I'm a home user from Istanbul. There is heavy internet censorship(even the Wikipedia is blocked) where I live, and I'm quite into custom firmawares I can setup VPN on. Even though, I'm almost ignorant on computer network structures and have bricked a few routers already(Latest an Archer C7 v4 while updating DD-WRT 2 weeks ago, wrong file apparently...).
I've got a TP-Link Archer C7 v5 now, with the latest stock firmware(c7v5_us-eu-ca-jp-tw-up-ver1-0-4-P1[20180425-rel72768].bin) on it. When I try to upload openwrt firmware I get the error "invalid file type".
i have a C7 V5 and i tried to flash it with TFTP, my filename is ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin and i see the router announce to the ethernet with wineshark but no flash isn't beeing made, any ideas?
Didn't work for me either. Here's the log of my several attempts and a screenshot:
Connection received from 192.168.0.86 on port 1343 [13/10 13:13:23.500]
Read request for file <ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>. Mode octet [13/10 13:13:23.500]
OACK: <timeout=5,> [13/10 13:13:23.500]
Using local port 57883 [13/10 13:13:23.500]
<ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>: sent 7808 blks, 3997406 bytes in 2 s. 0 blk resent [13/10 13:13:25.196]
Connection received from 192.168.0.86 on port 2099 [13/10 13:14:50.702]
Read request for file <ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>. Mode octet [13/10 13:14:50.703]
OACK: <timeout=5,> [13/10 13:14:50.704]
Using local port 56818 [13/10 13:14:50.704]
<ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>: sent 7808 blks, 3997406 bytes in 2 s. 0 blk resent [13/10 13:14:52.527]
Connection received from 192.168.0.86 on port 2322 [13/10 13:16:02.781]
Read request for file <ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>. Mode octet [13/10 13:16:02.781]
OACK: <timeout=5,> [13/10 13:16:02.781]
Using local port 50761 [13/10 13:16:02.781]
<ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>: sent 7808 blks, 3997406 bytes in 2 s. 0 blk resent [13/10 13:16:04.692]
Connection received from 192.168.0.86 on port 1989 [13/10 13:16:14.741]
Read request for file <ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>. Mode octet [13/10 13:16:14.741]
OACK: <timeout=5,> [13/10 13:16:14.741]
Using local port 52952 [13/10 13:16:14.741]
<ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>: sent 7808 blks, 3997406 bytes in 2 s. 0 blk resent [13/10 13:16:16.443]
Connection received from 192.168.0.86 on port 2114 [13/10 13:16:26.484]
Read request for file <ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>. Mode octet [13/10 13:16:26.484]
OACK: <timeout=5,> [13/10 13:16:26.484]
Using local port 63616 [13/10 13:16:26.484]
<ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>: sent 7808 blks, 3997406 bytes in 2 s. 0 blk resent [13/10 13:16:28.092]
Connection received from 192.168.0.86 on port 2003 [13/10 13:23:20.930]
Read request for file <ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>. Mode octet [13/10 13:23:20.931]
OACK: <timeout=5,> [13/10 13:23:20.931]
Using local port 59427 [13/10 13:23:20.931]
<ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin>: sent 7808 blks, 3997406 bytes in 2 s. 0 blk resent [13/10 13:23:22.946]
Sorry, my bad! Apparently it installed successfully but I didn't realize without getting back to auto ip on the lan connection. I'm on OpenWrt at this very moment.
At first i was using reset and tftp log was empty. I tried WPS on boot and was the same. I changed PC and keep trying WPS on boot but didnt work till i was able with reset button. So for anyone with tftp not showing anything on logs make sure tftp is running right and use the reset button and not wps
I also have this problem (invalid file type). I have a "EU" version, maybe this is the same like the WR841N etc. where you need a EU/US/RU etc. version. Could you check the sticker on the router?
Not with the latest firmware. When you try to flash OpenWrt bin file you get the error "invalid file type" and it doesn't do anything. I tried to get back to an earlier version of the stock firmware through webinterface and I've got the same error. TFTP worked well though.
do it from linux. use tftpd. do an strace on the tftpd process to find out what filename it is seeking. you Can't do this from web interface, so you will never get a message "invalid file type" from anything.
I'm trying to flash my Archer C7 1750 v5 EU following the steps indicated here, but when the process finish is impossible to acces to router. It only shows the power LED on. If I do the same with the original TP-Link last firmware, the router works again.
