Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 16:25 Post subject: Trying to understand the naming convention of beta releases
Hi,
I am new to using DD-WRT but am planning on buying a Linksys E1200 to try and install it on.
I have read the installation page, the peacock thread and the Linksys E1200 v2 wiki page.
The latter says that I should install a specific version to which it provides a link for the initial flash from the OEM firmware and then that I should "Download an nv64k Upgrade build: K3X is recommended"
I'm not too sure what that means.
Having done various other searching around the subject, I found a youtube video that suggested I use:
dd-wrt.v24-19519_NEWD-2_k3.x_mega-nv64k.bin
But in the comments, somebody said it is out of date and to "learn the file structure and follow it on the main website to get to the right up to date one." But I don't know what that means.
I have also seen a suggestion on this forum to use:
But that is from nearly 2 years ago, so I'm not sure if that is still correct.
Please could somebody point me towards the correct version, and ideally explain how I should have been able to work this out (so that I can know if/when future updated versions are available).
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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:27 Post subject:
Hopefully, that will not have caveats. I don't have this router to know for certain about initial flash images being broken or not, but if you can upgrade to K3.x, that would be ideal. There is several posts I have made about my recommended install to current release upgrade path for Broadcom MIPS, just search my posts. _________________ "Life is but a fleeting moment, a vapor that vanishes quickly; All is vanity"
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