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gavineke
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 13:59    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm pretty sure 14205 is the latest stable, ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24-K26/svn14205/
I'm not on it yet, I'm still on 13575.
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 15:50    Post subject: Thanks for 14205 response Reply with quote
Thanks for the response Gavineke! Thanks for the FTP link. Anyone have experience with 14205?
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 18:08    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've been running:
DD-WRT v24-sp2 (04/16/10) mega - build 14289

on 2 linksys WRT320N routers for just under 10 days now. It has bee the most stable build for me so far. Current up time: 9 days, 13:29

Router 1 is the gateway and OpenVPN server.
Router 2 is a DHCP Forwarder (for enhanced wireless coverage)

Several wired and wireless connections running all the time. No problems so far!
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 20:15    Post subject: Thanks Midnight Reply with quote
Very nice to hear midnight, it may be time to venture forward!

I don't see build 14289, where did you get it?

Thanks for the reply!

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:03    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is the link to the build I am using on both of my Linksys WRT320N routers:

ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/04-16-10-r14289/broadcom_K26/dd-wrt.v24-14289_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 3:15    Post subject: Thanks Midnight Reply with quote
Thanks for the link Midnight, very cool!
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 15:29    Post subject: Header build required for 14289? Reply with quote
Hey Midnight,

Just wondering if there is an initial flash required for 14289. I noticed the bin file you linked doesn't state wrt320n within the file name. I'm curious, because when I flashed with 13575, i actually flashed first with:

dd-wrt.v24-13575_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_wrt320n.bin

then

dd-wrt.v24-13575_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini.bin

Just wondering if the same procedure is required, since this would be a different build number.

Would I be able to upgrade directly from 13575 to 14289?

Thanks!

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 17:22    Post subject: Reply with quote
mini_wrtxxx are only needed when you flash from original Linksys firmware to ddwrt. If you already have any ddwrt version, you can flash directly to

ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/04-16-10-r14289/broadcom_K26/dd-wrt.v24-14289_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin

or any other.

of course are recomended clear nvram before and after flashing.

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 18:42    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the reply Theliel, very helpful!
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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2010 19:38    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you actually take the time to read all the info on this router you come across many scary things and workarounds for them. But then those fixes get put into later builds. I just want to make sure i have all my info lined up before flashing.

The instructions on wrt320N wiki give a good step by step instructions for flashing the initial dd-wrt.v24-13493_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_wrt320n.bin. That sounds easy.

Then the instructions for flashing to any other version say to do a hard reset before and after. This thread starts with the warning that 30-30-30 does not work on this router. Since i'm going to be starting with a version of dd-wrt that includes the wps button fix mentioned in the first post, do i just mentally replace any mention of 'hard reset' or 'erase nvram' with 'press WPS, plug in the router and continue to hold WPS for 10-12sec'?

So i do that before and after i install any new dd-wrt build just to be safe?
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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2010 3:08    Post subject: Upgraded to Big... Reply with quote
Hey Spiffers,

I just did the upgrade directly after resetting to defaults on the mini install and did the upgrade to Big on the GUI interface. No unplugging or 30-30-30 reset needed for this one. A reset to factory default may not even be necessary before the upgrade to any other WRT version, but I did for precaution.

I installed this version after I installed the mini build:

ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/04-16-10-r14289/broadcom_K26/dd-wrt.v24-14289_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin

You can install any other preferred version, I just wanted to see all the options available with big(Mega) build.

Anyone please correct me if I'm incorrect

Hope that helps.

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PostPosted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:43    Post subject: 5ghz-only mode breaks Build 14025 + how to recover router Reply with quote
Background:

I received a refurbished WRT320N from Newegg today, opened it up, and spent about 30 seconds with the original firmware before uploading dd-wrt.v24-14205_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_wrt320n.bin using the instructions in the Wiki. Upload went smoothly except that I used Firefox, and the screen did *not* automatically update. Refreshing the browser on http://192.168.1.1 fixed that.

