Back from the brick

I was flashing new fimwares into my WRT54GL when all of sudden I get the following message: Error writing to MTD device. Error!? Uh-oh...

Symptoms:

• a fast flashing power-on LED
• router completely unresponsive

I had what's called a brick. Oops!

With the help of the original Linksys firmware, a TFTP tool, a DD-WRT firmware, Tomato 1.28 and my neighbours wide open WiFi I'm now back from the brink. Currently running Tomato 1.28 after I discovered that Tomato RAF v1.28.8515 _RAF ND Std didn't apply the ad-blocking script properly.

Lessons learned:

• don't fool around with different firmwares too much
• de-bricking a WRT54GL isn't very difficult
• de-bricking beats buying a new router!

I think I'm gonna build a JTAG cable, for even bigger problematic situations, just to be sure.

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