Boxee Box Doesn't Work With RT-N56U

[Manor]

Hi,
I downloaded http://code.google.com/p/rt-n56u/ called 1.0.8.d-P3 and I'm now abel to connect my Boxee Box wired and DHPC with no issues at all.

I've always been able to connect wireless...the issue was via wire.

[mbryanr]

Let us know how it goes. Not really impressed with Asus fw, so the custom could improve upon the hardware performance.

[Manor]

Still works like a charm .

I even noticed a faster wifi to the laptops, but that could change slightly from day to day so it is not something I can prove.

Could someone else test this also?

[mbryanr]

After posting, I decided to try as well. No issues so far..appears to be a few other setting pages as well in the router config page.

[kocl]

Mine is working as well

My 2 boxees and 1 iomega are working fine.

[Occam]

I had similar problems. I tried with different firmware versions. I ended up having to revert to 1.0.1.7f to get it to work reliable. Not only will my Boxee Box not be online reliable, DHCP stops working and I cannot access my Netgear NAS using AFP above using any of the 1.0.1.8 versions.

[aaronwt]

I just got this router and ran into this same problem, what worked for me was to go to EzQoS and ‘turn on’ Voip/Stream, don’t know why it worked, but somehow it did. After it the Box could connect to the internet. Just my 2 cents. Good luck

I setup my RT-N56U today and just ran into the same issue. Your solution solved it for me. Thanks.

I turned it on and the Boxes picked up the IP address I had reserved for it. Then I turned off the EzQoS and it was still fine when I had it get the Ip again. I never had an issue with the wireless though.
There are some quirks with this router. Still not sure if I will keep it. I might go back to my DGL4500 or get one of the new WD routers to try.

[aaronwt]

For this solution to work I had to keep the EzQoS on which turns off the hardware NAT in the ASUS firmware. And that was one of the reasons I got this router. And having it off makes a noticeable difference in the web browsing speed.

I ended up installing one of the custom firmwares available here.

http://code.google.com/p/rt-n56u/downloads/list

SO now I don't have any issues with the RT-N56U and the Boxee Boxes. Plus the router firmware is miles better than what the official firmware offers. Giving you more options to choose from, a newer GUI, and also providing you with more router info as well.

Even the new official ASUS beta firmware I tried doesn't come close this custom firmware.

So instead of me thinking about getting a different router because of the crappy official firmware, I am now glad I have this, since is does much more and is much better than the DGL4500 router it replaces in my network.

[mbryanr]

Same here Aaron...haven't looked back with the custom fw.

[LowDead]

I browsed around the page for the CFW but couldn't find much info. What is the difference between that and OFW? Any annoying bugs that still need ironing out?