Step-by-step OpenWRT firmware for TP-LINK TL-WR741ND router from Windows. Router firmware
Modern man It is extremely difficult to do without high-speed Internet. That is why today almost every home has a Wi-Fi router. Meanwhile, from time to time, all sorts of problems can arise with a wireless connection, which cannot be avoided even if you are a very reliable model. Users ask the most different questions, in particular, the question is quite common - how to reflash the router.
The need to flash the router can arise for various reasons, but they all come down to the device stopping working, a weak wifi signal, or regular freezing. It should immediately be said that before you reflash the router, you need to try to solve the problem by simply rebooting the router. We talked in detail about how to do it right. True, this option is only suitable if the device is buggy, when the router is completely out of order, you need to try to solve the problem by flashing it. However, the reason for being puzzled by such a question can be caused only by the exit new version router firmware, and as you know, manufacturers plan to update it regularly to improve the functionality of the device. So, whatever the reason, the process of flashing the router will not change from this.
Of course, some differences in the sequence of actions may differ depending on the specific model of the Wi-Fi router, however, the firmware update steps for most routers are identical, therefore, having understood the process algorithm once using the example of a device of any model, you can easily change the firmware of any router. Below we present general instruction, but before you reflash the router using her example, check out the list of routers below. If you have one of the above models, then you can immediately follow the link to the article with detailed instructions just for your device. If you have not found your model, there is nothing to worry about, see the general instructions and you will certainly succeed.
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What you need to know before flashing your router
Flashing a Wi-Fi router is not difficult and will take you very little time, however, there are a number of precautions and rules that are important to know when starting to flash the device. So, before flashing, remember the following rules:
- You cannot update the utility over a wifi connection. Such an action is allowed only if the router is connected to a computer;
- The device must be connected to the computer only through a network cable, which at this moment must be disconnected from the network;
- The new firmware must fully match the model of your router;
- During the update process, you can not turn off anything;
- Before flashing the device, you need to make a copy of the user settings, because after the update, all settings will be reset to the factory settings and then you will have to reconfigure everything.
As mentioned earlier, flashing a router has a lot in common, regardless of the specific model, so the instructions below will be enough to solve the issue. So, first of all you need to download latest version firmware for your device. You can do this on the official website of the manufacturer. First you need to find out the model of the device and its hardware version. All this information is contained in the router documentation, as well as on reverse side sticker devices. You need to find the inscription - "Ver". It should also be noted that on some models for flashing, you need to specify “H / W Ver.:” (this is a hardware revision) and the numbers after “F / W Ver.:” (this is the firmware version). Finding this information should not be difficult. Everything will look something like this:
Having received the necessary data, we go to the official website of the manufacturer of your device and enter the model of the router in the search bar. In the list that appears, in the "Downloads" section, select the desired firmware version (here you will need information about the hardware version of the router). Download the archive with the firmware to your computer and unpack the archive.
Now you can go directly to the flashing of the router itself. First of all, you need to log into the web interface of the router. To do this, open any browser and enter 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 in the address bar. The address may be different, you can clarify this information in the device documentation. After that, a page with a form will appear in which you need to enter your username and password. By default, most routers have a username of "admin" and a password of "admin". If during the initial setup of the router you changed these data, then enter the changed login and password accordingly.
After authorization, you will find yourself in the main menu of the router, appearance which will differ depending on the specific model. Let's take a tp link router as an example. In the settings, open the "System Tools" tab, in it we look for the "Firmware Upgrade" section.
Click the "Browse" button, specify the path to the file with the firmware and hold down "Open". In the dialog box that opens, click the "Upgrade" or "Upgrade" button, and in the next dialog box - "OK".
After some time, the firmware will be updated and the Wi-Fi router will automatically reboot. That's all, now you will have the latest firmware version.
Routers lose their native firmware for various reasons. The desire to add functionality, solder a USB port, or simply add stability to the router.
In my case, the router on the latest stable native firmware with 1-5 WiFi and 1-2 Ethernet consumers hung up 1-2 times a week. It's not very scary, but I'm tired of rebooting it. I wanted stability. After a long search and reading reviews, the choice fell on OpenWRT. The article has already step-by-step instruction no trial and error that I had to go through.
Step 0
I hope that when you take up the firmware of the router, you understand that at one of the steps you may lose access to the Internet. So, I strongly advise you to read the article in full, download all the necessary files in advance and after that proceed with the firmware.Step 1
The first thing to do is to update and install the latest native firmware.you can find the latest firmware for TL-WR741ND, for the respective hardware version.
- Turn the router over and check the version of the hardware in it, guided by the sticker on the case.
- Download the archive with the latest firmware.
