Linksys E2000

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E2000 Hardware Specs

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CPU Broadcom BCM4717A
CPU Speed 354 MHz
Flash ROM 8 MB
RAM 32 MB
Radio 1x 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz selectable
WLAN Support a/b/g/n
WLAN Max Speed 300 mbps
Antenna Location 3x Internal
Switch 4x GigE + 1 Gbit WAN

E2000 Flashing Instructions

DON'T BRICK YOUR ROUTER! Only use the trailed builds (with 'e2000' in the file name) for initial flashing or it may result in a bricked unit! Also reference this post regarding the newer nv60k.bin files which replace the e2k-e3k.bin files.

Initial Flash from Linksys firmware:

  1. READ the Peacock Announcement carefully!
  2. Disconnect all cables and wireless clients.
  3. Do a hard reset.
  4. Connect a LAN cable to the PC doing the flash.
  5. Log into Linksys Firmware Upgrade page at 192.168.1.1 and flash the 14929 E2000 Trailed Build
  6. Wait 10 minutes until WLAN (wireless) light turns on.
  7. Power cycle by unplugging E2000 for 30 secs.
  8. Plug back in and wait about 5 minutes until it finishes booting.
  9. Do a hard reset.
  10. Wait 3 minutes and log into web interface.
  11. You are done. There is no requirement to flash any other build.

Flash when already running DD-WRT firmware:

Newer 'Experimental' Builds

  • Recommended builds are in the Peacock announcement
  • Research "New Builds" threads or those specific to the E2000 before flashing new firmware
  • K3X builds (kernel 3.x) are available for the E2000 as well.
    • K3X builds newer than 33006 have SFE accelerated NAT
  • Newer is not always better! YOU MAY BRICK YOUR ROUTER

DD-WRT E2000 Build information

Brainslayer added E2000 Support from 14929 and on and builds are to be found in the broadcom_K26 folder of his build branch.

  • Build 21676 Mega works on this router (tested 3/2/2014)
  • Sept 5, 2016: Build 25974 works well. K2.6 builds after that have trouble with VAPs. Do initial flash with 21061 K2.6_mini-e2000.bin.

Notes

  • The E-series Linksys units have poor ventilation, so cooling can be very important to its performance. 'buddee' has a nice and easy mod that will improve air flow for under the unit.
  • After further study, the E2000 was found to have an EIRP rating of 17dBm, so it is best to run these units at a TxPower of 50mW (50mW = 17dBm) instead of the dd-wrt default 71mW. This can be adjusted in the webgui (Wireless > Advanced Settings), which should help the unit run cooler and have less Tx/Rx errors.
  • If you experience wireless disconnects, try the following settings:
Wireless > Channel > Ch 161 (5GhZ)
Wireless > Channel > Ch 9     (2.4GhZ)
Wireless > Security > WPA2 Personal - AES
Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings > Beacon Interval: 75
Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings > Fragmentation Threshold: 2306
Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings > RTS Threshold: 2307
Security > Firewall > Block Anonymous WAN Access <--- Uncheck
  • 'buddee' suggested if you are having trouble doing a hard reset using the 30/30/30 method, you can try using the wrt320n hard reset method instead. It has been confirmed to work on the E2000 as well.
Unplug power cable
Hold down WPS button and plug power back in
Continue holding WPS button for 12 seconds, then release
  • The Broadcom 4717 SoC uses a default clock of 300MHz, but the Linksys E2000 runs at 354MHz. The increased heat can reduce routing performance, and may be responsible for many of the wireless errors reported in the forum. It is suggested that you either set the CPU clock to 300MHz, or add a heat sink and/or improve ventilation. BE SURE TO USE SPEEDTEST TO MEASURE THROUGHPUT PERFORMANCE BEFORE AND AFTER THIS CHANGE! HIGHER SPEED LINKS (50Mb/s down, etc.) MAY SEE REDUCED PERFORMANCE.
    • Open up a telnet or SSH prompt and login to your router. Type the following:
nvram set clkfreq=300,150,75
nvram commit && reboot

VLANs Support

It is also known for the E2000 to support VLANs. Also note that in order to adjust VLANs from the webgui with the E2000 then you will need build 15508 or better, which should be available through the above posted FTP links. Please refer to these wiki links for further info regarding configs.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Switched_Ports

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/VLAN_Support

Reverting back to stock firmware

It has been asked about how to revert back to stock firmware, why would you ever want to do that?!? You can always flash back to dd-wrt anyhow, to revert back to stock firmware simply download the latest E2000 firmware from linksys site, reset you router to defaults from within dd-wrt's webgui, wait, then login and select the stock firmware file and flash, make sure to select "reset to defaults" on the drop down menu when flashing.