Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:50 Post subject: Do not use Chrome for web installation!
First up, great write up. The tips about using telnet to swap partitions saved my bacon. I thought I'd done something wrong and reinstalled several times with what I thought was a bad or partial install. I got a mostly blank screen with some login/password boxes that don't work.
On a whim, I loaded the page in Safari instead of Chrome (I'd read not to use Firefox and thought Chrome was safest) and voila!
So, on a Mac at least, do not use Chrome, use Safari.
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:20 Post subject:
Try clearing your history on Chrome. I've had issues with Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari (mobile) at one point or another.
Clearing history / cookies usually resolved it. Sometimes a restart is also necessary. _________________ DD-WRT Installation & Setup TUTORIAL http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=311117
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:33 Post subject: Dude, you are amazing!
Your write-up is amazing and clear. Now I need to figure out if there is a way to play with these 2 partitions and boot alternatively as I wish.
That would make my day to run alternatively DD-WRT and stock firmware.
You might ask why ... well I am having since almost 2 years different versions of OpenWRT(Luci) and other firmware but the "quickest" and best responsive is the Linksys custom firmware.
I was able to do it as others have using v35531. And just a few minutes before this writing I changed the interface look and now I can no longer login. Who the hell would have thunk this would happen just be change the way the interface looks? I'd say this is a bug. Everything on the network is still working but it blows if I have to give it a different password everytime I want to change the way my interface looks. Why have the option if this is going to be the end result.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 21:01 Post subject:
As long as you are sure you have the correct firmware for your router and hardware version - it should work.
However, it seems that every now and then certain builds don't work. You may want to try first flashing to an earlier build and then try the stock firmware again.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 20:58 Post subject:
It could be that the Linksys Firmware is successfully flashed onto one partition, but the router boots into the DD-WRT partition afterwards.
You can easily check with
ubootenv get boot_part
Will produce three lines of text with the third being a number 1 or 2. That number is current partition.
ubootenv set boot_part opposite number from above
For example:
If current partition is 1, use following command:
ubootenv set boot_part 2
Then enter:
reboot
Router will boot into alternate partition which (hopefully) has Linksys firmware. If not, make a note of DD-WRT version number.
If both partitions have DD-WRT and other versions of DD-WRT have failed then the only other way to flash Linksys firmware is by accessing the serial port inside the router and using a USB-TTL cable.
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 13:11 Post subject:
It's possible the DD-WRT firmware was flashed successfully, but the router booted back to the former partition.
You can try manually switching to alternate partition with either of the two methods described in the Tutorial or flash the factory-to-ddwrt.bin again.
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