I have a CPE510 I was trying to upgrade to 4.27.
When I booted the device under 3.XX (I don't remember the exact version but I think it was 3.22) I could not get root on the web interface but I could ssh as root. So uploaded the aredn-4.26.7.0-ath79-generic-tplink_cpe510-v3-squashfs-factory.bin to /tmp and tried using the sysupgrade command, getting
When I reran the command with -F I seem to have bricked the device. I can boot it into maintenance mode, and the TFTP upload of aredn-4.26.7.0-ath79-generic-tplink_cpe510-v3-squashfs-factory.bin works, but the device never boots up. After a while, I can see it sending out BOOTP broadcast requests. So it's partially booted but has no IP address.
Any ideas? DId the sysupgrade command trash by boot sector?
I was able to recover by setting up a BOOTP server with dnsmasq. Not sure why this was required, previous AREDN factory installs have come up on a fixed IP address.
When I booted the device under 3.XX (I don't remember the exact version but I think it was 3.22) I could not get root on the web interface but I could ssh as root. So uploaded the aredn-4.26.7.0-ath79-generic-tplink_cpe510-v3-squashfs-factory.bin to /tmp and tried using the sysupgrade command, getting
# sysupgrade -n /tmp/aredn-4.26.7.0-ath79-generic-tplink
_cpe510-v3-squashfs-factory.bin
Sat Mar 29 13:13:22 UTC 2025 upgrade: Image metadata not present
Sat Mar 29 13:13:22 UTC 2025 upgrade: Use sysupgrade -F to override this check when downgrading or flashing to vendor firmware
Image check failed
When I reran the command with -F I seem to have bricked the device. I can boot it into maintenance mode, and the TFTP upload of aredn-4.26.7.0-ath79-generic-tplink_cpe510-v3-squashfs-factory.bin works, but the device never boots up. After a while, I can see it sending out BOOTP broadcast requests. So it's partially booted but has no IP address.
Any ideas? DId the sysupgrade command trash by boot sector?
I was able to recover by setting up a BOOTP server with dnsmasq. Not sure why this was required, previous AREDN factory installs have come up on a fixed IP address.