Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 21:13 Post subject: Can't download factory-to-wrt from router
Hey guys!!!
Found this thread today and tried the first steps, but I have realized that wget didn't work to get the factory-to-wrt.bin; it didn't report error, but when I tried to list it, I haven't find the file, but curiously the command cat factory-to-wrt.bin >> boot.bin didn't report error. The boot.bin's size didn't change.
So, I didn't continue the process to not brick my device and I want to know if wget process works like that really and if it all setup to continue.
What I have did was:
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 21:17 Post subject:
Then use telnet if you have done the initial 40559 flash and changed your webUI password correctly. Keep in mind the use for telnet and ssh is root, not any other username. _________________ "Life is but a fleeting moment, a vapor that vanishes quickly; All is vanity"
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Then use telnet if you have done the initial 40559 flash and changed your webUI password correctly. Keep in mind the use for telnet and ssh is root, not any other username.
Yep!! The commands that I have did was on router over telnet connection.
How about the wget and the file factory-to-wrt.bin not appearing?