- Flash the router with firmware from the archive in the usual way(System Tools -> Firmware Upgrade).
Step 2
Next, you need to select the version of the OpenWRT firmware.You should use exactly the file that is consistent with the hardware version of your model. Do not neglect this rule! There are two options file system for download: JFFS2 and SquashFS. Judging by the reviews, you should opt for SquashFS files. Word factory in the file name means that you must upload such a file to your device over the factory (native) firmware. word file sysupgrade applicable only for updating OpenWRT, i.e. poured after factory firmware.
Downloading factory firmware and sew in the usual way (System Tools -> Firmware Upgrade).
Step 3 or it's all gone
After successful firmware, we get a working router with the web interface turned off. Therefore, it is no longer possible to enter the settings through the browser. Further actions are:We open PuTTY, choose telnet protocol, address 192.168.1.1 port 23 , click "Connection".
root without a password.
We select a team:
passwd root
root. Next we write:
exit
We open WinSCP, choose SCP protocol, address 192.168.1.1 port 22 , Username: root, Password is the one that was set earlier, click "Login".
We answer yes to all vague questions and see a window with files on your computer and on the router. Next, we take the second part of the firmware (the one that is sysupgrade), rename it to code.bin and upload it to the router in the / tmp folder. We close the program.
We open PuTTY, choose SSH protocol, address [email protected]
port 22
, click "Connection". We type the password that was set earlier for root. We enter the router and type the command for its firmware:
sysupgrade -n /tmp/code.bin
We are waiting for the router to flash and reboot. Let's focus on the lights. Then we repeat the step:
We open PuTTY, choose telnet protocol, address 192.168.1.1 port 23 , click "Connection".
We enter the router. Initially you are a user root without a password.
We select a team:
passwd root
And write a new password for the user twice root.
Turn off the router, turn on the router.
At 192.168.1.1, the LuCI web interface is available to you. We go under the root user and the password that was set earlier for root.
UPD. After long service life only one glitch noticed. When changing the MAC address on the WAN port, it is reset to the factory one in 1-2 days. The rest of the router shows miracles of stability.
Hello dear friends. Let's continue today the topic of Wi-Fi routers, I will tell you how to flash a wifi router and show how to do it on the example of a router TP Link TL-WR841N. I’ll also write a couple of words for what all this is needed and what result can be obtained after the firmware of the router.
For a long time I have wanted to write this article, and with each new comment on the article, my desire only intensified. Just a lot of problems arise in the process of setting up and wifi work routers, and not only TL-WR841N. In the article, the link to which is above, I described the TL-WR841N firmware process a little, but for some reason it seems to me that everyone who configures the router according to this instruction simply does not pay attention to the software update process on the Wi-Fi router.
When I installed the router at home, I immediately updated the firmware, and for almost half a year of work I have not had a single problem. And judging by the comments to the article on setting up the TL-WR841N router, people have a lot of problems. Most often, the Internet connection is interrupted, or the devices simply do not want to connect to Wi-Fi.
Of course, you should not blame the Wi-Fi router for everything, there may still be problems, both with the devices you want to connect, and with the Internet connection itself. But the more stable the router will work, the less will be all these problems, which I wrote about above.
What am I leading to? And to the fact that Wi-Fi routers need to be updated, not just necessary, but necessary. It’s not just that manufacturers release software updates, in these updates they fix bugs, thereby increasing the stability of the router itself, there are of course exceptions that bugs are not fixed, but added 🙂 but this is rare. Moreover, the firmware is not complicated and takes a few minutes. Now I will demonstrate.
As I already wrote, I will show you how to update the software on the TP-Link TL-WR841N router, but if you have a different router, then read it anyway, since the update process is not very different. I was just about to write this article, I went to the site and saw that there was a new update for my router. Great, let's update!
How to update the firmware on a Wi-Fi router?
Attention!
You need to flash the router only by connecting it to the computer via network cable. You can not update the firmware via Wi-Fi! If your computer has Wi-Fi, turn it off. Do not turn off the router during the firmware!
Attention!
Make sure you have selected the correct firmware. If the firmware is not for your device, then you may lose the warranty and the router itself.
Attention!
At the time of the firmware, disconnect the cable from the WAN socket from the router (cable from provider).
Attention!
All settings will be reset to factory defaults, but it's not scary, you can set it up in a couple of minutes. You can also make a copy of the settings before the firmware, and after the firmware, just restore them. I wrote about this in the article ““
Before downloading the firmware, we need to find out the hardware version of our router. If you upload a firmware of a different version, then there may be bad consequences, be careful. We take the router, turn it upside down 🙂 and see which version is indicated there.
