Gargoyle Forum

Ok got it all working AND I'm running Gargoyle 1.9.2 on my TP-Link Archer V2.

So last time I was stuck in a boot-loop:
I used the serial port method to unbrick my router:
-Bought this USB to TTL cable from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QT ... UTF8&psc=1
-Bought these male to male connectors to avoid soldering:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T ... UTF8&psc=1
-This guy has good pictures on where each wire goes:
http://vtechdesign.com/archerc7mod.html
-Great instructions on how to perform a serial unbrick in this thread:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... c&start=45
READ THROUGH THE WHOLE THREAD AND LINKS TO LEARN!

I ended up flashing the DD-WRT image linked earlier in this thread to unbrick the router.

Once everything was stable...I used the TFTP method to flash gargoyle. (This time I didn't muck with the file)

Everything is working now. My router is working with Gargoyle 1.9.2. I think I've found a bug related to disabling DHCP and it getting re-enabled after a reboot...but that is for another thread

This week I purchased a TP Link Archer C7 V2 as well. Unfortunately, I flashed the router with the locked version of the TP-Link firmware (Archer C7(EU)_V2_160616), blocking the flashing of Gargoyle firmware or an earlier version of TP-Link firmware.
Fortunately, flashing a version of LEDE firmware solved this problem, as I got from the DD-WRT forum:
dd-wrtdotcom/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=287073&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75
Flashing the "lede-ar71xx-generic-archer-c7-v2-squashfs-factory-eu.bin" firmware replaced my locked TP-Link firmware with the LEDE firmware. These is also a squash-file for US firmware available.

My router is

Model:Archer C7(UN) 3.15.1 Build 160920 Rel.38790n
Ver:2.1
S/N:216A182000061

Neither EU or US?

I notice LEDE have 4 builds

archer-c7-v2-il-squashfs-factory.bin
archer-c7-v2-squashfs-factory-eu.bin
archer-c7-v2-squashfs-factory-us.bin
archer-c7-v2-squashfs-factory.bin

Unsure what the difference's are?

Israel
Europe
USA
Other

In that order