Installing DD-WRT ~ A Geek From the West

Sunday, September 6, 2009

After reading over many forum posts about installing DD-WRT, here's what seems to be the consensus

Disable Anti-virus and Firewall software before running TFTP
Set the TFTP utility for 99 tries
NEWD-2 firmware versions are not compatible with the Linksys WRT54G2 and will brick it.
A newer version of DD-WRT should be flashed after DD-WRT is setup
As of 7/25/09, someone recommended version 12548 on the forums [Post]
The mac address reported by DD-WRT needs to match the mac address of the router
Tx power of 35-60 mW seems to stabilize the WRT54G2 model and 70 mW is too much for them according to redhawk0. [Post]
If you need help on the forums, include the router model/version and the version number of DD-WRT that is running on the router

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