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Originally Posted by middlefinger
Thanks for the help, think I might try the DDWRT firmware. Never flashed anything before so is this straight forward to do?
If I keep the buffalo firmware I was thinking of binning AOSS & Client manager and doing the manual set-up but wasn't sure which settings to enable and disable and which security to use. Any help on doing this would be magic. Also weest, if you could help abit more with setting static IP's maybe when your home, if possible, as I haven't done anything like this before.
Im new to networking but im not bad with computers so I should get the gist of things with a little push in the right direction.
Juggling between the 2 at min, dont wanna fry the router though
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I flashed it using the standard flashing tool used to flash a linksys unit from their site:
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/tftp.exe
This tool also worked with my Buffalo whr hp g54 1:
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ProductID=2324
FLASHING INTRUCTIONS:
The one critical step to a successful flash is to set the host computer to a static IP in the range matching the router- 192.168.11.x (x can be anything between 2 and 254).
Set the pc IP to 192.168.11.1, browse to your intended .bin (firmware) file and select it, leave the password blank and set the retries to 99 (20 is usually enough).
Make sure your ethernet cable is connected to the NIC on the computer, and a LAN port on the router.
Click "Upgrade" on the tftp utility, and casually put power to the router. The utility will attempt upgrades and fail.....that's fine. Watch the LAN icon in your task bar as it attempts to acquire an IP. Just as you see it connect and find an IP, the utility will begin to flash the upgrade to the router. After it's complete, sit and wait about 2 minutes (more or less, depending on variables) and the router will reboot itself. When it's finished booting, it's done.
Reset your host computer to its previous IP configuration. This has to be either DHCP or static in the range of 192.168.1.x., because now that the router has DD-WRT flashed, it's IP has changed from 192.168.11.1 to 192.168.1.1. Do a hard reset on the router and it's ready to configure.
This above method is easy and i've done it a few times on the same router, MY DDWRT is v2.3 sp2 and does not include the latest ddwrt which has a more features on it.
Hope that's helpful.