Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 22:32 Post subject: Linksys E4200 Firmware Upgrade Fail
I'm trying to install DD-WRT onto a v1 E4200 router. The current firmware is 1.0.05 - I've done the 30/30/30 reset, but when I go to upgrade firmware I get an error UPGRADE FAILED about 4% into the upgrade.
I have also just tried an old Win Vista machine, using both IE and Firefox with Firewall turned off and it still says upgrade failed...
I noticed that Linksys released a firmware upgrade v1.0.06 - I downloaded it and tried installing it. It gets to 6% and then comes up upgrade failed. Mmmmmmn
I received the same Error when I tried to flash mine but usually doing the hard reset does the trick. I normally go by the clock that has seconds running for an accurate time and setup a static ip when i reflashed dd-wrt mini then to big but that was when the peacock thread was introduced for the E4200. You stated you followed the thread and disabled windows firewall, you are using v.1 which is good, the browsers shouldn't matter all that much except to maybe clear the cache browsing history, try the static ip another hard reset
I can't believe I have just spent another 2 hours on this tonight. Yes I'm using a stop watch so the time should be right. I thought it nearly worked on my windows 10 laptop with Edge. It got to 20% and failed.
I tried different network cables as well.
I can't believe I have just spent another 2 hours on this tonight. Yes I'm using a stop watch so the time should be right. I thought it nearly worked on my windows 10 laptop with Edge. It got to 20% and failed.
I tried different network cables as well.
But I got a message saying Error on server : Invalid Password.
Completely stumped!
I replied to your one message i just forgot to ask if you are connected to the ethernet port of the router not using the wan? I'm pretty sure you are using the ethernet port. Yes the error is something to do with the uploading the firmware is being interrupted sometimes from popup blockers from the browser cause problems, windows firewall can cause issues disable them for the time being create your static ip as explained from the user from the linksys community and try again
I can't believe I have just spent another 2 hours on this tonight. Yes I'm using a stop watch so the time should be right. I thought it nearly worked on my windows 10 laptop with Edge. It got to 20% and failed.
I tried different network cables as well.
But I got a message saying Error on server : Invalid Password.
Completely stumped!
I replied to your one message i just forgot to ask if you are connected to the ethernet port of the router not using the wan? I'm pretty sure you are using the ethernet port. Yes the error is something to do with the uploading the firmware is being interrupted sometimes from popup blockers from the browser cause problems, windows firewall can cause issues disable them for the time being create your static ip as explained from the user from the linksys community and try again
Thanks for the reply - Yes I'm plugging it into one of the 4 Ethernet ports (I've tried them all). I have assigned a static IP but it still fails below 10%. I deleted all browsing history in IE and also turned off the pop up blockers and its still failing. Must have tried the procedure about 30 time now. I still find it strange that the normal Linksys firmware update fails so wondering if it's a hardware problem with the router rather than software.
I only bought it as I thought it would be a good upgrade over the E1200, especially as it has a USB port.
Welcome any other ideas or I will end up selling it, as it works fine as a normal wifi router.
I can't believe I have just spent another 2 hours on this tonight. Yes I'm using a stop watch so the time should be right. I thought it nearly worked on my windows 10 laptop with Edge. It got to 20% and failed.
I tried different network cables as well.
But I got a message saying Error on server : Invalid Password.
Completely stumped!
I replied to your one message i just forgot to ask if you are connected to the ethernet port of the router not using the wan? I'm pretty sure you are using the ethernet port. Yes the error is something to do with the uploading the firmware is being interrupted sometimes from popup blockers from the browser cause problems, windows firewall can cause issues disable them for the time being create your static ip as explained from the user from the linksys community and try again
Thanks for the reply - Yes I'm plugging it into one of the 4 Ethernet ports (I've tried them all). I have assigned a static IP but it still fails below 10%. I deleted all browsing history in IE and also turned off the pop up blockers and its still failing. Must have tried the procedure about 30 time now. I still find it strange that the normal Linksys firmware update fails so wondering if it's a hardware problem with the router rather than software.
I only bought it as I thought it would be a good upgrade over the E1200, especially as it has a USB port.
Welcome any other ideas or I will end up selling it, as it works fine as a normal wifi router.
Darren
That linksys community thread mentioned that he used a tftp to install his firmware. Did you follow those instructions? Here is what was written
Download known working firmware for your Linksys router. Rename the bin file to works.bin and move it to your desktop
Connect your PC to the broken Linksys router via an Ethernet cable choose any port 1-4
Navigate to Start->Control Panel->Network Connections and double click the Local Area Connection icon. Click the Properties button and double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the list
Click the option to Use the following IP address: and set it up as follows and then click Ok:
IP address: 192.168.1.10
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
Next, navigate to Start->Run and type cmd and click Ok
Repeat step 5. You should now have two command windows open
From the first command window type cd Desktop and press enter. Next, type PING -t 192.168.1.1 but DO NOT PRESS enter yet
From the Second command windows type cd Desktop and press enter. Next, type tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT works.bin but DO NOT PRESS enter yet
From the first command window press enter. Immediately following, press enter from the second command window
After the firmware has been uploaded, you should be able to reset your Linksys router and log into the Linksys admin panel
Additional notes: The upload needs to occur within a five second window, so you may not be successful the first time! Sometimes it takes multiple tries before you get the router to accept the upload.
