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Topic: tftp not working on wrt54gl with boot_wait=on with rc5??

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Post #1
tkmbe
18 Aug 2007, 22:02

Hello

I'm using whiterussion rc5 on wrt54gl v1.1
I want now upgrade to whiterussion 0.9 with tftp...
I have started tcpdump and than I can see the message "Press reset now, to enter Failsafe!"
as stated inhttp://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Troubleshooting
(with netcat it does not work, you see only  "(dummy message) "
Then I push the reset button for 2 seconds and the led flashes right and
ping 192.168.1.1 works ...
Now I tried
  tftp 192.168.1.1 -v -m binary -c put openwrt-wrt54g-squashfs.bin
but the tftp times out.
I can telnet to the ap as stated but there is no process listening at the tftp port
so what's wrong? If failsave mode is not used for tftp how can I enter in this mode?

BTW: boot_wait is set on, so what's wrong?
I have also tried ping -f 192.168.1.1 and use tftp etc. etc.

I really don't want to use http interface because I want to install mico edtion now
and this has no web interface so tftp isntallation must work for me...

Any hints?

Greetings

Beat

(Last edited by tkmbe on 18 Aug 2007, 22:09)

Post #2
tkmbe
18 Aug 2007, 22:24

Problem solved

Sorry for the post.
It seems that you have only 2 seconds (after power on) to do that.
The second ping which works after about 5 seconds does not allow anymore upgrading ...
Is this normal that if boot_wait is on there are only 2 seconds to connect to tftp server?

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