Aerohive AP350; UART invalid password

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello everybody!
I get Aerohive AP350 and want to install OpenWrt.
I tried to follow this steps How to install on Aerohive AP350?.
But I stucked on the first step.

I'm using

  • pl2303 USB-UART adapter.
  • putty
  • windows 7

First what that I did - make RJ45 adapter following schematic Ap340 documentation.

RJ45

  • 3->TXD;
  • 4->Ground;
  • 5->Ground;
  • 6->RXD

But it didn't work.
I supposed that console port is not compatible with pl2303's UART.
Then I make decision to solder wires directly to onboard pins.

UART
UART1280×960 268 KB

And it works!
But it required a password...

Passwords that I tried to enter:

  • AhNf?d@ta06
  • aerohive
  • hiveap
  • admin
  • password
  • and just press enter button

But non those works.
Can anybody help me?

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According to the post, the most likely password is "administrator".

The RJ45 looks like it is designed for a Cisco type cable and true RS-232 levels. If you have a number of units to work with, consider buying something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Compatible-Console-FTDI-RJ45-Windows/dp/B07BK6P67K/

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Thank you its work!
It was late in the night, I thought that entered all possible variants.
So might be I typed "Administrator" instead of "administrator"

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Issues doesnt want to leave me ;(
Now I stucked on second step.
There is no tftpboot command in my router.

In list of commands I saw one interesting thing -

=> help dhcp
dhcp - boot image via network using DHCP/TFTP protocol

Usage:
dhcp [loadAddress] [[hostIPaddr:]bootfilename]

dhcp command has description from tftpboot command

There are any ideas?

UPD. U-Boot 2009.11 (oct 18 2012)

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That looks like it would work. Loading and booting an initramfs shouldn't change anything in flash, so it's low risk.

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But its only description of dhcp command.
dhcp work as it should work

=> dhcp
Waiting for PHY auto negotiation to complete...... TIMEOUT !
eth0: No link.
Speed: 100, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
*** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 28
*** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 28
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.1.10

=> dhcp 0x1000000 192.168.1.39:kernel.bin
Speed: 100, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
*** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 28
*** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 28
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.1.10
=> dhcp 0x1000000 192.168.1.39:kernel.bin
Speed: 100, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
*** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 28
*** Unhandled DHCP Option in OFFER/ACK: 28
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.1.10

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I also checked "usb" command

=> usb
usb - USB sub-system

Usage:
usb reset - reset (rescan) USB controller
usb stop [f] - stop USB [f]=force stop
usb tree - show USB device tree
usb info [dev] - show available USB devices
usb storage - show details of USB storage devices
usb dev [dev] - show or set current USB storage device
usb part [dev] - print partition table of one or all USB storage devices
usb read addr blk# cnt - read cnt' blocks starting at block blk#'
to memory address 'addr'

The last line says that in theory I can put images on flash drive and upload into memory without using tftp. But I have no idea how to do it.

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Maybe set options 66 and 67 in your DHCP server so that the dhcp command with no parameters would obtain the server address and filename and automatically complete a TFTP download and boot.

Make sure your TFTP server is actually working.

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Thank you for reply.

I solved the problem by booting files form usb flash drive.
*formatted to FAT32

usb reset
fatload usb 0 1000000 /kernel.bind
fatload usb 0 6000000 /fdt.bin
bootm 1000000 - 6000000

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