See, I have “Ver: 7.2” written, so I need to download an update for version 7. Remember which version you have.
We go to the site (in our case) and in the search bar on the site we write the model of our WiFi router By the way, the model is also indicated at the bottom of the device itself.
We look at the search results and select our router. I need TL-WR841N.
Go to the tab "Downloads". 
So now where "Software" opposite the version of our router, select “Firmware”, I have V7 and chose it.
We download the first firmware in the list, according to the idea, this is the newest one. You can also look at the date. To download, just click on the link and save the file for example to your desktop. As you can see, the firmware is small, 3.1 MB.
Now we need to extract the file with the software from the archive that we downloaded. You can just pull the file to your desktop like I did.
Everything, the firmware is there, you can start updating.
The process of updating the firmware on the Wi-Fi router TL-WR841N
We need to go to the router settings. It must be connected to the computer via a network cable. How to get into the settings I wrote more than once in other articles. Enter 192.168.1.1 in the browser address bar, you can also try 192.168.0.1. Then we enter the login and password to access the settings (standard admin and admin ). Click "Submit".
How to quickly and correctly update the firmware of TP-link routers. Using the example of a TP-Link TL-WR841N router
Hello! Back in touch with ITBC. Today we will talk about firmware update for TP-Link routers(for example, there will be a router TL-WR841N)
So, before moving on to practice, let's talk about why you need to update the firmware. Firstly, if everything is fine with your router, everything works, there are no problems, then you do not need to flash it. For there is no reason. But, here are examples when it is written that IPTV support (for example), but on native firmware, alas, the router does not want to work with IPTV. And when we go to the manufacturer's website and see in the new firmware: fixed, working with IPTV, then it's a completely different matter.
That's all good, let's get started. So, first of all, you must know the internal address of the router in order to enter the router's admin area. By the way, you can get into the admin panel, even with mobile phone(if you didn't know). Very convenient, block MAC: addresses from your phone and surprise your friends nearby =D. Or go in, drive vk.com into forbidden sites and look at people's panic) In general, the TP-LINK admin panel (if you haven't changed anything) is 192.168.1.1. How to find out what your admin address is. Go to network connections and look at the DNS address or default gateway
We look at the status of the network to which you are connected (via a cord - Ethernet, via wi-fi Wireless) 
Let's go to the details ... The address, which is the address of the router there. 
More easy way. Press winkey + R , type cmd . And in the black window, drive in, Ipconfig / all 
We are looking for our connection and our main gateway in the list. I have a connection from a router, via a LAN cable, so I have Ethernet connection
Got the address. Opened any browser. Enter. 192.168.1.3 (In your case, most likely 192.168.1.1) The default login and password are admin and admin. If it was changed, then you should have been informed about it.
Login to admin and go to system tools. Firmware update. In the hardware version, look at our firmware version. I can see V8. We remember the version and firmware. My firmware version is 140228 . In router version 8. WR841N v8 00000000. 
So, after that you need to download the firmware. We enter on the resource http://www.tp-linkru.com TL-WR841N. Only in your case, your model.
Selected - Downloads - and v8 - firmware (in your case it may be different, but I have version 8)
See if our latest firmware. My firmware is 140228, apparently the latest. I just updated the video that I shot before the article =). 
You are downloading the latest firmware. And unzip it. To be in .bin format 
Before the firmware I will say a few words. Desirable do not use wi-fi(although they don’t write about it now, maybe it’s already possible) Look at the settings of the router. Go to Network - WAN. If there is a dynamic Ip, then most likely to reflash TP Link router you can safely. If not, copy the settings. You then drive them in manually. The only thing else, look and copy the Mac address. It happens that it was changed. This can be done in the field “Clone Mac Address” 
I repeat again. It is important to reflash from the lace. From network. One end in the router, the other in a laptop or desktop PC. Rj-45 power cord.
All. Go to System Utilities
– Firmware update- Select a file. And let's update.
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How to find out the firmware version of a TP-Link router?
