MR3020 - Bricked?

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MR3020 - Bricked?
June 22, 2012 10:53PM
I suspect that I bricked my MR3020 during a PirateBox install; hopefully there's some recovery method, but I'm not hopeful.

The install process went fine. I don't plan on having my PirateBox online at all, so I skipped connecting it (did not edit the network config), and moved files over via USB. When I ran opkg to install, I noticed a few errors involving wget, but thought nothing of them - everything seemed to install and run fine. My laptop saw the wireless network, but was unable to connect; checking syslog shows that it's not pulling down an IP.

Curious, I hooked it up via eth0 again, and...it's not pulling down an IP there, either. I assumed that an unedited network config file would keep the PirateBox working as it did initially (allowing me to ssh back in via eth0), but currently I can't get in at all. Recovery mode doesn't help, since that involves being able to connect somehow!

Is there anything I can do to gain access to the MR3020 again, or should I just pitch it?
Re: MR3020 - Bricked?
June 23, 2012 05:36AM
I was able to recover the MR3020 - hammering the WPS light on boot brings it to recovery mode. This isn't mentioned in the wiki - it took a bit of searching to find - so I'll add it right away.
Re: MR3020 - Bricked?
June 23, 2012 07:59AM
Hi,
while installing the piratebox...ipk package, it is required to have internet access.

You may find some help here too: [github.com]

Matthias
Re: MR3020 - Bricked?
October 20, 2012 01:53AM
So I can not access the 3020 via SSH or telnet and now the WPS light won't blink on startup at all. What should I do?

Sean