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R7000 Rebooting and will not reset
I was setting up my R7000 as wifi extender. After following the instructions here - https://www.tomsguide.com/us/how-to-turn-old-router-into-wifi-extender,review-5166.html - it now keeps rebooting e...
antinode wrote:> [...] This means TFTP is not an option for firmware flash.
It might mean that. Or, it might mean that you'd need to time the
TFTP "PUT" command to hit the thing during some time window when it's
receptive.I'd play with it for a while before condemning the thing.
Thanks for prompting me to persevere antinode .
TFTP PUT failed to connect, so I used:
- NPCAP https://nmap.org/npcap/ and
- NMRPFLASH - https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
It took a few tries with nmrpflash to flash the firmware with the following command.
nmrpflash -v -i net1 -f FIRMWARE.chk -t 10000 -T 10000 -A 192.168.1.21 -a 192.168.1.1 -m xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Where:
- net1 is the PC's adapter name
- FIRMWARE.chk is the firmware file name
- 192.168.1.21 is the PC's IP
- xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is the MAC address of the R7000
The version of NMRP I used did not have the -B switch available, so I think placing the MAC at the end it goes into Blind mode.
Now running seamlessly as an AP. Decided this was a better option than wifi extender as it allows identical security settings
> [...] This means TFTP is not an option for firmware flash.
It might mean that. Or, it might mean that you'd need to time the
TFTP "PUT" command to hit the thing during some time window when it's
receptive.
I'd play with it for a while before condemning the thing.
antinode wrote:> [...] This means TFTP is not an option for firmware flash.
It might mean that. Or, it might mean that you'd need to time the
TFTP "PUT" command to hit the thing during some time window when it's
receptive.
I'd play with it for a while before condemning the thing.
Thanks for prompting me to persevere antinode .
TFTP PUT failed to connect, so I used:
- NPCAP https://nmap.org/npcap/ and
- NMRPFLASH - https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
It took a few tries with nmrpflash to flash the firmware with the following command.
nmrpflash -v -i net1 -f FIRMWARE.chk -t 10000 -T 10000 -A 192.168.1.21 -a 192.168.1.1 -m xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Where:
- net1 is the PC's adapter name
- FIRMWARE.chk is the firmware file name
- 192.168.1.21 is the PC's IP
- xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is the MAC address of the R7000
The version of NMRP I used did not have the -B switch available, so I think placing the MAC at the end it goes into Blind mode.
Now running seamlessly as an AP. Decided this was a better option than wifi extender as it allows identical security settings