Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 23:52 Post subject: Can't get Belkin F5D7230-4 ver A000 to take the DD-Wrt
Router: Belkin F5D7230-4 ver A000
Just bought the router cause it looked like everyone had success with variants of this device. I'm trying to get the firmware on the router but I can't get tftp to transfer it on. It has continued to time out after restarting it, resetting, etc. I tried setting the timeout to 180 and continually tried restarting and resetting the device with no success.
I have tried it with:
dd-wrt.v24_generic-8184.bin
and
dd-wrt.v24_micro_generic.bin
I suspect that there currently isn't a dd-wrt that will work with this router. They will either say it isn't supported/won't be supported, or they will have to work on it and add it in. Seeing as how we have other Atheros Chipset routers on the list, I don't think it would be a huge deal to add it in. Then again, I could be wrong.
I would do that, but I don't see what good it is going to do, seeing as how I have already pulled the router apart and its running Atheros Chipsets, not Broadcom Chipsets. This thread needs to be moved to the Atheros Boards.
Does this mean I should be returning this device? At the time I was trying to find the cheapest device locally I could put dd-wrt on as a wireless access client.
If it's not going to be able to run dd-wrt I'll return it and try to pick something else up.