https://www.routerdefaults.org/tenda/ac18
https://www.cleancss.com/router-default/Tenda/AC18

admin/admin or blank/blank
192.168.0.1 or hxxp://tendawifi.com

xx=tt

To reset the Tenda AC18 to its default settings, you have to do the following steps:

Turn on router
Press the Reset button until all of the router’s LEDs flash
Restart of the device is automatically executed
Default settings have been restored


This post has been edited by stasio: Sep 6 2018, 09:50 PM

mine also from ookas no problem.

No so far..weird like?

signal drop, maybe my house too big tho.

Can't even get IP from router on all LAN port. Laptop IP shows 169.254.x.x

maybe dhcp not on. Can u try this firmware by poking reset port at behind going into cfe upload?

Tutorial to poke

follow Part 4 1.1 to 1.6 use google translate if u cant understand.

This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Sep 6 2018, 09:59 PM

Is this is firmware for malaysia version? I manage to get into CPE page

After multiple attempts with different browser, finally it let me upload and flash the firmware.

Now able to get into Tenda page. Thanks sifus

yes this is Malaysia firmware and good to hear that
after I got the ping I also keep refresh to get the cpe page I used chrome.

This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Sep 6 2018, 11:37 PM

Thanks for the help man.

Initially chrome keep spinning without loading CPE screen, tried firefox and IE both can get CPE upload page but cant upload at all.

Then in the end try chrome again can see the % keep loading.

haha more try more success! the stock firmware already good but if u want more feature and fancier UI. but I did notice is poor signal by flashing Merlin!

This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Sep 7 2018, 12:59 AM

You mean try flashing Merlin? Initially I plan to flash Merlin too but abit discourage my unit came in like this

actually if just now u want flash straight also can haha since like soft bricked when the router came. so why not?

This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Sep 7 2018, 01:00 AM

Haha, you're right. Is there any features like Auto off wifi, schedule reboot in Asus Merlin?

Beside upcoming unifi turbo, I actually bought tenda for these features to keep the router running long term.

hmm auto on off wifi is in Wireless>Professional>WiFi Scheduler and for the schedule reboot need some hacks ya. Refer down

Wow, thanks for the info.

Kena poison already, in page one i see that it's recommend to flash from 378.56 first then upgrade to 380.70 right?

I think I will flash later. lol

yes that's right. I flash between stock and Merlin 4th time dy

This post has been edited by prokiller1199: Sep 7 2018, 01:22 AM

Trying to upload more than 5 times now. Keep load until 80%++ and timeout.

try use ie load,


after flash merlin do'n not use the reset button again
my ac18 brick total lost, tomoro will try send to service center
now i cannot switch to CFE mode and cannot connect to ac18 LAN
i flash to koolshare merlin 7.7 cannot connect to unifi
atfer that i try direct flash asus merlin ac68u latest version but not yet try setup unifi account
i wrong setup my LAN IP, i try press the reset button, reset to default
router restart and cannot connect again, power off and try press reset button and power on
damn cannot go to CFE again

I managed to find the auto reboot schedule under Administration > System > Miscellaneous > Enable Reboot Scheduler.

If flash back to Tenda firmware, do we need to erase NVRAM like what we did for Merlin?

I also notice cannot detect on Asus router app but the chinese website manage to use it.


Ahh, hope you able to get replacement when u send back.