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Turn your $60 router into a $600 router

15K views 140 replies 40 participants last post by  V8Drover  
#1 ·
Of all the great DIY projects at this year's Maker Faire, the one project that really caught my eye involved converting a regular old $60 router into a powerful, highly configurable $600 router. The router has an interesting history, but all you really need to know is that the special sauce lies in embedding Linux in your router. I found this project especially attractive because: 1) It's easy, and 2) it's totally free.

So when I got the chance, I dove into converting my own router. After a relatively simple firmware upgrade, you can boost your wireless signal, prioritize what programs get your precious bandwidth, and do lots of other simple or potentially much more complicated things to improve your computing experience. Today I'm going to walk you through upgrading your router's firmware to the powerful open source DD-WRT firmware.

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/t...ter-178132.php

Updated Firmwares:
DD-WRT v23 SP2 mini firmware
DD-WRT v23 SP2 standard firmware
 
#11 ·
Nice find...oh is that a Linksys WRT54GL sitting over there on my workstation...?
Why yes it is...what will we do?!
 
#12 ·
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Originally Posted by wudaddy
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Okay I'm going to try this on my WRT54GS (Linksys Wireless G Speedbooster). Should I download the SP2 one?

That's the router I have... let me know if it works well for you!
 
#18 ·
Reading up on it now. Got a WRT54G.

You have to flash with the "Mini" version first, then to whatever you want I think. Still reading up about it.
 
#19 ·
just want to say, before anyone does this....

Check what version of router you have!!! its on the bottom near the serial number, if you flash it with the wrong version you will brick your router.

thats the only thing I have yet to see anyone here talk about.
 
#20 ·
Yep.

v3.0 here. (3.1 woulda been better, but hey. I can always OC it myself.
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#24 ·
Dooders.

>_>

Do NOT flash. The password on the site is not what it says it is. They say root is the username, and the password is blank. Doesn't work. No combination of either works, blank, nothing.

Sigh.

Now I got a dead router because I can't flash back without the password. ;_;

*edit*
Type in my router address, get this, click on anything else, asks for a password.
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#25 ·
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Originally Posted by The Pook
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Dooders.

>_>

Do NOT flash. The password on the site is not what it says it is. They say root is the username, and the password is blank. Doesn't work. No combination of either works, blank, nothing.

Sigh.

Now I got a dead router because I can't flash back without the password. ;_;

*edit*
Type in my router address, get this, click on anything else, asks for a password.
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Did you try the password that you previously had on it? There is a way to keep your "previous" settings, and this could be the case. Also what password did you try?