Linksys E2000
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E2000 Hardware Specs
CPU | Broadcom BCM4717A |
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CPU Speed | 354 MHz |
Flash ROM | 8 MB |
RAM | 32 MB |
Radio | Selectable: 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz |
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:
- READ the Peacock Announcement carefully!
- Disconnect all cables and wireless clients.
- Do a hard reset.
- Connect a LAN cable to the PC doing the flash.
- Log into Linksys Firmware Upgrade page at 192.168.1.1 and flash the 14929 E2000 Trailed Build
- Wait 10 minutes until WLAN (wireless) light turns on.
- Power cycle by unplugging E2000 for 30 secs.
- Plug back in and wait about 5 minutes until it finishes booting.
- Do a hard reset.
- Wait 3 minutes and log into web interface.
- You are done. There is no requirement to flash any other build.
Flash when already running DD-WRT firmware:
- With dd-wrt installed, you can use the following for upgrading to newer builds:
- e2k-e3k.bin for builds prior to 16785
- For newer builds, you must flash a trailed mini build first, then use nv60k.bin files thereafter
- DO NOT use any other files or you WILL BRICK YOUR ROUTER!
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 in 14929, and builds are found in the broadcom_K26 folder for each build.
- 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.
- Tmittelstaedt confirmed (10/14/2017) that build 33492 loads on the E2000 and wireless works. Confirmed by jjwatmyself 11/11/2017 erase nvram from CLI highly recommended [1]
Experimental Build Specific Information
List of builds tested by Bturnbough:
Contributor | Build Date | Kernel | Build Number | Build Type | Notes |
Brainslayer | 8/12/10 | 2.6 | 14929 | std-usb-ftp | 1) Router database recommended build. 2) No known issues 3) Can be used as initial flash from stock. |
Brainslayer | 12/24/10 | 2.6 | 15962 | std-usb-nas | 1) No known issues -- Highly recommended by Mods 2) Can be used as initial flash from stock. |
Brainslayer | 3/25/13 | 2.6 | 21061 | mini | 1) Can be used as initial flash from stock. |
Brainslayer | 3/25/13 | 2.6 | 21061 | mega | 1) Can NOT be used as initial flash from stock. 2) SSH broken |
Brainslayer | 5/27/13 | 2.6 | 21676 | mega | 1) Can NOT be used as initial flash from stock. 2) SSH broken |
Brainslayer | 4/18/14 | 2.6 | 23919 | mini | 1) Can be used as initial flash from stock. |
Brainslayer | 4/18/14 | 2.6 | 23919 | mega | 1) Can NOT be used as initial flash from stock. 2) Wireless broken. |
Brainslayer | 5/23/14 | 2.6 | 24118 | mega | 1) Can NOT be used as initial flash from stock. 2) Wireless broken. |
Brainslayer | 5/27/14 | 2.6 | 24160 | mega | 1) Can NOT be used as initial flash from stock. 2) Wireless broken. 3) SSH broken. |
Brainslayer | 6/23/14 | 3.0 | 24461 | mega | |
Brainslayer | 10/23/14 | 2.6 | 25143-testing | mega | 1) Can NOT be used as initial flash from stock. 2) Wont flash -- Too big? |
Brainslayer | 10/29/14 | 2.6 | 25203 | mini | 1) Can be used as initial flash from stock. 2) Wireless broken. |
Brainslayer | 10/29/14 | 3.0 | 25203 | mega | 1) Can be used as initial flash from stock. 2) SSH broken. 3) HTTPS broken. 4) Wireless works, AFAICT. 5) Telnet works. 6) HTTP works. |
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.