• Registered: 2011-12-27
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Topic: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

Hi,
i'm trying to install openwrt on my TP-Link TL-WR740N.
It has an AR9331 and is Version4. I downloaded the vactory-bin file and tried to upgrade with web interface.
Unfortunately it says: "Error code: 18005 Upgrade unsuccessfully because the version of the upgraded file was incorrect. Please check the file name."

I downloaded the openwrt firmware from this page: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr741nd
The tl-wr741nd should be the same route only with not fixed antennas (or am i wrong?).

How can i find out what the correct Filename is? On the site someone wrote that there is a basic check for the filename
but what is the correct one?

I tried to find it out by downloading the newest firmware from TP-Link. But this didn't work.

Can someone help me?
Is there anybody out there who also has this router?

Olaf

  • Registered: 2011-12-04
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Re: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/1 … actory.bin

  • Registered: 2011-12-17
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Re: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

try this link http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … quashfs-fa..

  • Registered: 2011-12-27
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Re: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

It's not a problem to get the openwrt bin. The Problem is the current Firmware which checks
for the correct filename. Is there anybody out there who has this router with openwrt?
Olaf

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Re: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

Excerpt from 741 wiki:

Note: Newer TP-Link retail firmwares (confirmed on v2.4 devices, but definitely not on v2.0) include a crude mechanism to prevent you uploading unsuitable firmware. It does this by checking the filename, so you may need to rename the *-factory.bin file to the name of a TP-Link retail firmware file. e.g. wr741nv1_en_3_12_4_up(100910).bin

Netgear WNR854T (ARM Marvell Orion CPU 500MHz, Marvell 88W8361P mini-PCI STA only, 8/32MB) - trunk r17427 since 09/09/09 to 06-06-12 GLOD
TP-LINK TL-WR741ND v1.9 (Atheros AR7240 CPU 350MHz, Atheros AR9285 Chipset, 4/32MB) - trunk r23281 since 10/10/10
TP-LINK TL-MR3420 v1.1, TL-MR3220 v1.2 - trunk r25302 since 11/11/11
TP-LINK TL-WR842ND v1.0, TL-WR1043ND v1.8 - 12.09-rc1 since 12/12/12
  • Registered: 2011-12-27
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Re: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

I renamed the factory.bin file to "wr741nv1_en_3_12_4_up(100910).bin" and tried to submit it but the Router doesn't accept it says:
"Error code: 18005 Upgrade unsuccessfully because the version of the upgraded file was incorrect. Please check the file name."
Thanks for your reply Nilfred. Do you have this router?
Olaf

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Re: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

flash this firmware first and then flash openwrt firmware for 741n v1. http://115.com/file/c2mcadfm#

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Re: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

Download "openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr740n-v4-squashfs-factory.bin" and rename it to "wr740nv4_en_3_12_11_up(110915).bin".

  • Registered: 2011-12-27
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Re: TP-Link router not accepting factory-bin filename

Gotcha!
Thanks "fyi"! You made my day!
I don't know why, but it worked:-)

I wish you all a happy and peaceful 2012!

Olaf