Hi <Cincinnatus> !
2.Download edited CFE here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1012589#1012589
You will have to change et0macaddr, 0:macaddr, 1:macaddr and secret_code by using xvortex's CFEEdit.exe!
(with your router label) - save CFE.bin on PC will need later ...
Thanks for your prompt reply! Not quite clear on this...
Location of 'CFEEdit.exe'?
I don't understand 'with your router label' means
Isn't the edited CFE (linked above) correct for the 6200 or was it originally designed for another model?
Maybe I should just get a 6500 (V2) router on sale and not take the risk that I might brick the 6200?
Just download edited CFE for EA6200 and edit with cfeedit with Your EA6200 router backside MAC address and PIN info.
Just download edited CFE for EA6200 and edit with cfeedit with Your EA6200 router backside MAC address and PIN info.
You make it sound easy!
Ok, so where can I find 'CFEEdit.exe' download file?
ETA: Disregard. Finally found it, but I had to follow four different forum post links before I got to the correct link. Stuff is really hard to find around here, more so than any other tech forum (like XDA) that I've ever participated in.
Anyway, thanks for your help. I'm on the way to the store now. You'll probably be hearing from me again soon.
Just download edited CFE for EA6200 and edit with cfeedit with Your EA6200 router backside MAC address and PIN info.
You make it sound easy!
Ok, so where can I find 'CFEEdit.exe' download file?
ETA: Disregard. Finally found it, but I had to follow four different forum post links before I got to the correct link. Stuff is really hard to find around here, more so than any other tech forum (like XDA) that I've ever participated in.
Anyway, thanks for your help. I'm on the way to the store now. You'll probably be hearing from me again soon.
Based on what I am interpreting from the Chinese forum, this modified CFE won't not work the stock Linksys firmware, missing UUID and default login settings.
As long as you have written a bootable ddwrt image into your first boot partition (linux/mtd2), you shouldn't have any major issues.
I'm getting decent performance out of my wifi, no different than before flashing. I have exceeded 32k in NVRAM usage with no issue anymore
I don't think this CFE flash is recommended unless you are really careful or have a way to recover the device from a brick. _________________ EA6200: r28598 as EA6350 on CFE 6.37.14.86 (r456083)
E4200: r28598
et0macaddr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:DE (on label)
0:macaddr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:EF +(0x01)
1:macaddr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:E0 +(0x02)
For those of us who don't understand Hex (if that's what this is), how do we figure out what entries to make?
My MAC address ends in D6. Can I use the 'dumb mode' in the editor and just enter my entire address and the default password of 12345678, or would I be heading for a one-way trip to Bricktown?
So I decided to give the Chinese koolshare CFE a try, which is actually based on CFE 6.37.14.105 (r485445)
After booting DDWRT...
Not sure why image_second_offset=34603008 even though I try to set it in the CFE Editor, affecting both the modded xvortex one provided in this thread and the Chinese koolshare one. Same problems with partition sizes however overall with linux2 partition and everything after it getting truncated.
Reading somewhere that ASUS CFE does not support dual 'linux' partitions and DDWRT is detecting it weird. Scared to use web GUI to flash now...
At least the CFE GUI works if I ever need to flash it.
This DDWRT build seems pretty stable, happy with it
Anyone know how to modify the CFE to it can split the partition sizes properly? Alternately we can get rid of linux2 and rootfs2 so we have plenty of room _________________ EA6200: r28598 as EA6350 on CFE 6.37.14.86 (r456083)
E4200: r28598
You can use windows calculator - in settings set to programmer...
Understood.
Should I also change the PW (default on the sticker is 'xxxxxxxx2y' (10 alphanumeric characters) but the CFE shows 12345678. Same with regard to the router name (default is 'Linksys03609') - does that need to be changed also?
Would it be smart to back up the original CFE? If so, how would I go about doing that?
I also remember reading something about disabling the automatic update in the router. Should I do that first before starting this procedure?
Sorry about all these questions, but I've learned the hard way that what you don't know can hurt you very much.
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 16:58 Post subject: No LED!
xaueious wrote:
Quote:
What I didn't expect was that the LED indicator doesn't flash anymore during boot, which scared me for a bit.
