How To Debrick Your NETGEAR WNR3500L Using A USB-TTL Cable on Windows

So you've gone and done it... you've bricked your WNR3500L.  Nothing sinks the spirits like constantly flashing lights and endless reboot loops.  However, don't lose hope or get frustrated - there's a solution to your woes, and it's called a serial console.

Before you think that this is too complicated for you, read on.  It's actually quite simple, but there are several steps involved that require completion exactly as stated.  Remember, you perform these steps at your own risk, but rest assured that I have followed these exact steps to great success and that you should be able to duplicate them.  The instructions that follow are for use on Windows systems.

[Purchase a NETGEAR WNR3500L]

Materials Needed

  • 1x Bricked WNR3500L 
  • Ethernet cable
  • Windows PC/Laptop
  • Installed TFTP client (Windows XP, 2000, and 7 have this built in.  Otherwise, see step 10 for installation instructions/links)
  • Teeny tiny screwdriver or similar implement
  • Electrical tape (Optional, but recommended)
  • USB-TTL Cable from FTDI.  You can purchase one of these from Mouser ElectronicsEnsure that you have model TTL-232R-3V3 specifically, or you can fry your router! See photo above.
  • Torx T6 or T7 screwdriver
  • Thin flathead screwdriver (Optional, but recommended)
  • NETGEAR Original Firmware for the WNR3500L (Download from here and put into your C: drive).
  • Patience.  Some of these steps may take multiple attempts.

Step 1: Crack Open the Router

Well, don't literally crack it, unless you want a broken router!  It's pretty easy to open, but be careful.  Use the Torx screwdriver to remove the two screws on the bottom of the unit first.

Now, you will have to unsnap the case from the router.  In the photo, look closely at the router's casing.  You may be able to see the tabs on the left and right side.  The panel you need to remove is the "top" panel - look at the back of the router and turn it so the text is right side up.  The top panel, when the router is situated this way, is the one you should need to remove.  Gently put your screwdriver (preferably flathead) in the seam and disconnect these tabs.  Once you are able to slide the case off, put the router aside for now. 

Note: The first time removing it, I needed the screwdriver to pry it loose, but on subsequent tries I discovered that the case "slides" and snaps into place.  Try various methods to find what works best for you.  You may not need an implement to unsnap the tabs at all, if you're lucky!

Step 2: Download PuTTY Program and Install

PuTTY is the nifty, free little program that you will use to program the router, also known as a serial console.  Download it from here, and install it using the self-installing executable.

Step 3: Download Cable Drivers and Install

Now, you'll need to download the drivers for your USB-TTL cable.  In a nutshell, this cable "converts" the USB interface of your PC to a serial output that the board of the WNR3500L can understand, so you can communicate directly with the board (i.e., not over your network.)

Download the proper driver for Windows from here and install it.  A reboot is not required, but recommended.

Step 4: Give your PC a Static IP Address

This step is to ensure that you will be able to communicate with 192.168.1.1, the default address of the bricked router.

Head to Control Panel => Your Internet Connection => TCP/IP => Properties and change your IP address as shown above.  Make sure it does not end in .1, .x1, or .xx1.

Step 5: Plug in Ethernet from Router to PC

Note: Do NOT connect the power to the router just yet.  

Connect the Ethernet cable you have in your possession to an orange port on the WNR3500L to the Ethernet port on your PC.  Note that it must be an orange port, NOT the yellow port... it won't work otherwise.  At least, it didn't for me.

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Step 6: Modify the USB-TTL Cable for Use with WNR3500L

Take a look at the photo above.  See how each of the leads is covered by a small plastic tab?  Bust out your tiny screwdriver or whatever it is that you have that's tiny, and pry off the tabs on the black, yellow, and orange leads only.  If you choose to remove all six, you will need to wrap up the unused leads in electrical tape to avoid shorting anything out.  I just left the unused leads inside the plastic harness as shown above.  Once you pry the tabs off, the leads that you will use slip out easily. Now, you can plug the cable in.

