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T-Mobile has ASUS TM-AC1900 Wireless-AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router (Rebranded RT-AC68U) on sale for $74.99 - $25 with promo code ROUTER = $49.99. Shipping is free. Thanks s2kfever
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Now $11.25 more than the only lower Front Page deal ever posted, but still a fantastic price for this popular router when compared to all previous Slickdeals post history ~RevOne
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T-Mobile [t-mobile.com] has ASUS TM-AC1900 Wireless-AC1900 Dual Band Gigabit Router (Rebranded RT-AC68U) for $74.99 - $25 with promo code "ROUTER"
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Last Edited by HarryS4062
July 27, 2018
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03:36 PM
If you have the Amex 10% off ell phone bills, it should work on this. Worked for me last time around.
DDWRT runs good on this router as an alternate firmware to Merlin, Asus Tomato and OpenWRT. I have 2 of these running DDWRT for couple years now without issues.
You can flash this router to an RT-AC68U: http://www.bayareatech
Wiping T-Mobile certificates from the mtd5 partition
These instructions originally existed on SNB before that forum thread was shut down [snbforums.com]. Credit to XVortex and rdallen. After you've performed these steps, you can flash 3.0.0.4.384.21140 (and possibly newer) using the GUI.
SSH into the router, then:
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ASUS RT-AC68U firmware downloads [asus.com]
SNB now disallows discussion [snbforums.com] about converting TM-AC1900 to RT-AC68U with AiMesh. So, modding information may be a bit harder to come by going forward. Some discussion has moved to this thread [whirlpool.net.au] on whirlpool.
Other Tips:
If you are having problems accessing the mini-CFE webserver this works:
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Lastly, for those who REALLY want to de-brand, take a cotton swab w/ nail polish remover (same as for finger- or toenails) and rub out the Tmo inscription. Some removers work better than others so if difficult, good results have been reported using acetone.
DDWRT runs good on this router as an alternate firmware to Merlin, Asus Tomato and OpenWRT. I have 2 of these running DDWRT for couple years now without issues.
You can flash this router to an RT-AC68U: http://www.bayareatech
- Avoid CFE 1.0.2.5 from the RT-AC68P, as the newest Asus firmwares (3.0.0.4.384.20624 and later) detect this on the TM-AC1900 and revert the mod. Instead, use CFE 1.0.2.0 US AiMesh; it was dumped from an actual RT-AC68U by user goggles99 at SNB. The CFE generator [pipeline.sh] by danielfeng has this version available.
- Some TM-AC1900 ship with a firmware version that allows SSH access. If you get one of these, you can skip steps 5-10 of the guide. To check if you have SSH available, go to Administration > System in the router configuration interface. If your firmware permits SSH, there will be a setting to Enable SSH. If so, choose Yes, then Apply. Move on to step 11.
- The T-Mobile certificates have to be wiped from the mtd5 partition. This can be done after all of the steps in the guide have been completed, but must be done before any newer version of ASUS firmware is flashed. As of this writing, the firmware included in the bayareatechpros guide is 3.0.0.4.376.3626, so the steps below should be performed when this version is running on your router.
Wiping T-Mobile certificates from the mtd5 partition
These instructions originally existed on SNB before that forum thread was shut down [snbforums.com]. Credit to XVortex and rdallen. After you've performed these steps, you can flash 3.0.0.4.384.21140 (and possibly newer) using the GUI.
SSH into the router, then:
Code:
# Backup MTD5 (dd produces identical bin) cat /dev/mtd5 > /jffs/mtd5_backup.bin # Copy mtd5_backup.bin from router using scp # From host: scp [email protected]:/jffs/mtd5_backup.bin ./ # Mount MTD5 mkdir /tmp/asus_jffs mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock5 /tmp/asus_jffs # Copy mtd5 files from router using scp # From host: scp [email protected]:/tmp/asus_jffs/* ./ # Wipe mtd5 files and reboot rm -rf /tmp/asus_jffs/* sync && umount /tmp/asus_jffs rm -rf /jffs/.sys/RT-AC68U nvram unset fw_check && nvram commit && reboot
ASUS RT-AC68U firmware downloads [asus.com]
SNB now disallows discussion [snbforums.com] about converting TM-AC1900 to RT-AC68U with AiMesh. So, modding information may be a bit harder to come by going forward. Some discussion has moved to this thread [whirlpool.net.au] on whirlpool.
Other Tips:
If you are having problems accessing the mini-CFE webserver this works:
- Power off the router using the power button
- Set your PC's IP to 192.168.29.2 (assuming the recovery mode is gateway is 192.168.29.1)
- Navigate to 192.168.29.1 using your browser -- the browser will continue to try and access the page until it is available
- Press and hold the reset button while powering-on the router
- When the mini-CFE webpage appears on the browser, release the reset button
- As long as the browser status is still spinning -- looking for a webpage -- the mini CFE web page will load
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Lastly, for those who REALLY want to de-brand, take a cotton swab w/ nail polish remover (same as for finger- or toenails) and rub out the Tmo inscription. Some removers work better than others so if difficult, good results have been reported using acetone.
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The way I read it, you are still running Merlin. Guessing you installed 384.5.
The way to get past this (Merlin's version of the rollback is to prevent loading any new firmware) is to:
login via ssh
scp the firmware trx file you want to install to the router
run "mtd-write2 <trx filename> linux"
It should reboot on its own - if not, wait a few minutes then do it manually
don't forget to clear nvram
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Now I haven't got time to replace my single R7000 + AC-68 repeater to 2x AC-68U to check performance improvement if any. On the fence if I should get one more for AiMesh.
My Mesh network will be entirely wireless as I can't run cable so maybe just invest in Orbi. Decisions decisions.
I am still using the free CellSpot from 2014, but am planning to update to a mesh network soon. Am I supposed to return it to T-Mobile? I never paid the $25 deposit, so I'm guessing I can keep it.
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Nope. You can keep it as long as your line, which was used to get this router, is still active.
Been with T-MOBILE for 6 years and also have a few of these free* from T-Mobile , they work rock solid 24/7, although not using mine in Mesh network.