I think i bricked my router?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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hi
im new to this site and also new to openwrt.
i decided to try out openwrt on my router.

i did the firmware flash and got openwrt to open normaly and connect to it.
but during the initial setup i lost power, and after it came back the router started ok it seems.
the front power light stayed on a little while and then disappered, same with the connectivity led.
and now it wont give me ip or i cant connect to it.

is there any hope for it or have i "bricked" it as i fear

regards Bob

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  • What is your device (brand + model, including version number if shown on the info sticker)?
  • What file did you download to install into your router (what is the exact filename)?
  • How did you install it?
  • What have you tried in terms of testing connectivity (please be specific)?
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Whats your roterb what you did to it?

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thanks for the quick replies :slight_smile:

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its a asus rog rapture GT-AC5300
i downloaded the file named openwrt-23.05.5-bcm4908-generic-asus_gt-ac5300-squashfs.bin on this site,
went into router via web browser and on the administration tab selected upload file and selected the file-
after i got a counter for 90 sec and progress bar and after that it said to reboot the router manually.
then i log into it and changed password and looked at some menus, while looking throught the documentation here on this site..
i didnt do any changes except root password, before power outage.
after that the power light turns on then after a little while goes away again. but the connectivity light is on and flashes.

i looked on at the documentation that said i could try the asus restoration tool but didnt want to try anything before asking here

bob :slight_smile:

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Which connectivity light? A lan port? wan port? Something else?

Are you connecting via ethernet to the router?

Is your computer set to DHCP? Does it get an address?

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yes the connectivity is the lan port, no lights when i put cable into wan.
yes im using the ethernet to connect to the router since i always had cable for this and only use wifi for the phone and such.
yes it was set up as dhcp but not get any adress, when i type ipfonfig i get 169 adress.

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maybe see if you can get your device into failsafe mode...

https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/troubleshooting/failsafe_and_factory_reset

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hey sorry for late reply

i tried that and not sure if something happend. because the power light didnt not change the behavior.
power led is just on for a little while then seems like when it finihs booting (after a few seconds) it turns off,
and connectivity led (lan) is still up.

but now i get a ip when i set it to dhcp mode

and it say lan at top when i write ipconfig and i get a ip 192.168.1.147
and gateway says 192.168.1.1
but cant connect to it via browser and if i try to ping it, it just says general failure..

so im not sure what it can do maybe its F.... :smiley: typical my luck
thanks for your patience :slight_smile:

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Can you connect it with ssh like putty?

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And if so, use opkg to install LuCI: opkg update && opkg install luci

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no i tried with both dhcp and static ip and when i use putty to try connect i get : network error:permission denied

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Well , find a client device that can connect.

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:smiley: i dont know what i did or what happend but i let it sit for a while andnow i could access the settings page again for the router :smile:
thank you all for the trouble of helping out i really appriciate it :slight_smile:

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