Got it done, For future reference to some one who reads the list here is the procedure !
Here are the steps to take a Netgear WNDR3700 back to factory 1. Download factory Firmware NetGear wndr700 page with firmware link on it<http://kb.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/11640>and Factory Firmware Download Page <http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14244> 1a If you are on an OS that does not have TFTP build in, download a copy somewhere (Mac OS has it built in) 2. Plug you desktop/laptop (hereafter referred to as machine) directly into port 1 of the router Note - this is _not_ the yellow wan port 3. Set your machines IP statically to 192.168.1.2, don't worry about the rest 4. start tftp from a command window to your router in the directory where you downloaded (or copied) the factory firmware. tftp 192.168.1.1 On mac you then get a tftp prompt tftp> type in the following command, but DO NOT HIT ENTER YET on the put command *Code:* verbose bin put WNDR3700-V1.0.4.68NA.img And make sure that filename matches whatever you downloaded above. 5. In a second window start a ping to the router ping 192.168.1.1 6. Power on the router 7. Watch that second window with the ping - as soon as you see a response go back to the first window and hit return on your waiting tftp window you will see lots of line like the first 2 below, but once you see the 40 bytes you know you are good to go. *Code:* Request timeout for icmp_seq 12 Request timeout for icmp_seq 13 40 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=-351921555448.215 ms wrong total length 60 instead of 84 wrong data byte #8 should be 0x8 but was 0x69 cp:61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 dp:4c 68 84 74 0 f 3e 67 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 8. When the tftp completes, type quit in the tftp window. 9. Let the router sit for a couple minutes powered on - say about 5 minutes. Then test the admin gui http://129.168.1.1 On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Swaminathan Vasanth Rajaraman < swaminathanvasant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I compiled the openwrt image from the source and uploaded the image > openwrt-ar71xx-wndr3700-jffs2 to the router. But i am unable to login into > the router from browser and also through telnet. How can I re install the > firmware now ? Any one who faced the same problem kindly please help. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Best Regards, > Swaminathan Vasanth Rajaraman > -- Best Regards, Swaminathan Vasanth Rajaraman
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