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Page 1 of 4 Tutorial on how to install DD-WRT on a Linksys WRT54G wireless router Version 5 or Version 6.
 Well now you've spent 50 or 60 bucks on this nifty Linksys WRT54G router and your prolly asking yourself the same question I did, what can I do with it now? Well with some searching I found I could install Linux on it and make it do many various thing that the VXworks firmware wouldn't let you. So if you are so inclined to install linux on it as well what follows is a rather simple tutorial on how to accompolish that!
First off you need to be aware that the possibility exists that you will turn your router into a brick, only be to be revived by the use of a JTAG connector. If you call Linksys for warranty service and tell them you bricked the router trying to install 3rd party firmware, they will most likely laugh at you! The only effects on your router I hold responsibility over is when your running Linux instead of the crappy VXworks firmware. I am not however responsible if you turn your router into a brick.
Also, ONLY do this on a WIRED ethernet connection, do not attempt to do this over a wireless connection. This is a somewhat delicate operation anyways, you don't need wireless' inherit packet loss to make it more delicate.
I didn't come up with this method first, so I must pay credit to who did, see the original article here!
Well now with that out of the way lets begin. First off you will need some files.
Now if you are upgrading a GS you will need some different files, download these instead of the first two.
Okay, the vxworks_killer_g_v06.zip, vxworks_killer_gs_v08.zip and the VXWorks Killer image tool, are interchangable you need to get one of them not necessarily both. The vxworks_killer_g and gs file has a generic MAC address in it and the VXWorks Killer image tool allows you to create a VXworks killer image with your mac address embedded in it. Also, you may want to check the DD-WRT website to see if there is anything newer thatn V24RC6.2. When downloading off the DD-WRT website be sure to download ONLY the micro generic version.
After you have all the files, we need to extract them to a temporary location. Then you need to point your web browser to http://192.168.1.1 to access your routers web-admin page.
From there we need to access the Administration tab.
When you get to the Administration tab, we need to access the Firmware upgrade tab
Then finially we arrive here.
We then need to hit browse, and then browse to the location in which you extracted all the files you downloaded earlier. Then select the vxworks_prep_v03.bin file. After that press the upgrade button on the web interface. After a few minutes your web browsers screen will go blank. At this point unplug the router from its power source and plug it back in, this is called power cycling. When I refer to power cycle the router in the future you will know what to do.
On the next page we will upload the VXworks Killer, and I will show you how to use the VXworks killer image tool.
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