I recently installed my Asus ExpertWiFi system and immediately noticed a strange issue with it.
The topology of my network is quite simple and straightforward, as follows:
Modem → EBG15 → EBP15 → EBA63
This is a standard setup. For reference, the firmware versions running on these devices are:
- EBG15: 3.0.0.6.102_45537
- EBP15: 3.0.6.2
- EBA63: 3.0.0.6.102_45537
When I try to access the management interface of the EBG15 through wireless (via EBA63), the interface is extremely slow and almost unresponsive—something as simple as a page refresh can take up to a minute (!).
However, if I connect my computer directly to the EBG15 via Ethernet, the management interface works fine.
To troubleshoot, I connected my computer via Ethernet to the EBP15 and tried accessing the EBG15 management interface again. The same issue occurred—the interface was slow and unresponsive.
At this point, I suspected the EBP15 switch might be at fault. To resolve this, I checked the EBP15 support page for newer firmware versions and found:
I attempted to update the switch firmware by uploading the web_flash.bin (3.0.7.5) file from the provided zip archive.
However, I ran into an issue: the web interface appeared to accept the file and seemingly went through the flashing process. But after the procedure completed and the device automatically rebooted, the system information page still showed version 3.0.6.2.
I repeated the update procedure multiple times with 3.0.7.5, but the firmware remained at 3.0.6.2. I then tried 3.0.7.18 multiple times, but the device still refused to accept the new firmware.
Now... how can I get the device to accept the new firmware?
I noticed another flash.bin file in the zip archive. Being a long-time ASUS networking user, I am aware that ASUS devices often have an emergency mode for firmware uploads.
If the EBP15 has an emergency mode, how can I enter it and upload the full firmware instead of the web_flash (incremental) version?
Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated!