Step 7: Find Out What COM Port Your Cable is Using

You installed the cable driver in step 3, right?  If so, head on over to Control Panel => System => Hardware => Device Manager, and click on the "Ports" item as shown in the photo above.  Note the "USB Serial Port" item with a designation of "COM3."  You'll use this information in the next steps. If you don't see that, plug in the cable and the Device Manager should refresh.

Step 8: Connect the USB-TTL Cable to the WNR3500L

Note: Make sure the router is still powered off and unplugged from power when you do this.  Don't touch anything metal either, don't want to take any risks of shock or shorting anything out, which is always a potential concern when tinkering with open electronics.

This part is particularly important, as if you don't connect these cables properly it will be very frustrating for you!   Take a close look at the photo above.  On the pinout on the board, you will see six pins.  Next to one pin it will read "JP1."  That is actually Pin 6.  Pin 1 is labeled with a "1" next to it.  Connect the cables as follows and as shown in the photo:

Black => Pin 6 (next to JP1)

Yellow => Pin 5

Orange => Pin 2

Note: In this photo, the black and yellow leads are seated properly.  I wanted to show you what an improper cable seating looked like; the orange cable is NOT seated properly.  Make sure all the cables are firmly seated to the pins and that they are not touching each other.

Step 9: Configure and Launch PuTTY

Hanging in there?  Do you feel like a geek yet?  It should feel good :)

Fire up PuTTY and you'll see the screen above.  Select the exact options as shown above; click on the Serial radio button, the port to COM3 (or whatever port was revealed in Step 7) and the speed to 115200.

Then, click on the very last item in the menu and choose the options above.  They must be exact: serial line of COM3, speed of 115200, Data bits of 8, Stop bits of 1, and "None" for both parity and flow control.  Once you are confident these settings are correct, click "Open," and you will see a blank window with a green cursor.  Nothing is supposed to be happening in there yet, so don't fret.

Step 9: Power on the WNR3500L and Press Ctrl-C

Now, you can finally connect power to the router.  Press in the power button and immediately press Ctrl-C on your PC, with the PuTTY window active.  This will bring you to what is called the CFE console; essentially, you're interacting directly with the board.  If this does not happen, double and triple check all of the previous steps.

Then, type in "tftpd" (without quotes) to bring up what is called the TFTP interface.  This will ready the router for programming.  If this step performed properly, you'll be left with the screen above.  Almost there...

Step 10: "Put" The Firmware Into Your WNR3500L In The DOS Prompt

Note: If you are on Windows 2000, XP, or 7, you have a TFTP client built in.  However, if you're on Win95, 98, Me, NT, or Vista - you do not.  

Instructions for installing TFTP on Windows Vista can be found here.

Here is one open source TFTP client for Windows that you can try.

Assuming that you have TFTP installed in some form, zoom on over to your DOS prompt. You copied the original NETGEAR fimware to your C: drive, correct?  Good.  Type "cd.." without quotes as shown above to get to your root directory, then type this command:

tftp -i 192.168.1.1 put FIRMWARE_FILE.chk

When you do this, the TFTP command will send the firmware file you indicated to the router, and you will get a confirmation as shown above.  If this doesn't work, make sure your router is connected to your PC properly, you have a static IP that doesn't end in 1, and that you can ping the router.

If this command is successful, your PuTTY console will start to get some action, and it will re-program the router.  Allow this process to finish, it will take several minutes, and wait until it is COMPLETELY finished or you will get a bad flash.  And nobody wants a bad flash!  You'll get a lot more text than is displayed above, but when it's done, you can try accessing your router's GUI via http://192.168.1.1. You will need to enter the "standard" username and password, consult your user manual for this information. (At the time of this writing, "admin" and "password" were used.)

Step 11: Rejoice and Relax... or troubleshoot

Hopefully, not the latter, but unfortunately things don't always go as planned.  If you're struggling with this procedure, have an unsolvable problem with your WNR3500L, or are on another OS let us know.  We're continuing to work on recovery guides for Linux and Mac OS X, so stay tuned!

