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Ditched LinkSys Firmware in my WRT150n

Been fighting this cable router for a while. Symptoms were that when it gets a lot of traffic, it just stops working, requiring a reboot (unplug and plug back in). Then it is all happy again.

After playing with LinkSys support again for a few hours on the 23rd, I decided to try something new.

I actually have two routers available, I was having similar issues with my WRT-350N. So I looked up DD-WRT an alternative firmware based on Linux for my router. I found that they didn’t support the 350N so I tried it on the WRT150N instead.

Upgrading it was very simple.

First I downloaded both the mini and generic files.
I wrote down the NAT settings since that was the only really thing that I can’t rebuild from memory.
I then loaded the mini firmware first.
After I logged in again, I then loaded the generic software second.

After resetting up the NAT’s and configuring the rest of the normal configuration (like password change, administrative functions etc) it has been up and running since. Not a burp.

After I did the upgrade, I found a web page that had complete instructions for the same cable router:

URL:

http://www.coderetard.com/2008/05/30/installing-dd-wrt-firmware-on-a-linksys-wrt150n-wireless-router/

DD-WRT Home page can be found:

URL:

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/index.php

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27 December 2008 comment TrackBack-URI