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Router just 'stopped working'
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:19 pm
by spid3rm4n
Hi guys,
I bought a TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND directly from Gargoyle - it worked fantastically up until yesterday where it looks like it is stuck in a boot loop or in a state of constant resetting.
It wont respond to the 192.168.1.1 so I can't log into the router directly or ping the router.
Tips?
Re: Router just 'stopped working'
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:15 pm
by BashfulBladder
See Failsafe mode:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl- ... lsafe.mode
Temporarily set your IP to 192.168.1.2, reboot the router, press the button & when the light is furiously flashing, telnet into 192.168.1.1
Once in failsafe mode:
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mount_root
mtd -r erase rootfs_data
Re: Router just 'stopped working'
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:13 am
by nebbia88
BashfulBladder wrote:
Once in failsafe mode:
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mount_root
mtd -r erase rootfs_data
why on earth mount root before erasing it???
Re: Router just 'stopped working'
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:41 pm
by BashfulBladder
nebbia88 wrote:why on earth mount root before erasing it???
Because of the "and then" clause in the OpenWrt page
I quote:
"To mount JFFS2 in read-write mode run mount_root:
mount_root
and then repair your system
[snip]mtd -r erase rootfs_data
"
If you're hand isn't busy flourishing from the vapors, you should edit the wiki then.
Re: Router just 'stopped working'
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:17 pm
by spid3rm4n
All sorted
Thanks for your help!