However, if you can ping 192.168.1.1 (your router IP) you can try the TFTP recovery, otherwise you may need to open the router and use the JTAG recovery method below.

If it keeps on flashing longer than 2 minutes, without having lit up the other LED's, then a defective bootloader is present. After some seconds you restart the WRT54G. When the web interface is no longer available, switch the router off first (remove the power jack) and remove all network cables from the equipment. You should at least check this to prevent unnecessarily opening the router. The LED display at the front of the router is the best way to determine what type of brick you have and its recovery method.

7 Open Buffalo WHR-G54S and Buffalo WHR-HP-G54.

1.5 If That Doesn't Work WRT54GL (pin short 16 & 17).

Go to the Windows section of this page to see the reset-from-scratch procedure. If the power light blinks in a neverending way, the 30/30/30 reset has no effect. This procedure is usually called 30/30/30 reset.

Disconnect power cord for another 10 secs and then reconnect.

Release the reset button and give the router about 10 secs to resettle.

Still hold the reset button for another 30 secs.

Hold the reset button for another 30 secs.

Without releasing reset button, disconnect power cord.

Disconnect the router from UTP cables (not the power cable).To determine if the router is bricked, carefully follow the steps at note 6 of the peacock thread: īefore you continue below, make sure you've first tried a hard reset to revive your router: These techniques may be useful in these cases also. It is also unfortunately possible to configure your router in ways which make it dead to the world. Don't worry, there are a number of things you can try to get your router working again before giving up and living with the fact that your router is now a paperweight. So, you're afraid you've bricked your router. THIS IS AN OLD PAGE THAT MOSTLY APPLIES TO BROADCOM MIPSR1 AND MIPSR2 ROUTERS MORE UP TO DATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT NOTE 6 OF THE PEACOCK ANNOUNCEMENT (LINKED BELOW) AND THE WIKI ARTICLES ON SERIAL RECOVERY AND JTAG.

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