Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 13:11 Post subject: Buffalo WBR2-G54S ( Problem solved all's well again )
First post. I bought the router to use DD-WRT but am not able to either find the correct file or load it.
I downloaded dd-wrt v23 sp1 mini version, but the router rejected it.
Please let me know which file I need and any special steps I need to prepare the router for this firmware.
Thanks for the help.
btw, I am using ddwrt on my Linksys wrt54G router successfully, but the Buffalo has so far stumped me.
Last edited by West on Mon Jul 02, 2007 21:10; edited 1 time in total
Thanks for the quick response.
I have downloaded ddadder (have no idea how to use it) and can't find v24 of dd-wrt
Obviously I have a lot to learn and would appreciate it if you could direct me to a site where I could get detailed step by step instructions on how to use ddadder and properly flash my buffalo router.
I assume that I need to restore the router to factory default settings before I try anything. Is that correct?
Thanks again, in advance.
the program output a file called dd-buffalo-wbr-g54.bin to the same folder
5) uploaded that file using the web GUI
6) did a hard reset
7) yay! now when I open up 192.168.1.1 I get the DD-WRT control panel! except it won't accept any of my previous passwords, hmm....
Oh man, I gotta be a dummy.
Tried all that (I think) but screwed up somewhere. It didn't take.
Gotta have a go at it again Sunday morning.
Must have missed a step somewhere along the line.
I wouldn't mind detailed instructions on the tftp route.
thanks.
I kept trying the above methods and all I got was "dadder is not a recognized command"
So I gave up on that route and went the tftp route. After several false starts, it finally said, transfer successful. I was elated - UNTIL I tried to access the router.
I couldn't pull an IP so I gave it a static IP in the 192.168.1.xx range. No luck.
I kept getting a 169 IP.
I did several hard resets on the router, to no avail.
The lights all come on properly. I turned on my wireless adapter and it actually saw my old SSID, but couldn't connect of course.
Right now, I own a brick and am an unhappy camper.
I am connected directly to the modem now.
I kept trying the above methods and all I got was "dadder is not a recognized command"
So I gave up on that route and went the tftp route. After several false starts, it finally said, transfer successful. I was elated - UNTIL I tried to access the router.
I couldn't pull an IP so I gave it a static IP in the 192.168.1.xx range. No luck.
I kept getting a 169 IP.
I did several hard resets on the router, to no avail.
The lights all come on properly. I turned on my wireless adapter and it actually saw my old SSID, but couldn't connect of course.
Right now, I own a brick and am an unhappy camper.
I am connected directly to the modem now.
Any bright suggestions on where I go now.
What exactly did you do to assign a static address and what were you trying to set the static address on?
If you were trying to assign a static address on the computer accessing the router then you did something wrong. A 169 IP indicates that the computer failed to get an address by DHCP (something it wouldn’t be doing if it was set to a static address).
If you were trying to assign a static address on the router, how could you if you can’t connect to it?
I set up a static IP on the computer 192.168.11.5, as the Buffalo router's default IP is 192.168.11.1, set subnet at 255.255.255.0 and left gateway blank. It was the computer I set to a static IP - NOT the router. As you say I can't access the router anymore.
I ran the tftp -i 192.168.11.1 PUT dd-wrt.v23_generic.bin from a C:\ prompt. Three times it actually said transfer successful along with some numbers.
I then changed the computer to a dynamic IP (removed all check marks) and tried to ping the router. No luck. It was at that point that I pulled the 169 addresss. Once I actually received a "hardware error" message while attempting to ping the router on 192.168.1.1 which it would be if the transfer worked.
When I enable my wireless adapter I can see my old SSID but can't connect to it either.
It now appears that I may have bricked my router. I have tried several hard resets to no avail.
Your link for the tftp.exe utility would have been great before I did it my way. Right now it won't work as it can't connect to the server (router).
Thanks anyway.
Right now I need directions on how to unbrick my router if that's at all possible
Hey, I got lucky (or smart???)
I flashed the DD-WRT firmware by tftp from a command prompt perhaps 10 times. I got a couple of 'hardware error" messages, several "timeout" messages and finallly a "transfer successful"
I was surprised to see the IP of the router (gateway) remained at 192.168.11.1, thinking the new firmwware would change it to 192.168.1.1
Before flashing, I did change my computer to a static IP of 192.168.11.5.
All's well, my Buffalo router now proudly sprouts DD-WRT and the wireless signal has increased substantially.
Thanks to those who offered advice. I am now a happy camper again.
