[clue-tech] wrt54g v3 problem

[Ken MacFerrin]

Adam bultman wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote:
>> On 3/3/07, Adam bultman <adamb at glaven.org> wrote:
>>> Collins Richey wrote:
>>>> On 3/2/07, Ken MacFerrin <lists at macferrin.com> wrote:
>>>>> Collins Richey wrote:
>>>>>> I have a wireless router provided by a friend, but I must have
>>>>>> tinkered with it at some point, because I can't access it via the
>>>>>> browser any more.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know how to restore this beast to the factory settings?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hold down the little "reset" button in the back for 10 seconds.. this
>>>>> will reset to the default firmware settings (192.168.1.1).
>>>>> -Ken
>>>> Many thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for.
>>>>
>>>> And thanks also to Dennis. Yes the unit responds to the default ip
>>>> address, but I fat fingered a password long ago, so I need to start
>>>> over.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> My WRT53Gv3 runs whiterussian 0.9 from www.openwrt.org very well. Runs
>>> better than the linksys firmware, too.  You can upload the openWRT
>>> firmware and it even remembers all your settings.
>>>
>> What is the process of enabling/flashing changes to the firmware? Also
>> the openwrt site says that whiterussian is being stabilized inf favor
>> of something called kamikaze.
>>
>>
> Whiterussian 0.9 is the 'production' version.  "Development" is kamikaze
> (which seems aptly named.)  To flash my linksys, I just downloaded the
> appropriate .bin file and then used the web-based firmware updater to
> upload the new firmware.     The safer way is to tftp it up to the
> router, but that requires 'hacking' the system to enable boot wait (so
> you can send a file to it as it boots and interrupt the normal boot
> process.)    
> 
> I had my router running whiterussian in about 5 minutes, from start to
> finish. It reconnected to my PPPoE ADSL connection immediately, and
> another two minutes later I had my ports forwarded to my internal SSH
> server. 
> 
> Adam

I'd also like to put in a vote for DD-WRT (www.dd-wrt.com). I certainly
can't knock the OpenWRT project but the DD-WRT firmware has a great
feature set and refined web gui right out of the box..  I've also had
better luck with VoIP QoS on this firmware than I have with others so far.
-Ken