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Old 01-02-2007, 21:29   #16
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Re: Flashing Linksys WRT54G router
Keep us posted Nikesh... Im interested to know how you get on as Ive heard good stuff about the wrt firmware.
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Old 01-02-2007, 22:53   #17
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Good job Nikesh
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Old 01-02-2007, 22:55   #18
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Yeah, glad it went well. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

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Old 04-02-2007, 17:33   #19
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Re: Flashing Linksys WRT54G router
DD-WRT is great guys!! Took my laptop to the end of my street and I still get signal! Can't believe a simple firmware upgrade would allow this!

Definitely recommend DD-WRT!

Just have a quick question though, I have DD-WRT v23 SP1 and I think SP2 is out. Would the update work with my v5 router, if so how would I go about installing the update?
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Old 04-02-2007, 17:52   #20
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Re: Flashing Linksys WRT54G router
Yup, that's what I use.

Go to

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads.php

then click on the link to dd-wrt.v23 SP2 and download the dd-wrt.v23_sp2_micro.zip file.

The important thing is to upgrade from the router gui using the 'micro-generic' file contained within the zip.

HTH

Glad its went well.

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Old 12-02-2007, 21:02   #21
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Thanks, just got round to updating it.

I've noticed under Wireless Packet Info, I've been gettin errors.

Received (RX) | 285004 OK, no error | 100%

Transmitted (TX) | 199878 OK, 1750 errors | 99%

Is this a problem?
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Old 13-02-2007, 00:43   #22
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Re: Flashing Linksys WRT54G router
I also get similar results, however the high number of TX errors only appears high initially. My figures at the moment are

Received (RX)

69861878 OK, no error 100%

Transmitted (TX)

77881751 OK, 1445 errors 100%


The number of TX errors has barely risen since I last rebooted the router (14 days ago). I think the high error rate initially must be something to do with the initialisation process.

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Old 13-02-2007, 10:35   #23
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OK. Thanks for clearing that up.

Is it good to reboot the router every couple of weeks then or can you just leave it on permanently?
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Re: Flashing Linksys WRT54G router
I've not rebooted since I flashed on DD-WRT about 3 weeks ago. Prior to that I was rebooting every other day due to dropouts.

I am now subscribing to the old 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' adage!
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Thanks. I've not had any problems with it except I've got 1826 errors for Transmitted (TX) now. I think I will just leave it on permanently...
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how can you boos the signal on this router as we tend to get a few drop outs when we use the desktop and the laptop ?
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how can you boos the signal on this router as we tend to get a few drop outs when we use the desktop and the laptop ?
You need DD-WRT firmware.
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You need DD-WRT firmware.
ohhhh is there any other way i could stop the drop outs ? they seem to disconnect msn messenger and yahoo the most and sometimes the net ?
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ohhhh is there any other way i could stop the drop outs ? they seem to disconnect msn messenger and yahoo the most and sometimes the net ?
Oh sorry I thought you wanted to increase the wireless signal. You probably won't need DD-WRT then. I'm not sure how you can stop the disconnections. Does your internet only disconnect from wireless or ethernet as well...?
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Oh sorry I thought you wanted to increase the wireless signal. You probably won't need DD-WRT then. I'm not sure how you can stop the disconnections. Does your internet only disconnect from wireless or ethernet as well...?

yes both when we are both using the laptop(wireless ) and desktop (ethernet )
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