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--Upgrade with the new firmware-- --Upgrade with the new firmware--
-Using the dd-wrt web interface perform Firmware Upgrade with the file dir300-revb-ddwrt-webflash.bin. It takes about 1 and a half minutes to upload and write the flash, then another minute to reboot completely. That's it.+Using the dd-wrt web interface perform Firmware Upgrade with the file dir300-revb-ddwrt-webflash.bin. It takes about 1 and a half minutes to upload and write the flash. It is probably a good idea to reboot after updating. That's it.
--Resetting the Router-- --Resetting the Router--
If you forget the username or password, or if the configuration becomes really messed up, you can always clear all the non-volitile parameters by doing a 'factory reset'. To do this, with the router already fully booted, press and hold the reset button for 5~6 seconds and release. The router will boot back up and answer to 192.168.1.1 just as if it had just been flashed. If you forget the username or password, or if the configuration becomes really messed up, you can always clear all the non-volitile parameters by doing a 'factory reset'. To do this, with the router already fully booted, press and hold the reset button for 5~6 seconds and release. The router will boot back up and answer to 192.168.1.1 just as if it had just been flashed.

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Contents


Background

It is important to note, DIR-300 Rev A1 and Rev B1 are completely different hardware, different SoC, different procedure. So, if you have the old DIR-300 router, its install procedure is already well documented elsewhere. Rev B1 is based on Ralink RT3050 SoC and from all accounts, including Dlink's FCC test report, the PCBA is exactly the same as in the DIR-600. Image:Dlink-DIR300revb.JPG

According to Ralink's website, the chip has a ROM built-in and this means there is no boot code to crash or mistakenly erase. The ROM contains a bootloader and emergency room web page to recover flash firmware. The factory default IP for this router is 192.168.0.1.

Installation Instructions

To install dd-wrt on either a D-Link DIR-300 Revision B1 or a D-Link DIR-600 Revision B1, you need to flash it directly from the router's web admin page (yes, that is correct... from D-Links web interface admin) --update firmware option-- and flash first the file named:

dlink-revb-factory-webflash.bin

For DIR-300 Rev B

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/09-24-09-r12966/dlink-dir300-revb/dlink-revb-factory-webflash.bin

For DIR-600 Rev B

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/09-24-09-r12966/dlink-dir600b/dlink-revb-factory-webflash.bin


After that is done, the router will reboot to dd-wrt, and the IP address will have changed to 192.168.1.1. There is no need to do any reset. Proceed to flash the latest file via the DD-WRT web interface --Firmware Upgrade--:


For DIR-300 Rev B

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/09-24-09-r12966/dlink-dir300-revb

For DIR-600 Rev B

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/09-24-09-r12966/dlink-dir600b

Beware that as of today this is valid information, but directories will change as a more development releases are posted or --even better-- a stable one is produced. So make sure to first check in downloads to see if there is a stable release:

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/stable/dd-wrt.v24 SP1/Consumer/Dlink

As of today there is no stable release for these routers.

For latest development release, check

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preS

then the latest date and your router model.

Alternate Install Method

This procedure can also be used to return the DLINK to factory firmware. Just download the latest version from Dlink (version 2.01 at time of this writing) and flash it with this procedure.

Setup your PC with static IP on 192.168.0.0 subnet. Make sure the PC has the following two files:

dlink-revb-factory-webflash.bin

dir300-revb-ddwrt-webflash.bin

Open your web browser and get it ready to connect to 192.168.0.1.

--User Emergency Room Web Interface--

Press and HOLD the reset button on the router and connect power. Hold the reset button for about 3~5 seconds, then release. Connect the browser to 192.168.0.1. The Emergency Room Updating Firmware screen should display. Browse to and upload the first image file, the 'factory' one. When you see the message "IMAGE UPLOAD SUCCESS", the flash will begin to be erased and re-written. Wait until the power LED turns to solid 'Yellow'. At this point, the initial dd-wrt image has been written to flash, the device has rebooted and is running. Change the IP address of your PC to the 192.168.1.0 subnet. Use your browser to connect to the router at 192.168.1.1. The DD-WRT screen should load. If not, you did something wrong. Go back and try again.

--Upgrade with the new firmware--

Using the dd-wrt web interface perform Firmware Upgrade with the file dir300-revb-ddwrt-webflash.bin. It takes about 1 and a half minutes to upload and write the flash. It is probably a good idea to reboot after updating. That's it.

--Resetting the Router--

If you forget the username or password, or if the configuration becomes really messed up, you can always clear all the non-volitile parameters by doing a 'factory reset'. To do this, with the router already fully booted, press and hold the reset button for 5~6 seconds and release. The router will boot back up and answer to 192.168.1.1 just as if it had just been flashed.