Shibby Tomato v129 - No 2.4Ghz WiFi

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chad.easley
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Shibby Tomato v129 - No 2.4Ghz WiFi

I have flashed this firmware several different times, and my r6250 never has a functional 2.4Ghz wifi afterwards.  I've tried various NVRAM resets as well as 30/30/30 resets with no success.  The interface reports the wireless hardware is functioning, but none of my devices can detect the network.  If I flash DD-WRT, everything works perfectly.

I'm really not a DD-WRT fan, so if anyone has any pointers how to get this working on Shibby's Tomato, I'd love to hear them ;)

 

Thanks in advance!

menkelis
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I just installed Shibby

I just installed Shibby Tomato v129 and had the exact same thing less that an hour ago.

I was just about to restore to the OEM software, and had selected a 'restore to default'
in prepration for this, when I noticed that the RADIO light was now on, and 2.4Ghz was flagged

as 'enabled' in the status page. I confirmed that this was true on my Iphone and decided to
now configure everything that had been reset.

chad.easley
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Interesting, I'll have to

Interesting, I'll have to give that another shot.  I've wiped NVRAM completely several times and it never helped, but seeing that it worked for you gives me a little hope cool

chad.easley
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Unfortunately, after a reboot

Unfortunately, after a reboot I lost 2.4Ghz wifi again.  NVRAM reset occasionally restores it until I reboot the router again.

menkelis
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I just restored to OEM

I just restored to OEM software after spending an hour getting the router reset after making what should have been a simple
change to one of the settings.
I guess too much options for what I want, which is to have the unit act as a simple AP.

I did telnet in to the OEM software and pokeing around have at least confirmed that the
full RAM was being seen, as well as having two CPU's active.  I had tried this software as I was not sure if both CPU's were
active as reported by others in older software.
 

clbrown0725
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Tried forementioned...my

Tried forementioned...my wireless id dead...any fix suggestions ?

rrsalas
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I used dd-wrt and wasn't

I used dd-wrt and wasn't happy , but with this tomato build I see my wifi very flaky at best. Sometimes it's completely gone. Going back to stock, but please fix this.

rrsalas
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I was unable to revert back

I was unable to revert back to stock so I upgrded to a newer version.  https://advancedtomato.com/downloads/router/r6250  So far , everything is good.

sobchak
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hi,

hi,

i have problem with 2.4Ghz wifi, tomato v1.29, defaut setting and custom setting => wifi analyser App (on z3 compact), i see the 2.4ghz carrier falling randomly. My ipad air and iphone 3g encounter the same problem

I will test the v1.30, rrsalas ;-)

Juce-Tech
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I came across this thread

I came across this thread with the same problem in 2018! I have a fully functional R6250 with stock firmware. I needed better (different) parental controls than Genie allowed. Doing some reading, I downloaded the Shibbly May 2018 Tomato software and DD-WRT from late 2017. Looking at the basics, I thought Tomato would be the preferred match up, and proceeded to install. I reset the router to defaults, loaded the initial package, then the AIO package. Looks great. I navigated the screens fairly well, setting various options how I wanted them, etc etc. Everything looked perfect except.... No 2.4 band. According to the software, it was enabled and I thought configured properly. So I reset back to default, erased the nvram, and tested it before changing anything. The 5 ghz was working fine, but no sign of 2.4ghz. I use wifi analyzer on my phone. I plugged in my crappy dlink and both bands sprung to life. After endless prodding and changing, I figured I had somehow borked the 2.4ghz radio. On a whim, I loaded up DD-WRT, and presto magic both bands were back in all their glory. The only issue I have found is the router ports are not identifying as Gigabit ports on my switch. I am not sure if that is a software issue or compatibility issue, but with 90-240 second reboots for every change in the router, I was done for the day.
Any clues what I likely missed with Tomato?