You can post your questions on the public forums or as a comment below!

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rxnplc
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Thanks!!!!This procedure

Thanks!!!!This procedure worked for me to de-brick netgear r6300....Much appreciated!!!

trueslator
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I bricked my WNR3500 v.2 -

I bricked my WNR3500 v.2 - would this work also to reinstall the origial firmware? Your tutorials are greate - very detailed!

Peter Redmer
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Hi trueslator - the

Hi trueslator - the instructions for the v2 are very similar. You can find them here:

http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/36609/How-to-Debrick-Your-WNR3500Lv2...

trueslator
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Peter Redmer said: Hi

Peter Redmer said: Hi trueslator - the instructions for the v2 are very similar. You can find them here: http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/36609/How-to-Debrick-Your-WNR3500Lv2-Usin...

Many thanks, but it isn't the "L" version - it is just the WNR3500 but the v2. I tried to install this version dd-wrt.v24-21061_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini-WNR3500v2.chk to my WNR3500v2 but it failed - I don't know why. I have got a spare but it would be nice to unbrick the WNR3500v2

Many thanks,
Oliver

lambro
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Hey guys, i am having trouble

Hey guys, i am having trouble with the process. I can get into the CFE command but when i tftp the firmware over, it says "programming..." then nothing happens. Ive retried this several times now. any thoughts?

*edit**
I have got the firmware installed and it loads fine the first time, for about 5 mins i can access the utilities but then, the console freezes and the access freezes.

this is what it looks like:

Decompressing..........done
Decompressing..........done

CFE for WNR3500L version: v1.0.36
Build Date: Thu Aug 6 15:48:22 CST 2009
Init Arena
Init Devs.
Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000)
Found a 8MB ST compatible serial flash
et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.10.56.28
CPU type 0x19740: 453MHz
Tot mem: 65536 KBytes

