[Bloat] First-time install on brand new WNDR3700v2 not working

[Maxim Kharlamov]

I tried tftp-ing many times and also tried renaming the firmware to o.img -
it didn't help at all.
It's worth noticing though that I tried jffs2 firmware initially (as per
the original instructions).
When it didn't work, I downloaded OpenWRT beta for WND3800, which happen to
be a squashfs image, so decided to stick to squashfs, uploaded squashfs
CeroWRT image and it worked.
I've never tried tftp-ing squashfs image, maybe it will work straight away?
It requires more experimenting to figure out what was the problem.


Max

On 3 November 2011 11:14, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Maxim Kharlamov wrote:
>
> > 2. flashed OpenWRT using netgear web gui (it shows a warning but allows
> to continue)
>
> This is interesting:
>
>    http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3700
>
> "OEM installation using the TFTP method
>
> "However, note that the router will not accept the firmware when the
> filename is too long! Using firmware.img as filename should work."
>
> I wonder if this is the problem.  I'll try this first, then try the
> OpenWRT-as-intermediate-step method if this doesn't work.
>
> - Jim
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
>



-- 
Thanks,
Max
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