Once the "mini" firmware was in, I uploaded the latest stable build of the "big" firmware: dd-wrt.v24-14205_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin

The "big" firmware also loaded fine, and I was able to see configuration options for hotspots, VPN, etc. Notably, the VPN configuration page was broken in Safari (I am on OS X 10.6 with Safari 4.0.5).

I wanted to force my new Macbook Pro (purchased April 2010) to use the WRT320N in 802.11n 5ghz mode, so I set DD-WRT's "Wireless Network Mode" to "N-Only (5 GHz)". Strangely, when wireless security is disabled, the connection works fine. Unfortunately, when WPA2+AES is enabled, OS X reports an error (even though this is the only security mode allowed by the 802.11n+5ghz spec). Although OS X asks me for a WPA password, it does not get an IP and simply reports "See administrator". Checking the logs using Console.app revealed slightly more detail:

5/14/10 11:17:32 PM SystemUIServer[135] Error joining dd-wrt: See administrator (-3914 Unknown rate) ...Googling this finds nothing.

When the Wireless Network Mode is set to "Mixed", I am able to connect with WPA2 Personal+AES, but the computer reverts to 802.11g(2.4ghz) according to System Profiler :x

Apparently this issue has been reported previously with the WRT310N, and is still unresolved: (http://63.246.25.250/message.jspa?messageID=10130835#10130835)

The wireless card on this computer is the AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x93) with Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.14.7) chipset/firmware.

Somehow in all this mucking around with speeds, I managed to cause the router to enter an infinite loop of reset cycles.

[color=red]Edit 5/15/10 2:28am PST: I was able to reproduce the restart-cycling bug simply by enabling "N-Only 5GHz" or "NA-mixed" modes. This is with no Wireless Security applied, and all factory default settings.

...after reverting back to the original Linksys firmware, I observed the same problem. I guess my router is fux0red. Unfortunately, since this router spent about 2 minutes out of the box before I installed DD-WRT, I'll never know if that's what broke it, or if it is a poorly "refurbished" router after all.

Ironically, now I can't do a hard reset because the firmware on the router is the Linksys firmware with the wrong gpio. Oh, how I miss my DD-WRT firmware now! But I wish I hadn't gotten a crap router from the start.
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PostPosted: Sat May 15, 2010 15:13    Post subject: Re: 5ghz-only mode breaks Build 14025 + how to recover route Reply with quote
Fisslefink wrote:
Background:

I received a refurbished WRT320N from Newegg today, opened it up, and spent about 30 seconds with the original firmware before uploading dd-wrt.v24-14205_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_wrt320n.bin using the instructions in the Wiki. Upload went smoothly except that I used Firefox, and the screen did *not* automatically update. Refreshing the browser on http://192.168.1.1 fixed that.

Once the "mini" firmware was in, I uploaded the latest stable build of the "big" firmware: dd-wrt.v24-14205_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin

The "big" firmware also loaded fine, and I was able to see configuration options for hotspots, VPN, etc. Notably, the VPN configuration page was broken in Safari (I am on OS X 10.6 with Safari 4.0.5).

I wanted to force my new Macbook Pro (purchased April 2010) to use the WRT320N in 802.11n 5ghz mode, so I set DD-WRT's "Wireless Network Mode" to "N-Only (5 GHz)". Strangely, when wireless security is disabled, the connection works fine. Unfortunately, when WPA2+AES is enabled, OS X reports an error (even though this is the only security mode allowed by the 802.11n+5ghz spec). Although OS X asks me for a WPA password, it does not get an IP and simply reports "See administrator". Checking the logs using Console.app revealed slightly more detail:

5/14/10 11:17:32 PM SystemUIServer[135] Error joining dd-wrt: See administrator (-3914 Unknown rate) ...Googling this finds nothing.

