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Topic: wanna original linksys firmware :(

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hello i already instaled kamikaze 7.09 but something bad  with wifi....also i instaled web interface  but.... now i wanna  original linksys wrt54gl soft  who can help how  install it ?

well when you plug in your router it accepts tftp connections.  My linux distribution has tftp installed by default.  I can't remember the exact settings required but I'm pretty sure this should work.


download linksys firmware
cd /dir/with/.bin file #using absolute path doesn't work for me
echo -e "binary\nrexmt 1\ntimeout 60\ntrace\nput firmware.bin" | tftp 192.168.1.1

unplug the router
run the command ( this is the timeout at work )
plug in the router
DON'T run the command then unplug and replug in the router.  It didn't work for me so I doubt it will work for you.
it should be fixed with a linksys firmware
this may or may not work.  it worked for me for a openwrt firmware but has nothing to do with an installed firmware.  Basically it's the BIOS /bootloader flashing anything it gets via tftp
i guarantee and am held liable for NOTHING!!!
I also just installed the 7.09 kamikaze openwrt.  I don't have wireless but I can probably get it working.

I'm not sure if you need boot_wait to be enabled but I also read that you can fix your router without boot_wait enabled it's just harder, probably requiring hardware mods.


forgot to mention that this worked on a wrt54g v2.0 running white russian and then again with kamikaze 7.09

here are the instructions provided by the wiki
http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Ins … %28tftp%29

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