My Archer A7 was (almost) bricked

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I installed OpenWRT to my router.
After this, because Spectrum only supplies internet to routers with whitelisted MAC, I started to change settings.
While this, I changed my router's network setting (I can't exactly remember what was that) from static to DHCP. And I immediately became unable to access it through ssh root@192.168.1.1.
I'm looking for several solutions:

  1. Is there any way to completely reset OpenWRT settings?
  2. Is recovery through TFTP possible? I tried it but didn't get any good results.
  3. Can I just recover it to factory settings with hardware controls?
  4. If it's not able to debrick, I'm going to buy ASUS RT-AC66U B1. Does it work nice?
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Allow OpenWrt to boot up fully (the "gear" LED stops blinking and is on steady). Press and hold the reset button for longer than 5 seconds then release. After a short time all the lights should blink out and the router reboots to default settings.

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There's no gear led and the reset button didn't work. There was no change in lights after I pushed reset button for 10 secs.

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If you in fact set DHCP:

  • use a second router to get an IP on the OpenWrt
  • plug into LAN port to LAN ports
  • plug your laptop into another available LAN port
  • login to the OpenWrt and change it back to static

BTW, @mk24's advice should work also, so long as the OpenWrt still boots - and there's no reason from your description why it should not.

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That's weird-maybe my NAND is gone.
Additionally, I don't need further helps as I ordered RT-AC66U B1.

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Yikes!

Do you know that is close to useless under OpenWrt?

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That's really sad.... I should use merlin instead.
Or is there any other router recommendations that works well with and without OpenWRT?
I can still cancel the order if I get a response fast.

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Ignore the thread title, but the content of that post and the couple that followed I believe are good

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Yes cancel that order. Don't buy a Broadcom based router.

There is no NAND in an Archer A7. It's a re-badged C7.

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