Asus RT-N56U owners

ChrisD. · 15 Jul 2012 at 14:58

I haven't seen an owners thread for this router, and since it seems to get mentioned a lot, I thought a thread may prove useful to existing owners and anyone thinking about buying one.

I've had mine for a few months now, and one of the first things I did was to put the custom firmware on it found here. The reason I put this on is that I often need VPN access to home and having a VPN server on my router is much more ideal than having it on my PC. I must admit that at first I had a number of issues with the VPN server, but now with the latest release (which changes the menu system somewhat, definitely for the better, such as hotlinks for MAC address lookups for connected clients) it's rock solid.

I think the stock firmware has this new menu system as well since the one above is based on it, so if you haven't checked for an update recently, I'd recommend looking for one.

ChrisD. · 15 Jul 2012 at 16:03

I couldn't comment, sorry, since I haven't used the OE firmware at all. I'm unsure what other benefits there are other than VPN server, though the notes on the page I linked might explain some more.

ChrisD. · 16 Jul 2012 at 11:56

Not too sure on the filtering, I don't use it. Here's the attached devices screen:

The MAC addresses are hotlinked to look them up on http://standards.ieee.org

For example my iPhone links from the routers page to this page:

http://standards.ieee.org/cgi-bin/ouisearch?60C547

Very handy if there's a device you don't recognise.

ChrisD. · 17 Jul 2012 at 17:44

Sounds like some for of setup issue as mine doesn't do that.

ChrisD. · 28 Jul 2012 at 10:05

It is on mine, but I'm running the 3rd party firmware.

ChrisD. · 30 Jul 2012 at 06:50

Fine here, what's it say in your log?

ChrisD. · 30 Jul 2012 at 10:18

Scope said:
I can see anything in the log.. The clock is set to 1st Jan 00:00:00 + uptime.

Do you have the correct setting for NTP server? If my router restarts, I can see right away that it updates its time via the log.

ChrisD. · 30 Jul 2012 at 10:30

Scope said:
I thought so:

Timezone: GMT
NTP Server: uk.pool.ntp.org

Might sound daft but is it definitely set to update via an NTP server? If so and there's nothing obviously wrong, and provided there is no firmware update, try a factory reset.

ChrisD. · 30 Jul 2012 at 11:31

Scope said:
Other than ensuring those 2 fields are populated, do I need to do anything else to have it update via NTP?

Are you on the custom firmware? I can take a screenshot of mine this evening or maybe at lunch if I get a chance to VPN home.

ChrisD. · 30 Jul 2012 at 14:04

Scope said:
Yes, latest custom firmware: 1.1.2.2-005 (it was the same on 004)

Here's what mine looks like:

If you can't fix it then try a factory reset. :confused:

ChrisD. · 1 Aug 2012 at 23:48

Nice one. I'll get it updated tomorrow.

ChrisD. · 2 Aug 2012 at 06:56

If you mean WAN side then it say this:

Ethernet Link: 100 Mbps, Full Duplex

ChrisD. · 14 Aug 2012 at 19:02

Anyone know how I can hide behind my home IP via VPN? I'm in the states and I'd like to watch BBC iPlayer.

ChrisD. · 14 Aug 2012 at 23:46

Yes PPTP.

ChrisD. · 15 Aug 2012 at 15:20

KIA said:
Are you using the standard RT-N56U custom firmware VPN configuration? Does it connect? Is the IP not hidden by default?

I'm using the custom firmware. All I did was activate the VPN part, put in a username and password for two users, allocate the IP addresses and that was it. I can connect to the VPN fine, allowing me access to network devices when out and about but I'm still showing as on the public IP rather than my home IP.

ChrisD. · 23 Aug 2012 at 08:41

Phreaky said:
FTTC is never going to offer 100mbit+ so it would be a complete waste of money giving the modem a 1gig WAN bridge - you aren't missing out on anything.

Sure about this?

ChrisD. · 5 Sep 2012 at 11:07

KIA said:
Are you using the standard RT-N56U custom firmware VPN configuration? Does it connect? Is the IP not hidden by default?

MilanoChris said:
I'm using the custom firmware. All I did was activate the VPN part, put in a username and password for two users, allocate the IP addresses and that was it. I can connect to the VPN fine, allowing me access to network devices when out and about but I'm still showing as on the public IP rather than my home IP.

KIA, any idea on this? Not long back from Europe and missed this ability.

ChrisD. · 5 Sep 2012 at 12:23

Ignore that, it is working as it should now with the latest firmware. Odd.

ChrisD. · 4 Oct 2012 at 07:39

What happens if you stream it from your PC to the PS3?

ChrisD. · 27 Nov 2012 at 13:19

No, you choose which network to join. Both run at the same time with different names, ie network and network5g.