I simply flashed it back to the latest NETGEAR firmware using TFTP and it's back working again.

Since I tapped into the serial console, I don't mind trying out different firmwares since I can easily recover now.

Sadly, I've never been a Linux pro or any good at C coding, so I have no idea what it would take to fix it ;-(

twindragon6 said:

SwissJay said: Before anyone tries and bricks their WGR614v8... Flashed this file http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/v24-sp1/Broadcom/Broadcom%20Generic/... and ended up with an "Invalid Boot Block" message upon reboot and the router waiting for new f/w via TFTP... I'm no Linux geek, so I can't help debugging it. Just figured I'd let ya'll know. L8er, Jay

Thanks for the heads up. This version is better than their last version though. At least you can tftp back into this one. Their older v24 just made a brick and the only way to fix it was to JTAG your firmware back on. I think EKO is working on this. http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=32799&highlight=wgr614

Yep, everybody's waiting for EKO ;-) Can you give me a link on the JTAG thing, I'm new to all this and would like to understand how that works. Thanks!

twindragon6 said: Here is a link to that JTAG info. http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/10341/Recover-Your-WGR614L-Using-a-Serial...

Thanks, that's how I'm hooked up right now. I guess I misunderstood, I thought JTAG involved the 12-pin connector right below the serial connector on the router motherboard???