This is a summary of the process of flashing DD-WRT onto a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router.
Research Links – make sure to read about your own routers particulars if you are not doing the same model as I did. In this case I did a WRT54GL. This is where I got my information. You can probably skip all this if you have the same model router.
- Linksys WRT54G series
- DD-WRT: Installation – this is an overview of the process
- DD-WRT Forum Forum Index -> Broadcom SoC based Hardware – includes how to do the 30-30-30 hard hardware reset
- DD-WRT: Linksys WRT54GL
Steps
- Do the 30 30 30 reset
- download the firmware of choice: I used dd-wrt.v24_mini_generic.bin Put the MICRO or MINI build on this router first if you're upgrading from the stock Linksys firmware
- Use the firmware upgrade web interface to update your router with dd-wrt. DO NOT close your browser or interrupt the process until you are sure it has completed.
Once you have sucessfully completed these steps you can upgrade to a firmware version of your choosing as long as it is <4MB in size per the table in the Wikipedia entry for this router.
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