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I'm trying to find out which versions of the LinkSys routers I have from a friend of mines. It's like over 3 yrs old.
S/N prefix C272 with firmware version: 1.42.7, Apr 03 2002 (stated on the LinkSys router web UI)
Do I need to upgrade or downgrade the stock firmware before re-flashing it with OpenWRT?
Thanks,
~Peter
I'm trying to find out which versions of the LinkSys routers I have from a friend of mines. It's like over 3 yrs old.
S/N prefix C272 with firmware version: 1.42.7, Apr 03 2002 (stated on the LinkSys router web UI)
Look at this page http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Har … sys/WRT54G
According to the table yours is not a WRT54G.
Do I need to upgrade or downgrade the stock firmware before re-flashing it with OpenWRT?
Earlier routers should contain the ping exploit - imho upgrading or downgrading Linksys firmware is a risky activity. In later routers upgrading using the Linksys web update page has been low risk. But you should identify your version first.
Thanks gr8w11ne! I found out that it's actually a LinkSys BEFW11S4 version 2 802.11b AP.
I'm assuming since this model is not on the OpenWRT hardware list, it's probably never been tested before.
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