Joined: 30 Sep 2018 Posts: 47 Location: United Kingdom
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 15:29 Post subject: Believe I bricked my Netgear WNDR4500v1
OK I have to admit - It was try to flash Tomato Firmware.
Now I have amber power light and Ping response with TTL=100
I downloaded tftp2 but didn't found proper guide how to debrick my router.
Should I flash stock firmware, or can I go directly to last working dd-wrt ?
What password should I enter in tftp2 gui? On netgear page they say - enter default password of the router - but in their guide don't expect it may be debrick of working ddwrt. So it still should be default password thats written on label?
Thanks for any help and advice:)
Now I'm running on awesome WRT54GSv7 that is my backup, If I will debrick my netgear maybe I should consider flashing up this one. _________________ Bible in short: Don't be religious. Just love God and follow Jesus
Joined: 30 Sep 2018 Posts: 47 Location: United Kingdom
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 17:10 Post subject:
Update - while I was trying to tftp OEM firmware to router I did reset router several times, and after time when I did look on LEDs - there were two green and one blue - none was amber.
I entered router IP in address bar in chrome, and voila - Tomato appeared.
I don't understand how it happened. I did many resets after flashing and router didn't boot up and from some reason it did after additional reset between tftp tries.
However it looks that latest FreshTomato seems to be really unstable - on my WNDR4500v1 it crashes every time when someone connects to WiFi - so it is not usable at all.
Think I will go back to dd-wrt. _________________ Bible in short: Don't be religious. Just love God and follow Jesus