- Download the factory binary link (download page)
- consider downloading from the tp link page associated with your country, as directed on the page
- the download linked to by the openWRT wiki did not work for me
- Extract the
.bin
file from the zip and rename it:wr810nv1_tp_recovery.bin
- On Ubuntu (verified on 18.10) install tftpd-hpa:
sudo apt install tftpd-hpa
- Create the default tftp directory:
/var/lib/tftpboot
- Move
wr810nv1_tp_recovery.bin
to/var/lib/tftpboot
- In the gnome network manager, set the IPv4 address to manual,
192.168.0.66
with mask255.255.255.0
- Connect an ethernet cable between the computer and the WAN/LAN port of the router
- Restart the tftp daemon to be sure:
sudo systemctl restart tftpd-hpa.service