Flashing MK3 AP51

[GamerRPK]

I got an alfa ap51 from a friend and for some dumb reason i hit the reset button on the bottom when i couldn't get in and now the web ui will not load.

The LEDs for power and ethernet come on but not wifi (even though it is broadcasting the pineapple ssid) I can SSH to it over ethernet and wifi but can't get much further then that.

I've followed Mr.Protocol's guide on how to flash the fw a few times to re-load the firmware with AP51 Flash GUI versions 1.0-42 & 1.0-42111

it get's to the point where the tool says my ip is 192.168.0.0 (even though it's 172.16.42.42) and the tool just sits there, I let it run over night for ~ 8 hours twice, one time each on 2 different computers.

I downloaded the MK3 fw from Mr-Protocol dropbox link and from Sebkinne's forum post for 2.1.2.

I tried to load an earlier version to see if that worked, no dice.

Any advice is appreciated

thx

[Mr-Protocol]

I can't remember what it's doing when it hangs there. Try running the program "As Administrator". Oh also make sure you have winpcap installed AND running. I remember having to start it manually via command line and then trying the flashing process.

The loader will use the active winpcap running to change the IP and flash the router.

Good Luck.

[GamerRPK]

Thanks for the advise.

I was running the flash tool as admin, and i did verify that win p cap service was running, but 2 things dawned on me based on your post, Windows was treating that network as public and the firewall was enabled, i tried it w/o the firewall active, didn't work. i know Win7 can be fickle about programs making changes so i set the ip to 192.168.0.100 and the flash worked.

Thanks

[Mr-Protocol]

No problem, glad you got it working. It's been a while since I've done troubleshooting on Mark 3s.