*I have read the information on www.openwrt.org for D-Link DIR-615 thoroughly.
Situation
Attempting to install barrier_breaker/14.07/ar71xx/generic/
(openwrt-ar71xx-generic-dir-615-e4-squashfs-factory.bin)
to a D-Link DIR-615 E4
using PC MS WindowsXP-SP3 Internet Explorer 8.
Experiencing browser timeout and router reboot problem, as described on https://oldwiki.archive.openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-615
section: Installation, Rev. C1 and E4 (Including section on Browser problems).
Also tried using Firefox FirefoxPortable_13.0.1_EnglishGB.paf.exe same problem.
Are there any browsers I can use under MS Windows XP-SP3 that will work?
Or do I have to find a Windows 7 machine ?
You are trying to flash 14.07 because wifi isn't working in 15.05, right?
Are you aware that 14.07 is completely unmaintained and to be considered insecure due to several CVEs accumulated over time? Unmaintained means: 14.07 does not get any security updates.
Do you really want to invest a substantial amount of your lifetime in flashing a known insecure firmware on your router?
QUOTE:
'April 2016 - Version E1-E4 of this router, wifi is no longer supported with Chaos Calmer release This is due to limited flash storage. See here for more info. That forum article has some tips to get it working with Chaos Chalmer, otherwise you are better off staying with Barrier Breaker release on this platform.'
Router is being re-tasked for non-Internet use, internal airgapped network. So there are no security issues.
As stated clearly in the post, I am looking for a successful way to flash the DIR-615 E4 using a browser on MS Windows XP-SP3.
C.
This also should be rectified -- XP has been unsupported for years. Calling this "insecure" is an understatement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EternalBlue as just one example.
Good- and excellent-quality replacements for the router that can run current, secure firmware start at ~US$20.
If it isn't flashing through an unsupported browser on an unsupported OS to an unsupported release of a no-longer-supported router, a serial adapter and referring to the current https://openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-615 would be a reasonable approach.
Router is being re-tasked for non-Internet use, internal airgapped network. So there are no security issues.
As stated clearly in the post, I am looking for a successful way to flash the DIR-615 E4 using a browser on MS Windows XP-SP3.
Your suggestion of flashing serially is a definite possibility. But I would obviously prefer the easier approach first, before I get out my soldering iron.
C.
The advice stands, as does the statement that your references are equally outdated. Please note both the URL of that page and the banner across the top of the page.
I would not be surprised if you are the only one in the world with that combination of outdated systems available at their disposal with any significant, technical knowledge.
Something is definitely wrong with the timing of this post. I can't be so sure what exactly. I thought of some possible explanations:
User has sent this post few years ago and it just arrived now.
User is in a different version of our past and has managed to find a way to send messages to the future (our present).
User in an undiscovered time zone that's about GMT-40000 or so.
Starlink internet is now operational, and the satellites picked a message form another planet where they also have OpenWrt and Microsoft Widows, but they are only a few years behind.
I was not able to load openwrt Barrier Breaker successfully onto D-Link DIR-615 E4:
MS Windows XP-SP2
using
IE 8
FirefoxPortable_4.0_EnglishGB.paf.exe
FirefoxPortable_13.0.1_EnglishGB.paf.exe
or
MS Windows 7
using
IE 11
FirefoxPortable_4.0_EnglishGB.paf.exe
FirefoxPortable_13.0.1_EnglishGB.paf.exe
Same symptoms in all cases:
192.168.0.1 raises the D-Link Firmware upload page ok, but attempts to send the openwrt firmware result in the router rebooting, and the browser indefinitely awaiting a response from the router.
Will investigate using Curl, and/or serial interfacing at a later date.
If anyone has some genuine knowledge to add to the problem as originally posted, I am still interested.
Adendum
In all of the above instances: Router reset button held pressed, then power applied to router, router successfully entered boot mode (flashing orange power indicator on front panel); 192.168.0.1 returns webpage titled: 'D-Link Firmware Upgrade System' version 1.0.0.0 2009/07/15.
At NO TIME was an attempt made to upload firmware through the normal admin webpage 192.168.0.1 that appears when the router is powered on WITHOUT holding the router reset button pressed.
Ademdum
Using Windows 7 + 'Ultra Simple Web Browser 2.0',
upload of data now appears to take place (starts and reaches 100%).
Now investigating issues with openwrt firmware images available.