Flashing WHR-G300N v2

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ClickRight
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 22:49    Post subject: Flashing WHR-G300N v2 Reply with quote
Hi All,

I've had nothing but success in flashing my WHR-G300N (v1) routers. I recently purchased another WHR-G300N which is a v2. I see in the wiki that It is supported, and I tried flashing the router with Tftpd and the supported firmware. Tftpd simply won't serve the firmware up to the router.

To verify that I was doing everything correctly, I took one of my v1 WHR-G300N routers and flashed it using the exact same firmware and procedure with no problem at all. Any idea as to why I can't flash my V2? Does anybody who has a V2 have any suggestions?
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ClickRight
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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2010 2:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does anybody know how to get this working? My attempts have been very unsuccessful Sad
fhb8233766
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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2010 16:56    Post subject: Reply with quote
perhaps you should not believe the wiki.if you have looked it up in the database,you will find out that v2 is not supported yet.You should notice the hardware difference between v1 and v2 in the wiki,so they just cannot share the same firmware
ClickRight
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 5:18    Post subject: Reply with quote
fhb8233766 wrote:
perhaps you should not believe the wiki.if you have looked it up in the database,you will find out that v2 is not supported yet.You should notice the hardware difference between v1 and v2 in the wiki,so they just cannot share the same firmware


OMG, no wonder it wasn't working! Please tell me where I can find this other database, thanks!
fhb8233766
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database
enter "g300n",then you will find some information you need
DoesItMatter
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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:22    Post subject: Reply with quote
DD-WRT Wiki: WHR-G300N v1
Chipset RaLink 3052
RAM 32 MB
FLASH 4 MB

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DD-WRT Wiki: WHR-G300N v2
Chipset Atheros7240
RAM 32 MB
FLASH 8 MB

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Completely different firmware would be needed.

You'll have to wait for Brainslayer to make a new build for the v2's.

Hopefully he will support them soon.

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natterjak
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:44    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

I just bought a WHR-G300N from Amazon and didn't realise they sent me the v2 version. The user reviews on the amazon site say it's compatible with DD-WRT but this must refer to the v1 unit.

I've tried and failed to use WDS to link to my existing Linksys WAG160N so unless Brainslayer will do a new build for this router I'll have to argue my case with Amazon for a refund.

Does anyone know how likely a DD-WRT build for this router is, whether I should take the chance to wait or try to return it?

TIA
natterjak
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:57    Post subject: Reply with quote
Apologies, I found the answer to my own question here. Looks like it is being worked on right now.
eibyer
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 14:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
Has anyone successfully flashed this router with the easy mehtod (using tft server). It won't do a thing for me Sad

I just raised this thread from the dead Smile
wenzhuo
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 22:47    Post subject: Reply with quote
I sucessfully flashed whr-g300nv2 last year using the web flash method, i.e. directly from the buffalo interface. I reverted back to buffalo firmware using tftp after experiencing wifi problems.

There is a howto for whr-g300nv2 in the router database.
eibyer
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 22:50    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, that's what I ended up trying and it worked so far. Hopefully no wifi problems here.
drlava
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
So far I have been using the 6-14-11 (r17201) brainslayer build with the WHR-G300N V2 and it's very stable. Some features don't work:

-Bridging mode (use the stock firmware for the remote bridge)
-dynDNS config page
-QOS routing

It's been at least 6 months and no reboots required from either the DDWRT base or the stock firmware bridge unit.

Tonight I noticed brainslayer has new 2012 builds up for this router, so someone should test these to see if dynDNS or other features are working again

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/down.php?path=downloads/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/2012/
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