Sorry folks, I forgot to mention that there is no LED activity during bootup after upgrading to the xvortex-cfe-ea6200-as-ea6350-with-ea6200-devinfo.bin.
I also checked the original devinfo data, and the value of "vlan2ports" is correct - there is a 'u' at the end.
Haven't gotten a chance to test yet, but it's good news that ddwrt can finally be run the ea6200s.
You can use windows calculator - in settings set to programmer...
Understood.
Should I also change the PW (default on the sticker is 'xxxxxxxx2y' (10 alphanumeric characters) but the CFE shows 12345678. Same with regard to the router name (default is 'Linksys03609') - does that need to be changed also?
Would it be smart to back up the original CFE? If so, how would I go about doing that?
I also remember reading something about disabling the automatic update in the router. Should I do that first before starting this procedure?
Sorry about all these questions, but I've learned the hard way that what you don't know can hurt you very much.
No! Change just MAC address. PIN code is just 8 digits and you need put the exactly like on sticker.
No! Change just MAC address. PIN code is just 8 digits and you need put the exactly like on sticker.
Not on my router it's not. My sticker is 10 characters. I have edited the CFE with the characters on the sticker of the router.
I'm updating this post from earlier because I had a little progress, but no success.
My earlier problems were because I used an older version of the Linksys OEM firmware. I'm on the most current version (1.1.41.164830) now.
I was able to flash the FW_EA6200_1.1.41 firmware, but the router still keeps rebooting to the Linksys firmware. The DD-WRT firmware doesn't load. Is this correct? I've seen two other files mentioned:
linksys-ea6350-webflash
and
asus_rt-ac56u-firmware23940 (though this ends in a .trx extension)
Help would be appreciated. I'm anxious to get up and running.
Flashed the most current OEM firmware
Flashed 'xvortex-cfe-ea6200-as-ea6350-with-ea6200-devinfo'
Router rebooted to dd-wrt
Enabled SSH in Admin and Services
Logged in with Putty as root
Sent command 'mtd erase mtd0'
Sent command 'mtd write c:\EA6200.bin mtd0'
ERROR: File could not be opened.
Rebooted router.
No access.
Bricked?
Flashed the most current OEM firmware
Flashed 'xvortex-cfe-ea6200-as-ea6350-with-ea6200-devinfo'
Router rebooted to dd-wrt
Enabled SSH in Admin and Services
Logged in with Putty as root
Sent command 'mtd erase mtd0'
Sent command 'mtd write c:\EA6200.bin mtd0'
ERROR: File could not be opened.
Rebooted router.
No access.
Bricked?
not good !!!!
wrong command ! -Sent command 'mtd write c:\EA6200.bin mtd0
You didn't read manual = make big mistake! = Bricked router
you miss manual - to upload your EA6200.bin to router !
Sent command 'mtd write c:\EA6200.bin mtd0'
ERROR: File could not be opened.
not good !!!!
wrong command ! -Sent command 'mtd write c:\EA6200.bin mtd0
You didn't read manual = make big mistake! = Bricked router
you miss manual - to upload your EA6200.bin to router !
I followed your instructions EXACTLY. The firmware 6200 (dropbox) file you listed did not work, I had to use the 'linksys-ea6350-webflash' firmware.
Then, I tried to upload the CFE via the web browser and that did not work. Where does the 'manual' describe how to upload the CFE file? If that is the missing step, it would be good information to have.
1. Do NOT Erase NVRAM on stock CFE EA6200 !!! (also do NOT 30/30/30)
2.Download edited CFE here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1012589#1012589
You will have to change et0macaddr, 0:macaddr, 1:macaddr and secret_code by using xvortex's CFEEdit.exe!
(with your router label) - save CFE.bin on PC will need later ...
3. Flash dd-wrt like here:http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=956223#956223
4. Set ssh access in dd-wrt
5. upload edited CFE.bin to dd-wrt (i use winSCP)
6. just in case Backup you stock CFE: http://router_ip/backup/cfe.bin
7. Now need to erase mtd0 partition and then write edited CFE
with erased NVRAM.