TL-WR842ND

Specs

SoC : AR7241 (v1) AR9341 (v2)
RAM: 32 MB
Flash: 8 MB

Versions Supported

v1
v2

Flashing TL-WR842ND using tftp recovery mode

Press and hold WPS/Reset button, and power on router
Wait until Lock LED lights up before releasing WPS/Reset button
Router has IP address: 192.168.0.86
Router is standing by for a tftp server to appear with wr842nv2_tp_recovery.bin file using IP address: 192.168.0.66

Example commands using Parabola GNU/Linux

Configure PC IP address to 192.168.0.66

ip addr add 192.168.0.66/24 dev enp3s0

Copy downloaded image into tftp server directory also renaming it to wr842nv2_tp_recovery.bin

cp librecmc-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr842n-v2-squashfs-factory.bin /srv/tftp/wr842nv2_tp_recovery.bin

Start tftpd

systemctl start tftpd.socket

systemctl start tftpd.service

After a short time all LEDs will flash once then router will reboot normally

Reset instructions

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