MyOpenRouter - Troubleshooting

Blink, Blink is all what my router do!

cable dude — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:20:54 GMT

Hello openrouter-team! Last Week i purchase a WGR614L, yesterday i had tried to upgrading my router with the tomato firmware. The Problem is while the upload, my browser shows me a error "network failed" Now the powerlight of my router is blinking the checklight is orange a green 4 and nothing else. IÂ´d tried to connect with 192.168.1.1 or routerlogin.com/net. I tried "Switch Firmwares on the NETGEAR WGR614L Without A Serial Cable" but i canÂ´t enable ssh, http://192.168.1.1/Services.asp is also unreachable. Reseting with this screwdriver-button on the back makes nothing better. Is my router ready for the trash? I hope not! Please, can anybody help me?

DIR-300 stuck halfway through firware upgrade

unXpected — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:30:31 GMT

Hi guys, Tried configuring DIR-300 but for some strange reason, I was not able to connect to it using the wired ethernet port. So got to its web config utility @ 192.168.0.1 only after connecting to it wireless. Tried configuring the router with ADSL modem to set up home LAN with internet facility but was not entirely successful. In the mean time, did a quick search on net and thought to upgrade the firmware and did the huge mistake. http://www.oswave.com/mediawiki/index.php/Guide_upgrade_DIR-300 Since there was no access to web config utility by wired interface, I chose to use the wireless interface to perform part one (DIR-300_to_OSWave_Intermediary_Firmware.bin) of the firmware upgrade state in the above link and it did perform accordingly. However, post that upgrade there was no wireless signal and since i was not able to connect to the router with wired interface, I am not able to do anything more. Current status: I can connect devices on LAN port and get it DHCPed by the incoming WAN from ADSL modem. But no wireless and there is no way i can get to web config page. Is there any way i can connect to my router config utility using wired interface? Thanks...

I think I bricked my router

alphonse55 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:58:01 GMT

Ok, so I installed the most recent DD-WRT release and had everything working, or so I thought. I eventually realized that port forwarding was no working properly. I wanted to reset the router and try to configure it again. After resetting it I seem to have lost it completely. I have tried every combination of holding the reset and powering on and off. At one point while trying to ping the router at 192.168.1.1 I got 2 packets through. Not sure how those 2 got through but I have not been able to get anything through since. I can't get a TFTP connection either of course. Is there anything I can do short of soldering a serial cable? This really is frustrating

Improving Wireless Range for the WGR614L: Tuning Your System

NETGEAR — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:05:46 GMT

When setting up your wireless home network, you may not encounter many troubles with your range and signal strength; especially if you don't have many (or any) neighbors! However, most folks may encounter trouble in a typical neighborhood where almost everyone has a wireless network in operation.

How To Switch Firmwares on the NETGEAR WGR614L Without A Serial Cable

SouvikGhosh — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:45:40 GMT

If you are having difficulty switching between different firmwares on the WGR614L, then this article is for you. You'll find a useful utility, "MTD Erase," and the instructions for how to use this utility to switch firmware without a serial cable.

Weird Issues

Serv007 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:28:05 GMT

I upgraded my firmware and now my router has a steady green power light, amber test light, and no wireless. The thing is I can still ping the router but yet I can't access it in at all. I still haven't tried using a serial console though. Any help would be appreciated.

TFTP over ethernet connection to the WGR614v8

Brad — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:06:43 GMT

Has anyone gotten an image to tftp to this router over an IP connection (i.e. WITHOUT using a serial console cable)??? All of the instructions I've found here require the serial cable. I'm trying to flash over an ethernet connection - I can ping the router, I'm even sniffing traffic and can see the TFTP read requests coming from the router to my PC, but I can't get the router to download the image from my PC. I've tried the command line TFTP in windows: tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT wgr614v8_1_1_11_6_0_36_na.chk when i do this, i see the tftp write message go to the router in my packet sniffer, but no connection ensues. I'm running the TFTP put just after I see the TFTP read from the router. Router's LAN IP is 192.168.1.1 PC's LAN IP is 192.168.1.2 both are plugged into a hub so my windows NIC doesn't go to sleep when I power cycle the router. I see no reason for this not to work - anyone else see any issues with what I'm doing? Please help!

Can I use my serial port on my laptop to debrick my router?

wasabioss — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:44:50 GMT

So, I have bricked my router with the newest DD-WRT firmware posted on this site. Maybe I was in bad luck (because I flashed it successfully with tomato and MRO several times before.) The POWER LED of the router does not blink at all so I don't think that I can debrick it with TFTP. The router has solid POWER and CHECK lights solid and whichever port I connect my LAN cable to solid. I wonder if I could use my serial port on my laptop which is a Dell D610 to connect the JTAG or the USB to serial 3.3Volts cable is strictly needed, because I will have to order it and wait for weeks to begin using my router which is a little bit silly. Thanks.