On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Harry Putnam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fiddling with an older install of AA on a TP L-1043ND I must have
> managed to do something to render it unreachable.
> I can no longer reach the OS at the IP address I had it on. Not by
> browser or by ssh.
> I don't think the actual hardware reset button can effect owrt at
> least I see no change after pressing and holding it a few times.
> In this situation is there any trick way to get to the os and try to
> clean up whatever I did?
Sounds like you need "failsafe mode" which is pretty easy to get into
on the 1043.
Some 1043 specific directions (based off of link [1] and my experience
with scrambling the config on my 1043s):
1. Set your ethernet card to use a fixed address in the 192.168.1.x
subnet (I usually use 192.168.1.10) with a subnet mask of
255.255.255.0. A gateway is not needed and I usually leave it unset.
2. Plug a cable from one of the LAN ports on the 1043 to your ethernet card
3. Turn on the 1043 and watch the "gear" LED
4. When the "gear" led starts blinking, press and release the little
black "QSS" button (near the power switch on V2 models)
5. The "gear" led will start blinking much faster (2-3x faster), wait
3-4 minutes
6. Telnet to 192.168.1.1
Now you are logged into the router in "failsafe" mode (see link [2]
for more documentation on this mode).
The first thing you want to do is load your config with the
"mount_root" command, then you have two options:
1. You can reset the device to OpenWRT defaults by running the
"firstboot" command.
2. You can edit your config files with vi (or nano if you have it
installed). The network config should be at /etc/config/network (after
running mount_root).
The stock LAN settings are:
#### LAN configuration
config interface 'lan'
option ifname 'eth1'
option type 'bridge'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
Sources:
Link [1] http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd#failsafe.mode
Link [2] http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.failsafe#in.failsafe.mode
Aaron Z
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