I did the same thing, to reinstall it, but I did that because I changed the radio signal up and the router locked up on the first try... since wifi signal was so weak... after upping it a few db it jammed.. so had to reflash it to factory, but i coudlnt get it to go so I did the same procedure he did there and FF's all around and no radio afterwards... and now it wont even let me install dd-wrt again in recovery mode (the 30-30 reset trick) the router just locks up... I can reflash with factory doing that though with no radios..and I can reflash with OpenWRT also that way with no radios... wlan0 radio0 and radio1 dont exist in OpenWRT after doing it... manually rebuilding the wireless config file was no help either
First, LAN speed test…I used “iperf” downloaded from http://www.noc.ucf.edu/Tools/Iperf/iperf.exe
I also used only two wired PCs connected to the router (nothing else connected), opened a command prompt on one of the two PCs and typed “iperf –s” to make it the Server PC. Then on the other PC (Client PC), I opened a command prompt, typed “iperf -c <ip of Server PC> -r -t 90 -i 5” and let it run.
DD-WRT Firmware--- Results were 625 Mbits/sec (74.5 MBytes/sec) average
Netgear Firmware--- Results were 640 Mbits/sec (76.3 MBytes/sec) average
Second, WAN speed test…my ISP advertised speed is 3000 down/350 up. Using http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest
DD-WRT Firmware--- Results were 3200 down/430 up
Netgear Firmware--- Results were 3190 down/428 up
The results show only a slight decrease in LAN speed and a slight increase in WAN speed compared to the stock Netgear firmware. All tests were performed three times for an average.
Do it. You'll likely be glad you did when you need your CFE. (Change the IP address in the link to your router IP address, if it is not at 192.168.1.1). If you have more than one router, make sure you rename your CFE.bin file so you can identify which router it is from, later. (e.g Asus520GUCFE.bin)
It would be nice if people would share this online in the CFE collection project sticky, but your MAC address is stored in the CFE file so some are reluctant to post this. You will lose your MAC address in CFE if you use someone elses CFE. There are ways to fix the MAC address though.
This site can be used to download CFEs, and upload ones that are not yet there:
url=ftp://ftp.barryware.net
username = dd-wrt
password = router
Joined: 27 Jun 2008 Posts: 88 Location: Europe / Austria / Vienna
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:54 Post subject:
Yes, my dd-wrt fw is working but my interfaces have fffff mac adresses and wifi is no working.
i can telnet and ssh to _________________ WNDR37000v1 @ DD-WRT v24-sp2 - build 18007
hmm k an different problem then mine I guess. Because I can't telnet but I can use tftp. I used tftp to get back to netgear but I can't flash back to dd-wrt.
I do have a Mac adress FFFFFFFFFFFF and my wireless radio's don't work.
If the router is booting and you are able to telnet to it, then I very much doubt that you need a boot loader,
you need a fresh config area instead.
Get yourself a serial TTL converter, either 3.3V TTL to 12V RS-232 for connecting to your pc's serial port or a 3.3V TTL to USB (mobile phone cable) for connecting to your pc's USB port.
You can then via a pc serial terminal program break into the U-Boot and rewrite the config area.
A U-Boot boot loader for the 3700 was uploaded earlier in this or the other 3700 thread. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
they seem to be one of the main things causing hard to fix problems with this router. If they are causing a problem it needs to be stated that no one should do these commands unless prepared to serial into the router.
Joined: 27 Jun 2008 Posts: 88 Location: Europe / Austria / Vienna
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 17:45 Post subject:
LOM wrote:
Get yourself a serial TTL converter, either 3.3V TTL to 12V RS-232 for connecting to your pc's serial port or a 3.3V TTL to USB (mobile phone cable) for connecting to your pc's USB port.
I dont have any TTL converter or something else. Is there no other chance to repair the config area? _________________ WNDR37000v1 @ DD-WRT v24-sp2 - build 18007
