Hi Jim, I had exactly the same problem with my WNDR3800. Seems like those flashing instructions are broken. What I ended up doing is: 1. did 30-30-30 reset (described, for instance, here: http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/18623/How-to-Hard-Reset-Your-NETGEAR-WNR3500L/ ) 2. flashed OpenWRT using netgear web gui (it shows a warning but allows to continue) 3. another 30-30-30 4. flashed CeroWRT from OpenWRT gui 5. profit! Thanks, Max On 3 November 2011 10:20, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > Disclaimer: I don't think this is the right list, but I can't find > another. If not, please direct me to the right place, thanks. > > First off: I've been running dd-wrt on a WRT54G router for some time, > but wanted to upgrade to something better. So I'm aware in general of > how to flash routers, etc. I remember that dd-wrt was a two-step > process: step 1 to wipe out the old firmware and install a simple FTP > client (?), and step 2 to actually upload the code into the router. > Step 1 only needs to be done to wipe out the factory firmware. > > My WNDR3700v2 is brand new, I've been using the factory firmware for a > couple of days: > > Hardware Version WNDR3700v2 > Firmware Version V1.0.0.8 > GUI Language Version V1.0.0.67 > > I am running a Windows 7 system, and I'm using tftp (Cygwin) to try to > push the CeroWRT code into the router. It's not working. I refer to > items 6-8 from: > > > http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki/Cerowrt_flashing_instructions > > 6. Hold down the "factory reset" button on the bottom of the router. > > 7. Turn on the router. Light 1 will light up green; the connection > light will light up yellow, flash yellow, turn green, then flash > green. This takes over a minute. > > 8. Release reset button > > My router has a submerged "restore factory defaults" button on the > bottom, surrounded by some red/orange paint. This is the button I'm > holding down to reset the router per the instructions above. > Regarding "the connection light will light up yellow...", on my > router, it's the POWER light (the first one) that is going through > that sequence. The LED corresponding to my LAN connection remains > solid green. The sequence completes in about 45 seconds, thought I've > tried up to 90 seconds. When done, the power light is flashing green, > and the LAN connection is solid green. > > I can ping the router at 192.168.1.1 from my PC. Using tftp, if I try > to put the image, I get a timeout. I turned on "binary" and "verbose" > and when I put the image, tftp says the image was transferred > successfully. Then I wait. And wait. I've tried this a couple of > times, waiting up to 10 minutes each time. I never see the status > lights change per item #13 at the URL above: > > 13. A good indicator of completion is a steady green or yellow light > for the port you cabled to, together with a steady green power light > and steady green or blue wireless lights. > > When I gave up and powered off/on the router, I still got the Netgear > GUI, so the CeroWRT code isn't going in. > > What am I doing wrong? I'm sure it's something simple. > > Thanks - Jim > > p.s. I note that the "CeroWrt 'Ocean City' INSTALLATION GUIDE" says: > > "Please see the Cerowrt flashing instructions for how to install the > current CeroWrt build on your Wndr3700v2 Router from your platform of > choice (windows, osx, linux)." > > However, the flashing instructions are for Linux, Mac and "From the > router" only. I tried to load the image through the Netgear GUI, but > got a failure message, something along the lines of the image was NG. > I don't know of that's a supported kind of upload or not. > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us > _______________________________________________ > Bloat mailing list > Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat > -- Thanks, Max