To disable the auto restart during message display – Autobooting in 1 seconds – enter quickly from the keyboard – tpl If you have already entered a router indicators stop blinking and Putty will prompt you to enter commands.Įnter the following command to specify the ip address of the server and the router: setenv serverip 192.168.1.254 setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
#CABLE TO DEBRICK ROUTER HOW TO#
If you’re successfully connecting to the router, you will see a message about how to connect and it will automatically restart showing the message: – Connect the router to the computer network cable (crimped twisted pair) – Connect the USB-RS232 cable to the router and USB-RS232 cable to your computer bin . I used this firmware (but you can use your) – wr941nv2_en_3_11_8_up(100609).bin. Also on the computer from which you will reflash the router temporarily set IP – 192.168.1.254ĭownload Putty here – putty.exe . Next, configure as shown in the picture:
#CABLE TO DEBRICK ROUTER INSTALL#
and install It in it’s default directory in Windows – C: \ Documents and Settings \ All Users \ Aplication Data \ WinAgents \ TFTP Server 4 \ TFTPRoot \ or a directory under Linux – You’ll need to put the firmware file in the format. We also need a TFTP-server with it will download the firmware during the flashing. Download the – WinAgents TFTP Server – tftpsetup.exe. Here is the location of contacts on the router TP-LINK TL-WR941ND:Īlso, you will need to flash a jumper as shown in the figure (Use a high grade soldering iron). If you come up with another way to make a jumper use it. Ie Tx cable to the Rx pin on the router, Rx Tx pin cable to the router and GND GND cable to the router.
#CABLE TO DEBRICK ROUTER SERIAL#
To connect to the Serial interface on the router need a cable USB-RS232 (suitable cables from many old phones Nokia, Siemens, Sony-Ericsson, etc.). I’ll be using for flashing cable from Sony-Ericsson (pictured it with the cut-off plug) cable pinout can be found at . Contact the cable to the router to the board as follows: In my case the firmware was damaged after a failed firmware to DD-WRT. In a state with corrupted router firmware, The behavior of the router – only the power LED, the LED remains lit up and fades out at the same time every 1 second, and when trying to connect to a computer a message that the network cable is not connected. Restore the firmware will be through the Serial interface on-board router. In this article I will tell you how to restore the firmware on the router TP-LINK TL-WR941ND if it’s bricked.