Now leave the router for few minutes (2-15) and your ubiquiti router will have the new AirOs.Īnd if you are using a windows pc use this method:Ī. If you see some error it might be because you have entered the IP of the router incorrectly in step 4.c or you have entered the firmware location incorrectly in step 4.e Where the ‘firmware location’ is the location of the firmware you have downloaded if you have downloaded it in the desktop it might be: /home/username/Desktop/firmwarename.binĪfter which you should see an output like this: Where ‘router ip’ is the default IP of your ubiquiti router in almost every cases it is 192.168.1.20 ( Even if the default ip of your router when it is fully functional is 192.168.1.1) but in very rare case it might also be 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 or somewhere in the range 192.168.1.x, sometimes the IP of the router is pingable even in TFTP mode, so try to find this IP by pinging the IP range 192.168.1.x, or if it is not pingable try with 192.168.1.20 at first and if an error message comes at step ‘e’ try with other ips.
Now connect it to your ubiquiti router with following command: Now open the TFTP client with following command in terminal:Ĭ. First of all get the TFTP client in your pc by running the following command in the terminal:ī. If you are using a Linux PC follow this method:Ī. Now you need to get a TFTP client in your PC and upload the AirOs firmware to the device. But in the TFTP server mode the DHCP server will not be available in your device so set your local network connection as following on your Linux or Windows PC:Ĥ. Now you need to connect the Ethernet cable to your computer and the ubiquiti device. If you press the button for 8-9 seconds after the device is powered on then it will be set to the TFTP server mode or if you press it for more than 15 seconds all the settings of the firmware will be reset and the device will reboot.While your Ubiquiti device is on the TFTP server mode four LEDS of either WIFI signal or LAN connection will flash alternatively in the pair of two, or the LEDs will show some similar characteristics.ģ. To do so, get a small pen or similar object, power off your ubiquti device and press the reset button at the back or bottom of the device, power on the device while keep pressing the reset switch. Now you need to set your Ubiquiti device to the TFTP server mode. First of all Download the AirOs to which your current router’s firmware will be changed to, To download the AirOs go to this page: choose your ubiquiti device’s model ,choose the version you want to download and press the download button.
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To downgrade your current DDWRT or any third party router software to ubiquiti AirOs follow the following process: Prepare:ġ.
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But there is no easy way to revert back to AirOs from DDWRT using DDWRT web GUI or by reseting the router! Also if you ever come into the situation when you have upgraded your Ubiquiti router to a third party firmware and need to revert it back to the default AirOs then this post might be help full for you.
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But If you ever happen to install DDWRT for ubiquiti devices without much research you will come to know after updating the firmware that DDWRT only provides trial firmware for Ubiquiti devices and you need to buy an activation from DDWRT shop to continue using your router after 24 hour trial period.