Hi,
According to the wiki page for the WRT54G3GV2-VF [1] there a two ways to
install OpenWrt: (1) Using the Linksys web interface and (2) using CFE.
But how about upgrading once OpenWrt has been installed? Is a serial
console the only option available? Here is what I tried.
I successfully installed snapshot r39482 using method (1). I then
uploaded a new image (build from r39487) and tried sysupgrade. I got the
error reported in #15008 [2]
Writing from <stdin> to firmware ... [e]Failed to erase block
and the router simply rebooted into its prior state (old firmware and
configuration).
After that I tried LuCI. The interface warned me that my image was too
large (actually, its about 5,5 MB) and that there were only "32.00 B
available". I flashed it anyway. After the reboot the router ended up
running its TFTP server.
Now I was able to upload the image via TFTP. It got flashed and the
router rebooted into the new firmware. Obviously, my configuration was lost.
I used to think that you could perform a 30/30/30 reset on the
WRT54G3GV2-VF to start its TFTP server. I don't believe that anymore. I
tried a couple of these resets and they just cleared the configuration.
Questions:
- Is there anything I did wrong to cause the problems?
- Is there a way to upgrade OpenWrt on a WRT54G3GV2-VF?
- Are the problems I observed bugs that I should report?
- If the problems are in fact intended or known behavior, is there
any chance that this behavior will be improved in the future?
Thanks,
Malte
[1] http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt54g3gv2-vf
[2] https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/15008
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