TomatoUSB

I've got a ASUS RT-N16 w/ Tomato VPN on it. I had unplugged it to do some work with a Time Capsule today and when I plugged it back in it wasn't working. The wireless light was on but I couldn't see it on my network. After some troubleshooting I tried holding the reset button.. well that ballsed it right up! Now I'm not getting the wireless light and I can't connect via ethernet. The power light is on in the front, but nothing else, just the LAN1 port where I'm plugged in. I can't access the gateway and I'm just getting an APIPA addresss 169.254.xx.xx.

So is it toast? If I could at least get back to the gateway I could flash Tomato back on it, but I don't know what's going on. Any ideas?

You've probably reset your tomato installation to its barebones defaults. Which tomato mod have you been running? If you were running the Toastman build, I believe DHCP is turned off on that by default; so if that's what you were running, you'll need to manually set an IP address for your computer you're connecting to the router with. I forget which subnet the default Toastman mod goes with…I think it's either 192.168.0.x, or 192.168.1.x.

Once you get in, you'll need to redo all your settings. This is why it's always a good idea, after configuring your Tomato install the way you want it, to save the configuration. If you ever should accidentally/on purpose reset your router, you can always redo all the settings with a minimum of fuss via that config file.

I'm using TOMATO VERSION: 1.28.9054 MIPSR2-beta K26 USB vpn3.6 I'm running OSX and it give me an option to setup my IP, the subnet, and then the router IP. I put the 192.168.1.x for my IP and what do I put for the router IP?

Did you try a Hard reset or 30/30/30?
You can google "Hard reset or 30/30/30" for details. After that it should be back in business on the 192.168.1.1.

30-30-30 reset does not work on the Asus RT-N12. You need to put the router in recovery mode. There are numerous threads on this forum and Google that will give you the details. From recovery mode you execute and NVram erase and if that does not fix it then you are dealing with hardware failure. Lemme know if you need more help with recovery mode.