[Commotion-discuss] How do you factory reset a Rocket?

[Adam Longwill]

When I put it into tftp I CANNOT ping it, which I find rather odd. set
myself to static: 192.168.1.10 with 255.255.255.0 but the ping requests
timeout. I'm having this problem with 4 seperate routers that all produce
SSIDs when booted normally.

Any idea why this is and what's causing it? It should be super simple to
flash them but... I can't even reach them in TFTP mode.

Adam


On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Ben West <ben at gowasabi.net> wrote:

> I've generally been able to put my Rocket M into TFTP/recover mode by
> holding down the reset button upon power-up for at least 15seconds.
>
> If you are able to get the unit into TFTP mode (i.e. it responds to ping
> at address 192.168.1.20), you can effect a factory reset by then simply
> uploading an image to reflash it, whether with stock UBNT firmware or
> OpenWRT/Commotion.
>
> http://wiki.ubnt.com/Firmware_Recovery
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Adam Longwill <adam.longwill at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This may seem like an asinine question but I'm stumped.
>>
>> We lucked into 5 Rockets (M2's and M5's!) last week and I'm trying to
>> reset them to factory defaults. As anyone who has played with ubnt routers
>> knows, they're finicky about resetting.
>>
>> What is the actual, honest-to-goodness, guaranteed-to-work way to factory
>> reset a Ubiquiti Rocket WITHOUT LOGGING IN? I have watched every video on
>> the web concerning this and read all Ubiquiti's documentation. Doesn't help.
>>
>> Here's what I do:
>> Device is off. I hold the reset button in. I power on the device.
>> Releasing after 8 seconds is supposed to put it in TFTP mode. Releasing
>> after 15 seconds resets it completely.
>>
>> The thing is, neither of these amount of times actually resets it and I
>> can't ping it when the lights are blinking 1 and 3 then 2 and 4. Upon power
>> cycling the router, the old SSID pops up on my wifi network monitor. It's
>> been rather frustrating. Can anyone shed some light on how to reset a
>> Ubiquiti rocket without logging in and resetting it?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Adam L.
>>
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