VR200 Retry count exceeded; starting again; older versions of OpenWrt

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello guys, I stuck in Retry count exceeded; starting again while installing OpenWrt

ROM VER: 1.1.4
CFG 05

ROM VER: 1.1.4
CFG 05

DDR autotuning Rev 1.0
DDR size from 0xa0000000 - 0xa7ffffff
DDR check ok... start booting...



U-Boot 2010.06-svn14914-LANTIQ-v-2.2.67 (Jan 22 2016 - 11:28:56)

CLOCK CPU 500M RAM 250M
DRAM:  128 MiB
Using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   Internal phy(GE) firmware version: 0x8434
vr9 Switch16384 KiB S25FL128P_UNI_64K at 0:3 is now current device
MAC: ec-08-6b-9f-36-41  


Type "run flash_nfs" to mount root filesystem over NFS

Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
VR9 # setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
VR9 # setenv serverip 192.168.1.2
VR9 # tftpboot 0x80800000 openwrt-19.07.3-lantiq-xrx200-tplink_vr200-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
16384 KiB S25FL128P_UNI_64K at 0:3 is now current device
MAC: ec-08-6b-9f-36-41  
Using vr9 Switch device
TFTP from server 192.168.1.2; our IP address is 192.168.1.1
Filename 'openwrt-19.07.3-lantiq-xrx200-tplink_vr200-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'.
Load address: 0x80800000
Loading: T T T T T T T T T T 
Retry count exceeded; starting again
16384 KiB S25FL128P_UNI_64K at 0:3 is now current device
MAC: ec-08-6b-9f-36-41  
Using vr9 Switch device
TFTP from server 192.168.1.2; our IP address is 192.168.1.1
Filename 'openwrt-19.07.3-lantiq-xrx200-tplink_vr200-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'.
Load address: 0x80800000
Loading: T T T T T T T T T T

It is repeating 30 times at least but the process still the same.
I tried to restart everything and set commands again but everything same. I glanced forum but I don't understand solutions.

Are there tftpboot timer settings?

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I think older version of o.wrt helps me but where I found these older versions?
Are there any archive?

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The problem is not not the version of OpenWrt, if you cannot load it.
The problem is the U-Boot on the device. It gets no reply to the tftp request.
Are you sure the server is accessible?

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Yes that means that your TFTP server is not answering.

The default Windows Firewall will prevent a TFTP server from working. During the loading process, disable it and also any third-party firewalls.

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Actually I am running under Manjaro Linux terminal those bunch of commands.
I checked linux firewall turn off by the way
I figured out sending file too big interesting @mk24

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I set ethernet address as 192.168.1.2 manually from network settings.
How can I ensure this? @tl71

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Sorry, I don't understand the question.

You can either change the network config on your PC or do settings in U-Boot, using the variables "ipaddr", "netmask", "serverip", (optional) "gatewayip".

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On Linux ip addr show will show the addresses assigned to your network devices. Pay attention to the netmask, if you used the default of /32 that means that 192.168.1.1 is not in the network with 192.168.1.2

Test with a TFTP client on your PC to be sure you can TFTP from your server.

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It should be more clear. You're alright.
I changed as 192.168.1.2 on network manager wired IPv4 setting of Manjaro Linux manually before all above commands. That's all I do.

Additionally, Does this mean I do not need any preset?

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oookay, That's helped to figure many things out

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Sorry I am little bit late but solved. I applied network setup carefully and It's done in few second.
more detailed
I entered server ip adress to my network parameter as 192.168.1.2 24

Thanks for your contribution @tl71 @mk24.

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