R7000 - Kong - Settings Lost

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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 14:41    Post subject: R7000 - Kong - Settings Lost Reply with quote
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
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 14:56    Post subject: Reply with quote
Have you ran any other custom firmware on your R7000 before such as xwrt-vortex?
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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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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 16:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 16:43    Post subject: Reply with quote
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.

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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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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 18:35    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the help! Followed in the footsteps of some great community members and I was able to restore my R7000. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 18:44    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice one! Glad you got things back up and running.
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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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