Anyone Using an Asus DSL-AC68U

Ayahuasca · 4 Jun 2015 at 23:06

Any ideas why putty is refusing to connect? I've tried pinging 192.168.1.1 and it does it fine.

simoncraddock · 4 Jun 2015 at 23:25

Ixel said:
I have to agree with all what's said. ASUS has been the only DSL modem brand to cause problems on my line too. I've ran various other modem brands, that being the Huawei HG612, ECI /i, ECI /r, and now currently what appears to be stable and producing far less errors than the HG612 even - the Fritz!Box 7490 - now that I've got the public IPv4 subnet working without doing anything hacky.

I've put my ASUS DSL-AC68U back in the box and I will only get it out for purely routing purposes if I need a spare router. I don't trust the modem in it any longer unless the connection it's on is interleaved - which sucks of course.

This experience doesn't inspire me much confidence in buying products in future with the ASUS brand to be honest.

Regarding the Fritz 7490, it's been the most stable device on my line.

Not sure if this is a coincidence or not but yesterday I replaced the original Y dsl/phone cable with a shielded home made concoction which boosted DS by 4Mbps instantly. Furthermore at 1am this morning my SNRM ratio dropped from 6db/7db to 5db/6db and has held at this for what is now almost 24hrs. Since then the box hasn't recorded a single CRC/ES/SES error on either the DS or US.

stringyb92 · 4 Jun 2015 at 23:25

Ayahuasca said:
Any ideas why putty is refusing to connect? I've tried pinging 192.168.1.1 and it does it fine.

I done something silly on it earlier and forgot to change it from SSH to Telnet

Ayahuasca · 4 Jun 2015 at 23:28

It won't connect on either

stringyb92 · 4 Jun 2015 at 23:35

Ayahuasca said:
It won't connect on either

You sure you havnt accidently turned Telnet off on the router?

Redownload Putty also

Ayahuasca · 4 Jun 2015 at 23:42

Doh, forgot the factory reset I did will have switched it back to off.

Cheers!

I converted those numbers from the ATUCID and it said BDCM.

Chanfron · 5 Jun 2015 at 11:55

Hi, been reading this thread for a while, was looking to get this device my self as an all in one solution ready for vdsl if I ever went down that root but after reading it has put me off.
I am currently on ADSL2 and get 18mb download due to living close the the exchange, am currently using a Tplink 8970 which I acquired from someone who went to virgin media before that was using a dlink 2740b.

Now as this device seems to have serious probs on the modem side I have been looking for another device.

Tplink have this listed http://www.tplink.com/uk/products/details/?categoryid=3788&model=Archer+VR900v but there is no info on it yet.

Both the archer D9(modem router) and C9(router) both use the same style chassis and both have broadcom chips according to the devwiki site, so i am guessing they maybe very similar on the inside.

Wonder if this will be a good solution when it is released, unless Asus do a ver 2 or something and change the modem chipset.

Ayahuasca · 5 Jun 2015 at 11:59

I'm guessing BDCM means Broadcom then? Isn't the chipset in the ASUS DSL-AC68U Broadcom as well?

simoncraddock · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:17

Ayahuasca said:
I'm guessing BDCM means Broadcom then? Isn't the chipset in the ASUS DSL-AC68U Broadcom as well?

No it's Mediatek

Ayahuasca · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:19

So is neither the ASUS or the HG612 modem a good match for my exchange?

simoncraddock · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:27

Your Cabinet is Huawei which uses Broadcom so use a Broadcom based modem/router such as the HG612,Zyxel VMG8324/8924 or Billion 8800 series. The Asus uses a Mediatek chipset which is almost unique to Asus I believe.

Ayahuasca · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:29

Still trying to get the HG612 to work, I've updated the firmware and set Ethernet wan on the ASUS to lan port 1 and connected them together and it won't work.

simoncraddock · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:44

I don't have my asus now but...

Under the 'Internet Connection' tab and 'Wan Connection type' what options are listed when you select the drop down menu?

Ayahuasca · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:46

Automatic, static, PPPoE, pptp, l2tp

simoncraddock · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:46

Select PPoE and you'll probably need to enter your ISP login details I can't remember its been months since I had one

Ayahuasca · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:51

That seems to have sorted it

cheers

I can only get stats now by connecting directly to the HG612 though right?

simoncraddock · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:54

Your welcome

simoncraddock · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:56

To get line stats from the HG612 connect a cable to Lan2 port and access it via 192.168.1.1
You are now bypassing the Asus modem completely and using the HG612.

simoncraddock · 5 Jun 2015 at 12:59

Best way to get stats is use one of the 2 apps available via the Kitz forum

http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php/board,46.0.html

Ayahuasca · 5 Jun 2015 at 13:13

I'll leave it running 24 hours then grab some stats and post them here.