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Atiq Ur Rahman Chaudhary Posted on Apr 19, 2012

TP-Link TL-WR642G recovery after failure upgrade to latest firmware

Today I tried to upgrade firmware of my WIFI router TP-Link Model: TL-WR642G, after 20% of successful upload of firmware image, it suddenly loose connectivity with my WiFi router. All LAN port lights except WiFi (WLAN) light are continuously on. but I'm not able to connect to my router. I connected Ethernet port with my laptop but LAN port status LED is still off on my laptop. It seems either Firmware is corrupted or malfunctioning and I'm not able to connect to my WiFi router. I tried to reset router configuration following hard reset method (by pressing reset button on panel) but no luck. Could you please help me to recover my WiFi router? Note: I tried to upgrade the latest firmware version that I downloaded TP-Link site.

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May find this page helpful. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...om_a_Bad_Fl ash Its not for the TP-Link router but the same principle could be applied to you with the correct firmware. Its worked for me on more than a few occasions. Providing you can ping the router via a lan cable then the chances of recovering it are very high.

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    may find this page helpful.http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...o... ash Its not for the TP-Link
    router but the same principle could be applied to you with the correct
    firmware. Its worked for me on more than a few occasions. Providing you
    can ping the router via a lan cable then the chances of recovering it
    are very high.

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  • Posted on Jan 13, 2012

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  • Posted on Aug 26, 2011

SOURCE: HOW TO CONFIGURE TP-LINK TL-WR642G

Hi. simple step to configure your router is use your router manufacture cd and follow instruction in time your install with cd
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SOURCE: Hello , my problem is

Try resetting your router by pressing the reset button at the back. If that doesn't work, see if you can reinstall the firmware using a different method than using the modem interface. Did the manufacturer supply a CD with the modem? Maybe you can use that to install firmware as well.

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  • Posted on Nov 23, 2011

SOURCE: After using TP-Link TL-R480t+ Router Video streaming from internet at sites such as youtube does not work at all

Hi ,This is Clare Su from TP-LINK support technical force.To you issue,I have the following recommendations:1. try to use only one line to connect to the internet,and see if you can watch the video on youtube2.if you can see the video with one line connected to the internet.Then,you can get another internet line with the router.And you can try to set the rule to the website: youtube, let the flow from youtube come in and out just from one wan port.if you can't solve the issue with my recommendation,you can email me. I will help youas soon as possible.My email is:clare.su from tp-link.com

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