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I updated my router to openwrt last night, it was working fine after updating. i did a mistake for being n00b sad
i can't give screenshot of that part or i can't remember exactly what i did but i do remember something i did with dhcp and ip address. now router is booting up showing all leds fine broadcasting wifi too. but can't connect to my desktop or when i try to connect with wifi it says invalid password.
idk if it bricked or still i have something i can do before moving ahead with unbricking solutions which are difficult for me.
anyone pls guide me how can i recover it normal.

when i plug my 3420 to my dsl modem in dsl modem's dhcp it shows up for few seconds then gone.
when i connect to my pc it shows up unidentified network.
Openwrt Wifi broadcasting but saying password invalid. (i am not entering password wrong my iphone and ipad was connected it with same password before dead sure!)

i tried 30:30:30 reset
i tried wps reset
nothing yet
looking forward for positive solution
thanks all & happy New year!

(Last edited by Bilal on 10 Jan 2014, 14:48)

ok i give it try will update here
Thankyou!

ok i tried failsafe but still same result
here what is in failsafe log.

 === IMPORTANT ============================
  Use 'passwd' to set your login password
  this will disable telnet and enable SSH
 ------------------------------------------


BusyBox v1.19.4 (2013-01-08 15:26:10 WIT) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

  _______                     ________        __
 |       |.-----.-----.-----.|  |  |  |.----.|  |_
 |   -   ||  _  |  -__|     ||  |  |  ||   _||   _|
 |_______||   __|_____|__|__||________||__|  |____|
          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
               U N L E A S H E D - Kernel 3.3.8 --->>>>
 ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT (bleeding edge) ------------------
  * 1/4 oz Beras
  * 1/4 oz Kencur
  * 1/4 oz Kunir
  * 1/4 oz Jane
 --------------------cindy.wijaya----------------------
                   FORSAT | KASKUS
           www.facebook.com/groups/openwrt
   http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=10124215
             http://forum.openwrt-id.org
 ******************************************************
                      website:
               openwrt.hackshare.org (int)
               openwrt.agromapia.com (iix)
 ------------------------------------------------------

root@(none):/# mount_root
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: pi_include: not found
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: pi_include: not found
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: set_jffs_mp: not found
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: determine_root_device: not found
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: can't create /.extroot.md5sum: Read-only file system
switching to jffs2
root@(none):/# firstboot
firstboot has already been run
jffs2 partition is mounted, only resetting files
root@(none):/# mtd -r erase rootfs_data
Unlocking rootfs_data ...
Erasing rootfs_data ...
Rebooting ...

after reboot same issue wifi broadcasting can't connect and unidentified network on lan

(Last edited by Bilal on 10 Jan 2014, 16:31)

What firmware U used?

ok got it working back thanks for replying friends.
this is what i did for those who face same issue in future or still having.
followed guide here
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3420#failsafe

1) turn off and turn on the Router 2) Shortly lights up press the SYS LED is that flashing LED SYS, will very quickly. 3) Now the Router has been accessible via TELNET 4 Router with TELNET) Login 5) type in the command: firstboot 6) type in the command:/etc/init.d/uhttpd start 7) went back to the Admin page in a browser with the address: http://192.168.1.1

Now one more question
when i try to install openvpn it says
http://i43.tinypic.com/zxmueb.png

Mount Points
http://i39.tinypic.com/e651ue.png
http://i43.tinypic.com/25hmqec.png

Basically what i am trying to do i have subscription of iBvpn. i want let flow normal traffic on my main DSL router. and want to connect my 3 apple tvs with this TL3420 router where i want to run VPN. i dont need vpn for all my traffic but only when i want to access netflix and other restricted services in my area. Hope it clears what exactly i want to do.
any help much appreciated.

(Last edited by Bilal on 10 Jan 2014, 20:04)

So, where after running firstboot did you reboot the router?
It seems, that this firmware is already pretty huge, so it will be pretty difficult to install packages (as it says: just about 300 kb left). So, since you already have some usb-storage connected, you may try to use an extroot-solution (see the wiki for details). Or you may build your own firmware image with only the packages you need. Or you could try a trunk snapshot, which seems to be 1 mb smaller.

ok ty extroot-solution did work now i have 8 gb flash attached and working with my router 3420 v2. all good so far. now vpn issue left, any one tried to configure vpn pptp or l2tp on openwrt.

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