Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 23:26 Post subject: OpenVPN not working and LED lights are off
Router: TP-LINK Archer C7 v2 International
Firmware: 30949 - 2016/12/15
Status: Buggy
Reset: No
Errors: OpenVPN server is broken since it was updated to 2.4 rc1
which kills itself and produces the error: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter
LED lights are not working.
And all previous tickets are still open. Such as the 975 mb/s wireless ac bug.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 0:50 Post subject: Bricked wndr3700
Router: wndr3700 v1
Firmware: 30949 - 2016/12/15
Status: bricked
Reset: yes
Errors: no web gui, blinking green power light, no telnet, ping works.
I noted a couple of replies here with success for wndr3700 v1 so went ahead. This is the second of two of these routers I have. It was factory, applied r30471 factory, then 30949 webflash which bricked it
Update:
Router recovered.
Installed windows 7 tftp (via "add windows features").
Assigned static address within 192.168.1.0/24 subnet to PC
The router was showing flashing green power light. I had performed a reset by unplugging power to router, holding in reset, plugging power back in and holding reset for 45 seconds. After letting go of reset i did not restart the router. Check that the router is replying to ping on 192.168.1.1. In this state I ran the tftp command
tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT WNDR3700-V1.0.16.98.img
it is important to note that this DID NOT work with the dd-wrt image (bin file). The router only accepted the tftp PUT using the Netgear factory firmware. After the image was sent, the router rebooted itself and the standart Netgear gui was accessible. I then went ahead and applied the 30949 dd-wrt factory image and the update worked.
I think the lesson for me is that any future firmware updates will be with the factory dd-wrt bin image after returning to Netgear firmware.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:41 Post subject: TPLINK WR740N Ver 4.28
Router: TPLINK WR740N Ver 4.28
Firmware: 30949
Kernel: 3.10.104 #4531 Thu Dec 15 04:18:09 CET 2016 mips DD-WRT
Status: OK, accept slow boot-up
Reset: No
Errors: PPPOE does not connect after reboot. After couple of reboot it connects but most of the time it doesn't.
PPPOE error continues from 06-17-2016-r29968 to latest release but works fine on 06-06-2016-r29837.
Router: R7800
Status: Running
Reset: No
Errors: Samba not sharing on boot up while R8500 and R7000 are working ok.
Same setup on all 3 routers.
What is command to stop and start samba? _________________ Segment 1 XR700 10Gb LAN, 1Gb WAN ISP BS
Wired AP 1 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Wired AP 2 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Wired AP 3 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Syslog Services Asustor 7110T NAS 10GB
NetGear XS716T 10GB Switch
download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/ (Brain Slayer)
YAMon https://usage-monitoring.com/index.php
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 14:11 Post subject: Re: Bricked wndr3700
arran wrote:
This is the second of two of these routers I have. It was factory, applied r30471 factory, then 30949 webflash which bricked it
You mention two identical routers. When updating initially was the dd-wrt GUI used to update both units? If so, did the update brick both or just one? I ask because I was about to update the same model router when I saw this posting. I noiw wonder if using tftp PUT would avoid the issue while maintaining settings?
Status: 5GHz Wifi doesn't work
Reset: no
Errors: Wifi 5GHz does not broadcast SSID.
No such issue with the same router. On the 5GHz band, the SSID is broadcasted and I'm able to connect without issue. you will see someone earlier posted:
Won't work if using HT40 on both radio with specific channel selection.
Looks like that is indeed the issue. I've changed the channel on the 5GHz to auto and all is fine now. Thank you all.
I was pretty happy with r29621, no issues for what I am using, there are 3x 8 port gigabit switches behind this router with a lot IP cams and a CCTV system, and a windows Plex server. This was the most stable version for me for long time that’s why I didn’t update in between.
For your information why I went to r30949;
I also had issue with my 5GHz last night, but it had nothing to do with r30949 and nor with r29621, last night when I was on r29621, I got myself a new VPN provider and from what I hear it was a good provider to use with DD-WRT firmware, so I set the VPN up in de VPN client section, and indeed it was working perfect, but after applying and a reboot the 5GHz went down and never came back, even after deleting information from the VPN client section didn’t help.
Unfortunately my last config backup was year old and I added lot things since then on my network with different settings on CCTV system, server and a lot more, so I didn’t want to go back. Updated to r30949 but still same issue no 5GHz. Went back to r29621 of course it didn’t help either, so I was forced to use my year old nvrambak, but did screenshots of all settings so I could put it back. Anyways soon as I load the old nvrambak 5GHz started to work, Channel Width is still Dynamic after this, I put back all my settings manually and made a new nvrambak. Oh and I am on r30949 again, without issues at 5GHz side.
I am just sharing this to make people aware, it might help developers to narrow down the 5GHz problem. I am not sure if it has to do with VPN client settings or anything in coding, but I didn’t set back the VPN client anymore, 5GHz is more important for me than VPN, I can set that on devices itself. _________________
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:12 Post subject: Re: Bricked wndr3700
rcblackwell wrote:
arran wrote:
This is the second of two of these routers I have. It was factory, applied r30471 factory, then 30949 webflash which bricked it
You mention two identical routers. When updating initially was the dd-wrt GUI used to update both units? If so, did the update brick both or just one? I ask because I was about to update the same model router when I saw this posting. I noiw wonder if using tftp PUT would avoid the issue while maintaining settings?
2nd router was purchased as a development unit so I don't loose VPN for weeks if I mess up the 1st router.
1st router (still running r30432) has some weirdness with pptp vpn and accessing local lan so I wanted to use the 2nd unit to test. I'd already bricked the 1st router a month ago by applying r30880 webflash (via dd-wrt web gui). I was able to recover it with the Boot Wait feature eventually.
