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Re: My Shield does not boot.

Posted by hans2 on Mar 01, 2016; 5:43pm
URL: https://itus.accessinnov.com/My-Shield-does-not-boot-tp235p236.html

Hi

the easiest mode to debug is the router mode (R). See http://itus.accessinnov.com/Tutorials-f108.html for the admin guide and console cable

Connect your network WAN to the ETH0
Connect your network LAN (laptop) to EHT2
Start shield, wait a few minutes.
Check if your laptop receives an IP address. (10.10.10.?)

Then check in your browser if http://shield.lan or https://shield.lan (or replace shield.lan with 10.10.10.111).

Another way to check what is going on is using a console cable (where to get: link). This allows you to see what Shield is doing while booting - even if the web or SSL is not working.


A last option is to use TFTP to repair a broken stage 1 boot loader. I haven't done this myself, Roadrunner42  is one of the local experts ATM.
However since Shield is based on OpenWRT, it should be possible to replace a broken boot loader using TFTP. These are the links i've gathered just in case:

https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/tftp.overview
https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.flashing.tftp
https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.debrick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGRCg8t5kLI&ab_channel=GabrielRodriguez

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