Help with restoring Arcer C7 V5

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hallo, I've been trying to reinstall the TP-Link Firmware to my Archer C7 VS. I first tried just using the web interface of OpenWrt by uploading the firmware, but this didn't work and now I am only able to turn the router on.

I've used Tftpserver app for Mac and the mac built in tftp server but the ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin is not being loaded when rebooting the device and holding down reset.

I don't know how to include a log from windshark, but I see this line a bit:
02:41:48.429840 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 60: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.0.66 tell 192.168.0.86, length 46
02:41:48.433623 38:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Probe who-has 192.168.0.66 tell 0.0.0.0, length 28

I have already renamed "sudo arp -s 192.168.0.66" to my MAC address.

Could anyone please help me get my router back working?

Thanks

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Did you actively set your computer's IP address to 192.168.0.66? This is the preferred method to use the tftp recovery, not the arp rewriting.

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Yes, the problem occurred when I was configuring the server with the IP address 192.168.0.66. I deactivated the DHCP settings to manually enter the IP address, which led to an unanswered ARP request because the router was expecting DHCP to be activated.