Device eth0: hwaddr 00-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF, ipaddr 192.168.1.1, mask 255.255.255.0
gateway not set, nameserver not set
CPU ProcId is: 0x00019740, options: 0x000021cd
Primary instruction cache 32kb, linesize 32 bytes (4 ways)
Primary data cache 32kb, linesize 32 bytes (4 ways)
Linux version 2.4.20 (water@moonlight) (gcc version 3.2.3 with Broadcom modifications) #206 Tue Jul 21 14:56:49 CST 2009
Found a 8MB ST compatible serial flash
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
zone(0): 16384 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: root=/dev/mtdblock2 noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200
CPU: BCM4716 rev 1 at 453 MHz
Calibrating delay loop... 226.09 BogoMIPS
Memory: 62732k/65536k available (1593k kernel code, 2804k reserved, 120k data, 60k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Checking for 'wait' instruction... unavailable.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: Using membase 8000000
PCI: Disabled
PCI: Fixing up bus 0
PCI: Fixing up bus 1
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch ([email protected])
devfs: boot_options: 0x1
NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O]
Squashfs 2.2-r2 (released 2005/09/08) (C) 2002-2005 Phillip Lougher
fuse init (API version 7.5)
fuse distribution version: 2.5.3
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
ttyS00 at 0xb8000300 (irq = 8) is a 16550A
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
pflash: found no supported devices
sflash: squashfs filesystem found at block 835
Creating 10 MTD partitions on "sflash":
0x00000000-0x00040000 : "boot"
0x00040000-0x00790000 : "linux"
0x000d0f94-0x00790000 : "rootfs"
0x00790000-0x007a0000 : "ML1"
0x007a0000-0x007b0000 : "ML2"
0x007b0000-0x007c0000 : "T_Meter1"
0x007c0000-0x007d0000 : "T_Meter2"
0x007d0000-0x007e0000 : "POT"
0x007e0000-0x007f0000 : "board_data"
0x007f0000-0x00800000 : "nvram"
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 8192)
Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.7 Ben Greear
All bugs added by David S. Miller
FAT: bogus logical sector size 15104
FAT: bogus logical sector size 15104
NTFS: Unable to set blocksize 512.
VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
Mounted devfs on /dev
Freeing unused kernel memory: 60k freed
Reading board data...
PIN number not found!
WSC UUID: 0xd1c9a172b5f7b72f35bb4cf0531b0ec8
invalid RF magic!
No RF parameters! Use default.
Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/net/emf/emf.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/net/igs/igs.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/net/et/et.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/net/wl/wl.o
Hit enter to continue...WARNING: console log level set to 1
waitpid: No child processes
killall: upnp: no process killed
killall: wps_monitor: no process killed
killall: wps_ap: no process killed
killall: wps_enr: no process killed
Reading board data...
PIN number not found!
WSC UUID: 0xd1c9a172b5f7b72f35bb4cf0531b0ec8
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/net/ipv4/acos_nat/acos_nat.o
info, udhcp server (v0.9.8) started
error, unable to parse 'option wins '
error, unable to parse 'option domain '
Info: No FWPT default policies.
POT signature check failed.
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/usb_2.4.36/usbcore.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/usb_2.4.36/host/ehci-hcd.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/usb_2.4.36/host/usb-ohci.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/usb_2.4.36/storage/usb-storage.o
Start DHCP client daemon
info, udhcp client (v0.9.8) started
eth0: No such process
UTX 0x02
URX 0x02
DTX 0x02
DRX 0x02
Hit enter to continue...Oops in fault.c::do_page_fault, line 192:
module: usb-storage c0245000 35648 0 (unused)
module: usb-ohci c023e000 21856 0 (unused)
module: ehci-hcd c0235000 31168 0 (unused)
module: usbcore c021f000 84688 1 [usb-storage usb-ohci ehci-hcd]
module: acos_nat c01a3000 348544 0 (unused)
module: wl c0025000 1556832 0 (unused)
module: et c0018000 48816 0 (unused)
module: igS c0013000 15616 0 [wl]
module: emf c000d000 20080 0 [wl igS]

$0 : 00000000 1000bc00 c00536e0 c00ba748 83874400 00000002 00000000 83884708
$8 : 00000001 80190108 00001d5a 00000002 83e292c4 83e292c8 83e292c0 00000008
$16: 838840d0 00000000 83884000 83874400 83d660d4 80191dc0 000000c7 83d660ec
$24: 00000000 2ac20330 80190000 80191d28 00000000 c0030764
Hi : 00000010
Lo : 00000001
epc : c005370c Not tainted
Status: 1000bc03
Cause : 00000008
Process swapper (pid: 0, stackpage=80190000)
Stack: 83884000 80191dc0 801e4800 c0030764 838632e0 c0030150 838840d0
00000010 83884000 00000001 c0030764 c00307ac 801e53f0 c006032c c00c4fec
00000018 838632e0 00000001 00000000 c002b594 8114fdc0 8015a914 00000001
8020fda0 838632e0 00000000 c002b530 8015a99c 838894a0 83863ca8 00000000
8011be28 8001b7b4 8001b7b4 00017700 801fb4b0 80191ea8 00000007 838632e0
838632e0 ...
Call Trace: [] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] [] []
[] []

Code: 00809821 3c03c00c 2463a748 27a40010 8e7403a4 0060f809 8c450000 8e221c28
Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler - not syncing
Rebooting in 3 seconds..Please stand by while rebooting the system...
Decompressing..........

crc error

-- System halted

Thanks!

Lava
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Thanks so much for this

Thanks so much for this superb tutorial!! Did it's magic at first attempt.

SurfnDuck
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I have bricked my wnr3500

I have bricked my wnr3500 router. After opening my case I don't see the jumpers that will allow me to use the USB-TTL. I was going to try to short the pins but the board design is different from what is posted online for shorting the pins. Can you guide me where to look for how to short the pins.

puremalt
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Thank's a loot!!! I finally

Thank's a loot!!! I finally got my 3500V2 up and running :)

Dukejan
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Hello,

Hello,

I am trying to debrick this device, but I need to put jumper cables manually on the pin headers. Can you tell me what each pin does so I can select te correct ones?

