Orange light with Linksys e8450 while restoring the vendor/official firmware

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Dear Guys,
Again I am on same issue, for now i was following procedure to back on stock firmware.
I copied stock FW_E8450_1.0.01.101415_prod.img file in /tmp location and reboot router, hold reset button,
after bilking power led continuously, i run restore commands and reboot.
Run commands are:

ubidetach -d 0
insmod mtd-rw i_want_a_brick=1
mtd -p 0x200000 write /tmp/FW_E8450_1.0.01.101415_prod.img /dev/mtd3

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i have tried to restore recovery using SolarWinds TFTP but its not working now. error: Dropped because peer didn't respond.

Please do the needful.

Thanks.

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same error as last time, before you switched off your wifi card ?

at least you can see the request for the image, coming in to the TFTP server ?

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Try increasing the timeout value.

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Guys, i have applied both you suggested, I am getting below response

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only thing I can recommend, is to try putting a switch between your computer and the E8450.

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Yes @frollic , Router has a switch to on off it, i am using it

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a network switch.

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Or just set the max speed of the network adapter on the computer to 100 Mbps.

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Currently I don't have it, is it possible to recover it without switch?

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how, can you please suggest where the option to set it in windows 10?

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Settings > Network & Internet > Change adapter options

Right-click on the Ethernet adapter and select Properties.

Click Configure.

Click on the Advanced tab.

Scroll down and look for entry like "Speed & Duplex".

Set it there.

Where did you get the instructions for using a TFTP server to go back to stock firmware?

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I have set 100 MBPS full duplex.
now, please suggest next step

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Run the TFTP server again.

You didn't answer the question above about the TFTP server instructions to go back to stock firmware.

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Same issue.. no progress.

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Applied,
Same issue.. no progress.

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Sorry, I missed it. Getting from below
https://www.computing-tips.net/flush_tp_link_with_openwrt/

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Looks like it times out after 5 seconds.

Up the timeout to 10 seconds.

If that isn't it, I suspect something is not configured correctly...either on the TFTP server, or on your network adapter.

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Those instructions are for a TP-Link router, not a Linksys...

So of course it's not working.

You need to find instructions "specific" to a Linksys, and possibly even specific to the E8450.

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... and those instructions were in your other thread.

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Same instruction i have applied yesterday, on my side 192.168.1.1/32 and remain same worked for me. but not today. might be i yesterday its due to snapshot update and today it happens due to restore firmware.img.