we'll know when someone buys one and tries to install DD-WRT on it. by doing so, you will lose any of the T-Mobile functionality though.
The only way I can think of that this router would not be flashable to DD-WRT is if T-Mobile or Asus manages to disable the GUI update firmware feature(maybe they don;t give your the Administrator password?) or the hardware recovery function/tftp server. _________________ Please state what make and model router plus the build number and type of DD-WRT you are using. Screen prints and a network diagram can are also helpful. Before you create a new post, use the search function. Chances are your issue has happened to someone else.
The previous t mobile routers were NOT easily upgraded to dd-wrt. They were Linksys G units. _________________ SIG:
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I had a Linksys WRT54G-TM. Nothing about upgrading it to DD-WRT was difficult. Was sorry to sell it when I let it go. It took Tomato or DD-WRT just fine. _________________ Jim
Netgear R7000
Kong's 24800M OC to 1200,800
Previously:
Asus RT-N66U
Linksys E3000
Linksys WRT54GS Version 2.1
Buffalo WHR-HP-G54
Linksys WRT54G Version 1.1
I had a Linksys WRT54G-TM. Nothing about upgrading it to DD-WRT was difficult.
...because tornado and others spent a long time to figure out the cfe upgrade. THEN it was easy. _________________ SIG:
I'm trying to teach you to fish, not give you a fish. If you just want a fish, wait for a fisherman who hands them out. I'm more of a fishing instructor.
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I don't recall having to modify the CFE on my WRT54G-TM version. _________________ Jim
Netgear R7000
Kong's 24800M OC to 1200,800
Previously:
Asus RT-N66U
Linksys E3000
Linksys WRT54GS Version 2.1
Buffalo WHR-HP-G54
Linksys WRT54G Version 1.1
If you log into the router and there is proprietary tmobile firmware there, especially if the router is not at the default ip (the wrt54g-tm was at 192.168.0.1) the router will almost certainly require a different cfe to flash it to dd-wrt.
Tornado has not been around for years and I don't know of anyone else, maybe Barryware, who has the skills to create the appropriate file. I once worked with tornado on something similar, and I rarely had ANY idea what he was talking about.
My bet would be that this will not be simple. Hence my earlier warning. But we won't know until someone gets one and can tell us what is inside. _________________ SIG:
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 20:11 Post subject:
why would you want to lose the capability that the t-mobile router has by putting dd-wrt on it?
From what I understand, the router will have the capability for your cell phone to connect to it via cell phone digital frequencies and you won't use up any of your phone minutes.
The wrt56g-tm router had some special stuff in it's firmware so it would spare the battery of you phone device but it was more or less just a router.
I would suspect that the existing firmware on the device will not allow 3rd party firmware just like the TM and the Rogers RG.
If you get past that, the cfe will not allow it (speculation based on past experience) _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
@Murrkf: How/why is the default LAN IP address correlated with firmware?
Because a different stock IP would increase the likelihood that they have changed from a stock CFE....as they did in the past. _________________ SIG:
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Well the router doesn't have any special software on it allowing for cell service. It has QOS predefined for T-Mobile voip service. Cell service would be different hardware not software. As to the ability to do it. its all conjecture till i have one in my hands and see if they did anything fancy to it. _________________ EA-6900
Asus 68U
why would you want to lose the capability that the t-mobile router has by putting dd-wrt on it?
Maybe some people just want a $200 router that runs DD-WRT for 25$? _________________ Please state what make and model router plus the build number and type of DD-WRT you are using. Screen prints and a network diagram can are also helpful. Before you create a new post, use the search function. Chances are your issue has happened to someone else.
