I would say it is really weird and stupid to write an AC68U CFE to AC88U. But i did it.
Sorry the story is a bit confusing but I know i need to explain what happened, before some experts here could help me. So, here it goes...
I have AC88U*1 and AC68U*1 (which was TM-AC1900 and I got it from someone else. It was flashed to AC68U before I got it).
I was always using Merlin and recently I noticed 384.14 was released with Aimesh support. I decided to upgrade and use 88U as router and 68U as aimesh node. Both routers were upgraded successfully, while I cannot find the 68U node on 88U. I googled and noticed this may due to the CFE on 68U was not supporting aimesh. As directed (https://cfeditor.feng.si/) I modified the CFE and got the CFE file downloaded to my laptop.
As I have 2 routers, I connect my laptop to the 88U (via wifi) to connect to internet to search, and connect to 68U via LAN cable to do flash. (not at the same time, 1 connection at one time only) To flash the 68U, I need to disable WIFI (disconnect from 88U) and connect LAN cable manually to 68U. But the sad thing is, after I download the modified CFE for 68U, i forgot to disconnect the WIFI and connect LAN...
Then i connect to 192.168.1.1, upload the CFE and use the command below:
./mtd-write new_cfe.bin boot
It wrote the 68U CFE to 88U...
At this point I suddenly realized what a stupid thing I just did... but i cannot revert it.
Now my 88U is not working and i cannot even ping it.
Could any guru give me any clue, how could I possibly save it?
Sorry the story is a bit confusing but I know i need to explain what happened, before some experts here could help me. So, here it goes...
I have AC88U*1 and AC68U*1 (which was TM-AC1900 and I got it from someone else. It was flashed to AC68U before I got it).
I was always using Merlin and recently I noticed 384.14 was released with Aimesh support. I decided to upgrade and use 88U as router and 68U as aimesh node. Both routers were upgraded successfully, while I cannot find the 68U node on 88U. I googled and noticed this may due to the CFE on 68U was not supporting aimesh. As directed (https://cfeditor.feng.si/) I modified the CFE and got the CFE file downloaded to my laptop.
As I have 2 routers, I connect my laptop to the 88U (via wifi) to connect to internet to search, and connect to 68U via LAN cable to do flash. (not at the same time, 1 connection at one time only) To flash the 68U, I need to disable WIFI (disconnect from 88U) and connect LAN cable manually to 68U. But the sad thing is, after I download the modified CFE for 68U, i forgot to disconnect the WIFI and connect LAN...
Then i connect to 192.168.1.1, upload the CFE and use the command below:
./mtd-write new_cfe.bin boot
It wrote the 68U CFE to 88U...
At this point I suddenly realized what a stupid thing I just did... but i cannot revert it.
Now my 88U is not working and i cannot even ping it.
Could any guru give me any clue, how could I possibly save it?