| Upgrading the OpenWRT version on WRT54G nr. 2 | ||
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 | The LinkSys WRT54G revisited (with openWRT) |  |
| Upgrading the OpenWRT version on WRT54G nr. 2 | ||
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| | The LinkSys WRT54G revisited (with openWRT) | |
Connecting the LinkSys device
We connect a PC to one of the LAN jacks of the WRT54G.
The WAN jacks is connected to our gateway.
Fetching the new image
The latest OpenWRT version at the time of writing is backfire 10.03, and according to the docs on flashing the device, we should pick an image according to chipset and clock frequency.
user@PC:~$ wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03/brcm47xx/openwrt-brcm47xx-squashfs.trx
user@PC:~$ scp openwrt-brcm47xx-squashfs.trx root@192.168.1.1:/tmp
Flashing the LinkSys WRT54G
root@WRT54G:~$ mtd -r write /tmp/openwrt-brcm47xx-squashfs.trx linux
Unlocking linux ...
Writing from /tmp/openwrt-brcm47xx-squashfs.trx to linux ... [w]
Rebooting ...
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