Broadcom CFE backup

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If you own a Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS and your CFE is already screwed, you could try the [http://www.wlan-skynet.de/download/index.shtml Skynet repairkit] to make yourself a new CFE. If you own a Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS and your CFE is already screwed, you could try the [http://www.wlan-skynet.de/download/index.shtml Skynet repairkit] to make yourself a new CFE.
-There are two methods to backup the CFE, as follows:+There are several methods to backup the CFE, as follows:
==by web interface== ==by web interface==

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How to backup your CFE

So you're afraid you will ever need to use a backup of your CFE in case you brick your router sooner or later.

If you own a Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS and your CFE is already screwed, you could try the Skynet repairkit to make yourself a new CFE.

There are several methods to backup the CFE, as follows:

by web interface

this is working with dd-wrt post RC5 svn8428 backing up your cfe is easy, all you need to do is to point your browser to:

http://router_ip/backup/cfe.bin


by telnet/SSH

this maybe works on other 3rd party firmwares, too. connect to he router via telnet or ssh (SSH must be enabled!) just enter the following command for all, except dd-wrt micro builds:

dd if=/dev/mtd/0 of=/tmp/cfe.bin

Then get the files with, for example using WinSCP, from the /tmp directory.


On micro builds it's little more tricky:

cat /dev/mtd/0 > /tmp/www/cfe.jpg

Then point your browser to http://routerip/user/cfe.jpg and do a "save page as" cfe.bin to your disk drive. The resulting file should be 256K in size for a cfe.bin file.

Note: "/user/cfe.jpg" points to "/tmp/www/cfe.jpg"


You could do the same for mtd/1 (kernel, firmware), mtd/2 (jffs part if any) and mtd/3 (nvram)

by JTAG

this assumes you already have a JTAG-Adapter cable ready to use on your router, use the following command:

wrt54g -backup:cfe

you can do the same with the nvram, kernel, etc.