Ok, from reading a bit, I know I need to patch the CFE bin file with the MAC address from the router sticker (if the cfe does not come from the same router).

I got my CFE bin file from http://downloads.openwrt.org/inh/cfe/ and the associated txt file.  In there, I changed "et0macaddr=" to my mac.  I'm not sure if I also need to change the "il0macaddr=", as the "sample" cfe file contains a different MAC in both il0 and et0 fields.  Ran nvserial, and jtagged the new cfe.

Doing this, I managed to debrick my wrt54gs.  But there is one thing I don't understand:  If I "dd if=/dev/mtdblock/0 bs=1 skip=4116 count=2048 | strings > /tmp/cfe.txt", I can see the mac I patched in the cfe.txt file, but I'm wondering why "nvram show |grep mac" shows different macs for et0 and il0...??

Any thoughts??

Anyone?

i directly edited mine with a binary editor and they are diff cause theres a wifi and a lan. also check to see if bootwait is on i know for the cfe i d\led it was not even thou it was marked boot wait on

(Last edited by Weedy on 18 Jul 2005, 19:43)

I guess I understand why they are different for wifi and wan, but why are they different between the bootloader and the nvram variables?