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Written by Shawn
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Monday, 21 August 2006 |
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Well now that we have a set IP we can TFTP the DD-WRT image to the router. To do this we need to open the Linksys TFTP tool we downloaded earlier. When you open it you will be presented with this:
We need to enter the Server name as 192.168.1.1 and the password will be blank. The file is the dd-wrt.v24_micro_generic.bin that we downloaded earlier, or the update micro generic version you downloaded from the DD-WRT website. Go ahead and leave the retry to 3 times, when you have all the info in it should look like this:
With that all in go ahead and click upgrade. DO NOT REBOOT OR POWER CYCLE THE ROUTER. It will do so itself after it has upgraded. It will take anywhere from 1-10 minutes to complete the flashing process. If the power is interrupted before the router reboots itself, you've got a 60 dollar paperweight. After the router reboots itself, you will have access to the DD-WRT interface at http://192.168.1.1. The default login and password for DD-WRT is User : root and Password : admin . After doing this proceedure you can update to future versions of DD-WRT with the DD-WRT web gui, much the same way we uploaded the first file in the Linksys web gui. At this point you should revert your IP address settings we changed earlier to Obtain an IP address automatically. Well have fun with your new linux running Linksys WRT54G!
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