Anyone tried to flash WRT54G V8 without JTAG cable?

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lijianch
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 14:22    Post subject: Anyone tried to flash WRT54G V8 without JTAG cable? Reply with quote
I just got one from DELL and it is quite disappointing version 8 which is not DD-WRT friendly. To my understanding, we should do

1. erase Vxworks,
2. Tftp DD-WRT micro.

I notice there are beta firmwares for wrt54gv8 recently posted. But how can I flash it? I can not even get rid of vxworks. Jtag cable might be an option but too complicated for me.

Any one successfully flashed it already? even through Jtag cable?

Thanks!
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 14:40    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, it has been successfully flashed using JTAG only, We are working on a prep file if you are interested in testing it ?

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agentsmith23
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 15:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tornado wrote:
Yes, it has been successfully flashed using JTAG only, We are working on a prep file if you are interested in testing it ?

Reply via PM, if your interested



I am interested in testing, I just sent you a PM.
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lijianch
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 16:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tornado wrote:
Yes, it has been successfully flashed using JTAG only, We are working on a prep file if you are interested in testing it ?

Reply via PM, if your interested


I am interested in testing it. Please send me the howto and I will do it.

Thanks!
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gulk
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 19:15    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is great news!!

I'd like to try this out as well. I will try to make a simple bridge off of the wrt54g v8 first.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 18:17    Post subject: Reply with quote
gulk wrote:
This is great news!!

I'd like to try this out as well. I will try to make a simple bridge off of the wrt54g v8 first.


In the download section (Betas), I downloaded a generic.micro.bin file in the same spot where I saw a wrt54gv8.mirco.bin file, but when I tried to upgrade the firmware I got a "Upgrade Failed". Do you guys know what I am doing wrong?
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lijianch
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 19:55    Post subject: Reply with quote
gulk wrote:
gulk wrote:
This is great news!!

I'd like to try this out as well. I will try to make a simple bridge off of the wrt54g v8 first.


In the download section (Betas), I downloaded a generic.micro.bin file in the same spot where I saw a wrt54gv8.mirco.bin file, but when I tried to upgrade the firmware I got a "Upgrade Failed". Do you guys know what I am doing wrong?


this version firmware is based on vxworks rather than linux. DD-WRT certainly is a linux kid. Therefore, we should get rid of vxworks first, let the system boot up into a maintainable mode.

Next, we are going to tftp the "beta" firmware to re-write the flash. Till then, DD-WRT will be on. vxworks prevents any tftp attempts. Another way is to use Jtag cable. I prefer not running into Jtag stuff if we can. We have to wait until support team figures out the vxworks prep and killer packages. I wish I would know something about vxworks in order to help.

p.s. Tornado, if you have prep and killer package ready, please send it to us to test it. Thanks!
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lemons
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:45    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm down for testing!
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woodbuger
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi, what`s the latest for progress on this? Anybody? I have a 54G v8 thats sucking real bad. Crashes about every couple of days.
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lemons
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 19:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
currently the only way is to flash it with a JTAG cable (afaik), however there is a work-around in the works.

as far as crashing is concerned, try turning off UPnP. This helped on the older routers.
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joshbuss
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 18:37    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a spare WRT54G v8 laying around here. I have no use for it unless it has dd-wrt. So i am interested in testing this prep file, or whatever else you guys need testing for on this v8. the sky is the limit =]
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bmizes
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 16:16    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd be interested once someone laid out the entire process. I'm not familiar with killer packages, jtag cables etc, so I would need step-by-step instructions. Please let me know work progresses on this. Thanks.

Barry
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NilObject
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 16:19    Post subject: Reply with quote
I also have a WRT54G v8 that I just received from a place that will charge a restocking fee. I'm willing to wait it out, although I may go and pick up another one anyways. I'm up for testing whatever needs to be tested to get this working. I'm a programmer by trade, but haven't ever done any firmware hacking, but am not afraid to get my hands dirty.

Let me know if there's anything I can do to help the v8 progress.
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gulk
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 18:22    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi,
do you know if there have been any updates on this topic?
At least, did any of you managed to successfully flash with a JTAG cable?
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brianp
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:12    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey Guys,
I had offered to test a little while ago and was told that testing was done so i thought a release was coming soon, should i take back the v8 and buy something else i avoided returning it thinking if i gave it a month the release would come, but if testers are still needed I'm down for that ?

cheers,
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