Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 0:38 Post subject: Easy to revert to Linksys firmware?
I currently use a WRT54G2 and I wish I had the option to revert to Linksys firmware without a JTAG tool.
I was going to buy a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH primarily for WDS capabilities but I want to have something with dual-band. Can I revert to Linksys firmware through the web GUI after installing DD-WRT on an e3000?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 0:51 Post subject: Re: Easy to revert to Linksys firmware?
buddee wrote:
ebotee wrote:
Can I revert to Linksys firmware through the web GUI after installing DD-WRT on an e3000?
Yes
Thanks, this pretty much seals the deal. I'll pick one up next week. Probably won't use the default firmware much anyways because you need to use CiscoConnect software to configure certain settings and I firmly believe everything should be accessible through the web interface.
Anyone know how M10/M20 support is coming along? Since these all came out at the same time as the E1000/E2000/E3000 I thought I'd ask here. I've seen a trailed build for the M20 from Eko's builds for a month or two now but have not heard of anyone trying it nor have I seen any M10 builds.
Anyone know how M10/M20 support is coming along? Since these all came out at the same time as the E1000/E2000/E3000 I thought I'd ask here. I've seen a trailed build for the M20 from Eko's builds for a month or two now but have not heard of anyone trying it nor have I seen any M10 builds.
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:57 Post subject: what do the LEDs mean?
I'm using EKO's latest build... but what do the LEDs mean (in particular the green and amber)? I'm pretty sure they were all blue when I was using the linksys firmware.
PS: I'm happy to report my N issues are completely gone. I updated the intel centrino wireless driver, turned wireless power saving options off and am using these settings under DD-WRT:
but what do the LEDs mean (in particular the green and amber)? I'm pretty sure they were all blue when I was using the linksys firmware.
Green means it is connected at gigabyte speeds. Blue indicates 10/100 speeds. It also states this in the E2000 or E3000 pdf manuals which you can download from the Linksys site.
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 14:52 Post subject:
pharma wrote:
Quote:
but what do the LEDs mean (in particular the green and amber)? I'm pretty sure they were all blue when I was using the linksys firmware.
Green means it is connected at gigabyte speeds. Blue indicates 10/100 speeds. It also states this in the E2000 or E3000 pdf manuals which you can download from the Linksys site.
Pharma
and... the amber light above the ses button, represents you have a wan connection / ip. It can be changed to blue instead of amber if you choose. _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
I tested upload from the same laptop at the same location; took about 32 seconds ~105mbps.
Are you telling me there's 200mbps overhead; impossible right?!?
What makes the most sense to me is that there is some constraint in my test that I need to identify (hd write speed on test PC) or that the 300mbps is purely marketing and no router can actually come close to that unless you pay big bucks for it.
PS: the wiki has no results for the 620N or E3000; it appears that I'm on par with the 320N though:
WRT320N 14471 K2.6 MINI 40MHz 5GHz (WNDA3100v2 client)
U - 105mbps (fluctuated severely)
D - 100mbps
I'm still interested in seeing what other E3000 users get. I ran the test using Windows 7 and copying a large file from the Public Videos folder.
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 18:59 Post subject:
etc6849 wrote:
Are you telling me there's 200mbps overhead; impossible right?!?
To put it simply, no i'm not telling your that, i'm telling you that you probably won't ever see 300mbps throughput on your e3000. Link rate, yes. Throughput, no.
I know that the E3000 is not listed in that wiki, no one ever seems to want to add to it (yes, myself included) but i linked it to give you somewhat of a gauge to look at. The WRT320N tests phuz~ conducted is probably as close to an E3000 result that you will get.
Thanks buddee. I think you're right about the E3000 never getting close to 300mbps. I just tried gbps connection with the same two machines and now I know the hard drives cannot be the constraint.
I transfered the 419MB file in 8.5 seconds for laptop download and 7.7 seconds for PC download. To me this means the PC has a better write speed than the SSD in the laptop (which makes sense and is inline with what I've read on SSD write speeds being poor).
But still that's 394mbps and 435mbps. May not be gbps, but pretty darn fast I think
but what do the LEDs mean (in particular the green and amber)? I'm pretty sure they were all blue when I was using the linksys firmware.
Green means it is connected at gigabyte speeds. Blue indicates 10/100 speeds. It also states this in the E2000 or E3000 pdf manuals which you can download from the Linksys site.
Pharma
and... the amber light above the ses button, represents you have a wan connection / ip. It can be changed to blue instead of amber if you choose.
I was under the impression the light was amber because it indicated an error with Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Since DD-WRT doesn't support that function, it throws up an amber light.
How do you go about changing that amber light to blue? Is it done through a command? I couldn't find anything off-hand in a quick forum search, and couldn't find a setting in dd-wrt.
I was under the impression the light was amber because it indicated an error with Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Since DD-WRT doesn't support that function, it throws up an amber light.
How do you go about changing that amber light to blue? Is it done through a command? I couldn't find anything off-hand in a quick forum search, and couldn't find a setting in dd-wrt.
Eko wrote:
Yellow cisco led on Linksys routers means that router got WAN ip. If you prefer it blue (white, ..) do:
In latest builds only (13522+):
nvram set connblue=1
nvram commit
reboot
That command turns my cisco LED on the E3000 to blue =) _________________
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Linksys E3000 DD-WRT v24-sp2 mega - build 15962 [Backup]
Linksys WRT600N v1.1 DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/12/10) mega - build 14929 [Retired]
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