I just updated the wiki page with a procedure to recover/install from serial console.  This may help if you get into a "semi-bricked" mode (i.e. u-boot is still functional).

(Last edited by cbxbiker61 on 21 Jan 2015, 05:19)

Has anyone got failsafe mode working with Barrier Breaker 14.07?

I've a DGN3500 which I loaded with the current squashfs-factory-WW image. I've set a password and can now see the LuCI web interface. Before I play with any settings, I thought it might be a good idea to see how failsafe works :-)

So I set my laptop to 192.168.1.2/24, attached a single Ethernet cable between the two, connecting to LAN1 only (as labelled on the front panel). I powered up the router and waited for the power LED to flash red/green, which it does after about 75s. After pressing the WPS button the the power
LED flashes more rapidly (green only) and continues to do so. At this point I thought I was good to go. Unfortunately, it does not respond at all. I've also tried pushing the WiFi on/off button at the rear, to the same effect.

Wireshark shows nothing coming from the router (except perhaps a broadcast with protocol 0x8899?). It does not respond to ARP requests from my laptop and eventually gives up:

stephen@stephen-laptop ~ $ telnet 192.168.1.1
Trying 192.168.1.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host

Laptop eth0 settings are:
       

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:f5:ef:92:94  
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::290:f5ff:feef:9294/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:525 errors:0 dropped:525 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:31500 (31.5 KB)  TX bytes:57928 (57.9 KB)

Any ideas? Thanks.

Hi Xironman!

I also was not able to get failsafe mode via ethernet with my DGN3500B (I'm using the annexB version), I was stuck at your same point. But I was able to sort out a debrick procedure for the cases when things go bad:
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php … 70#p243670

I post the link to my previous message in this forum, just in case somebody needs it!

Cheers,

(c)

OK, thanks for that. I thought I was going mad.

I'll give your linked procedure a go, otherwise I'll solder on a U-Boot console.

Cheers.

Hi!

I'm quite new here. I've just installed openwrt on my dgn3500 and now i'm trying to configure leds to make them work like the original firmware... but it's a bit tricky...

Do you have any suggestions? O maybe a guide/tutorial/how to lo link?

Thanks

Hello !

I have installed OpenWRT BB on my Netgear DGN3500 and it's works fine, thanks to all the OpenWRT team

I would like to known if we can use the generic snapshot for lantiq to test the trunk version 'openwrt-lantiq-xway-ARV4525PW-squashfs.image' ( http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … q/generic/ ) ?

Thanks for your help

Hi, new here.
I have been trying to get open wrt running on my router.
I installed via firmware update in Netgear's admin panel 'openwrt-lantiq-xway-DGN3500-squashfs-factory-WW'
I can get LAN up and can get to the config page.
But I can not get onto the internet at all,
Tried searching for this, but don't seem to be able to find anything of use.
ADSL says its up, but nothing.
Anyone willing to help point me in the right direction?

my network file

Regards

Leona.

(Last edited by leona-wrt on 2 May 2015, 20:31)

Ok, changed the protocal to PPPOA-ATM and copies some other settings from my old config. and now we are back up and running, don't know why this didn't work earlier.

For reference this config got me up and running on UK TalkTalk network

I would now like to know how to get the LED's working, power led doesn't seem to come on, also how to get usb support working, plugged in a stick but it doesn't appear in /dev or /mnt
I would like to run samba and minidnla server on here.
When I try the instructions on the wiki I get the following error
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/usb.storage

so

gets me

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

(Last edited by leona-wrt on 3 May 2015, 21:29)

Hello,
it's my fist post on this forum

I installed openwrt on this router to use it as a bridge and to share some files and a printer.
I got the bridge part working with relayd, but something strange is happening! At every reboot the mac address of the wifi changes, and I cannot assign a static IP to the router/bridge because of that.
This thing is quite annoying and I have no idea of why it happens and how to fix it!
Any suggestions?

I found I also got this error, but after a reboot the module loaded correctly.

I have USB support for VFAT filesystems on USBstick and hardrives by adding the following modules:

kmod-usb-core  kmod-usb2  kmod-usb-storage kmod-fs-vfat block-mount kmod-scsi-core kmod-nls-cp437 kmod-nls-iso8859-1

Reboot and you should be good to mount a formatted device.

