AFAIK the router is not bricked, I had access a few days ago, I was trying to configure a VLAN and I believe I made some poor configurations, now I can't access it from the regular log in address, the router boots up normally judging by the leds I see turning on, I tried pressing the reset button for a long time or the AOSS/WPS button but I can't reset it to openwrt default settings physically, I tried pressing the reset button while the router is turned on and I see a flashing white light in the buffalo logo, it blinks rapidly first then slowly then it returns to normal, I'd appreciate the help!
You probably have a misconfiguration. It can be fixed in failsafe mode, or you can reset via failsafe if you just want to start over.
this might sound like a dumb question but last time I tried accessing the router I did it via an ethernet to usb adapter, could this be the cause of not being able to access it?
No, that should not cause a problem. In fact, ethernet is usually the most reliable way to access the device (provided that you're connecting directly via ethernet to the router and the USB adapter is on the computer side, for computers that don't have built-in ethernet ports). Ethernet connectivity is required when using failsafe mode and also when the device is in a default state since wifi will not be active in those cases.
in that case I believe I really can't access the router in any way, I tried the failsafe mode many times without success.
The process usually works:
- unplug the device from power
- connect your computer via ethernet to the router
- set your computer's ethernet port to a static address such as 192.168.1.5 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (the other fields can be left blank)
- connect the power for the router
- immediately begin pressing and releasing the reset or wps button (use one, if it doesn't work, use the other on a subsequent attempt). You should be pressing and releasing the button really rapidly... as fast as you reasonably can.
- watch the LEDs... you should see one or more start blinking somewhat slowly initially when you power on the device, and then it should switch to a rapid blink -- when it's rapidly blinking, you should be in failsafe mode.
- connect to the router using ssh (the web interface is not active in failsafe mode).
I've tried many times and all I get from ssh is connection timed out.
Did you see one or more of the LEDs start to flash rapidly? Did you correctly set your Ethernet interface on your computer (static IP as described earlier)?Can you ping the device (192.168.1.1)?
Yes the configuration on my PC is fine, when I ping 192.168.1.1 I get a host inaccessible error but no packets loss
When I plugged the router I pressed the wps button as fast as possible, the buffalo logo flashed rapidly, then slowly and then back to normal, same happened with the reset button.
That doesn't make much sense... if the host is not accessible, all the packets should be lost.
But...
this suggests that you are not able to get it into failsafe mode. If that's the case, you'll need to use serial to see what's going on and fix things.
Hows the process with serial?
This should help...
Once OpenWrt is booted, you can use the serial console to issue commands (on the command line interface) which can be used to fix the issues or reset the device. Or if it's not booting, you'll see the relevant errors.
The tutorial seems to be for Linux and I'm on windows, I've already ordered the necessary hardware regardless, I will report back when it's delivered! Thanks for all the help so far!
The only difference will be the terminal application you use to connect... PuTTY on Windows instead of the linux terminal application (minimum) they used in the tutorial.