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penthoy
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
seemed to worked fine, was easier than I imagined, and no renaming file, just have to click ok and next if it warns you for a format that's not supported.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 14:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
penthoy wrote:
seemed to worked fine, was easier than I imagined, and no renaming file, just have to click ok and next if it warns you for a format that's not supported.


First time you do it is scary, I know.
Glad it is went well and is working for you.

Now your next decision, when a new build comes out that you want to upgrade to will be do I keep the Linksys partition? I personally do as I like being able to run stock, DD-WRT, LEDE, Openwrt or Gargoyle. Having the Linksys UI available makes that easy. Just keep in mind there are 2 partitions on this router, the active one and an inactive one. When you flash new firmware it always gets loaded into the inactive one.

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LookingForMyMojo
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 15:12    Post subject: Reply with quote
I totally agree. Keep the Linksys firmware in a partition. Never need a serial cable if you do.
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edbob
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 17:39    Post subject: new wrt1200ac factory to dd-wrt.bin, then webflash.bin Reply with quote
Just got a couple new Linksys wrt1200ac v2 to replace a couple old buffalo wzr-300hp's for desktop client bridges. Under router database wrt1200ac found two files specifically stating 1- initial installation, and 2- dd-wrt linksys. No problem updating, all is well on both. Cheers!

v3.0 [Beta] Build 30796

1 WRT1200ACv2 Firmware: webflash image for inital installation factory-to-ddwrt.bin 2016-10-26 28,63 MB

2 WRT1200ACv2 Firmware: webflash image ddwrt-linksys-wrt1200acv2-webflash.bin 2016-10-26 28,63 MB
LookingForMyMojo
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 19:07    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just so you are aware, you now have ddwrt on both partitions.
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vit5421
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 19:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is the latest and greatest build to use instead of database:
ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2017/03-30-2017-r31791/
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