I wanted to try to get OpenWRT working on my D-Link DSL-524T so i red a few guides and so on. If your firmware upgrade fails you'll need a JTAG cable to fix it. To get started, you need a telnet client, windows has one or you could use PuTTY. You also need a RJ-45 cable to connect your pc to your router.

Change your computers ip address to 192.168.1.2. Now open DOS and write "telnet 192.168.1.1"(default ip). Username and password should be admin by default, if you changed the password, then use it. For those who have forgotten their password, just reset the router via the reset button at the back of the device. Now type "cat /proc/ticfg/env". The result should look something like this:

Write down the ipaddress presented at my_ipaddress, this is the address used to log in to the bootloader which is Adam2. Make sure your mtd0 through mtd4 are the same as those in this example. ProductID should be AR7*. Go download the newest(atm 8.09) ar7 squashfs file. The name should look somethin like: "openwrt-ar7-squashfs.bin".

Set your computers static IP to 5.8.8.9 and gateway to 5.8.8.8. Now unplug the power cable and type "ftp 5.8.8.8" or what ever your my_ipaddress is. You have about 5 to 7 seconds to execute the ftp command before bootloader loads the router os. Power up the router and execute the ftp command. Now you should be in the adam2 ftp server. Username and password is adam2. Now type the following commands(replace .bin filename with the one you have):

Now the device should reboot and your ftp should disconnect. Wait a few moments and try to connect to your router via telnet. telnet 192.168.1.1. You should now be running OpenWRT on your router.

(Last edited by Ncl8 on 26 Apr 2009, 17:12)

Thanks for sharing your nice howto...

When I did my 604t, probably the same principal, I had to make sure my interface had a -static- IP in the range the adam2 is in and the gateway was the adam2 IP otherwize it wouldn't connect.

That worked, i got the bin file in my router but when i reboot it and set my computers ip to 192.168.1.2 and gateway to 192.168.1.1 i cant connect to the router with telnet.

Ok, does the router fire up and eject anything on serial?  I have my partitions set to

mtd0    0x90010000 + OFFSET,0x903f0000
mtd1    0x90010000,0x90010000 + OFFSET
mtd2    0x90000000,0x90010000
mtd3    0x903f0000,0x90400000
mtd4    0x90010000,0x903f0000

Where offset is the location of the string 'hsqs' in the binary, just throwing ideas out - could be why its not booting when you reboot it from flashing walk off and make a cup of tea while it sets its self up, have a look at http://oldwiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs( … G604T.html

(Last edited by Wipster on 21 Apr 2009, 22:08)

For some reason i get disconnected from the router  before the upload even begins.

(Last edited by Ncl8 on 24 Apr 2009, 20:48)

The solution under Windows XP Pro SP3 :
Just add a REG_DWORD value named TcpMaxDataRetransmissions with a value of 40 (Hexadecimal).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\TcpMaxDataRetransmissions

Sincerely.

OMG THANK YOU!

I spent days bumbling around trying to find an answer

Finally I can flash these D-Link routers

How can this tidbit get into the Wiki for the Dlink DSL 5xxT G604T etc routers?

already documented for linux host when flashing
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php … 45#p118745

Jaymax I want you thank so much! I had same problem like Ncl8, so its fantastic to see open wrt sreen now!