TpLink Archer C6 v2 impossible upload the firmware

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello everyone!

I'm tryining to upload openwrt on my archer c6 v2 ue with no succes.

From the dashboard I get "invalid type file error"

I've tried olso with tftp but I have two strange problem:

Direct cable I see the router get the file from the server:

Connection received from 192.168.0.86 on port 2532 [16/04 15:12:38.189]
Read request for file <ArcherC6v2_tp_recovery.bin>. Mode octet [16/04 15:12:38.189]
OACK: <timeout=5,blksize=1468,> [16/04 15:12:38.191]
Using local port 58852 [16/04 15:12:38.191]
<ArcherC6v2_tp_recovery.bin>: sent 4036 blks, 5924206 bytes in 0 s. 0 blk resent [16/04 15:12:38.817]

But after this the router restart normally.

With a switch in the middle I don't see the file request on the server, I don't have any more switch to try (it's a netgear gs105Ev2)

Archer c62 v2 Eur firmware:1.3.6 Build 20200902 rel.65590(4555)
Any suggestion?

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What openwrt file was used for flashing?

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Is there a reason you need to use a switch between the device and the tftp server?

Do you have VLANs configured on your switch? If so, that's likely the problem -- you can reset your switch to defaults and it will probably work.

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@frollic I used the file linked here: https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer_c6_v2
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.2/targets/ath79/generic/openwrt-21.02.2-ath79-generic-tplink_archer-c6-v2-squashfs-factory.bin

@psherman yes, I have no idea why, it's a managed switch so maybe there's something to change, but actually I found a file server that don't goes down when lan desapper, but the problem is that my router reject the file in any case, from dashboard and with file transfer protocol

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An unmanaged switch is recommended.

Try temporarily disabling the firewall on your computer.

Refer to the git-commit instructions as well.

https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=d03aae1a09fce5a5d5747855bc07ee1f54388e03