Are you flashing with the instructions on the first page of this thread? Assuming you are, try flashing again but this time add the bolded command between these two commands during your flash.
DD-WRT> fis create -r 0x80041000 -e 0x80041000 -l 0x000E0000 vmlinux.bin.l7
... Erase from 0xbfef0000-0xbffd0000: ..............
... Program from 0x80041000-0x80101000 at 0xbfef0000: ............
... Erase from 0xbffe0000-0xbfff0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xbffe0000: .
DD-WRT> fis erase -f 0xbffD0000 -l 0x00010000
DD-WRT> fis create -f 0xbffD0000 -l 0x00010000 -n nvram
... Erase from 0xbffe0000-0xbfff0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xbffe0000: .
yes, I was flashing with the instructions listed on the first page of this forum, and I was successful in the past. as for now, I tryed that erase command, it still doesn't seem that I was successful, when I reboot the router I get a few pings on 192.168.1.1 then nothing, again within that time I can enter redboot. I fear that I am not overwriting the bad firmware that got flashed to this. again since I can get into redboot I want to beleive that there is still hope. I just think I need more instruction. is there anyway to force load a firmware.bin file or something, I see that we are uploading a linux file of some sort and a rom but??? I know I am doing this process correct as I flashed this router successfully in the past by this method. I guess I don't 100% understand what all is going on in the head of my little router. again anymore suggestions welcome and thanks to palmboy5 for the quick responce despite lack of success.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:47 Post subject: Got it un-bricked
Ok so thanks all for your help, and I'll tell you the trick that worked for me. I went and had to start with all the flashing files for RC5. Yes go and just re-download them as funny as that sounds. don't know if there is a flaw in the RC6.2 but 5 worked for me. I went through the flashing process as per the first page of this forum and and I also used the erase command, not sure if it helped but why not Anyway my router is back and alive.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 0:18 Post subject: AIRLINK 101 AR430
Hi, I had followed Brandons instruction and my router was flashed with success. my next question is how do we update new version of dd-wrt ? via the web interface ? and what files do we use for the router ? there is a file called ar430w-firmware.bin is this the latest update for dd-wrt ? and do we update this via the web ?
by the way the version that I have now is
DD-WRT v24 RC-5911/23/07)std
so my question is do I only have to download ar430w-firmware.bin from dd-wrt v24 rc-6.2 and update it via the web interface ?
I would like to say thank you to brandon and others for contrubiting excellent work.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:06 Post subject: Re: AIRLINK 101 AR430
jinsungmin wrote:
Hi, I had followed Brandons instruction and my router was flashed with success. my next question is how do we update new version of dd-wrt ? via the web interface ? and what files do we use for the router ? there is a file called ar430w-firmware.bin is this the latest update for dd-wrt ? and do we update this via the web ?
by the way the version that I have now is
DD-WRT v24 RC-5911/23/07)std
so my question is do I only have to download ar430w-firmware.bin from dd-wrt v24 rc-6.2 and update it via the web interface ?
I would like to say thank you to brandon and others for contrubiting excellent work.
you can flash your airlink router with the .bin file within the folder for the airlink router on the dd-wrt website. no dealing with redboot once the dd-wrt firmware is installed the first time. just use the administration tab via the web interface and update firmware.
Hi everyone, I recently bought an AR430W from frys for $20, and I followed all of Brandons instructions to flash it with dd-wrt. Now, i cannot connect to the web gui and the router doesn't assign an IP to my computer. I can ping the router if i make my IP 192.168.1.23 and I can telnet to it and get the DD-WRT> prompt. How can I fix it?
EDIT:
For that boot script, you cannot copy both lines and then paste it in. I did that once and it appeared to be correct, >> were on new lines and everything, but in reality the >> before exec was not an official >>, it took that as part of the code in the script. Type both lines in independently.
Is this normal? what do I do with that? Copy and paste it to a text file and rename it or what?
Also, when I try to download root.fs, Firefox stops responding. This happens in both Windows and Ubuntu. Is there another link that I can use to get the files I need?
Update: Nevermind, I was able to download using Explorer.
Good luck with the flash. _________________ "You think you´re real smart. But you´re not smart; you´re dumb. Very dumb. But you´ve met your match in me. "
Colonel Flagg
ok, thanks for the help remaker and palmboy
I repeated all the steps for loading the new firmware and double checked the bootscript, it doesn't seem like any of those things made a difference.
1 Be sure to get the correct file. Those "generic" ones won't work. You have to get the files from the ar430w folder.
2 It seems you have updated the redboot. Just try to reflash the firmware and config redboot again, step by step, don't copy/paste too many commands in one time.
3 good luck!
Anyway my router is back and alive.
