Yes, I am also confused by this fact. But this is recommended by people from the Internet. And the router itself offers such addresses. I will try to change the address of the server (computer)
It turned out to flash through the TFTP server. Changed the server address as advised to 192.168.0.3. Here is the Log from the terminal.
U-Boot 1.1.3 (Feb 24 2011 - 11:12:27)
Board: Ralink APSoC DRAM: 32 MB
relocate_code Pointer at: 81fb0000
config usb..*** Error: D+/D- is 1/1, config usb failed.
..*** Error: D+/D- is 1/1, config usb failed.
Set info->start[0]=BF000000
flash_protect ON: from 0xBF000000 to 0xBF01E727
flash_protect ON: from 0xBF030000 to 0xBF030FFF
Ralink UBoot Version: 3.5.2.0
ASIC 3052_MP2 (Port5<->None)
DRAM component: 256 Mbits SDR
DRAM bus: 16 bit
Total memory: 32 MBytes
Flash component: NOR Flash
Date:Feb 24 2011 Time:11:12:27
icache: sets:256, ways:4, linesz:32 ,total:32768
dcache: sets:128, ways:4, linesz:32 ,total:16384
The CPU freq = 320 MHZ
estimate memory size =32 Mbytes
Please choose the operation:
1: Load system code to SDRAM via TFTP.
2: Load system code then write to Flash via TFTP.
3: Boot system code via Flash (default).
4: Entr boot command line interface.
7: Load Boot Loader code then write to Flash via Serial.
9: Load Boot Loader code then write to Flash via TFTP.
You choosed 2
0
2: System Load Linux Kernel then write to Flash via TFTP.
Warning!! Erase Linux in Flash then burn new one. Are you sure?(Y/N)
Please Input new ones /or Ctrl-C to discard
Input device IP (192.168.0.1) ==:192.168.0.1
Input server IP (10.10.10.3) ==:192.168.0.3
Input Linux Kernel filename () ==:dir300b_v2.06_b9fe (1).bin
netboot_common, argc= 3
NetTxPacket = 0x81FE6A00
KSEG1ADDR(NetTxPacket) = 0xA1FE6A00
NetLoop,call eth_halt !
NetLoop,call eth_init !
Trying Eth0 (10/100-M)
Waitting for RX_DMA_BUSY status Start... done
Header Payload scatter function is Disable !!
ETH_STATE_ACTIVE!!
Using Eth0 (10/100-M) device
TFTP from server 192.168.0.3; our IP address is 192.168.0.1
Filename 'dir300b_v2.06_b9fe (1).bin'.
TIMEOUT_COUNT=10,Load address: 0x80100000
Loading: checksum bad
ArpTimeoutCheck
Got ARP REPLY, set server/gtwy eth addr (e4:b9:7a:1e:e2:e4)
Got it
T T T T T T T T T T
Retry count exceeded; starting again
Trying Eth0 (10/100-M)
ETH_STATE_ACTIVE!!
Using Eth0 (10/100-M) device
TFTP from server 192.168.0.3; our IP address is 192.168.0.1
Filename 'dir300b_v2.06_b9fe (1).bin'.
TIMEOUT_COUNT=10,Load address: 0x80100000
Loading: Got ARP REPLY, set server/gtwy eth addr (e4:b9:7a:1e:e2:e4)
Got it
T T T T T checksum bad
T T T T T
Retry count exceeded; starting again
Trying Eth0 (10/100-M)
ETH_STATE_ACTIVE!!
Using Eth0 (10/100-M) device
TFTP from server 192.168.0.3; our IP address is 192.168.0.1
Filename 'dir300b_v2.06_b9fe (1).bin'.
TIMEOUT_COUNT=10,Load address: 0x80100000
Loading: Got ARP REPLY, set server/gtwy eth addr (e4:b9:7a:1e:e2:e4)
Got it
T T T T T Got ARP REQUEST, return our IP
T T T T T
Retry count exceeded; starting again
Trying Eth0 (10/100-M)
ETH_STATE_ACTIVE!!
Using Eth0 (10/100-M) device
TFTP from server 192.168.0.3; our IP address is 192.168.0.1
Filename 'dir300b_v2.06_b9fe (1).bin'.
TIMEOUT_COUNT=10,Load address: 0x80100000
Loading: Got ARP REPLY, set server/gtwy eth addr (e4:b9:7a:1e:e2:e4)
Got it
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################################################################Got ARP REQUEST, return our IP
#################################################################
####################################
done
Bytes transferred = 3174528 (307080 hex)
NetBootFileXferSize= 00307080
Erase linux kernel block !!
