http://openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Installing#head-f56e06c42cb97a7aace9a5b503d0d288697d98d9
Brian's recommendation on starting the tftp and THEN powering on the WRT54G is going to help you immensely. Also, don't forget to set the rexmt value to 1 within tftp, causing it to attempt every second. Between these two tweaks, even you should be able to do this. ;-) Shane O. On 5/16/05, Brian Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 09:55:53PM -0400, Greg Brown wrote: > > I managed to get my rev. 3 WRT to go into boot_wait mode but when I > > tried to upload the firmware via tftp I kept getting "password > > failed" errors. Has anyone else seen this behavior? I followed the > > openwrt instructions, assigned a valid IP to the WAN port, set the > > boot_wait, set a secondary interface on my linux box (to > > 192.168.1.2<http://192.168.1.2> > ) > > and attempted to tftp. The odd thing is I could ping the WRT on > > 192.168.1.1 <http://192.168.1.1>. Ugh. I must be missing something. I'm > so freaking > > tired after a LONG day at work all I can think about right now is sleep. > > You're getting there too late. The boot_wait tftp server is only listening > for > a few seconds after bootup of the WRT. > > I've found that starting the tftp program sending and then plugging in the > WRT > works well. You'll need a tftp client that will retry continuously, and > the > atftp recommended on the openwrt.org <http://openwrt.org> site works well. > > --Brian > > -- > I think my life is fuller because I realize > that I don't know what I'm doing. > I'm delighted with the width of the world! > ---Richard Feynman > > > Brian Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.eviloverlord.net > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Shane O. ======== Shane O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (h) 919.847.4687 (m) 919.395.7367 (f) 817.796.2086 ================ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