Oseias
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What hardware do you use for

What hardware do you use for serial connection?
Do not close the circuit on router serial port with jumper. You can damage it.
Everything you need is a serial adapter (usb2ttl, arduino etc).
If you will use a PC serial port(db9), do not connect it directly to the router.
Remember that the voltage of the PC is usually 12V while the serial router uses 3.3V. If you connect, it's likely that will burn the router serial port.

Dukejan
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I figured it out in the

I figured it out in the meanwhile. What I meant where the layout of the pins. They are as follows beginning from the pin with jp1 next to it

1 = ground, 2= RX and 5 is TX

Oseias
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Dukejan said: I figured it out in the meanwhile. What I meant where the layout of the pins. They are as follows beginning from the pin with jp1 next to it 1 = ground, 2= RX and 5 is TX

 

[VCC] [RX] [ ] [ ] [TX] [GND]

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wnr3500l#serial

Only needs TX, RX and GND.
You can use a multimeter to not confuse VCC and GND.
If RX and TX are inverse don't work.

Fdsoso
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I am working through the

I am working through the debrick of my netgear r6300. I have the serial cables correctly connected. When I perform the "nvram clear" operation I receive a positive response "command status = 0". However when I go to cmd and upload the new firmware via the "put" cmd The router just keeps cycling on and off.

Very frustrated and hoping you can help me solve this issue.

Regards,

Fdsoso

Fdsoso
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I am working through the

I am working through the debrick of my netgear r6300. I have the serial cables correctly connected. When I perform the "nvram clear" operation I receive a positive response "command status = 0". However when I go to cmd and upload the new firmware via the "put" cmd The router just keeps cycling on and off.

Very frustrated and hoping you can help me solve this issue.

Regards,

Fdsoso

dacuban1972
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Hello,

Hello,
I was running Kongs DD-Wrt Firmware and set the the Overclock to 1600 and out the router went. Both Power and Lan lights show Amber. I Have the TTL-USB serial cable and have tried to follow the guide from MyRouter/Forums to reload the firmware using TFTP and Putty on windows 8, But have had NO luck.
I have heard about reprogramming the CFE or changing the config of the Router. Can anyone help?
Thanks
Eddie
[email protected]

Mcreamer69
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ok so I follow the

ok so I follow the instructions and I was able to "put" the file, but the system never relashed. it just stayed at the following.

 
C:\>tftp -i 192.168.1.1 put WNR3500Lv2-04061133.chk
Transfer successful: 6733882 bytes in 3 second(s), 2244627 bytes/s

C:\>

CFE for WNR3500L version: v1.0.38
Build Date: Wed Dec 15 16:40:04 CST 2010
Init Arena
Init Devs.
Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000)
Found a 8MB ST compatible serial flash
et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.10.56.28
CPU type 0x19740: 453MHz
Tot mem: 65536 KBytes

Device eth0:  hwaddr 74-44-01-52-08-A8, ipaddr 192.168.1.1, mask 255.255.255.0
        gateway not set, nameserver not set
too long file.
LZMA boot failed
Boot program checksum is invalid
Device eth0 has been deactivated.
Device eth0:  hwaddr 74-44-01-52-08-A8, ipaddr 192.168.1.1, mask 255.255.255.0
        gateway not set, nameserver not set
Start TFTP server
Reading :: Done. 6733882 bytes read
Reading ::
 

 

and thats all it does.  I waited 20 minutes and nothing.  I did a 30-30-30 and same thing.

 

 

Any help would be apprciated.

 

Mcreamer69
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Disreguard, I see I was using

Disreguard, I see I was using the wrong firmware.

ochoupboye
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due to its feature contents.





