I've got the linksys fw back on mine but the 2.4ghz thorough put (spelled wrong) I'm sure. Is only half of my 30Mbps down that I normally get. So I'm not sure if something is screwed up. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
I'm not knowledgable about these things. Why do I need to flash a dd-wrt build on it using the html file you uploaded? What is the difference between flashing it using that over flashing it using the linksys update tab? _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
I'm not knowledgable about these things. Why do I need to flash a dd-wrt build on it using the html file you uploaded? What is the difference between flashing it using that over flashing it using the linksys update tab?
It's the same.
This file is only usefull for people who cannot access the UI.
Malachi am I correct in thinking you can access the router through serial port? If yes, then I think you don't need flashing. _________________ http://www.speedtest.net/result/3915993898.png
DO NOT 30-30-30 or erase nvram newer routers! It can brick them.
EA6700: Build 27745 (nvram below 32K, ipv6 - HE 6in4)
E4200: Build 26587
WRT54GL: Retired - waiting in the closet for an emergency.
No. I'm afraid to screw it up. This is a different unit than that one.
I got this used, it was stuck in a boot loop.
I was able to recover it with serial connection.
It's running the latest linksys fw. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
I looked closer at some of my backup configfiles, wich turned out to be
pure gzip files with a header. Unzipping them gave me a 60k'ish binary file.
Examining this file, my nvram values don't start before offset 0x00B800.
Anything before this is just information about connected computers...
(Who knows why they put that in the backup file...)
Anyway... I extracted the nvram values, and turned them into dd-wrt format.
This way, I had two methods of restoring my nvram values.
About flashing and nvram values...
Having dd-wrt on the router, I used tftp for getting the original firmware
and the 60k~ish binary nvram file onto the router.
Since I could not get the dd-wrt interface to flash consistently,
I used "mtd write fw.bin linux", wich worked fine every time.
I then used "mtd write 60k_file.bin nvram" wich also worked fine.
Now, nvram show all didn't show what I expected :/
So, using that little html file from _Robb_ I reflashed dd-wrt,
and used tftp to get the firmware back on the router once again...
Again, I flashed using "mtd write fw.bin linux".
Next, I prepared the "nvram show all" command *without* pressing enter!.
I then used the dd-wrt web interface to load my transformed backupfile.
Immediately after it finished uploading the transformed backup I switched
back to telnet and pressed enter.
This time it showed me the original nvram values from the linksys cfg file.
So I guessed it should now be working, but it didn't.
The linksys firmware doesn't seem to read/write the variables the same
way as dd-wrt does.
I made a little test like this to check it out in dd-wrt:
"nvram backup filename.bin"
If memory serves me right, this gave me a file identical to the one you get from
dd-wrt's web interface. I actually expexcted a raw binary file, but nooo..
So the nvram read/write functions seem to not be compatible between these two
firmwares !?? Can anyone confirm this?
So, I though... if we can flash the firmware using that little script from _Robb_,
then we should also be able to do the same with the configuration backup files.
So I took apart the latest official linksys firmware, and I am now examining all
the lua scripts in the jnap folder. So far nothing, ( haven't spent much time on it yet )
Taking this firmware apart gave me another idea, also not tried yet...
If the problem regarding the nvram values is indeed because the two programs store and
read it differently, it should be possible to copy the linksys version onto a running
dd-wrt and see what happens
Maybe some of this info is useful for someone "out there"
Anyone else having trouble with media prioritization or WMM with stock firmware? This thing limits my bandwidth to all my devices except high priority, even when disabled and 2000000 entered into downstream bandwidth.
I sure hope someone gets some kind of custom firmware running on this thing soon!
Here's the thing. I picked this router up at a thrift store for $3. Yes, you heard me. It powers up and works fine but as has been stated already, the stock FW is useless. I was really excited when I picked this up for $3. This thrift store is notorious for doing this -- for electronic items they don't understand they just price them really low because they think they are garbage. Well, the current FW makes this unit junk... but I hope DDWRT can change that. If this thing is not DD-WRTable, please just say it so I can sell this on eBay and at least make a little profit on it.
Here's the thing. I picked this router up at a thrift store for $3. Yes, you heard me. It powers up and works fine but as has been stated already, the stock FW is useless. I was really excited when I picked this up for $3. This thrift store is notorious for doing this -- for electronic items they don't understand they just price them really low because they think they are garbage. Well, the current FW makes this unit junk... but I hope DDWRT can change that. If this thing is not DD-WRTable, please just say it so I can sell this on eBay and at least make a little profit on it.
Sell it. Don't expect an answer. I've given up. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