I can't believe I have just spent another 2 hours on this tonight. Yes I'm using a stop watch so the time should be right. I thought it nearly worked on my windows 10 laptop with Edge. It got to 20% and failed.
I tried different network cables as well.
But I got a message saying Error on server : Invalid Password.
Completely stumped!
I replied to your one message i just forgot to ask if you are connected to the ethernet port of the router not using the wan? I'm pretty sure you are using the ethernet port. Yes the error is something to do with the uploading the firmware is being interrupted sometimes from popup blockers from the browser cause problems, windows firewall can cause issues disable them for the time being create your static ip as explained from the user from the linksys community and try again
Thanks for the reply - Yes I'm plugging it into one of the 4 Ethernet ports (I've tried them all). I have assigned a static IP but it still fails below 10%. I deleted all browsing history in IE and also turned off the pop up blockers and its still failing. Must have tried the procedure about 30 time now. I still find it strange that the normal Linksys firmware update fails so wondering if it's a hardware problem with the router rather than software.
I only bought it as I thought it would be a good upgrade over the E1200, especially as it has a USB port.
Welcome any other ideas or I will end up selling it, as it works fine as a normal wifi router.
Darren
That linksys community thread mentioned that he used a tftp to install his firmware. Did you follow those instructions? Here is what was written
Download known working firmware for your Linksys router. Rename the bin file to works.bin and move it to your desktop
Connect your PC to the broken Linksys router via an Ethernet cable choose any port 1-4
Navigate to Start->Control Panel->Network Connections and double click the Local Area Connection icon. Click the Properties button and double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the list
Click the option to Use the following IP address: and set it up as follows and then click Ok:
IP address: 192.168.1.10
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
Next, navigate to Start->Run and type cmd and click Ok
Repeat step 5. You should now have two command windows open
From the first command window type cd Desktop and press enter. Next, type PING -t 192.168.1.1 but DO NOT PRESS enter yet
From the Second command windows type cd Desktop and press enter. Next, type tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT works.bin but DO NOT PRESS enter yet
From the first command window press enter. Immediately following, press enter from the second command window
After the firmware has been uploaded, you should be able to reset your Linksys router and log into the Linksys admin panel
Additional notes: The upload needs to occur within a five second window, so you may not be successful the first time! Sometimes it takes multiple tries before you get the router to accept the upload.
Yes I did try it and on my Windows machine I get this error when hitting enter on the tftp command prompt -
'Error on server : Invalid Password !! '
Like mentioned before I can still get into the Cisco menu and make changes which update fine - It just doesn't like firmware updates for some unknown reasons
I can't believe I have just spent another 2 hours on this tonight. Yes I'm using a stop watch so the time should be right. I thought it nearly worked on my windows 10 laptop with Edge. It got to 20% and failed.
I tried different network cables as well.
But I got a message saying Error on server : Invalid Password.
Completely stumped!
I replied to your one message i just forgot to ask if you are connected to the ethernet port of the router not using the wan? I'm pretty sure you are using the ethernet port. Yes the error is something to do with the uploading the firmware is being interrupted sometimes from popup blockers from the browser cause problems, windows firewall can cause issues disable them for the time being create your static ip as explained from the user from the linksys community and try again
Thanks for the reply - Yes I'm plugging it into one of the 4 Ethernet ports (I've tried them all). I have assigned a static IP but it still fails below 10%. I deleted all browsing history in IE and also turned off the pop up blockers and its still failing. Must have tried the procedure about 30 time now. I still find it strange that the normal Linksys firmware update fails so wondering if it's a hardware problem with the router rather than software.
I only bought it as I thought it would be a good upgrade over the E1200, especially as it has a USB port.
Welcome any other ideas or I will end up selling it, as it works fine as a normal wifi router.
Darren
That linksys community thread mentioned that he used a tftp to install his firmware. Did you follow those instructions? Here is what was written
Download known working firmware for your Linksys router. Rename the bin file to works.bin and move it to your desktop
Connect your PC to the broken Linksys router via an Ethernet cable choose any port 1-4
Navigate to Start->Control Panel->Network Connections and double click the Local Area Connection icon. Click the Properties button and double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the list
Click the option to Use the following IP address: and set it up as follows and then click Ok:
IP address: 192.168.1.10
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
Next, navigate to Start->Run and type cmd and click Ok
Repeat step 5. You should now have two command windows open
From the first command window type cd Desktop and press enter. Next, type PING -t 192.168.1.1 but DO NOT PRESS enter yet
From the Second command windows type cd Desktop and press enter. Next, type tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT works.bin but DO NOT PRESS enter yet
From the first command window press enter. Immediately following, press enter from the second command window
After the firmware has been uploaded, you should be able to reset your Linksys router and log into the Linksys admin panel
Additional notes: The upload needs to occur within a five second window, so you may not be successful the first time! Sometimes it takes multiple tries before you get the router to accept the upload.
Yes I did try it and on my Windows machine I get this error when hitting enter on the tftp command prompt -
'Error on server : Invalid Password !! '
Like mentioned before I can still get into the Cisco menu and make changes which update fine - It just doesn't like firmware updates for some unknown reasons
I never heard of such needed tasks to updating firmware turn into a difficult and frustrating issue. have contacted linksys tech support to see if you can send it back for rma? if you purchased it at a local store maybe return it?
