Router: wrtsl54gs
Firmware: http://downloads.openwrt.org/whiterussi … -jffs2.bin

Problem: I installed flashed the firmware over successfully, and I used ssh to access the router.  I tried to put the router into client mode and somehow mixed up the interfaces, preventing me from accessing the router.   So I decided to try failsafe mode seeing I know it isn't bricked, nvram is just pooched.   So I listened on the port (nc -l -p 4919 -u) and instead of:
#1) getting a message saying "Press reset now, to enter Failsafe!" I get "(dummy message)"
#3) having the dmz light turn on the "Secure Easy Setup" light turns on.

ok, I press and hold the reset button anyways and the "Secure Easy Setup" light starts blinking.

So I ping 192.168.1.1 and that works fine... so now I try to telnet:

[root@latitude ~]# telnet 191.168.1.1 23
Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.

Login failed.
Connection closed by foreign host.

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions how I can it back to a working state?  Thanks so much for taking the time to read this.  I am really stuck.

Sam

(Last edited by swinchen on 27 Jul 2007, 17:48)

I ran into the same problem. From what I can see, the FAILSAFE variable is not exported anymore from within /etc/preinit script .. therefore the /bin/login script will not allow you to log in, if the original pasword (which is set to "!" in /etc/passwd) was changed - under normal circumstances this will only occur if you use the jffs2 images, as the squashfs images only mount /rom in failsafe mode, which contains the original /etc/passwd.
For me, I made my own image, with altered /etc/passwd in /rom ...

Regards