Hence 2nd router came along, once bitten twice shy. Sequence of events (all on 2nd router):
1) unboxed router, it was reset to default with factory Netgear firmware.
2) I upgraded using the netgear gui to r30432 using file wndr3700-factory.img. This was successful
3) I then upgrade again to r30949 via dd-wrt gui using file wndr3700-webflash.bin. This bricked the router. Boot wait was not working. Telnet was not working. Green power light flashing as mentioned above.
4) after many hours of messing around i almost gave up. I was trying tftp (windows version) and another one called tftp2 but using the dd-wrt bin file. As soon as i tried the Netgear factory img file it worked. The router rebooted itself into netgear web gui.
5) I then went on and applied r30949 wndr3700-factory.img (note: same version that bricked but this is the dd-wrt factory img file not the webflash). This was successful.
6) I cheered
7) Perhaps the thing to do is to try the webflash upgrade, if it does not work fall back to the tftp recovery. It worked very quickly once i finally tried the netgear img factory file. It won't retain any dd-wrt settings though
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 16:10 Post subject: Re: Bricked wndr3700
arran wrote:
Router: wndr3700 v1
Firmware: 30949 - 2016/12/15
Status: bricked
Reset: yes
Errors: no web gui, blinking green power light, no telnet, ping works.
I noted a couple of replies here with success for wndr3700 v1 so went ahead. This is the second of two of these routers I have. It was factory, applied r30471 factory, then 30949 webflash which bricked it
Update:
Router recovered.
Installed windows 7 tftp (via "add windows features").
Assigned static address within 192.168.1.0/24 subnet to PC
The router was showing flashing green power light. I had performed a reset by unplugging power to router, holding in reset, plugging power back in and holding reset for 45 seconds. After letting go of reset i did not restart the router. Check that the router is replying to ping on 192.168.1.1. In this state I ran the tftp command
tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT WNDR3700-V1.0.16.98.img
it is important to note that this DID NOT work with the dd-wrt image (bin file). The router only accepted the tftp PUT using the Netgear factory firmware. After the image was sent, the router rebooted itself and the standart Netgear gui was accessible. I then went ahead and applied the 30949 dd-wrt factory image and the update worked.
I think the lesson for me is that any future firmware updates will be with the factory dd-wrt bin image after returning to Netgear firmware.
You should be able to tftp a dd-wrt factory .img in to the router successfully.
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:44 Post subject: Re: OpenVPN not working and LED lights are off
dan_danananda wrote:
Router: TP-LINK Archer C7 v2 International
Firmware: 30949 - 2016/12/15
Status: Buggy
Reset: No
Errors: OpenVPN server is broken since it was updated to 2.4 rc1
which kills itself and produces the error: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter
LED lights are not working.
And all previous tickets are still open. Such as the 975 mb/s wireless ac bug.
Why would anyone think it was a good idea to use a release candidate of something (OpenVPN) as part of another product (dd-wrt)??
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:17 Post subject: Re: OpenVPN not working and LED lights are off
bdg2 wrote:
dan_danananda wrote:
Router: TP-LINK Archer C7 v2 International
Firmware: 30949 - 2016/12/15
Status: Buggy
Reset: No
Errors: OpenVPN server is broken since it was updated to 2.4 rc1
which kills itself and produces the error: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter
LED lights are not working.
And all previous tickets are still open. Such as the 975 mb/s wireless ac bug.
Why would anyone think it was a good idea to use a release candidate of something (OpenVPN) as part of another product (dd-wrt)??
Seems like asking for trouble to me.
many release candidates end up very stable, same for "beta" & even alpla versions. theres also the consideration of broken features due to the way it was added in ddwrt rather than the feature itself, not everything thats broken is a result of the feature itself being broken, its a mix of both _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:58 Post subject: Re: OpenVPN not working and LED lights are off
tatsuya46 wrote:
bdg2 wrote:
dan_danananda wrote:
Router: TP-LINK Archer C7 v2 International
Firmware: 30949 - 2016/12/15
Status: Buggy
Reset: No
Errors: OpenVPN server is broken since it was updated to 2.4 rc1
which kills itself and produces the error: Options error: Unrecognized option or missing or extra parameter
LED lights are not working.
And all previous tickets are still open. Such as the 975 mb/s wireless ac bug.
Why would anyone think it was a good idea to use a release candidate of something (OpenVPN) as part of another product (dd-wrt)??
Seems like asking for trouble to me.
many release candidates end up very stable, same for "beta" & even alpla versions.
Yes, but if it's still called a release candidate that means at this stage nobody knows if it's any good or not. Once they know they will change it's name to release.
Router: WNDR3700v1
Firmware: 30949 - 2016/12/15
Status: Buggy
Reset: No
Errors: OpenVPN server is broken due to mtu-disc not being supported by the OS. Even when manually started, the VPN connection is really unstable. Wi-Fi is flaky and worse than r28111. Near router I can't get more than 160 Mbps on 5GHz.
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 12:32 Post subject: Re: OpenVPN not working and LED lights are off
bdg2 wrote:
Yes, but if it's still called a release candidate that means at this stage nobody knows if it's any good or not. Once they know they will change it's name to release.
Dude, you downloaded this release of ddwrt from an FTP folder named "betas", what are you doing using it?
Back to topic:
Router: TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v2.1
Firmware: 30949 - 2016-12-15
Status: all good so far
Reset: erase nvram before - reset to factory during upgrade - erase nvram after
Disclaimer: not using OpenVPN at the moment, so can't comment on that issue, everything I'm using works flawlessly.
