[commanderspiff20]

Hi all,

I'm brand new to DD-WRT and flashed a Netgear WNR2000v3 Router today, but it looks like I've made a mistake somewhere.

After installing, the admin page timed out and my computer couldn't hold a connection to the router. I waited for about 15-20 minutes before rebooting and doing a hard reset, but it seems like the router is stuck in a bootloop.

I used this distribution:
ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/2012/03-19-12-r18777/netgear-wnr2000v3/

I tried resetting and holding the reset button while connecting, but wasn't successful. I also tried using TFTP (on OSX), but it doesn't seem like the connection lasts long enough and I get:

tftp> connect 192.168.1.1
tftp> binary
tftp> rexmt 1
tftp> timeout 60
tftp> put wnr2000v3-webflash.bin
tftp: sendto: No route to host

I'm really new to DD-WRT and haven't had any luck troubleshooting so far (via Google/forum search) so any help/guidance appreciated.

Thanks!

[James2k]

If you've set a static IP correctly and followed the general TFTP instructions, serial recovery is probably the only available method to you.

The WNR2000v3 does have recovery mode documented here:

http://infodepot.wikia.com/wiki/Netgear_WNR2000_v3.0

(note the revert section)

I would suggest you attempt to reflash the stock Netgear firmware at this point. You'll have little success flashing any non Netgear firmware now. You can find the Netgear firmware here:

http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/product/WNR2000v3

I'd recommend you also flash an older version of the firmware as Netgear actually patched more recent versions with detection methods to prevent you loading DD-WRT on it. I'd flash 1.0.1.26 to make sure you avoid this.

The WNR2000v3 isn't well supported with DD-WRT, you'd be better off investing in another router, that has the hardware and specs for great DD-WRT usage.