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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 18:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
daffeh wrote:
i can ping 192.168.1.2 and i had a successful tftp (of dd-wrt) and i waited 5 minutes but it still doesn't respond to telnet or webui


I take it that you also made a typo of the ip address..

The router responds to 192.168.2.1 before booting the firmware. This is the ip you should tftp to.

The routers ip address will be 192.168.1.1 after the dd-wrt firmware is up and running.
This is the address you should telnet to or open a web browser to.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 19:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
daffeh wrote:
i can ping 192.168.1.2 and i had a successful tftp (of dd-wrt) and i waited 5 minutes but it still doesn't respond to telnet or webui
hmm, 192.168.2.1 does not respond though
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 19:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
so, I disconnected the thing from everything but my laptop which is in 192.168.1.5.
I push the reset button (5 seconds or so) until all the links go on, then I release it.
I ping 192.168.1.2 and it responds to ping, I can even tftp an image (tried that twice)

So it seems to me that the 5461 is still using the 192.168.1.2 adress, it just refuses to do anything else...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 21:54    Post subject: Reply with quote
well, the ip was still 192.168.1.2 and i then decided to tftp the usr again. That brought him back to life. I then immediately flashed it to dd-wrt again, did a clear nvram, restored my settings, stopserive httpd killall httpd.

Let's see how it holds. Anybody here care to upload the file they used for flashing the unit if they have more than 3-8%ram avail?

edit: for some reason the root user always restarts the httpd service, any way to kill it more permanently?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 22:31    Post subject: Reply with quote
daffeh wrote:
so, I disconnected the thing from everything but my laptop which is in 192.168.1.5.
I push the reset button (5 seconds or so) until all the links go on, then I release it.
I ping 192.168.1.2 and it responds to ping, I can even tftp an image (tried that twice)

So it seems to me that the 5461 is still using the 192.168.1.2 adress, it just refuses to do anything else...

This is just a more elaborate explanation of what has already been said.

During boot, the CFE on this model responds to pings to 192.168.2.1/24 with TTL=100 for about 2 seconds, indicating it will accept a flash. Then, the firmware takes over and (if boot wait is enabled) it will respond with TTL=100 and accept a flash for another few seconds, but this time at whatever address you set the LAN interface to. After an nvram erase, DD-WRT's default is 192.168.1.1/24, but you can certainly set it to 192.168.1.2/24 or even 192.168.1.2/16 if you want.

But if your laptop is set to 192.168.1.5 then of course you won't get a response from the CFE at 192.168.2.1/24 because it's on a different network.

If I recall correctly, to properly reset this router to get the TTL=100 from the CFE, you must hold the button for about 10 seconds altogether. The LAN lights go on, then off, then on, then I believe they go off again, leaving only the one with the cable in it lit. The critical thing is to verify that the pattern hasn't changed for about 5 seconds. Now you can release the button and the CFE will accept the flash at 192.168.2.1. But just to reiterate, as of now DD-WRT won't erase the nvram using the reset button, so you must do it with the telnet commands. So flash, wait 5 minutes, power cycle, then telnet in (user/pwd = root/admin) to erase nvram and reboot before you try changing any settings.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:08    Post subject: Reply with quote
I suppose when the webif is enabled in nvram and you stop httpd some type of watchdog restarts it as though it had died.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good info modervador, as always.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:17    Post subject: Reply with quote
well, offcourse I set my ip in the .2.x range too but it was no go.
This morning the router had crashed again and I tried the same thing (but I went less nuts on the reset button) and now I had to tftp to .2.1

I restored my usr firmware so I could have some decent uptime while at work.
What build do you guys recommend to put on this model? Also, can't we use the usb port to add memory or is that too slow? I just put the build on there that was linked in this thread (I'm lazy like that), maybe that build wasn't good.

I really like this dd-wrt thing but it has to be stable :)

Also, don't feel like you have to hold back on me. While I might not have majored in Networking, I should know my way around these things.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get a newer version, from the Eko link in my signature. Micro/micro plus/or micro plus ssh.................newd or vint but definitely not newd2.

Yes you can use USB, I have a build of Eko's latest...look for the thread labeled "boot router from flash drive".

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:55    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is there a place to read up on the differences between those build?

Anyways, I can just put a 1gb usb stik in there, boot up the micro without ppp, put the Eko big on the stick and boot from there?

edit: i also don't have any linux machines, and that seems to be quite necessary...
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 20:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
daffeh wrote:
Is there a place to read up on the differences between those build?

Anyways, I can just put a 1gb usb stik in there, boot up the micro without ppp, put the Eko big on the stick and boot from there?

edit: i also don't have any linux machines, and that seems to be quite necessary...


Yes you need linux to unpack the firmware to a flash drive. I will see what I can do as I need to have big unpacked and available to go with the firmware I modified.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 22:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
daffeh wrote:
Also, don't feel like you have to hold back on me. While I might not have majored in Networking, I should know my way around these things.
Just be sure to be precise about whether you are using 2.1, 1.2, 5.1 or 1.5 or whatever, both when asking for advice here and when actually accessing your router. I have a feeling some of your problems could have been due to careless typing, or at least you haven't expressed yourself in such a way as to rule that out.

Regarding versions and stability, I haven't been upgrading my USR5461's as quickly as my other routers, so their builds are "relatively old". Right now I am running svn12548 or 12874 micro (not micro-plus) on a few of these and their little sister, the USR5432, and none has skipped a beat.

Here are some figures from the one I can access here and now, running 12548:
Total Available 69% 5688 kB / 8192 kB
Free 10% 548 kB / 5688 kB
Used 90% 5140 kB / 5688 kB
Buffers 6% 284 kB / 5140 kB
Cached 28% 1448 kB / 5140 kB
Active 27% 1364 kB / 5140 kB
Inactive 7% 384 kB / 5140 kB

Empty memory is wasted memory.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 0:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
modervador wrote:
daffeh wrote:
Also, don't feel like you have to hold back on me. While I might not have majored in Networking, I should know my way around these things.
Just be sure to be precise about whether you are using 2.1, 1.2, 5.1 or 1.5 or whatever, both when asking for advice here and when actually accessing your router. I have a feeling some of your problems could have been due to careless typing, or at least you haven't expressed yourself in such a way as to rule that out.

Regarding versions and stability, I haven't been upgrading my USR5461's as quickly as my other routers, so their builds are "relatively old". Right now I am running svn12548 or 12874 micro (not micro-plus) on a few of these and their little sister, the USR5432, and none has skipped a beat.

Here are some figures from the one I can access here and now, running 12548:
Total Available 69% 5688 kB / 8192 kB
Free 10% 548 kB / 5688 kB
Used 90% 5140 kB / 5688 kB
Buffers 6% 284 kB / 5140 kB
Cached 28% 1448 kB / 5140 kB
Active 27% 1364 kB / 5140 kB
Inactive 7% 384 kB / 5140 kB

Empty memory is wasted memory.
I swear i wasn't making any typo's. The first time I tftp'd it was to 2.1, the second time it was to 1.2.

I don't know what goes wrong... it just stops resolving names after some time
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 13:49    Post subject: Reply with quote
Firmware DD-WRT v24-sp2 (09/18/10) micro-plus-ssh does NOT work on this router.
It works if you do not access the router too much (telnet, ssh, webgui). But it hangs when you try to connect to it, or slows down.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 14:10    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anyone managed to clear the USR5461's nvram memory?
Since I've updated my router's settings with some settings from a LinkSys one I'm not able to access is anymore...

I've bunch of posts to this forum regarded to USR5461 but nothing helped me yet, anyone?

Regards,
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