i think that's okay. Asus-based firmware is quite polished. Unless you are pro users, I don't think we need to regularly update. My office internet is using RT-66U and the firmware is from 2011. Plus,some of of user-facing features like USB/downloader/Apple Time machine backup are much better in Asus compared to regularly updated OpenWRT.

Can you flash the firmware over wifi?

guys, any chance after flash the firmware,can be use as repeater?

*ya..i know its wireless router.

No
With AsusWRT, yes
With Tomato, not sure

Here is the AP mode setting in Xwrt-Vortex firmware.

guys, any chance after flash the firmware,can be use as repeater?

*ya..i know its wireless router.

thanks abam shawty..tak jual ram crucial lg ke?

Gotta ask 0168257061 he used it as ap/repeater.

thanks dude..ya the option is there..anychance its working?

AP yes. I am using now.
Repeater wise, i didnt tried it yet.

Actually Asus already announced they will change their firmware format to lockdown and comply with the FCC rules. They finally introduced it recently and AsusWRT-Merlin based on that version is still in beta, so I wouldn't be surprised if Xwrt-Vortex will wait until stable version come out. Another thing is there is no publicly available source code for XWRT-Vortex modifications, so we can't compile it ourself.

Tomato-ARM main issue is they backported the kernel & drivers from AsusWRT. A lot of things just broken and unrealiable as it were incompatible with their existing code base. Yes, they fixed most of it but some stability issue still persist & I won't recommend people using it unless they want to use it purely as access point or just don't care. Updated more frequently so what? Most of the updates were on the 3rd party packages & minor fixes. I prefer Toastman build over Shibby's on Broadcom MIPS platform as Shibby's tend to favour more features unlike Toastman's more conservative build.

I'm not a fan of AsusWRT-Merlin firmwares, but they are the more reliable option for Broadcom ARM based Asus routers & they can do most of the things I wanted from a home wireless router.

Is this ""boot the emergency upgrade page"? 

Have you assign ur ip address to 192.xxxxxxx.1 at ur setting as shown by sHawTY from previous post.
And no, that's not the emergency upgrade page, emergency upgrade page only contain 1 or 2 line of word where it ask u to upload ur Huawei trans.bin. The page u screeenshot is ur Huawei router page. Try use IE or edge and enter 192.xxxxxxx.1 after u release ur reset key.

This?

yes, hows the progress? exploring the setting now? or still stuck somewhere

Loaded the bin file.

Upload completed. System is going to reboot.
Please wait a few moments

The Internet LED on router is blinking, but there is no reboot.

p/s
I click continue. It showed me the CFE miniweb server.
Then I chose the the firmware and click upload.
Then the browser went offline.
Waited few minuted, it went online again and sent me to the CFE miniweb server again.
The "Internet" LED on router is still blinking intermittently.

How to tell the flashing is completed?