Asus RT-N56U - WAN disconnect problem

walnuts · 20 Feb 2012 at 13:24

Currently got Virgin Media Superhub router which is causing me a lot problems.

I'm looking to buy Asus RT-N56U but when looking at Asus forums I've seen a lot people encountering this problem:

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx...rd_id=11&model=RT-N56U&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

Is Asus RT-N56U still worth getting? I'm considering getting it and if I end up encountering above issue I'll just return it.

KIA · 20 Feb 2012 at 13:32

No issues here. I'm using it with the BT FTTC modem.

londonbairn · 20 Feb 2012 at 14:52

I have it working fine with the Superhub. I have the Superhub set to Modem only mode on 192.168.100.1. The R56 is set to 192.168.0.1 in router mode. I regulary have 10+ devices connected wirelessly/wired and have had no problems. Have only ever restarted it to update firmware.

The wireless range is impressive too.

walnuts · 20 Feb 2012 at 15:55

Thanks for all replies. I'm going to order RT-N56U tonight.

Rabtech · 20 Feb 2012 at 16:09

How long have you guys had the router for and do you use the QOS features or VPN at all?

KIA · 20 Feb 2012 at 19:51

7 months. I don't use QoS.

londonbairn · 12 Mar 2012 at 10:37

I just got the issue as per the OP

Everytime it would get WAN for about 10 seconds then display the error. I tried everything (new firmware, disable NAT, factory reset etc), now back on Superhub temporary until rainforest send me a new one.

Annoyed as I notice now how much better the throughput of the N56U is vs the Superhub and the wireless range.

mmj_uk · 12 Mar 2012 at 11:31

Are you using the default Asus firmware? I think it's junk personally if you buy an Asus router you're best off using a 3rd party firmware tbh.

londonbairn · 12 Mar 2012 at 12:21

I am yes, and I agree it is a bit flimsy, what are better alternatives do you think?

mmj_uk · 12 Mar 2012 at 14:43

rafster said:
I am yes, and I agree it is a bit flimsy, what are better alternatives do you think?

I've always used Tomato USB on my RT-N16 but I don't the think the RT-N56U is supported, DD-WRT is probably your best option.

KIA · 12 Mar 2012 at 16:48

RT-N56U isn't supported by 3rd party firmware.

londonbairn · 13 Mar 2012 at 11:56

What's the one available on the Google projects page?

bilston · 20 Mar 2012 at 09:27

It's a ton of bug fixes and additions for the original firmware, not technically a thirdparty one.

Van Diemen · 21 Apr 2012 at 19:48

Old thread but here is a possible fix for this issue:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Up-to-50Mb-broadband/Asus-RT-n56u-dropping-connection-fix/td-p/887187

Can somebody report this as working or not.

I'm currently looking to buy a a router for my VM connection & this is top of my list

Credo · 23 Apr 2012 at 09:44

bilston said:
It's a ton of bug fixes and additions for the original firmware, not technically a thirdparty one.

I run the Google Projects firmware on my RT-N56U and it's been absolutely bullet proofsince day 1, this is with the BT FTTC modem. There are so many fixes and improvements it's worth trying.

jamjar · 23 Apr 2012 at 10:33

Credo said:
I run the Google Projects firmware on my RT-N56U and it's been absolutely bullet proofsince day 1, this is with the BT FTTC modem. There are so many fixes and improvements it's worth trying.

Does this work with Windows as it doesn,t state that anywhere or i,m missing something ,it mentioned Linux stated here :

Project news:
Finally! The new release of firmware version 1.1.1.8e-b2 is ready.
It is based on Linux kernel from wive-rtnl project, trunc 2.3.3,
which has many backports from later versions of kernel.

bremen1874 · 23 Apr 2012 at 10:53

jamjar said:
Does this work with Windows as it doesn,t state that anywhere or i,m missing something ,it mentioned Linux stated here :

Project news:
Finally! The new release of firmware version 1.1.1.8e-b2 is ready.
It is based on Linux kernel from wive-rtnl project, trunc 2.3.3,
which has many backports from later versions of kernel.

The router runs Linux. The PC operating system is irrelevant.

platypus · 23 Apr 2012 at 11:37

Credo said:
I run the Google Projects firmware on my RT-N56U and it's been absolutely bullet proofsince day 1, this is with the BT FTTC modem. There are so many fixes and improvements it's worth trying.

I've been recommended to this, any chance of a screenshot or two?

Also (sorry for the hijack), how does one reserve ip addresses based on mac addresses on this router?

platypus · 23 Apr 2012 at 11:37

Van Diemen said:
Old thread but here is a possible fix for this issue:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Up-to-50Mb-broadband/Asus-RT-n56u-dropping-connection-fix/td-p/887187

Can somebody report this as working or not.

I'm currently looking to buy a a router for my VM connection & this is top of my list

I've got this router and its been excellent so far.

bilston · 23 Apr 2012 at 16:18

platypus said:
I've been recommended to this, any chance of a screenshot or two?

Also (sorry for the hijack), how does one reserve ip addresses based on mac addresses on this router?

It looks exactly the same as the stock firmware.

To get to mac address reservation, go to Advanced, Lan, DHCP Server. It's the section titled "Manually Assigned IP around the DHCP List"