Router are bricked.
Posted Mar 31, 2010, 7:26 PM UTC
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30/30/30
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There is someone in Linksys who hates the very concept of UI with a virulent passion.
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It's still better than the default interface for my Asus router. *shudder*
I couldn't install Tomato on that thing fast enough.
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You can just hold the factory reset button on the router. I had this issue myself on my router.
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I can has upgrade?
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You should buy high-end D-Link routers. They have an insanely beautiful interface (mostly courtesy of the company they buy their router CPUs from, but still!).
Oh and they are also rock solid, ALSO courtesy of the CPU company who basically make everything inside the router. ;-)
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Yep, I'm definitely going D-link after this.
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I've had my router bricked before due to a faulty firmware update (my father was updating it, and the ISP sent him the wrong firmware).
Using TinyFTP, I was able to put the correct firmware on and recover the router. There should be a few tutorials out there which should give you a decent idea of how to fix it.
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Were you upgrading via wireless, or were you connected directly?
Wireless can drop packets, which is very bad.
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It was directly connected. It was sort of my fault, I tried looking for the model number using the guide on the linksys website. The model number on my router wasn't in the same place as it was on picture in the guide, so I assumed it was version 1. Turns out my router was version 8, and anything past version 5 doesn't have enough memory to flash the version 1-4 update package.
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if you want a wrt54g NEW it needs to be a wrt54gl now
its the same as the older versions i believe, but ~ $10-$15 more
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Just get a newer linksys router. They've upgraded a lot of the interface. The newer N routers are 10x better and easier to install.
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Were you installing DD-WRT? It's sweet.
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It's likely been said here already but everybody should give Tomato firmware a try, it's quite fast and has a nice ui with some great QOS stuff. I switched from that cursed dd-wrt and have never looked back since.
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This actually happened to my neighbor. I only know this because I was trying to install Tomato on his router so I could boost his signal strength to reach my house better, and I guess my weak signal caused it to fail, and I got this message.
Since then, he bought a Netgear, so while I can't install Tomato, I still renamed the SSID to Breen (every unprotected network in my neighborhood is a HL2 character).
I think I am going to go around looking for them and change them too.
I think I've found my calling in life.