also next to the router i got a VERY SMALL signal...)

thanks ,br hk2k2

New Broadcom drivers. Thats nice to hear, Shibby. Thank you.
I also read some e-mails from ASUS tech support over at the DD-wrt forums that ASUS will be having a firmware update next month that will increase the NVRAM to 64kb.

Dear Toastman,
I read message from PeterV on http://wl500g.info wher he wrote interesting information about the commad to see the themperature sensors inside of RT-N66U.

wl -i eth1 phy_tempsense
wl -i eth2 phy_tempsense

to see the temperature like on graph should to use the formula
x*0.5+20

The themperature of the RT-N66U the subject of conversation on many fourums.

Could you include the usfull options to monitor the temperature in one of your next firmware for RT-N66U ?

Thank you.

OK. I see. Thanks.

Radios have better performance in OFW. This is why i`m trying to move this driver from OFW to Tomato

Shibby,
I think you do absolutely right job!
Thanks.

Shibby, why not trying Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.100.138.20 ?

Who knows which CPU Frequencies are allowable?
Apparently, half speed (300MHz) is not allowed.
Thanks.

I will try port drivers from WNDR4500
eth0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.100.138
PCI: Enabling device 0000:01:01.0 (0000 -> 0002)
eth1: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.100.138.903
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:01.0 (0000 -> 0002)
eth2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.100.138.903

What are they saying?
Is any of it in English?

Is there a temperature sensor on anything other than the two radios?

What did you mean by:

"to see the temperature like on graph should to use the formula x*0.5+20"?

Reports on DD-WRT forums that there is now a slightly revised RT-N66U. The motherboard changed from a Version 3.0 to 3.2
Link with photo: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=688309&highlight=#688309
I wonder what Asus changed?

Shibby... how are you getting on with improved wireless/port drivers?

at the moment i have (tested in RT-N10U C1):

about

dmesg

IMO stability i better. I didnt test performance yet but wireless is working very nice.

I'm interested in what speeds you are able to get on wireless...
I have been running tomato-K26USB-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-092-AIO.trx for a week or two, with about 60 users on wired and wireless and it's been very stable. No problems at all. But I notice the wireless speed was not as high as I would expect.