Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:25 Post subject: D-Link DSL-2640B
Hey all, I've hit a brick wall here. I have a D-Link 2640B that I am trying to flash with the DD-WRT firmware. Now, this router is not listed as supported. But I believe I should be able to use the "standard Generic" firmware since this router does have a Broadcom chipset. I cannot seem to find any specs on the flash chip that is in the router, but given the fact that it looks like it has 128 mb of ram, I suspect it will be more than the obligatory 2 megs. I did try flashing this router with V.24 standard generic firmware and got a file error message during the flash. then it told me to flash it with firmware from my ISP...so I flashed it with the OEM firmware. Now I'm back where I started. Any hints as to what my next move should be would be great.
Flash Chip: AAM6020VI-DL1 (couldn't find ANY information on this chip. Other numbers that appear below this one are "306041G00 S8" and "MXI 870E)
@Sash, if you read this, and decide to post that there is no support...don't bother. I know there is no official support for this model, but I am lead to believe it has 4 MB flash memory, and it has a Broadcom chipset, per the Wiki I should be able to flash this router. I just need some idea as to which version of the firmware to use. Do I need to perform a "kill" on the current firmware, should I install a smaller or larger version of the generic firmware? Thanks!!!
It is naive to think you can flash dd-wrt onto any router just because it has a broadcom chipset. The recent broadcom routers that could be supported have taken hours and hours of work. Hundreds of hours by people who know what they are doing. It is far more complex than identifying the chips. One has to deal with what is on them for starters. Checksums, firmware, bootloaders....lots of stuff. So, unless you are capable of dealing with this yourself at a much higher level, forget it.
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It is naive to think you can flash dd-wrt onto any router just because it has a broadcom chipset. The recent broadcom routers that could be supported have taken hours and hours of work. Hundreds of hours by people who know what they are doing. It is far more complex than identifying the chips. One has to deal with what is on them for starters. Checksums, firmware, bootloaders....lots of stuff. So, unless you are capable of dealing with this yourself at a much higher level, forget it.
It's called generic dude. I read the wiki page, it said that USUALLY a router with a Broadcom chipset, and 2 mb of flash memory can be flashed. call me naive if you want, but I have been researching this for two days. Your post was less than helpful, and quite frankly, insulting.
@phuzi0n...thanks for that info. You have been most helpful. I don't know if this is taboo or not, but do you know of any other open source firmware I could look into for this router?
It is naive to think you can flash dd-wrt onto any router just because it has a broadcom chipset. The recent broadcom routers that could be supported have taken hours and hours of work. Hundreds of hours by people who know what they are doing. It is far more complex than identifying the chips. One has to deal with what is on them for starters. Checksums, firmware, bootloaders....lots of stuff. So, unless you are capable of dealing with this yourself at a much higher level, forget it.
It's called generic dude. I read the wiki page, it said that USUALLY a router with a Broadcom chipset, and 2 mb of flash memory can be flashed. call me naive if you want, but I have been researching this for two days. Your post was less than helpful, and quite frankly, insulting.
@phuzi0n...thanks for that info. You have been most helpful. I don't know if this is taboo or not, but do you know of any other open source firmware I could look into for this router?
Nope, still naive. Generic means that it's a regular ordinary plane Jane build, nothing special about it other than normal dd-wrt features. Older Broadcom chipsets are NOT supported by the NEWD or NEWD2 drivers, thus those builds won't work on some routers. _________________ Click here for Eko beta Click here for Brainslayer beta >>>PEACOCK THREAD!<<<
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