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I have downloaded puremind's (previous post above) cfe.bin on Windows and have it available.
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Sometimes I have been able to hold the settings in the router long enough to change my IP on whatsmyip and connect a bridged wireless router, but internet is lost in 5 to 60 minutes. I have not in 6 days been able to get back wireless. I could not get back to Netgear, even with "Wireless#2C303" (first 5 of MAC) Go back to netgear firmware, do you have wifi? Now the r8500 will not hold settings and after a few hours loses even the IP diversion. After working on it all week I gave up on proper technique and now have access, but no WiFi, which I have worked around with a bridged second WiFi router.
DD WRT R8500 UPDATE
I managed to foul the router so badly it would not update any firmware. All the instructions say unplug everything but the connection to the computer so, I was never able to follow his instructions. I found puremind's post above and tried to use it. There is a trail from where I started - I won't repeat, but briefly I downloaded the latest firmware for my Nergear r8500 and immediately lost WiFi although I had my desired IP diversion. Posted: Sat 23:56 Post subject: r8500 lost WiFi and now won't retain settings
DD WRT R8500 HOW TO
I still need some input as how to implement puremind's plan to replace the cfe.bin file without internet. While I was hurrying to set up my wireless network backup it failed again. Suddenly, for no obvious reason it came alive while I was not even installing - complete with as success message. There is more I spent all day loading alternate firmware all failed - see attachment for one example. Where do I store it besides in my downloads? and how do I access it via telnet instead of the Linux command in puremind's post? My router is not working so, I have downloaded the cfe file from the forum. Your router will NOW keep the settings after reboots!!! Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very HappyĬommand in bold will WRITE the GOOD cfe8500.bin boot in the dd if=/tmp/cfe8500.bin of=/dev/mtdblock/0įlash is Connection closed by foreign host. I need help with this part of the original post: I do have that file downloaded and saved, but don't know how to access it under telnet - if that is even acceptable.Īlso, there is more to the original post that was not addressed.
DD WRT R8500 DOWNLOAD
I went blithely along until I had to telnet to download the CFE.bin file well, I had no internet at that point. I appreciate everyone's help, but I am still stymied.
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Posted: Thu 17:46 Post subject: r8500 no wifi
DD WRT R8500 MANUAL
The only manual check you have to make is in step 7 to ensure the file sizes are the same. This tells the router to save the existing cfe in the tmp folder and save it with the word "BROKEN" in the file name so you can distinguish it from the good one you downloaded into the same tmp folder previously.īasically if you copy and paste the bold commands you are okay. That tells the router to download that cfe and save it in the tmp folder and it is saved without any spaces in the name of the file.ĥ) "dd if=/dev/mtdblock/0 of=/tmp/BROKEN_cfe8500.bin" When you type that in, you get a prompt to log into your router. The text in bold is typed into the command prompt (I would copy and paste to eliminate possible errors). I was able to activate Telnet and see it function on the Command Prompt, but I don't understand do I enter only the part of the lines in bold print? what are the other parts of the lines listing the command? I don't want to screw this up again!! I was able to get my router functioning properly except for WiFi. Thank you!I consider myself an old DOS warrior, but I have questions about Telnet. Posted: Wed 17:46 Post subject: r8500 lost WiFi