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decompiled DD-WRT User Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 80
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 14:41 Post subject: R7000 - Kong - Settings Lost
The last two attempts to flash Kong's firmware have resulted in factory resets of the R7000. Not sure why as I'm not specifically setting it to reset. Anyone know what settings I can look at to see why its doing the reset everytime? Thanks in advanced.
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James2k DD-WRT Guru Joined: 23 Oct 2011 Posts: 549
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 14:56 Post subject:
Have you ran any other custom firmware on your R7000 before such as xwrt-vortex? _________________ James
Main router:
Netgear R7000 overclocked to 1.2GHz - DD-WRT v3.0-r35965M kongac
IPv6 6in4 (HE.net), OpenVPN (with PBR and split tunnelling), Entware, dnsmasq with ipset
Easy ipset support for the R7000
VPN speed: Download: 77.96 Mbps Upload: 5.00 Mbps (AES-128-CBC HMAC-SHA1)
Yes you can get 50 Mbps+ with OpenVPN on a R7000 if you configure it properly!
Previous routers:
ASUS RT-N66U - The Dark Knight
WNR2000v3 - Bought on the cheap for someone else, neutered crap
WNR3500Lv1 - First venture into the DD-WRT world
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decompiled DD-WRT User Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 80
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 16:11 Post subject:
James2k wrote: Have you ran any other custom firmware on your R7000 before such as xwrt-vortex?
Indeed I did try out xwrt-vortex recently.
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James2k DD-WRT Guru Joined: 23 Oct 2011 Posts: 549
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 16:43 Post subject:
Bad news, you've buggered your CFE (bootloader).
Another forum member experienced the same problem.
https://www.dd-wrt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=314525&sid=83df66d1d1a298d58c91d02225cfc20a
Basically, the problem isn't when you flash firmware, its when your unit restarts an nvram erase is occurring on each boot.
You are going to need to do some dirty work and potentially restore your CFE and other stuff. _________________ James
Main router:
Netgear R7000 overclocked to 1.2GHz - DD-WRT v3.0-r35965M kongac
IPv6 6in4 (HE.net), OpenVPN (with PBR and split tunnelling), Entware, dnsmasq with ipset
Easy ipset support for the R7000
VPN speed: Download: 77.96 Mbps Upload: 5.00 Mbps (AES-128-CBC HMAC-SHA1)
Yes you can get 50 Mbps+ with OpenVPN on a R7000 if you configure it properly!
Previous routers:
ASUS RT-N66U - The Dark Knight
WNR2000v3 - Bought on the cheap for someone else, neutered crap
WNR3500Lv1 - First venture into the DD-WRT world
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decompiled DD-WRT User Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 80
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 18:35 Post subject:
Thanks for the help! Followed in the footsteps of some great community members and I was able to restore my R7000.
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James2k DD-WRT Guru Joined: 23 Oct 2011 Posts: 549
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 18:44 Post subject:
Nice one! Glad you got things back up and running. _________________ James
Main router:
Netgear R7000 overclocked to 1.2GHz - DD-WRT v3.0-r35965M kongac
IPv6 6in4 (HE.net), OpenVPN (with PBR and split tunnelling), Entware, dnsmasq with ipset
Easy ipset support for the R7000
VPN speed: Download: 77.96 Mbps Upload: 5.00 Mbps (AES-128-CBC HMAC-SHA1)
Yes you can get 50 Mbps+ with OpenVPN on a R7000 if you configure it properly!
Previous routers:
ASUS RT-N66U - The Dark Knight
WNR2000v3 - Bought on the cheap for someone else, neutered crap
WNR3500Lv1 - First venture into the DD-WRT world
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