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Mr Xhark
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I wrote a (french) procedure

I wrote a (french) procedure to debrick the WNR3500Lv1

http://blogmotion.fr/systeme/debrick-wnr3500l-firmware-13866

intrepix
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Given the fact that Netgear

Given the fact that Netgear support is about as useful as a brick and has no repair facility of any kind, anywhere.   I suggest buying a Buffalo router which does a great job without the Genie crapware.   I don't like remote management as its become far too prying, limiting and restrictive on what you can and cannot do when it comes to configuration.  Has anyone ever figured out why some companies produce routers with strong output with wide ranging coverage but as time moves on to the end of warranty it becomes not so far ranging ?   One has to wonder does it have anything to do with marketing range extenders ?   Netgear is no longer on my list as there was never any need for Genie since upgrading firmware never required it in the first place.   

toddfranta
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the jumper terminal numbers

the jumper terminal numbers for the ttl connection are incorrect.   ground is the sixth,  the one opposite jp1. 

transmit is the fifth, and receive is the second terminal.    i had to hold down control-c keys before i turned the power on.

DaveH52
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I was doing OK until Step 9.

I was doing OK until Step 9. What I got doesn't look anything like the screen shot!  I couldn't get the TFTPD command to be recognized at all Here the Putty session log:

Decompressing..........done
Decompressing..........done
 
 
CFE for WNR3500L version: v1.0.36
Build Date: Thu Aug  6 15:48:22 CST 2009
Init Arena
Init Devs.
Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000)
Found a 8MB ST compatible serial flash
et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.10.56.28
CPU type 0x19740: 453MHz
Tot mem: 65536 KBytes
 
