From DDWRT to Tomato

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domi-germany
From DDWRT to Tomato

hello,

i have ddwrt installed on my device now 

i want   to install tomato i got the tomato image ...

want now?? 

i dont know hihi

 

please tell me

greets dominic

domi-germany
so i did this

so i did this
^^
now i can login into tomato i think but there is still an old password i think i tried different combinations :S

root admin
etc...

please help me
greets

ps.: i forgot to do "nvram get http_passwd" before :(

domi-germany
no it wont work -.-

no it wont work -.-
damn
after the 30-30-30 reset still not working
what about new flashing???
in the boot up phase
i see that if i power on and connect to it the orange light next to the power light is on

Oo

greets dominic

domi-germany
-.- omg

-.- omg
i`m sorry -.-
i didn`t flash the original netgear before ...
but i told ddwrt to delete itself with 2 commands out of here ....
then i flashed tomato :S
should work ????

hmm well
i only have a jtag cable ^^
what about that?

achilles
hmm .. u need to have a usb

hmm .. u need to have a usb-serial cable to access the console and see how far ur boot is happening properly ....
Most probably u have corrupted the flash n in the boot sequence u r not able to get the rootfs ...
these things will be clarified once u can access the console ....

domi-germany
i found a mobile phone cable

i found a mobile phone cable ^^
but i dont now the polarity "bzw." the pinout
i have 3 cables...

some ideas?^^

greets

achilles
actually I havn't use a

actually I havn't use a mobile fon cable for this purpose so can't say much abt it ...
I used my own usb->serial cable ....
U may find following information useful :
http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/10811/Hacking-Your-NETGEAR-WGR614L-H...

Let me know if u still have any doubts ...

domi-germany
what if i test out with my

what if i test out with my serial cable?? i know ir worked sometimes but i forgot the pinout of it ^^
is there a chance to destroy the board with testing the cable pinouts??

greets

domi-germany
cant i test it with a

cant i test it with a multimeter???
some ideas?

greets ^^

achilles
testing with multimeter will

testing with multimeter will be safe .... u can do that ..

domi-germany
and how???? ^^

and how????
^^

achilles
OK ... u first neeed to go

OK ... u first neeed to go through the spec of board to find its tx and rx pins ... Then coming to cable u can check using multimeter at two ends of the cable to find out its tx and rx pins ... then connect tx of board to rx of cable and vice versa and that shud do ....
let me know if u still have any doubts ..

domi-germany
"Then coming to cable u can

"Then coming to cable u can check using multimeter at two ends of the cable to find out its tx and rx pins ... " how????? do you have IM ?

greets

achilles
basically one end of the

basically one end of the cable shud be a USB end ....so from USB spec u know the tx and rx pin of d USB end ...
then using multimeter between USB end and other end of ur cable u can check out for the tx and rx pins ...

domi-germany
i have a serial phone cable .

i have a serial phone cable .... no usb i`m sorry :(

greets

achilles
OK ... then I think u will

OK ... then I think u will have to arrange a USB->serial cable .... I m not sure whether a simple serial cable will serve ur purpose or not ...

domi-germany
wich one should i buy???

wich one should i buy???

achilles
A simple USB to serial cable

A simple USB to serial cable ... It has been shown in the following article :

http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/10811/Hacking-Your-NETGEAR-WGR614L-H...

Do let me know if u need any further clarification ....