Problem debricking WAP54G ver 3.1
The strange thing with my unit is that I could always get the Act light. I went ahead and followed the instructions on resetting it watching the light go out and releasing the button. Nothing changed so I followed the instructions on connecting one end of a wire to a pin and the other to the antenna connector. I touched pin 16 with the pin while powering on the unit. I waited for the Act light to come on and it never did. I waited for probably 3 minutes for the Act light to come on.
I have a WAP54G ver 3.1
How long does it usually take for the light to come on? I am sure I am on pin 16 because I count from the pin with the white dot being pin one.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
edit: Ok, I powered the unit down and let it sit for about 10 minutes, then unplugged I pressed the reset button to drain any possible residual power. I then reattempted to jumper pin 16 again and the light came on! I can now log into my WAP54G, which I never could do before!
Now to get it to take your hypwerwap firmware!
Thanks
ecit 2:
By updating to the hyperwap v 1.0 I really bricked my unit! Now I can't get the act light to come on at all. I am trying to start over with no luck!
question
" Wrap the other end around the TNC (antenna) connector"
where is the TNC (antenna) connector?????
Unscrew (remove) the antenna
Unscrew (remove) the antenna to reveal the connector. Wrap the wire around the outer (metal) part of the connector.
WAP54G
unable to reset un-bricked wap54g v3.1
I followed the de-bricking instructions---I reset the flash which made me able to ping the device, I subsequently uploaded the firmware via tftp, which was successful, however the device would not reset properly, and simply powering it down would brick it again (I repeated the process several times to no avail.) Any suggestions.
Cheers,
T
What you will need to
What you will need to remember is that most (if not all) of the hi-power firmwares available here require a specific firmware version installed before installing the hi-power firmware.
The firmware doesn't prompt you if the firmware you currently have installed is wrong, it just blindly installs it in the never ending hope you got it right in the first place.
If you don't have the correct firmware installed it often just bricks the WAP54G again and your back to where you started.
WAP54G
Well, the behavior was
tftp binary mode did the trick---I assumed the binary mode is used by default.
T
no act light
But now it looks like I am worse off than before. I am attempting to start over, but I get no act light whatsoever when I try to juper pin 16.
Is there anything else I can try to at least get my act light back?
If I do get the act light back which version of firmware do you recommend? ...hoping to get it to take the firmware...
I think my unit is totally dead! Since the light will no longer come on this link says it needs to be replaced.
hxxp://forums.linksysbycisco.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Access_Points&message.id=8268
If you have any suggestions as to what else I can try please do so. When I updated the firmware it went through a reboot like everything was ok, then it said to reset it. That was when it went dead...
another edit:
As you stated, certain firmware required different versions to already be installed before an update is tried. As per these notes the Hyperwrap should have worked. I read through all the different firmware you have here before I installed anything. I saw nothing that would suggest that the Hyperwrap should not work on my v3.1.
"Hyperwap version 1.0 this is for the WAP54G V3 and gives the ability to increase the power up to 84mw". Ao where did I go wrong and what else can I try?
Try this. Setup your wired
Try this.
Setup your wired client with IP 192.168.1.240/255.255.255.0
No DNS or Gateway.
Connect an Ethernet cable from the client to the WAP54G.
Open a command prompt on the client.
Enter the following command without the quotes "ping 192.168.1.245 -t" (Ctrl + C will stop ping)
Now power up the WAP54G and see if ping returns a responce at any point.
If it doesn't then your only solution is to use a JTAG cable to upload a fimrware directly to the WAP54G.
If ping does produce a result then download a version od firmware for your hardware version and unpack it ready for uploading.
Then just follow the instructions for uploading the firmware using the tftp command.
WAP54G
I have tried many times to
I have tried many times to ping the unit without success. To try a JTAG cable I would have to make a cable that I can connect directly to different pins on the flash chip, right? Could you direct me to a link where directions on how this should be done? I did find a premade one here, though they are sold out: hxxp://www.diygadget.com/jtag-cable-for-wireless-routers.html
edit: I found your link to using a JTAG cable. I will check it out.
Thanks