From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from imsm057.netvigator.com ([218.102.48.210]:51986 "EHLO imsm057.netvigator.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751708Ab0HVSSK (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:18:10 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.111] (really [119.236.69.139]) by imsm057dat.netvigator.com (InterMail vM.7.05.01.01 201-2174-106-103-20060222) with ESMTP id <20100822181809.EMAQ28063.imsm057dat.netvigator.com@[192.168.0.111]> for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:18:09 +0800 Subject: Please help! The SYS LED on TL-WR1043ND stays dark after flashig OpenWRT ... From: Robert Chan To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <000901cb4225$5ba42ba0$12ec82e0$@chan.list@gmail.com> References: <000901cb4225$5ba42ba0$12ec82e0$@chan.list@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:18:08 +0800 Message-ID: <1282501088.1982.1.camel@patrick-olevia> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Dear OpenWRT and 802.11s experts, Sorry for posting this question to both groups at the same time, but this problem is killing me and the deadline is coming up real soon! After playing around with the kernel_menuconfig, I finally enabled “mesh networking (pre-802.11s) and compiled the kernel. I then flashed the kernel (using the openwt-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-facory.bin) onto the TL-WR1043ND (from the original firmware’s firmware upgrade). The flash was reported successful, however the SYS LED stays dark ever since (of course I rebooted the router many times). The PWR and LAN port LED are ON, though. Needless to say, I cannot even connect to the firmware through 192.168.1.1. so what is going on? After search google and numerous forums on OpenWRT, I still cannot find this kind of “brick” scenario. So is the router “bricked”? I have seen many posts regarding opening the case and solder the serial port to the board. However, no one in my company has that kind of experience. So would this be the ONLY option I have right now? I appreciate for any hints I may be given. Thanks very much in advance. Regards, Robert