Model tp-link_tl-wr842n_v5

Installation

Flashing via webinterface

• Download the factory firmware image offered above to your Computer.
• Connect your Computer to a LAN port of the TP-link. If the configuration was not changed, the DHCP on the router will give you a 192.168.0.X address and the TP-link web administration page is 192.168.0.1. (User: admin, Password: admin) Under System Tools select Firmware Upgrade. Browse to the previously downloaded openwrt-18.06.2-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_tl-wr842n-v5-squashfs-tftp-recovery.bin file. Click Upgrade.
• If the Webinterface tells you You have no authority to access this router! that’s because your browser does not send the correct HTTP referer header. Disable addons or use a different browser.
• Connect to 192.168.1.1 with your web browser
• Set your password and configure the router through the web UI. Basic Config Congratulations! You just installed OpenWrt on your Router!

Flashing via TFTP

• Download the factory firmware image offered above to your Computer.
• Configure a computer with static IP /24 and a TFTP server. On Debian or Ubuntu you can use either the tftpd-hpa or tftpd server packages.
• Rename the downloaded firmware image to `` and place it in the tftp server’s root directory. (If using tftpd-hpa this is /var/lib/tftpboot/; if tftpd, it is /srv/tftp/) You can test that the file is downloadable with tftp localhost and get .
• Connect the computer to one of the router’s Ethernet ports while the router is off. Press and keep pressed the router’s reset button and power it up. After about 7-10 seconds release the reset button. The power LED will flicker rapidly for ~3 seconds, indicating download of the firmware file.
• The router will write the firmware to flash during ~40 more seconds of occasional power LED blinks, and then will reboot by itself, ready for use.

Comments

General

Seems to be Russia-only model

Recovery

put image file tp_recovery.bin (renamed *squashfs-tftp-recovery.bin) to 192.168.0.225/24 tftp server