Whether you’re working with free or closed equipment, the underlying firmware can be a fragile beast. And neither are immune to the damages of human error. I’ll admit to putting my best foot forward on this site so I’m overdue to share some blunders which might serve as instructional material. Over the last couple weeks I had bricked some equipment in a bout of overconfidence. Some desktops and some routers each stricken down. Brick #1 While repurposing a media center desktop for a good...
