Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 16:52 Post subject: Help me flash my satanik tp-link tl wa830re v2
Help me flash my tp-link tl wa830re v2
Hi everybody!
I'm french and the more i reed the less i understand how to flash that satanic modele!
I understood that it is not easy for this device, but it's too late, I bought it, and some of you succed in flashing it. So why cant i do it ? (because i really do not understand (and affraid) how to solve the error 18005, even if i read and traduce the solution given here : https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=168045#p168045
that i found in the post dedicated to the wa830re v2 here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=171908&highlight=tplink+wa830re.
Q1. does everyone have the 18005 error ? why ?
Q2. how to avoid this error ?
Q3. how to use the tp?????.exe ? (step by step)
Q3. is that the 1st thing i must do ?(if error 18005)
Q4. when must i do the 30/30/30 ?
Merci very much !
EDIT : now it run well ! I finally find how to use the tp????.exe , i didnt understand that it was usefull to change something in the .bin ?
Last edited by nouf on Thu Feb 13, 2014 23:58; edited 1 time in total
Well, I tried the serial unbrick, but I am very unluck with this router.
After the U-boot reset (final step) the 'config' and power led are on, but I cant get serial transmission anymore. The router is stuck, I think Uboot was erased...
Any ideias? If I write the flash by SPI, could it work again ?
I have flashed successfully a 830RE v2, grabbing the latest DD-WRT firmware image for the 841ND v8 and editing it with the chinese tool mentioned on the OpenWRT forum.
I'll ulpload an image when I got home (I'm at work now!)
I have flashed successfully a 830RE v2, grabbing the latest DD-WRT firmware image for the 841ND v8 and editing it with the chinese tool mentioned on the OpenWRT forum.
I'll ulpload an image when I got home (I'm at work now!)
Hi, it's really great news. May be you can write a guide, how to install dd-wrt on this extender. Because it works really bad with default firmware. I think so many people would appreciate your help.
Have anyone actually flashed this AP/Repeater with dd-wrt and it's working without problems? And if so, how did you do it? Just download a good version for 841NDv8 and run it with the chineese tool and then flash just that image? Why in that case? In the start of thread we got a factory-to-ddwrt.bin, doesn't that work?
Sorry, just don't want to brick it, specially when you already seems to be running wrt on it. However it is very unstable with stock FW, so it wouldn't be the end of the world if it died either but, hopefully dd-wrt will flash successfully and make this AP atleast somewhat working, with the ability to change some settings.
Read all the thread from page 1 and you will answer and understand your question, there are 2 scenarios, worked for some and didn't for others.
I have read it, two times! And yes, exactly, there are two different ways people done it, and the first some says didn't work, so it would be nice to hear from the last of them which method they used. And the second method, did they use the factory-to-ddwrt or not? I guess they didn't but. Anyway, that was just part of my question, the other being if it made this pos AP any better. And if there are any bugs, since FW isn't really made for this. But I guess I have to try for myself, worst case I buy better stuff.
Open the TP?????????.exe and load the factory-to-ddwrt.bin firmware like AppXene posted
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=767810
and entered the two Hex codes to avoid the 18005 error.
0x40-0x43: 08300002
0x44-0x47: 00000001
finish by clicking the left button on the bottom.
btw. I changed my WLAN to N-only what didn´t work on the laptop of my wife..not able to connect
When I changed it to "NG-Mixed" everything worked again..strange
took me some hours to find the failure