From 0xBF050000 To 0xBF35FFFF
b_end =BF7FFFFF
Erase Flash from 0xbf050000 to 0xbf35ffff in Bank # 1
erase sector = 5
sect = 5,s_last = 53,erase poll = 566062
erase sector = 6
sect = 6,s_last = 53,erase poll = 559999
erase sector = 7
sect = 7,s_last = 53,erase poll = 545469
erase sector = 8
*sect = 8,s_last = 53,erase poll = 523856
erase sector = 9
sect = 9,s_last = 53,erase poll = 557832
erase sector = 10
sect = 10,s_last = 53,erase poll = 506558
erase sector = 11
sect = 11,s_last = 53,erase poll = 524776
erase sector = 12
*sect = 12,s_last = 53,erase poll = 539821
erase sector = 13
sect = 13,s_last = 53,erase poll = 537204
erase sector = 14
sect = 14,s_last = 53,erase poll = 522214
erase sector = 15
sect = 15,s_last = 53,erase poll = 577522
erase sector = 16
*sect = 16,s_last = 53,erase poll = 509942
erase sector = 17
sect = 17,s_last = 53,erase poll = 527028
erase sector = 18
sect = 18,s_last = 53,erase poll = 429307
erase sector = 19
sect = 19,s_last = 53,erase poll = 517172
erase sector = 20
*sect = 20,s_last = 53,erase poll = 561590
erase sector = 21
sect = 21,s_last = 53,erase poll = 537277
erase sector = 22
sect = 22,s_last = 53,erase poll = 577959
erase sector = 23
sect = 23,s_last = 53,erase poll = 531608
erase sector = 24
*sect = 24,s_last = 53,erase poll = 485607
erase sector = 25
sect = 25,s_last = 53,erase poll = 517696
erase sector = 26
sect = 26,s_last = 53,erase poll = 542589
erase sector = 27
sect = 27,s_last = 53,erase poll = 528699
erase sector = 28
*sect = 28,s_last = 53,erase poll = 514431
erase sector = 29
sect = 29,s_last = 53,erase poll = 542528
erase sector = 30
sect = 30,s_last = 53,erase poll = 530519
erase sector = 31
sect = 31,s_last = 53,erase poll = 507520
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erase sector = 32
sect = 32,s_last = 53,erase poll = 550125
erase sector = 33
sect = 33,s_last = 53,erase poll = 538896
erase sector = 34
sect = 34,s_last = 53,erase poll = 531507
erase sector = 35
*sect = 35,s_last = 53,erase poll = 554157
erase sector = 36
sect = 36,s_last = 53,erase poll = 559090
erase sector = 37
sect = 37,s_last = 53,erase poll = 537235
erase sector = 38
sect = 38,s_last = 53,erase poll = 548835
erase sector = 39
*sect = 39,s_last = 53,erase poll = 526691
erase sector = 40
sect = 40,s_last = 53,erase poll = 529559
erase sector = 41
sect = 41,s_last = 53,erase poll = 578524
erase sector = 42
sect = 42,s_last = 53,erase poll = 551613
erase sector = 43
*sect = 43,s_last = 53,erase poll = 535809
erase sector = 44
sect = 44,s_last = 53,erase poll = 598749
erase sector = 45
sect = 45,s_last = 53,erase poll = 557287
erase sector = 46
*sect = 46,s_last = 53,erase poll = 534298
erase sector = 47
sect = 47,s_last = 53,erase poll = 531193
erase sector = 48
sect = 48,s_last = 53,erase poll = 504945
erase sector = 49
sect = 49,s_last = 53,erase poll = 535843
erase sector = 50
*sect = 50,s_last = 53,erase poll = 604573
erase sector = 51
sect = 51,s_last = 53,erase poll = 519244
erase sector = 52
sect = 52,s_last = 53,erase poll = 502756
erase sector = 53
sect = 53,s_last = 53,erase poll = 532845
done
Erased 49 sectors
Copy linux image[3174528 byte] to Flash[0xBF050000]....
Copy to Flash...
Copy 3174528 byte to Flash...
addr = 0xBF0733F6 ,cnt=3030154
addr = 0xBF096CEE ,cnt=2884498
addr = 0xBF0BAEA8 ,cnt=2736600
addr = 0xBF0DEB2E ,cnt=2590034
addr = 0xBF101EFE ,cnt=2445698
addr = 0xBF126130 ,cnt=2297680
addr = 0xBF14B928 ,cnt=2144088
addr = 0xBF16F184 ,cnt=1998588
addr = 0xBF1930C8 ,cnt=1851320
addr = 0xBF1B7282 ,cnt=1703422
addr = 0xBF1DB6E6 ,cnt=1554842
addr = 0xBF1FF95C ,cnt=1406756
addr = 0xBF22172A ,cnt=1268054
addr = 0xBF243662 ,cnt=1128990
addr = 0xBF2655E4 ,cnt=989852
addr = 0xBF2874D6 ,cnt=850858
addr = 0xBF2A9348 ,cnt=711992
addr = 0xBF2CAF6E ,cnt=573714
addr = 0xBF2ECDD0 ,cnt=434864
addr = 0xBF30F19A ,cnt=294630
addr = 0xBF331196 ,cnt=155370
addr = 0xBF353E60 ,cnt=12832 done
Booting image at bf050000 ...
Bad Magic Number,7772676E
So my train of thought is correct. It remains only to find out what commands to do this. Can someone tell me?