Linksys WRT300N v1, v1.1

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* 1. Download DD-WRT beta version 24 * 1. Download DD-WRT beta version 24
** A. Navigate to the [http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads.php DD-WRT Downloads Page] -> Beta -> Generic Broadcom -> dd-wrt.v24 beta ** A. Navigate to the [http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads.php DD-WRT Downloads Page] -> Beta -> Generic Broadcom -> dd-wrt.v24 beta
-** B. Scroll down to find the latest version (Tested with: 2007 - 06016 from June 16th, 2007)+** B. Scroll down to find the latest version (Tested with: 2007 - 0616 from June 16th, 2007)
** C. Download: dd-wrt.v24_wrt300n.bin ** C. Download: dd-wrt.v24_wrt300n.bin
** D. Keep the downloads page open as you may or may not need it. ** D. Keep the downloads page open as you may or may not need it.

Revision as of 11:02, 23 July 2007

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General Information

(As of July, 2007) WRT300N version 1.1 or 2 is NOT supported.


Linksys WRT300N Version 1

  • Hardware Defaults (with Linksys firmware)
    • LAN IP Address: 192.168.1.1
    • Web GUI Username: <blank>
    • Web GUI Password: admin
  • DD-WRT Defaults (dd-wrt.v24 beta)
    • LAN IP Address: 192.168.1.1
    • Web GUI Username: root
    • Web GUI Password: admin

Installation Procedure

As of now (June, 2007), the only supported version of DD-WRT is beta version 24.

  • 1. Download DD-WRT beta version 24
    • A. Navigate to the DD-WRT Downloads Page -> Beta -> Generic Broadcom -> dd-wrt.v24 beta
    • B. Scroll down to find the latest version (Tested with: 2007 - 0616 from June 16th, 2007)
    • C. Download: dd-wrt.v24_wrt300n.bin
    • D. Keep the downloads page open as you may or may not need it.
  • 2. Open up Internet Explorer (Firefox 2.0.0.4 did not work for me, unfortunately)
    • A. Navigate to your router's web GUI (default location: http://192.168.1.1)
    • B. Write down/Copy+Paste any settings you may want to keep (e.g. MAC addresses for MAC filtering)
    • C. Reset the router to its factory defaults
    • D. Navigate to Firmware Upgrade and select dd-wrt.v24_wrt300n.bin in the file browser
    • E. Initiate the upgrade
  • 3. If you have any issues with the firmware upgrade failing:
    • A. Download the mini version of DD-WRT beta version 24 (Repeat step one above and download dd-wrt.v24_mini_wrt300n.bin instead).
    • B. Repeat step 2 for installing the mini version.
    • C. Upgrade to the full version (if you wish)
  • 4. Restore Factory Defaults. Navigate to Administration -> Factory Defaults. Select "Yes" and then Save Settings

Post-Installation

Once you have completed all of the steps above, your router is already set and ready to be used, configured, etc.

Known Issues

  • I use static DHCP for my network and found that this page had strange errors (incorrect labels, missing radio buttons). To fix this, navigate to Administration -> Factory Defaults and then restore the factory defaults to the router.
    • Relatively same issue with MAC filtering where the word "error" replaced labels.
  • I changed some settings in the Administration page and it changed my language to one of the Asian character sets (no, I did not change the language in the selection box). I was honestly too lazy to try and figure out where the language section was, so I hard reset the router and it defaulted back to English.
  • If you did not hard reset the router before you installed DD-WRT, then the login information is as follows:
    • Username: root
    • Password: Whatever your password was
    • Hard reset the router if you cannot figure out the login information. Refer here for the default login information.
  • Occasionally after changing a setting, the router will lose its connection to the internet. All you need to do to restore the connection is navigate to the Administration page and scroll to the bottom and hit the Reboot Router button.
    • I recommend that you change all the settings you want to change then reboot the router regardless.