Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Flashing wwrt

I received my new router in the mail yesterday along with my usb wifi adapter.  The usb Adapter was absolutely plug and play with my server (not really a server yet) running Ubuntu 10.10.  It was recognized immediately and asked for my network key.  It gets and excellent signal quite a distance from my old 2wire router. I bought it from Amazon for 12.99 after much research.  http://www.amazon.com/802-11g-WiFi-Wireless-Adapter-Antenna/dp/B002VX0GJY/ref=pd_ybh_1?pf_rd_p=280800601&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=ybh&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1ZD3XX57VP6W2697CDBB

The router I have purchased is this one. linksys wrt54gl http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broadband-Compatible/dp/B000BTL0OA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1296593829&sr=1-1

So far so good. Here is the plan.
1) Flash dd-wrt onto my router following these steps using the mini-build then the standard build.

First Flash Mini build

 Second Flash Standard Build
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One more tip in addition to the write ups linked to.  After your first flash, power cycle and hard reset YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RECONNECT TO YOUR ROUTER IN YOUR LITTLE NETWORK BUTTON AT THE TOP OF YOUR UBUNTU SCREEN ( Autoeth0) before being able to find it in your browser for your second flash.


2. Download and install Apache using Synaptic (I will have to figure out exactly what this is first)
3. Download and install Google Chrome Using the Ubuntu Software Center. This looks easy.
4. Download and install Avidimux using the command line apt-get.

5. Register and obtain a ddns.  I will use Library Monks suggestion on this one and go with no-ip.


Also I still need to change my 2wire att gateway to act as a modem but I am almost there.

2 comments:

  1. Great job! I just got my new router from Amazon yesterday.Hope it works well as yours!

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  2. Let me know if you have trouble. I feel pretty comfortable with the process.

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