router.asus.login : How to register the ASUS account in ASUS RT AC66U?

Before starting up the router.asus.com setup process, the user must register to the ASUS account as it provides convenience to the user to enjoy the various facilities and characteristics that enhance the operational level of the router. All features and settings are being embedded into the ASUS account over which the user has direct control. While registering the ASUS product to the ASUS account, a user must know the model name of his ASUS router along with the version number.

Steps to register the ASUS account in ASUS RT AC66U

1. Open your browser and type www.router.asus.com on the web address of the browser.
2. Search the login button on the opened up window, which must be residing at the upper side of the right corner.
3. Click on the Signup tab.
4. Choose the preferred registration method for the login process, choose either mailbox or the mobile phone number. Click on the method that you want to choose.
5. Fill up all the required details that you know of. The fields marked with the red symbol are mandatory to be filled up.
6. After filling up the required details, prove that you are not a robot. Click on “ I am not a robot”, then click on the Signup tab.
7. As soon as you click on the Signup tab, a dialogue box will appear confirming the approval of the basic information that you mentioned in your former step.
8. Close the present window on your computer and hop on to the Gmail account that you mentioned while activating the ASUS account.
9. Open the inbox of your mail and click on the verification link that has been sent to your to activate your account.

Note: The user could also skip the email step if he doesn’t want to activate the ASUS account for now. You can click on the “ I understand and will complete the verification of email in a little while” option.

How to update the firmware of the ASUS RT AC66U router?

The firmware of the ASUS RT AC66U router must be regularly updated to maintain the functionality level of the router. The new firmware updates the features including the networking protocols and security mechanism of the router that directly escalates the efficiency of the router. The firmware could be updated either through the web interface of www.router.asus.com or could also be manually updated.

Steps to update the firmware of ASUS RT AC66U router

1. Launch a browser and type either www.router.asus.login or 192.168.1.1 as the URL of the browser.
2. Hit the enter button and the router.asus.com login page appears on the screen.
3. Type the username and password within their respective credentials. Type the password that you assigned during the router.asus.com setup process. If you haven’t changed the default password, mention the default password in the password field.
4. Click on the Sign-in button and the main window of www.router.asus.com appears on the screen.
5. Now, click on the Firmware Version tab residing on top of the window. As soon as you click on it, you will enter the Firmware Update page.
6. Click on the Check update tab and the moment you will click on it, the router starts to check the new firmware available for your ASUS router.
7. If the new firmware will be available for your router then, the Firmware Upgrade option will appear on the screen. If you are using the latest Firmware, a notification will appear on the right of the box quoting that “The router is currently using the latest firmware”.
8. As soon as you click on the Firmware Update tab, the device will start the installation process of updating the firmware.
9. Wait for the update process to complete, it will take a few minutes to complete.
10. Your router will immediately get a restart, the minute that the installation process gets completed.

Note: The user must check the release notes before updating the firmware of the ASUS RT AC66U router so that he could know which configuration settings he has to perform after updating the router. You can create a back for those settings and could restore them after the process.