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The WRT55AG v1 is an old wireless router that I was not currently using.
I downloaded using the device Admin page openwrt-brcm-2.4-squashfs-trx to the unit. Now the unit is unresponsive to pings (192.168.1.1) and an Etherreal trace show no output on port 1. I have connected my pc to port 1 (not internet/wan port) and given it a static ip of 192.168.1.10/24. When power cycled the wrt55ag comes up within a second with the LEDs on port 1 lit green/green/amber (speed) and then nothing.
Suggestions?
Do I need to short pins on the flash? If so, which pins (i.e. 16 & 17)? Is there any other simple way of recovery (i.e. using reset on the switch)?
The other question is how to open the unit. I looked at a description on opening a wrt54g (looks the same), but I can't remove the antennas or pop it apart - no visible screws either.
Managed to open the unit (see http://downloads.openwrt.org/reference/ … 005-03-05). The flash was on the underside and it was a Version 1 wrt55ag. Tried shorting out pins 15 & 16, no response to pings, then tried 16 & 17, then 5 &6 all with the same result. Within a second of plugging in the unit the the port 1 LEDs are lit and I have connectivity to my PC (green power LED and red diag LED also lit).
Help - suggestions. This was/is a spare router but I want to try OPENWRT.
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