Note that if you already have DD-WRT installed and working, and you are on this page because you want to revert to the router firmware, you need to break DD-WRT first! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROCESS. To use it, use the TFTP client portion, enable RFC1784 timeout with a 60 second value and set the transfer to Octet. However, some version of the DD-WRT seem to have this ability on other versions of the hardware, so you might find it works anyway.Īnother tftp program is called tftp2 and is available here (this will start the download): tftp2.exeģCDaemon from 3Com is another useful tftp program. Note This technique only officially applies to hardware version 5 of the router ( what version do I have?).
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You should at least check this to prevent unnecessarily opening the router. The LED display at the front of the router is the best way to determine what type of brick you have and its recovery method.
7 Open Buffalo WHR-G54S and Buffalo WHR-HP-G54.1.5 If That Doesn't Work WRT54GL (pin short 16 & 17).
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Go to the Windows section of this page to see the reset-from-scratch procedure. If the power light blinks in a neverending way, the 30/30/30 reset has no effect. This procedure is usually called 30/30/30 reset.
Without releasing reset button, disconnect power cord.Disconnect the router from UTP cables (not the power cable).To determine if the router is bricked, carefully follow the steps at note 6 of the peacock thread: īefore you continue below, make sure you've first tried a hard reset to revive your router: These techniques may be useful in these cases also. It is also unfortunately possible to configure your router in ways which make it dead to the world. Don't worry, there are a number of things you can try to get your router working again before giving up and living with the fact that your router is now a paperweight. So, you're afraid you've bricked your router.
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THIS IS AN OLD PAGE THAT MOSTLY APPLIES TO BROADCOM MIPSR1 AND MIPSR2 ROUTERS MORE UP TO DATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT NOTE 6 OF THE PEACOCK ANNOUNCEMENT (LINKED BELOW) AND THE WIKI ARTICLES ON SERIAL RECOVERY AND JTAG.