lonetraveller
DD-WRT Novice
Joined: 01 Aug 2016
Posts: 9
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 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 12:33 Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone for those invaluable suggestions....
Easily installed the new DDWRT Kong version.
My router is Linksys WRT1900 V2.
I used this simple method:
https://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=287813&sid=91f75cad4261b561b0173e72e9fec151
Going through some of the friend's posts I realized that most of failures/bricking happens in following situations:
- Following older OpenWRT or even DDWRT instructions for various way of resetting before or after firmware update (such as reset 30/30/30 rule) (In my case I did have to do any type of reset. After update and router restart - just needed to type in IP address (192.168.1.1)
- Not choosing correct version (V1/V2/ACS)
- Most important - and easily overlooked : DO NOT flash .bin file but the .img when you are updating with DDWRT for the first time (i.e. the router has no DDWRT firmware). I found a bit confusing the way the repository of the firmware files are grouped. Anyway, just need to grab the correct .img.
This is my 2 cents, from supernoob to other noobs! |
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