Can't upgrade an 1811 router

alter-sol · ‎10-22-2012

this is probably an easy one for all of you folks...

trying to upgrade an 1811 to the latest firmware.

my diag...

Slot 0:

C1811 2FE V92 Mainboard Port adapter, 13 ports

Port adapter is analyzed

Port adapter insertion time unknown

EEPROM contents at hardware discovery:

Base MAC Address : 0015.f9c7.58c6

PCB Serial Number : FO*********

Hardware Revision : 4.0

Processor type : 93

Part Number : 73-9165-12

Board Revision : A0

Deviation Number : 0

Fab Version : 04

RMA Test History : 00

RMA Number : 0-0-0-0

RMA History : 00

MAC Address block size : 18

Chassis Serial Number : FT*********

Product (FRU) Number : CISCO1811W-AG-B/K9

Version Identifier : V12

Radio Country Code : 0020

Top Assy. Part Number : 800-26455-11

CLEI Code : CMME700BRA

EEPROM format version 4

EEPROM contents (hex):

0x00: 04 FF CF 06 00 15 F9 C7 58 C6 C1 8B 46 4F 43 30

0x10: 39 34 32 30 31 46 30 40 04 9C 41 04 00 09 93 82

0x20: 49 23 CD 0C 42 41 30 88 00 00 00 00 02 04 03 00

0x30: 81 00 00 00 00 04 00 43 00 12 C2 8B 46 54 58 30

0x40: 39 34 38 59 30 39 50 CB 92 43 49 53 43 4F 31 38

0x50: 31 31 57 2D 41 47 2D 42 2F 4B 39 89 56 31 32 00

0x60: D9 02 40 C1 4A 00 20 C0 46 03 20 00 67 57 0B C6

0x70: 8A 43 4D 4D 45 37 30 30 42 52 41 FF FF FF FF FF

0x80: 80 00 4F C4 80 20 FC A0 80 00 4F D4 00 00 00 00

0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 61 80 00 4F EC 80 21 00 94

0xA0: 80 00 4F EC 00 00 00 01 80 00 50 7D 00 00 00 61

0xB0: 80 00 4F FC 80 20 FC A0 80 00 4F FC 00 00 00 0D

0xC0: 80 00 50 1C 80 26 1C D8 80 00 4F 7C 00 00 00 01

0xD0: 80 00 50 1C 80 4A 00 00 80 4B B5 C4 80 4C 00 00

0xE0: 80 00 50 FC 80 20 9F A8 80 20 9E D4 20 00 00 08

0xF0: 02 00 92 20 80 00 50 1C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0x100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0x110: FF 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0x120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01

0x130: 80 00 53 F8 80 4A 00 00 80 4B B5 C4 80 00 50 7C

0x140: 61 00 50 8C 00 00 00 69 80 00 50 9C 80 21 00 94

0x150: 80 00 50 9C 00 00 00 69 00 00 00 1D 80 00 51 A4

0x160: 80 00 50 AC 80 26 25 88 80 00 50 B4 00 00 00 00

0x170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 63 80 00 50 CC 80 21 00 94

0x180: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 80 00 51 5D 00 00 00 63

0x190: 80 3D FF E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 3D FF C4

0x1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 51 04 00 00 00 00

0x1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 4B B5 C4 80 4C 00 00

0x1C0: 80 00 51 DC 80 20 9F A8 80 20 9E D4 20 00 00 08

0x1D0: 02 00 92 20 80 00 50 FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0x1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

0x1F0: FF 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Dual Band 802.11 A+B/G Radio Access Point

802.11 Radio0 EEPROM contents

Controller Type : 04C1

Hardware Version : 0100

Part Number : 74-3624-01

Serial Number : FO*********

EEPROM contents (word address: hex):

0x0080: 0602 2201 0205 8D80 005B 0522 4002 8954

0x0088: 2200 0205 1B00 00B7 0522 8002 12A8 2201

0x0090: 0205 3600 016E 0522 0002 2551 2202 0205

0x0098: 6C00 02DC 0522 8002 37F9 2203 0205 A200

0x00A0: 04C1 0100 2801 4A0E 0020 0020 0020 0020

0x00A8: 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020

0x00B0: 3341 3153 3433 3039 4F43 FF46 0000 0000

0x00B8: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010

802.11 Radio1 EEPROM contents

Controller Type : 04C1

Hardware Version : 0100

Part Number : 74-3624-01

Serial Number : FO*********

EEPROM contents (word address: hex):

0x0080: 0602 2201 0205 8D80 005B 0522 4002 8954

0x0088: 2200 0205 1B00 00B7 0522 8002 12A8 2201

0x0090: 0205 3600 016E 0522 0002 2551 2202 0205

0x0098: 6C00 02DC 0522 8002 37F9 2203 0205 A200

0x00A0: 04C1 0100 2801 4A0E 0020 0020 0020 0020

0x00A8: 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020 0020

0x00B0: 3341 3153 3433 3039 4F43 FF46 0000 0000

0x00B8: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010

just seems to always boot back to the original file and not the one i just tftp'd up. could it be that this router requires additional ram to support this ios?

file that i tftp'd to flash was

c181x-adventerprisek9-mz.151-4.M3.bin

butchie_t · ‎10-22-2012

Delete the old bin file and then reboot the router. It should then boot the new bin file.

alter-sol · ‎10-23-2012

Butchie - if I'm telling it to boot to the new file and its not. Doesn't it suggest that there is a problem with the new bin file? My fear is that if I delete the old bin file out it won't boot at all. I don't have access to any other bin files for the time being so i dont want to kill it completely.

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butchie_t · ‎10-23-2012

Johnathan,

When you say your are "telling" your router to boot to the new file and it is not, when it does boot do you see any errors listed during the boot-up sequence?

Based on your comments can I assume you have a command in your configuration file that looks something like the following:

boot system flash:c181x-adventerprisek9-mz.151-4.M3.bin or at least something along these lines?

If you have two bin files in your flash, the router will boot to the first one it sees listed consistantly. if the new bin file is the last in line, it will never be called to load.

If you are concerned about not having a working bin file to fall back onto, then save your working bin file to a tftp location. As a minimum if the router has issues with your new bin file, it will boot to rommon and you can get the working bin file back into the router from there. If you had memory limitations, you would have received an error of some sort during the tftp'ing of the new bin file that there was not enough room. Have you done an MD5 check to see if the bin file did infact transfer sucessfully?

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/iosimage.html

alter-sol · ‎10-23-2012

the usb/serial cable that i was using was causing my laptop to blue screen so i was telneting in and wasn't able to see any error on boot up. In any case...

boot: unsupported boot device "c181x-adventerprisek9-mz.151-4.M3.bin"

to answer your question yes i do have something in my command that looks like boot system flash....

it's clearly trying to boot from the file that i sent up and not the original without having to be deleeted. A

butchie_t · ‎10-24-2012

Then I believe your next step would be to compare the MD5 hash, and, more than likely, download that bin file again.