Archer C9 ver.4 which firmware is working fine ?

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zhelev81
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 14:49    Post subject: Archer C9 ver.4 which firmware is working fine ? Reply with quote
As I posted here :https://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1116524&highlight=#1116524

I got a new one now and I am asking if someone did a flash successfully on this model , I dont want to mess this up second time.

Anybody ?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 16:54    Post subject: Re: Archer C9 ver.4 which firmware is working fine ? Reply with quote
zhelev81 wrote:
As I posted here :https://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1116524&highlight=#1116524

I got a new one now and I am asking if someone did a flash successfully on this model , I dont want to mess this up second time.

Anybody ?


I successfylly flashed the 2017-12-04 r33986, for the moment the later releases seems to brick the thing. I might add that the router was an Archer C9 v4 EU version.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 18:14    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is the screenshot of mine :

I guess we are talking for the same device. Just to confirm with you ... what you've done is, installed from here : ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2017/11-04-2017-r33679/tplink_archer-c9v4/ the factory-to-ddwrt.bin and then flashed the 2017-12-04 r33986 ?

Thank you for your help Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 18:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
zhelev81 wrote:
Here is the screenshot of mine :

I guess we are talking for the same device. Just to confirm with you ... what you've done is, installed from here : ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2017/11-04-2017-r33679/tplink_archer-c9v4/ the factory-to-ddwrt.bin and then flashed the 2017-12-04 r33986 ?

Thank you for your help Wink


Exact same device, and yes I used factory-to-ddwrt.bin, but straight to 2017-12-04 r33986...

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zhelev81
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 18:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
so I can use the factory to ddwrt and then flash the firmware stright from this link right :

ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2017/12-04-2017-r33986/tplink_archer-c9v4/ ???
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 18:39    Post subject: Reply with quote
zhelev81 wrote:
so I can use the factory to ddwrt and then flash the firmware stright from this link right :

ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2017/12-04-2017-r33986/tplink_archer-c9v4/ ???


Worked for me, but do not try any later versions, that will brick or at least semi/brick your router.

I made the mistake of trying a 2018 release and had to do a serial recovery and that was not too fun but I got it working again..

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zhelev81
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 18:42    Post subject: Reply with quote
ye this is why I asked, because i bricked one device and returned it and got another one now Smile))
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:54    Post subject: Reply with quote
zhelev81 wrote:
ye this is why I asked, because i bricked one device and returned it and got another one now Smile))


2017-12-04 r33986 should work, but do not try any later version unless you know how to do a serial/tftp recovery....

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zhelev81
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:12    Post subject: Reply with quote
from the link where 2017-12-04 r33986 is what file should I flash , first the factory-to-ddwrt.bin and then the archer-c9v4-webflash.bin or only one of them ?
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nolimitz
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:18    Post subject: Reply with quote
zhelev81 wrote:
from the link where 2017-12-04 r33986 is what file should I flash , first the factory-to-ddwrt.bin and then the archer-c9v4-webflash.bin or only one of them ?


If you are on stock firmware, you flash factory to ddwrt. If you are already on ddwrt, use webflash. One of them is enough.
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zhelev81
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
thank you for your answer ,, you guys really helped Smile will try today and post the result Smile)
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