Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:44 Post subject: Bricked WRT600n??
Hi i think i big time bricked my router.
I was fiddling around in telnet when i attempted erase 1,3,5,7,0 i erased all of the numbers. what did i do? It will not respond to ping therefore i don't think i can tftp a firmware onto it anymore. Is my router now toast? I am willing to try to recover through serial cable if at all possible. I also am willing to try JTAG which i think is what will be needed but the only problem is where is the JTAG port?
Hi i think i big time bricked my router.
I was fiddling around in telnet when i attempted erase 1,3,5,7,0 i erased all of the numbers. what did i do? It will not respond to ping therefore i don't think i can tftp a firmware onto it anymore. Is my router now toast? I am willing to try to recover through serial cable if at all possible. I also am willing to try JTAG which i think is what will be needed but the only problem is where is the JTAG port?
I'm not being sarcastic. I am just wondering what you were trying to do?
That device has no jtag readily available. It may be there, someone needs to find the connection points if they exist. _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
i was trying to clear all the settings from my router including the mac addresses for all the ports. I was trying to set up dual-wan and a couple of the ports had the same mac address. I tried erasing nvram and erasing ram. Then i tried erasing those numbers.
The serial port looks alot like a JTAG port. correct me if i am wrong but to me it seems like it has enough pins to use a JTAG and more pins then needed for a serial connection. So maybe this is a JTAG port but the software needed to use the port is what is missing?
12 or 14 pin connection pads are likely candidates for jtag.
10 pin connection pads are usually 2 x serial port, 5 pins each. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 17:54 Post subject:
ak4d7 wrote:
what does the erase 1 erase 3 erase 5 and erase 0 and erase 7
actually erasE?
That's a really good question. That's why I asked what you were trying to do. I don't know the answer. Someone will I am sure. If not, we can try those commands on a unit that will be easy to recover.
Just a little humor to add to the sad circumstance:
Q: Do you know what that red button does?
A: Why no....
Q: Then why did you push it? _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 700 Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 18:11 Post subject:
dunno why you just didnt hard reset instead of erasing unknown things through telnet...but oh well
This might help you
http://wiki.zeropain.com/index.php/WRT600NV11_Serial_Port _________________
Hardware that works for me:
RT-N66U MerlinWRT 3.0.0.4.374.33_beta3b
E3000 WDS Kong v21661
i did try hard reset and the mac addresses stayed the same, and i have already looked at that and tried the rs232 connection but not getting anything from it
thank you for the replies.
yes i do have an rs232 adapter and i have a pin header soldered to the board but maybe i soldered bad or need a diffrent adaapter
i am trying rs232 currently along with the eko 610 tip thanks guys ill let you know if i fix it