Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 16:32 Post subject: Flashing Bullet M2 with DD-WRT
Hi all,
I'm trying to install DD-WRT to a Bullet M2 device and I'm running into a problem.
I've read through the WRT wiki and the Ubiquiti flash recovery page that explains how to upload the firmware using tFTP.
When I power ON the device while holding Reset for 10sec, the bottom 2 RED LEDs keep alternating. At that point, I am able to ping the device at 192.168.1.20, and the tFTP put command works... The image does get transferred to the device.
The problem is that the device just stays there forever. It accepts the file in its flash and then it doesn't do anything with it!
The same LEDs keep alternating, I can still ping at 192.168.1.20.
I waited for 5-10-15 minutes at a time... nothing happens. I've even tried the following filenames for my image:
This is what I downloaded from the site:
BS2M-DD-WRT-TFTP.bin
I used these names when uploading:
BS2M-DD-WRT-TFTP.bin
flash_update
wrt.bin
I just went through the older version of WRT, same thing.
I tried uploading the AirOS image, worked perfectly right away.
Here is the difference:
When the device is waiting for tFTP, the lights go up and down, two up, two down. As soon as the image is done uploading, they freeze (which means it's installing).
When I was installing the AirOS image, they froze for 2-3 minutes, then they went OFF, and the device rebooted.
When I was installing WRT, they froze for 3sec and then they went right back to blinking up and down (waiting for another tFTP image).
I'll keep at it, please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.
Perhaps I should go back to AirOS 5.3 and then WRT? I am at AirOS 5.5 right now.
I just went through the older version of WRT, same thing.
"Older version - newer version", sigh
You have not told what version you have tried, they all do have a build number and that is the only way for us to understand what builds you have flashed. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
I power cycled the device and it went right back to the OpenWRT I was fooling around with.
Don't know if it makes any difference but cross-flashing is generally not supported, you are supposed to have AirOS 5.5 on the router when flashing dd-wrt.
See the sticky flashing and recovery thread in top of this forum section. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!