When the Wireless Network Mode is set to "Mixed", I am able to connect with WPA2 Personal+AES, but the computer reverts to 802.11g(2.4ghz) according to System Profiler :x

Apparently this issue has been reported previously with the WRT310N, and is still unresolved: (http://63.246.25.250/message.jspa?messageID=10130835#10130835)

The wireless card on this computer is the AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x93) with Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.14.7) chipset/firmware.

Somehow in all this mucking around with speeds, I managed to cause the router to enter an infinite loop of reset cycles.

[color=red]Edit 5/15/10 2:28am PST: I was able to reproduce the restart-cycling bug simply by enabling "N-Only 5GHz" or "NA-mixed" modes. This is with no Wireless Security applied, and all factory default settings.

...after reverting back to the original Linksys firmware, I observed the same problem. I guess my router is fux0red. Unfortunately, since this router spent about 2 minutes out of the box before I installed DD-WRT, I'll never know if that's what broke it, or if it is a poorly "refurbished" router after all.

Ironically, now I can't do a hard reset because the firmware on the router is the Linksys firmware with the wrong gpio. Oh, how I miss my DD-WRT firmware now! But I wish I hadn't gotten a crap router from the start.


Hey Fisslefick,

I noticed the same issue when flashing DD-WRT on my 320n and using Firefox. I eventually used IE 8 to get past the refreshing problem.

I've always noticed a slightly annoying problem with the 320n when using 2.4Ghz along with NG-mixed mode/Mixed Wireless Channel/Mixed Wireless Width. Most of my wireless connections are using the G protocol, but I do have one HP Touchsmart 600xt, which I am forcing to use the N protocol.

The N connection seems to occasionally need a restart to establish the wireless connection to the router. This seems to happen after putting the system to sleep or even shutting down and rebooting. So what I have is an intermittent start up connection for the N system. The connection is very stable and fast once it's up (270mps), it's just the annoyance of having to reboot sometimes to get this going.

This problem was occurring even before I flashed to:

DD-WRT v24-sp2 (04/16/10) mega - build 14289

The same issue is still unfortunately there with DD-WRT, but manageable.

Everything seems to be stable and has been running for about over two weeks.

I realize your issues is a bit different, I was hoping it might provide some insight into your own issue.

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PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:35    Post subject: Update - previous WRT320N was a lemon, build svn14471 works Reply with quote
Happy to report that svn14471 is working well on my WRT320N.

I received my replacement refurbished WRT320N from Newegg today. Using the original firmware, I was able to activate 5Ghz-only mode (channel = Auto, width = Auto). On my first router, this bricked the unit. So, that's a good sign...

Then I installed DD-WRT v24 build svn14471 mini from ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24-K26/svn14471/dd-wrt.v24-14471_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_wrt320n.bin

That installed smoothly, and I was able to activate 5Ghz-only mode (channel = Auto, width = Auto) without bricking the router. So, my previous bad experience seems to have been due to a lemon.

I then upgraded to the "big" build from ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24-K26/svn14471/dd-wrt.v24-14471_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin and everything is working well.

Thanks to Evo and others for their hard work!
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PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 4:14    Post subject: Re: Update - previous WRT320N was a lemon, build svn14471 wo Reply with quote
Fisslefink wrote:
Happy to report that svn14471 is working well on my WRT320N.

I received my replacement refurbished WRT320N from Newegg today. Using the original firmware, I was able to activate 5Ghz-only mode (channel = Auto, width = Auto). On my first router, this bricked the unit. So, that's a good sign...

Then I installed DD-WRT v24 build svn14471 mini from ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24-K26/svn14471/dd-wrt.v24-14471_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_wrt320n.bin

That installed smoothly, and I was able to activate 5Ghz-only mode (channel = Auto, width = Auto) without bricking the router. So, my previous bad experience seems to have been due to a lemon.

I then upgraded to the "big" build from ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24-K26/svn14471/dd-wrt.v24-14471_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin and everything is working well.

Thanks to Evo and others for their hard work!


Great to hear, I think it's time for the upgrade!

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