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Firmware update email wndr 4500
I got a email today to update my firmware on my wndr4500 for security reasons. After the update the Router no longer functions. I cant even login to it to it to downgrade the firmware. This update ha...
Thats not waht I was told. While holding in the rest button then power on ur router lights will blink. It worked for me. I did a lot of research on this problem. My router had a blinking greeen power light. This indicates a curupt firmware issue. I found a fix this is what I did.
change ipv4 ip use the following ip 192.168.1.2
download tftp2
Enter 198.162.1.1 for server
pasword for router =password
Browse to ur path where the firmware u want to use is located.
Click update.I was able to do this and fix my wndr4500. Im I happy I had to do extra work to fix this not at all
Forgive me, I do not speak gibberish, so I find it hard to read what you are saying.
So, let's narrow it down.
Hammerhead11111 wrote:
Yes multiple times.
What, multiple times? Hardware reset?
If you connect ur router directly to ur PC u should be able to login to it with 198.162.1.1 or the web adrees routerlogin. Ping will aslo tell u the ip its using.
Several problems in there. The addresses 198.162.1.1 and routerlogin are not the only possibilities.
Ping will not tell you the IP address.
I suggested using ipconfig to get the IP address, an easy one for someone pretty good at configuring a network. That might have revealed the correct ip address for the router.
But you have now moved on to a different brand. One warning, though, many router makers use the same approaches to accessing their hardware. Hope you never hit problems there too.
Thats not waht I was told. While holding in the rest button then power on ur router lights will blink. It worked for me. I did a lot of research on this problem. My router had a blinking greeen power light. This indicates a curupt firmware issue. I found a fix this is what I did.
change ipv4 ip use the following ip 192.168.1.2
download tftp2
Enter 198.162.1.1 for server
pasword for router =password
Browse to ur path where the firmware u want to use is located.
Click update.
I was able to do this and fix my wndr4500. Im I happy I had to do extra work to fix this not at all
Hammerhead11111 wrote:
Thats not waht I was told.
As I explained when you posted exactly the same information elsewhere, whichever unknown person told you that was wrong.
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Press the reset button when the router is turned on. The manoeuvre you describe is for a different, more drastic, reset process.
As before, I mention this only to warn people that this information is suspect. The sledgehammer approach can be dangerous. There may be simpler ways of fixing this problem.