Bricked E2500?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I installed OpenWRT on an old Linksys E2500. I logged into the web interface and went into the ip adress. i changed it to bring the router into my network (192.168.10.251) and I got a message stating I need to confirm in 90 seconds. So I try to access 192.168.1.1 I get nothing, then I change my computer ip to get into my network, then I try 192.168.10.251, I get nothing at all, then I reboot the router, I try 192.168.10.251, nothing, then I go back to 192.168.1.1, nothing either, then I try reset several times, nothing, then in the openWRT doc it explains the failsafe, nothing, then hard reset, nothing...

I don't know what to do, my router is unresponsive. IT's bricked ? dead ?

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If I do a 10 seconds reset or 10 seconds WPS then the router will reboot and I will see for 2 or 3 seconds a ping response, then back to dead/not responding :frowning:

I'm trying using TFTP on that small ping window, without success :frowning: I get transfert timed out

I'm plugged on LAN 1 port by the way

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If you were unable to re-establish connection with your device within that 90 second timeframe, then the device reverts all the changes made.
The device is not bricked, all you need to do is connect via ethernet to your device, set your computer ethernet interface to the 192.168.1.0 subnet, and you will be able to connect to to your device using the 192.168.1.1 address

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no, that's the problem, the web page is unresponsive. I solderd a jtag and I can see the logs. I just did a firstboot and reboot. still no webpage :frowning:

I'm able to enter failsafe. But no webpage

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I did a scp command to send the firmware to the router and a sysupgrade to reflash it, it fully reflashed it, the router is alive again :slight_smile:

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