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Yeah i have been using a factory image file *.img format for a while now. i cant get it to tftp to my router. that's where i have been having trouble and need help getting the firmware to the router. i followed the guide. i have a fixed IP to the router i factory rest it and try to tftp to it while ...

The problem is i can't get the router to flash any firmware. the stock factory firmware upgrade says its not a *.chk file. tftp just times out. i cant get the router into a flash mode or a state where it can be flsahed. i have followed a heap of guides and some information is conflicting. I have bee...

Lantis wrote:Are you flashing from the stock netgear firmware?

Yes i am

I must be missing something. i can't get it to tftp at all. i cant get the router into recovery mode. i followed the instructions. they say just hit upgrade or send the command while its booting up but it just times out every time. yeah, it doesn't say try https://liangsun.org/posts/switch-netgear-w...

am i surpossed to be TFTPing new firmware to the router? do i use the *.img or *.tar file for that?

ispyisail wrote:If all else fails install openwrt then install gargoyle

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr4300

yeah can i ask how exactly i would do that as i have been staring at the page you linked for a few days now and still have no idea what to do. i enabled telnet on the router. thats as far as i got

yeah i already shortened it before i tried. it says its for the version of the router i have.

every time i try and use the factory upgrade option it comes up with "please select the correct file. The file format is *.chk" in trying to install this file http://www.gargoyle-router.com/downloads/images/ar71xx/gargoyle_1.7.1-ar71xx-nand-wndr4300-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar Any help would b...