v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
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v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
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. No Sys light at all and no way to access via SSH
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. No Sys light at all and no way to access via SSH
Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
Recovery mode is your friend. Your routers are not dead, they are just sleeping. Login and run "firstboot" and they should recover.
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Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
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 tools/skill to do that.pbix wrote:Recovery mode is your friend. Your routers are not dead, they are just sleeping. Login and run "firstboot" and they should recover.
Do you mind telling me the exact steps? I'd appreciate it.
Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
with my tp-link i had to plug the Ethernet cable in to the wan port to get a ping.
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Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
No ping, nothing. I used static IP and everything. Failsafe doesn't work..tapper wrote:with my tp-link i had to plug the Ethernet cable in to the wan port to get a ping.
Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
What button are you pressing to get into failsafe mode?
Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
Instructions are in the Wiki,
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/dok ... e_recovery
If you be sure to document what step you had trouble at and what happened on all the previous steps.
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/dok ... e_recovery
If you be sure to document what step you had trouble at and what happened on all the previous steps.
Linksys WRT1900ACv2
Netgear WNDR3700v2
TP Link 1043ND v3
TP-Link TL-WDR3600 v1
Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2
WRT54G-TM
Netgear WNDR3700v2
TP Link 1043ND v3
TP-Link TL-WDR3600 v1
Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2
WRT54G-TM
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Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr941ndshahanovski wrote: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. No Sys light at all and no way to access via SSH
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr741nd
You will probably have to do Serial recovery for both routers if
all you see is the power light
If you see a power light - the router is not bricked, you just
have a bad firmware flash
If failsafe doesn't work - serial recovery will almost always work
If you cannot serial recover your router - you should not be
flashing 3rd party firmware - you always take the responsibility
that you are flashing the firmware, and if anything goes wrong,
then you have to recover the router yourself.
Read up on those 2 wiki pages for OpenWRT and how to recover
your routers via serial recovery.
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Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
QSS buttonn0pin wrote:What button are you pressing to get into failsafe mode?
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Re: v1.6.1 upgrade bricked two of my routers!
Thanks, looks like serial recovery is the only way. I know that I'm the one responsible when flashing 3rd party firmware.. but someone might have had the same experience and perhaps have found a way to recover, would be good to know. And in this case, I won't use "try to preserve settings" ever again..DoesItMatter wrote:http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr941ndshahanovski wrote: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. No Sys light at all and no way to access via SSH
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr741nd
You will probably have to do Serial recovery for both routers if
all you see is the power light
If you see a power light - the router is not bricked, you just
have a bad firmware flash
If failsafe doesn't work - serial recovery will almost always work
If you cannot serial recover your router - you should not be
flashing 3rd party firmware - you always take the responsibility
that you are flashing the firmware, and if anything goes wrong,
then you have to recover the router yourself.
Read up on those 2 wiki pages for OpenWRT and how to recover
your routers via serial recovery.