TomatoUSB

Helo everybody this is my first time installing tomato and im very nervious, I just bought an asus rt-n66u and im looking in this page tomato download page —>h t t p : : / / tomato . groov . pl / download /

I see many different build5x versions where they have a sub folder which has the name of my router RT-N66U

Which one of all build5x folder should i choose from and what do they mean?

Right now the follow folder has RT-N66U:
BUILD5X-085V-EN
BUILD5X-087V-EN
BUILD5X-088V-EN
BUILD5X-092V-EN

And also, once you go in the RT-N66U folder, which of the files should I use? bt-vpn? mega-vpn? What do they mean?

Also I've tried to install the flash, it uploads to 20% and then its stops….. :S now my router is dead :(

which one exacly did you use?

Latest build for RT-N66u is: http://tomato.groov.pl/download/K26RT-N/build5x-095-EN/Asus%20RT-Nxx%20(with%20USB)/

As you can read in README file:
- Asus RT-Nxx (with USB) - builds for RT-N10U, RT-N15U and RT-N66U

You dont know which one of builds you can/shoud use? Look into builds.png file
http://tomato.groov.pl/download/K26RT-N/build5x-093-EN/builds.png

Rt-N66u has 32MB flash memnory well you can use AIO build.

Do not install tomato from Asus GUI. Use Asus firmware restoration from CD.

Thanks for help, the problem I have now is that. Everytime it start to upload the file it cancles :( So i try to download asus main firmware and to the router, so it can be restored and nothing happends. My router is completely dead now.. im so freaking sad :(

How can i solve this?

I mean i just bought the router, didnt do the standard setup in it when you connect 192.168.1.1 , i just went straith to flash the tomato with firmware.

this router is unbrickable (to dead). You can always revive router using Asus Firmware Restoration.

1) install Asus utils from CD or download from my website
2) set a static IP on your network card 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 dns 192.168.1.1
3) run Asus firmware restoration tools and select tomato image
4) unplug power from router, press restore button, hold and plug power
5) wait about 5secs, power led should blinking
6) release restore button and press flash
7) if yuo will get some cancels, errors, timeouts - try again

i bricked my asus routers a hundreds of times and always will revive :)

You should have read:

www.tomatousb.[org]/forum/t-513938/how-to-install-tomato-on-asus-rt-n66u-shibby

—> Remove [] from link

And thanks Shibby for his great support and his great mod!!!

Love my N66U with Shibby Tomato!

Finally I've installed tomato latest version on my N66U Router :)

I can confirm that:

build5x-095-EN/Asus%20RT-Nxx%20(with%20USB)/ doesn't work , its useless.

I used that software for 15min and when adding mac addresses then it crashed and I cannot start up it again !!!

Use this to your RT-N66
tomato-K26USB-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-097-AIO-64K.trx
Update with asus tool

G.l.y

Okey I downloaded and installed tomato-K26USB-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-097-AIO-64K.trx

But now once I come in to the tomato , what is the first important thing to do? Clean the nvram? What I did now was the following:
Administration/configuration/restore default configuration/ there I selected "erase all data in nvram memory thorought"
Is this good? Or should I skip that?

Anyways, What I did now was:

I did this —> "erase all data in nvram memory thorought" after that I did this —> "restore default router settings (normal)"

Did i do it right? or should I've done something else?

Whats the best way?? I'm thinking on this:
I go to safemod on N66U and enter the N66U control panel and clean the nvram? bY CLICKING: "restore nvram to default" on the asus n66u panel . After this, then I install the tomato version?