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794715 2009-07-30 09:34:00 Chill, Speedy, and Blam - back at my desk and now it is Tomato time.



Go into network connections / highlight the LAN connection / right mouse / properties. Go into TCP/IP, change the ip here.

192.168.1.2 first it'll probably put the subnet in, put the routers ip in for the gateway, and the routers ip in for the primary DNS and one of your ISP's DNS server ips in for alternate

This is what I am going to do:
Enter the IP address as 192.168.1.2 - as above.
As for the subnet, etc., I am going to leave it as it is (otherwise I don't have a clue how to get the correct numbers).

Then I will do the tftp as per Chill.

Stay tuned... 		Strommer (42)
794716 2009-07-30 10:19:00 ... Set your Cabled LAN IP Address to: 192.168.1.2
If you cannot do this, stop and post back asking for help before proceeding.

6) Press and hold restore button and then insert power cord back into router.
When the PWR light starts flashing, release Restore button. Your WL-520GU is in restore mode.

7) Click Start --> Run --> cmd
Type: cd \
Now, when you type: tftp
You should get something different this time... You're now ready to upload the firmware. When the WL-520GU is in Restore Mode, run:
tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT tomato.trx

8) Wait for 3 minutes, then unplug the power and give it another 2 minutes to power up (First time for a clean flash always takes a while for some reason)

9) You're done! :)

Chill.


Chill, the tftp worked! It took a little while but the command /DOS text said "Transfer successful xxxx bytes in 13 seconds, xxxx bytes" etc.

Then I waited at least 3 minutes, unplugged the power, and powered back up as you stated, but nothing happened. No tomato anywhere. Is Tomato supposed to pop up automatically?


These led's were lit up, on the 520GU: pwr, air, wan, lan (the one I plugged into).

I fiddled around with the ASUS LAN Control Centre, saw "no association", did not know what to do.

I shut down the pc, turned off the modem and 520GU, powered everything back up. Nothing.

:confused:

Would it have made any difference on how I exited the run > command DOS box?

Maybe Subnet, Gateway, DNS numbers needed to be changed?

I have a feeling that I missed something very basic. 		Strommer (42)
794717 2009-07-30 18:19:00 Power it on, give it 60 seconds, then click Start --> Run --> cmd
ping 192.168.1.1

IF that works, open the following in your web browser:
http://192.168.1.1

If not, post back here :) 		Chilling_Silence (9)
794718 2009-07-30 19:23:00 Good morning Chill.


Power it on, give it 60 seconds, then click Start --> Run --> cmd
ping 192.168.1.1

IF that works, open the following in your web browser:
http://192.168.1.1

If not, post back here :)

Unfortunately:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out. 		Strommer (42)
794719 2009-07-30 20:24:00 " 4) Set your Cabled LAN IP Address to: 192.168.1.2 "


Chill, before I pinged I set the IP as above.

I also tried pinging 192.168.1.2 (as well as 192.168.1.1)

I could try the method Blam referred to, but it requires the original 520GU set-up and I am not sure what is on the 520GU now. 		Strommer (42)
794720 2009-07-30 21:33:00 Do you have any firewalls? Blam (54)
794721 2009-07-30 21:47:00 Do you have any firewalls?

Comodo, but I have gone into 'Running Processes' several times and made sure it allowed any wireless process. There is no Comodo pop up indicating a blockage.

I will wait for Chill's next step - there must be something else I can check or do.

If it is a dead end, I will follow the page you gave Blam, as long as I can ensure the original 520GU software (or is it called firmware?) is still there. 		Strommer (42)
794722 2009-07-30 22:47:00 No need. Just use the Asus firmware restoration tool.

Its on the webpage I linked to 		Blam (54)
794723 2009-07-31 03:10:00 Looks like Chill is too busy, so will try your method Blam.


No need. Just use the Asus firmware restoration tool.

Its on the webpage I linked to

OK, I have the Firmware Restoration window but step 3 says:
"On a PC, disable any other Access Point you might be connected to."

Does "disable any other Access Point" mean Network Connections or what?? How do I find "access points"?? 		Strommer (42)
794724 2009-07-31 03:13:00 Don't worry about it. You won't be connected to other APs. Blam (54)
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