How To Flash the WRT54GS v7

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'''Another similar method to flash WRT54G v8 and WRT54G v7.2 (possibly other 7.x)''' '''Another similar method to flash WRT54G v8 and WRT54G v7.2 (possibly other 7.x)'''
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I've been doing something slightly different on WRT54G v8 and this WRT54GS v7, it hasn't failed me yet, below are the instructions. I have done this on a countless number of WRT54G v8s and just did it on a WRT54GS v7 and it worked just the same. There is no resetting in the middle of this process, just do exactly what it says below, no more and no less. My WRT54GS v7 has a Broadcom BCM5354KFBG CPU and an EON EN29LB160AB-70TCP flash chip and 16MB of Samsung RAM. The FCC ID is Q87-WRT54GSV72 which maybe means it's a v7.2? Serial number starts with CGNE. I've been doing something slightly different on WRT54G v8 and this WRT54GS v7, it hasn't failed me yet, below are the instructions. I have done this on a countless number of WRT54G v8s and just did it on a WRT54GS v7 and it worked just the same. There is no resetting in the middle of this process, just do exactly what it says below, no more and no less. My WRT54GS v7 has a Broadcom BCM5354KFBG CPU and an EON EN29LB160AB-70TCP flash chip and 16MB of Samsung RAM. The FCC ID is Q87-WRT54GSV72 which maybe means it's a v7.2? Serial number starts with CGNE.
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5. As soon as that is finished do this: ping 192.168.1.1 /t (Windows only) 5. As soon as that is finished do this: ping 192.168.1.1 /t (Windows only)
- a. This will time out repeatedly and then the router will respond between two and six times.+ 5a. This will time out repeatedly and then the router will respond between two and six times.
- b. The router will time out again a few times and then start responding to pings.+ 5b. The router will time out again a few times and then start responding to pings.
6. You're done, try to load 192.168.1.1. 6. You're done, try to load 192.168.1.1.

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WARNING: There are at least two types of flash chips that are used on the v7 router. Using this method with an Intel-type flash chip will brick your router. Currently there is no solution for using vxworkskiller with the Intel-chip v7 routers.

How to Flash the WRT54GS v7 (from flashing.txt)

1. Configure your local LAN ethernet address to 192.168.1.100 and connect your local ethernet to your WRT54GSv7 on one of the four switch ports. Do not use a wlan connection!

2. Disconnect the power cord from the WRT54GSv7.

3. Push the reset button while reconnecting the power cord and hold the button for about 20 seconds.

4. Open your browser and open http://192.168.1.1

5. Use the firmware upgrade dialogue to flash vxworkskillerGSv7-v3.bin

6. After the dialogue about disconnecting the power cord is shown, disconnect the power cord and reconnect it.

7. Wait for about two minutes.

8. Again disconnect the power cord and reconnect it.

9. Enter "tftp -i 192.168.1.1 put dd-wrt.v24_micro_wrt54gv8.bin" on your local Windows console and press enter (for linux, tftp 192.168.1.1; mode octet;put dd-wrt.v24_micro_wrt54gv8.bin or tftp -v -m octet 192.168.1.1 -c put dd-wrt.v24_micro_wrt54gv8.bin).

10. The file will now be transferred to your router and be flashed. After this is done, your router will boot automatically and you can reach your it at http://192.168.1.1.


Another similar method to flash WRT54G v8 and WRT54G v7.2 (possibly other 7.x)

I've been doing something slightly different on WRT54G v8 and this WRT54GS v7, it hasn't failed me yet, below are the instructions. I have done this on a countless number of WRT54G v8s and just did it on a WRT54GS v7 and it worked just the same. There is no resetting in the middle of this process, just do exactly what it says below, no more and no less. My WRT54GS v7 has a Broadcom BCM5354KFBG CPU and an EON EN29LB160AB-70TCP flash chip and 16MB of Samsung RAM. The FCC ID is Q87-WRT54GSV72 which maybe means it's a v7.2? Serial number starts with CGNE.

1. Use the web interface to reset the router to factory defaults.

2. Manually configure network interface to 192.168.1.10.

3. Use the web inferface to update the firmware to vxworkskillerGSv7-v3.bin

4. tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT dd-wrt.v24-micro_generic.bin (Windows only)

5. As soon as that is finished do this: ping 192.168.1.1 /t (Windows only)

   5a. This will time out repeatedly and then the router will respond between two and six times.
   5b. The router will time out again a few times and then start responding to pings.

6. You're done, try to load 192.168.1.1.