In the extreme case that a LAN Turtle has become permanently inaccessible or inoperative, there is a quick method for recovery using a dedicated recovery web interface.

  1. Download the latest LAN Turtle recovery image from the Hak5 Download Portal.

Silver Button

Silver Button

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Gold Button

Gold Button

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Jumper Pads

Jumper Pads

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  1. While holding the reset button, switch or jumper on the bottom of the LAN Turtle, plug the device into a computer and continue holding for the first 5 seconds during boot, then release. \

  2. Wait an additional 30-180 seconds to receive an IP address from the LAN Turtle.\

    Jumper pads for reset

    Jumper pads for reset

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Statically asigning IP in Kali

Statically asigning IP in Kali

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  1. Browse to the LAN Turtle firmware recovery web interface at http://192.168.1.1 and follow the on screen prompts to upload and flash the factory image downloaded in step 1.

LAN Turtle Recovery page

LAN Turtle Recovery page

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  1. Wait 5-10 minutes until flashing completes as indicated by a special LED blink pattern seen in the video above.

When the flash is complete the LAN Turtle will reboot and will be accessible again from 172.16.84.1 with the default username root and password sh3llz