I am using a GL-iNet 4G Smart router.
“Unfortunately” i flashed a new firmware. And after that i am not able to get the WebUI.
It looks like the http server is not available on the new firmware and i need to install the same.
So i tried to ssh to root@192.168.1.1
But, the default password is not working. Is there any way to reset the password ? or anyway to get back my webUI ??
As mentioned in the link, i pressed the reset button, then powered on the device. The top most one on the 4 LEDs on the leftside of the router started blinking after 10 seconds.
After that, i tried to ping 192.168.8.1 after setting the IP address on host. It did not work. Ping failed.
i.e the WebUI of 192.168.8.1 is not working in my case.
So, i set the ip address of host to DHCP and it got 192.168.1.xxx as the ip address. And i was able to ping 192.168.1.1
Then i tried to ssh 192.168.1.1, but could not login yet.
on the 4gsmart router, i pressed the reset-button. Then connected the LAN cable with my ubuntu host machine.
Then powered on the device. The Power-on Indicator and 4 LEDs were on. And the top-most LED among the 4 started blinking.
I counted this for 5 seconds and there was no change.
The ipaddress is getting configured properly using DHCP. and i am able to ping to 192.168.1.1
but, to ssh and to login…the password issue !!
So just to add to the procedure.
Turn off the Mifi.
Connect a lan cable from another router/pc to the Lan port on the Mifi.
Press and hold the reset button, and at the same time power on.
Do not release the reset button.
The 4G led will blink 1 time. Ignore that blink
Now it will blink 5 times.
Exactly on the 5th time release the reset button.
You will see the 4g light blink 3 times rapidly.
This means you have done it correctly.
If you don’t get the 3 rapid blinks confirmation, then try again.
Then you follow the guide as before, setting a static Ip in your case in ubuntu.
The router will not give you an IP automatically, you must set it manually.
Thats the problem i am facing.
i tried ssh root@192.168.1.1 and it asked for password.
When i tried “goodlife”, it says permission denied.
I did not set any other password too !!
Factory reset with 5/8/10 secs of pressing reset button is not helping here.
The LED’s on the left side are just the charging circuit and they have nothing to do with the system itself. Blinking top one means its charging from 75% to full and not fully charged.
You flashed a firmware making it not working, you need to flash the firmware back. It doesn’t work with ssh or telnet.
As Johnex said, you need to use the following method to change back the firmware. It is uboot web failsafe mode. It doesn’t work with ssh, ping and telnet.
But the u-boot webUI is not working for me either.
i am not able to access https://192.168.1.1
I am able to ping it. But no webUI.
thats why i thought, i will try login in ssh prompt and try to see if there is luci…or to install it.
Like @alzhao said, make us a video so we can see exactly what is going on.
If you have no LED’s just the charging ones then there is something wrong if you are doing the procedure correctly.