Device eth0:  hwaddr 30-46-9A-99-C5-5A, ipaddr 192.168.1.1, mask 255.255.255.0
        gateway not set, nameserver not set
Loader:raw Filesys:tftp Dev:eth0 File:192.168.1.2:vmlinuz Options:(null)
Loading: Failed.
Could not load 192.168.1.2:vmlinuz: Timeout occured
Checksum mismatch:
Image chksum: 0xB94FA4C9
Calc  chksum: 0xEAD0A3C3
Loader:raw Filesys:raw Dev:flash0.os File: Options:(null)
Loading: .. 3856 bytes read
Entry at 0x80001000
Closing network.
Starting program at 0x80001000
Linux version 2.6.24.111 (root@dd-wrt) (gcc version 4.1.2) #1198 Fri Apr 16 01:17:19 CEST 2010
CPU revision is: 00019740
Found a 8MB ST compatible serial flash
Determined physical RAM map:
 memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order.  Total pages: 16256
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=1f02 rootfstype=squashfs noinitrd
Primary instruction cache 32kB, physically tagged, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Synthesized TLB refill handler (20 instructions).
Synthesized TLB load handler fastpath (32 instructions).
Synthesized TLB store handler fastpath (32 instructions).
Synthesized TLB modify handler fastpath (31 instructions).
PID hash table entries: 256 (order: 8, 1024 bytes)
CPU: BCM4716 rev 1 at 453 MHz
Using 226.500 MHz high precision timer.
console [ttyS0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Memory: 59780k/65536k available (3142k kernel code, 5696k reserved, 1473k data, 144k init, 0k highmem)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
NET: Registered protocol family 16
Generic PHY: Registered new driver
PCI: Using membase 8000000
PCI: Disabled
PCI: Fixing up bus 0
PCI: Fixing up bus 1
NET: Registered protocol family 2
Time: MIPS clocksource has been installed.
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
TCP reno registered
devfs: 2004-01-31 Richard Gooch ([email protected])
devfs: boot_options: 0x1
squashfs: version 3.0 (2006/03/15) Phillip Lougher
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered (default)
HDLC line discipline: version $Revision: 4.8 $, maxframe=4096
N_HDLC line discipline registered.
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 8) is a 16550A
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
PPP BSD Compression module registered
MPPE/MPPC encryption/compression module registered
NET: Registered protocol family 24
PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V1.0
tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <[email protected]>
VID 0 is set in nvram, Ignoring
eth0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.10.56.27
pflash: found no supported devices
bootloader size: 262144
sflash: Filesystem type: squashfs, size=0x1f9291
partition size = 2110464
Creating 5 MTD partitions on "sflash":
0x00000000-0x00040000 : "cfe"
0x00040000-0x007f0000 : "linux"
0x0018cc00-0x00390000 : "rootfs"
mtd: partition "rootfs" doesn't start on an erase block boundary -- force read-only
0x007f0000-0x00800000 : "nvram"
0x00390000-0x007f0000 : "ddwrt"
Broadcom Watchdog Timer: 0.07 initialized.
u32 classifier
    Actions configured
Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (1024 buckets, 4096 max)
ctnetlink v0.93: registering with nfnetlink.
IPv4 over IPv4 tunneling driver
GRE over IPv4 tunneling driver
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ClusterIP Version 0.8 loaded successfully
TCP bic registered
TCP cubic registered
TCP westwood registered
TCP highspeed registered
TCP hybla registered
TCP htcp registered
TCP vegas registered
TCP scalable registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Welcome to PF_RING 3.2.1
(C) 2004-06 L.Deri <[email protected]>
NET: Registered protocol family 27
PF_RING: bucket length    128 bytes
PF_RING: ring slots       4096
PF_RING: sample rate      1 [1=no sampling]
PF_RING: capture TX       No [RX only]
PF_RING: transparent mode Yes
PF_RING initialized correctly.
PF_RING: registered /proc/net/pf_ring/
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <[email protected]>
All bugs added by David S. Miller <[email protected]>
decode 1f02
VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
Mounted devfs on /dev
Freeing unused kernel memory: 144k freed
start service
starting Architecture code for broadcom
Booting device: Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS
roboswitch: Probing device eth0: found!
loading sysinit
boardflags are 0x0710
sh: can't create /proc/switch/eth1/reset: nonexistent directory
/etc/preinit: line 66: can't create /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max: nonexistent directory
eth1: Operation not supported
wl0.1: No such device
wl0.2: No such device
wl0.3: No such device
nbw = 20
eth1: Operation not supported
eth1: Operation not supported
eth1: Operation not supported
eth1: Operation not supported
eth1: Invalid argument
eth1: Invalid argument
br0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
device br0 entered promiscuous mode
Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
br0: Bad file descriptor
device vlan1 entered promiscuous mode
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
br0: Bad file descriptor
eth1: Operation not supported
wl0.1: No such device
wl0.2: No such device
wl0.3: No such device
nbw = 20
eth1: Operation not supported
eth1: Operation not supported
eth1: Operation not supported
eth1: Operation not supported
eth1: Invalid argument
eth1: Invalid argument
device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
br0: port 2(eth1) entering learning state
br0: port 1(vlan1) entering learning state
device br0 left promiscuous mode
device br0 entered promiscuous mode
device br0 left promiscuous mode
device br0 entered promiscuous mode
device vlan2 entered promiscuous mode
device vlan2 left promiscuous mode
br0: topology change detected, propagating
br0: port 2(eth1) entering forwarding state
br0: topology change detected, propagating
br0: port 1(vlan1) entering forwarding state
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
etherip: Ethernet over IPv4 tunneling driver
connect: Network is unreachable
connect: Network is unreachable
connect: Network is unreachable
gethostbyname: Network is unreachable
 
Any ideas where to go from here?
Juanjekla
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Hi guys! I'm stuck with my
Hi guys! I'm stuck with my R7000 and it turns out that when I'm in the CFE and I try to access TFTPD, he says:

CFE> tftpd
Invalid command: "tftpd"
Available commands: nvram, reboot, flash, batch, go, boot, load, save, ping, arp, ifconfig, show, help

*** command status = -1

and all this I do because it does not let me update medienate web because it tells me that the firmware file is invalid. I ran before: Xwrt Vortex.

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