
Asus RT-N16
Flashing DD-WRT on the Asus RT-N16 (The Easy Way)
Keep in mind that I was a technical writer in a previous life. Yes, there are over 20 steps BUT if you want to do this quickly without reading all the steps just follow the text within each step in BOLD.
- Download these two files below by clicking on them and saving them to the computer which will be used to Flash the router.
- dd-wrt.v24-14896_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_RT-N16.trx
- dd-wrt.v24-14929_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin (check out my note on this version at the end of these instructions)
- Plug the power cord into the router. Make sure you see the power light and Wireless light on. They should both be Blue. That’s how you know it’s up and running and ready to begin.
- Plug a network cable from your computer into one of the four yellow LAN ports on the back of the router. Wait about 20 seconds so your computer will pull an IP address from the router.
- Open up an Internet Browser. (In years past you could only use Internet Explorer for this process BUT since about 2013 I have also successfully used Firefox. Not sure about Chrome or others).
- Disregard any other pages that may have pulled up in your Internet Browser about configuring the router (if they appear). We only want to input the url below in the address bar. It will take you directly to the Asus firmware upgrade page. Type this url exactly how it appears below into your browser address bar:
192.168.1.1/Advanced_FirmwareUpgrade_Content.asp
- When prompted for a username and password enter in admin for both username and password then click on OK.
- You should be at the exact page you need to be for uploading DD-WRT. Next to New Firmware File click on the Browse button
- Navigate to where you stored the TRX file from step 1. That was the first DD-WRT file called dd-wrt.v24-14896_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_RT-N16.trx. Select that file and then click on Open.
- After the file has been selected and opened click on Upload.
- You will see something that says Proceeding and then you’ll see a Progress Bar that tells you it will take 3 minutes. Typically I find it takes longer than 3 minutes, usually about 4:30 to load the firmware.
- When it’s done you will see Firmware upgrade is done. Close your Internet Browser and pull the power cord on the router and wait about 30 seconds. Then plug the power back in.
- Once the router is back online (you see Blue lights on the unit) Open your Internet Browser and enter into your address bar: 192.168.1.1
- You should see the DD-WRT interface asking you to reset your password. For simplicity sake (because we aren’t done yet) for the Router Username type in root and for the Router Password and Re-enter to confirm type in admin. Then click on Change Password. (You can change those later after we are done loading the next piece of firmware.)
- Click on the Administration tab. When prompted to enter your username and password type in root for the username and admin for the password, then click on OK.
- Click on the Firmware Upgrade tab. (It’s probably right under the Administration tab)
- Click on the Browse button next to Please select a file to upgrade.
- This time we need to Navigate to where you stored the BIN file from step 1. That was the second DD-WRT file called dd-wrt.v24-14929_NEWD-2_K2.6_big. Select that file and then click on Open.
- After the file has been selected and opened click on Upgrade. After about 2 minutes the file will load up and you will most likely be brought back to the DD-WRT Setup page.
- Click on the Administration tab
- Click on the Factory Defaults tab
- For Restore Factory Defaults click on Yes then click on Apply Settings. At the Warning! window click on OK. Wait 1 minute.
- Open your Internet Browser and enter into your address bar: 192.168.1.1
- Enter in the Router Username and Password you want. You are done. You now have DD-WRT Build 14929 mega on the router.