At the first stage, you need to find out what firmware is installed on your router and its hardware version. From this information you will start when choosing a new software for the device. The hardware version is indicated on the label on the bottom of the router. On it you can see the serial number of the router and the version indicated in the form Ver: "value"(example: Ver: 4.0), or indicated by the last two characters next to the serial number:
If, for some reason, you cannot determine the hardware version on the sticker, then you can find it out through the WEB interface, where you will also find out the software version. To get to the WEB-interface, you will need to enter in the address bar of the browser IP 192.168.0.1 , or enter the address http://tplinkwifi.net . After switching to an IP address or domain name, an authorization window will appear on the screen (example):
The default login values are login "admin" and password "admin" if they haven't been changed before. After authorization is completed, you will be taken to the page for managing your device. To find out the information you need, go to the menu "System Tools" and select "Firmware Upgrade"(update page you will need on last step), or item "Status"(router status):
Instructions for updating the firmware for TP-Link routers
So, the required information about the device is received. Now you can start updating. The best way update the firmware - download it from the official website, where you can find the latest updates for TP-Link routers. Official site - https://www.tp-link.com/ru-ua/ :
Here you need a menu item "Support". By going to the support page you will see a search field by model, as well as the item "Downloads":
The following are two ways to find the firmware for your device. The first is to directly enter your router model into the search bar. The second is to use the item "Downloads" and select it from the list of devices with your router using filters from the list below (note - only actual models, which are in production by TP-Link - to display discontinued models, you need to check the corresponding item):
For example, let's use TP-Link TL-WR840N:
All that is left is to select the hardware version that you learned earlier on the model page, go to the item "Firmware" and select from the list under information about software the necessary archive (information is recommended for reading in order to avoid incorrect updates, which may damage your equipment and void the warranty). The list contains new and alternative firmware for TP-Link routers:
After downloading the appropriate archive for the hardware version of the desired device with the firmware suitable for you, you need to unpack it and then download the contents through the previously mentioned menu item Firmware Upgrade. Important: in no case do not turn off the power of the router during the update! This may damage your device.
Important tip: before updating the software, it is recommended to save the current settings, as they will be reset to factory settings during the update. You can do this through the menu item "Backup & Restore", through which, using the created settings file, you can restore your own.
So, you have completed the update of your router and now you can use its updated functionality!
However, sometimes you can achieve a completely different result than you expected - if it happens that you put the wrong update, this creates a problem that it is impossible to use it. Therefore, the Comtrade online store offers an additional brief instruction on restoring the router in a similar situation.
Restoring a TP-Link router after an unsuccessful firmware
The simplest and natural way- just reset the router to factory settings. But in most cases, when installing an incompatible update, this method is unlikely to help. Since this situation voids the warranty, you can try to debug it yourself using alternative way. We must immediately warn you that this method does not work on all models and is used at your own peril and risk, so we do not guarantee a 100% result. To restore you will need the so-called "correct" firmware (with your hardware version and localization, and your firmware should not contain the word "boot") for your router, and a program called "ftpd". This software is free and available for download at http://tftpd32.jounin.net/ . Now you need your firmware. Unzip the archive and rename the file to "your device_tp_recovery.bin". Examples for TL-WR840ND and with hardware versions V5: wr840ndv5_tp_recovery.bin And wr841ndv5_tp_recovery.bin respectively. The hardware version is just as important. Having done this, place the renamed file in the same folder with the program "ftpd".
After carrying out these manipulations, you need to change one network parameter of the router, namely, update the IP address. To do this, find the network icon in the lower right part of the screen and right-click on it, in the menu that opens, click "Network and Sharing Center", then press "Change adapter settings". A window will open with a list of connected network devices. Click with the right key computer mouse under the item "Local network" (the name can be "The local network" or Ethernet- depends on which OS you are using, since the example is given on Windows OS), then you should select "Properties". A new window will open where you need a list of used components. Now you need to click in another window that opens "Properties", after marking the component called "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)". As a result, you should see something like:
After selecting an item, enter in the appropriate field:
- For TP-Link TL-WR1042 and TL-WR842 hardware version V1 IP address 192.168.1.66
- For any other models - IP address 192.168.0.66
(If none of the above addresses work, try the IP 192.168.0.86 )
To cell "Subnet mask" value should rise 255.255.255.0 . Now you need to return to the folder with the renamed firmware file and the program "ftpd". In this case, the router must be connected to a PC or laptop via an Ethernet cable using local network. Run the program "ftpd" with administrator rights (open the context menu with the right mouse button, select "Run as administrator"). In the window that opens, you will see a field called "Server Interface", in which you need to select the previously set IP in the network settings. Once selected, click on the value "Show Dir". The renamed firmware file, placed in the same folder with the program, should be indicated here. If you did everything correctly, now you need to turn on the power of the router (we remind you: the device must be connected to the personal computer via an Ethernet cable at this point) and hold down the WPS / Reset button. At this point, you should see on the screen that the update process has begun. If this does not happen, turn off the router, hold down the WPS / Reset button and reconnect the power. All that remains is to wait for the end of the update process and automatic reboot router after this operation. Now that you have completed all of the above manipulations, you should again access the device settings.
Important: if everything worked, do not forget to change the value back in the local network settings "Use the following IP address" back to "Obtain an IP address automatically".
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