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I flashed 2 of my routers, TP-Link TL-WR941ND and TL-RW741ND, and both got bricked. I chose "Preserve settings" while upgrading and I believe that might have bricked them. I'm sure I've used the correct F/W version. Both are useless now and only Power light comes on after turning them on....

n0pin wrote:What button are you pressing to get into failsafe mode?

QSS button

tapper wrote:with my tp-link i had to plug the Ethernet cable in to the wan port to get a ping.

No ping, nothing. I used static IP and everything. Failsafe doesn't work..

Recovery mode is your friend. Your routers are not dead, they are just sleeping. Login and run "firstboot" and they should recover. I can't ping them at all. I tried following recovery mode instructions but nothing worked. What I haven't tried is opening and using serial. I don't have the...

I flashed 2 of my routers, TP-Link TL-WR941ND and TL-RW741ND, and both got bricked. I chose "Preserve settings" while upgrading and I believe that might have bricked them. I'm sure I've used the correct F/W version. Both are useless now and only Power light comes on after turning them on. ...