See http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/usb.storage and http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/storage for detail on using other filesystems

Regards,

Richard

LED setting not working after reboot.

I have added kmod-ledtrig-netdev and configured the "Internet" LED to trigger on netdev using device pppoa-wan with trigger modes TX RX and Link On so that it will light when the DSL connection is up and blink as data is sent.

This works fine once configured until the router is rebooted after which it still lights when the pppoa-wan interface comes up, but no longer blinks with TX or RX traffic despite these options still being present in /etc/config/system.

(Last edited by richs on 8 Jun 2015, 20:52)

Chaos chalmer rc2 is out http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calm … ntiq/xway/

How's this device working for people these days? Is it stable and reliable? Are there any challenges with setting it up or maintaining it? Did the LEDs ever get sorted out?

Also, I noticed on some other lantiq devices that a separate xDSL binary firmware blob must be downloaded and installed manually - is this required here?

Is it usable (e.g. stable) with stock firmware?

(Last edited by drawz on 13 Jul 2015, 22:39)

Chaos Chalmer RC3!
http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calm … ntiq/xway/

hi, i have bought a new router... i need a modem to connect wan... can i set my dgn3500 (with open wrt firmware) as only a modem (in bridge mode - rfc 1483) or have i to revert to official firmware for this setting?

I decided to give this a try and was a bit disappointed. Apparently the flash is extremely slow under OpenWrt, which makes Luci a bit painful to use. It did otherwise function well and I had no trouble connecting to my in-law's ISP. In order to avoid becoming tech support for them, I decided to let them stick with an updated modem/router from the ISP.

Hi, I have a major problem with this router, I installed openwrt barrier breaker 14.07, i have a lot of adsl link drops (10-15 drops per day).
This happens just with this router, when i use an old telsey (broadcom chipset), line is very stable.
Dslam is Alcatel (broadcom chip).

This is what happens in the log when connection drops:

/etc/ppp/options:

/etc/init.d/dsl_control status:

Do you have any suggestions?

thanks in advance

(Last edited by mitch845 on 11 Sep 2015, 13:11)

CC-RC3 is working well for me.  You may want to wait for an "official" CC drop, or just use RC3.

(Last edited by cbxbiker61 on 15 Sep 2015, 09:38)

It looks like CC has just dropped!

I noticed yesterday that modem negotiated 4.015Mb/s in download, instead of 8.124Mbit/s. SNR margin doubled (around 30dB), and ADSL is perfectly stable by 1 day. No drops.
Recently i restarted modem...again 8.124, and drops reappeared!!
How can i tweak snr values to negotiate lower (but more stable) speed?

CC images avaiable!
http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calm … ntiq/xway/

Anyone has already tried?

Updated via Luci four days ago. No problems to date.

Hello. I have this model (very big router) and few days ago I send a comment on the ticket #7793 of developers.

Basically, I've surprised it: +24 hours without signal out. The problem affects directly on dsl interface (not ppp though affect it too) and can be for LEDs!

Actually, with the original 14.07 barrier version, you cannot see blinking light on Internet icon with traffic: is allways on. If you restart the service /etc/init.d/led service, the netdev trigger works ok and the DSL device (then ppp service) works apparently without breaks for many hours!

The problem was not on the PPP, is on the dsl interface (nas0 device) with LEDs previously started to this. For a well-working function, LED's will be change operations when the dsl and ppp services is on, off and detecting signals.

Like this:
* DSL led OFF when interface is down
* DSL led Slow-blinking when is detecting signals
* DSL led ON when is detected and ok
* Internet led on RED when is checking access
* Internet led blinking when Ok and reading traffic network

It can be for bad interrupt signals.

PD: ooooh, 5 minues ago, my first loss-signal from 3 hours consecutively... can be because I'm connected on the router? Or because simply my ISP has reset the line? I dont know, but I will check more. However, too much coincidence.

Resume for try:
- Restart the router normally
- Wait for 2-3 minutes for normal operation
  When Internet light is on:
- SSH to router or go to LUCI web
- Restart led service:
  SSH: /etc/init.d/led restart (or start, is equal in this case)
  LUCI: System / Led configuration -> click on "Save and Apply"

Check now the "i" of Internet with traffic and check the stability. Comment it!

Regards.