I have a TP-Link Archer C7 that had DDWRT installed. I used the TFTP recovery process to get the latest OEM firmware installed. Now I'm wanting to install OpenWrt, but I have not had any luck.
I have tried the GUI, but it complains about wrong image format.
I changed the file named to firmware.bin
Have tried the TFTP recovery and still have the OEM firmware.
Disabled my Windows FW, all 3 parts.
I changed the file name to ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin
Here is the log file from the TFTP server:
Connection received from 192.168.0.86 on port 2772 [05/05 17:52:28.451]
Read request for file <ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>. Mode octet [05/05 17:52:28.451]
OACK: <timeout=5,blksize=1468,> [05/05 17:52:28.451]
Using local port 59764 [05/05 17:52:28.451]
<ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>: sent 3857 blks, 5660903 bytes in 1 s. 0 blk resent [05/05 17:52:29.644]
I have followed the information from this post, which still resulted in have no OpenWrt installed, (I've bricked my Archer C7 V5).
I thought it was a typo, so I tried again making very sure of the x.x.x.66. I tried again and I received the same log message from the router, with the same NO GO results.
I went through the steps again, this time very slowly to make sure I didn’t have any typos and that I was using the right files. It worked this time. I guess I was too tired when doing the typing of the IPn adrtess or renaming the default file. In any case, it is not working. Thanks for asking if I was using the correct file in the flashing process. This is the only thing I can think of I was doing wrong.