4300 bricked. Advice as struggling..

[slewis1972]

Ok, usually when I have bricked my 4300 v1.6 before - I can recover it, not this time. Tried to install gargoyle_1.8.1-ar71xx-generic-tl-wdr4300-v1-squashfs-factory

So, setup. Windows 10, telnet, ftft enable. Putty installed.
lan: 192.1681.2
subnet 255.255.255.255

Plugged into lan port 1 with std cable.

Never get a ping from 192.168.1.1

no matter what order I press the reset button, I usually just have power and ethernet light. If I press the WDS button just as I turn it on, I get the WDS light (far right) but believe this is before failsafe - I think

If I use wireshark, and set host 192.168.1.1 capture, what am I looking for as seeing traffic?

Tried using both guides on here and openwrt to no avail. Must be missing something......

Any advice appreciated.

[nworbnhoj]

lan: 192.1681.2
subnet 255.255.255.255

255.255.255.0

[slewis1972]

over zealous with the 255 on my post. I had set it up as 255.255.255.0

I wonder if I should put a switch or router in between 4300 & laptop - will that make a difference?

[nworbnhoj]

Thoughts ...
if you are reflashing Gargoyle you should be using the ...sysupgrade image, not the factory

There are actually 2 routers with similar names: the Netgear WNDR4300 and the TP-Link TL-WDR4300. Be sure to download the correct image.

There are some additional installation/recovery steps for both of these routers on the openwrt website

Netgear WNDR4300
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr4300
See Notes Telnet (original firmware)

TP-Link TL-WDR4300.
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300
see: de-brick or OEM installation using the TFTP recovery


Good luck - ans get back to us if still no luck