The frist version could be view in here . It's time for new version 2 Series

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/256358

About DD-WRT

12. December 2004

DD-WRT was founded
The initial target was just a modification of the original Linksys Firmware for supporting
simple Radius Authentication, But I decided to add some more small tools and fancy things, just for fun.

Anytime in January 2005

Out from the great Response
from our Community, after releasing it to the public, I developed more and more features and started also to redesign the complete
firmware.

June 2005
Just 6 months later, i quit my regular Job in the Software Industry and started to work on DD-WRT as full time Job, at this time i joined
the Blueline-AG for getting some help with the financial background.

January 2006
Started todo some code supporting work for FON

May 2006
Since i was unable to fullfill my dreams within the Blueline-AG i joined the NewMedia-NET GmbH and finally i got the support for bringing
DD-WRT to the next level which was

September 2006
DD-WRT V23 SP2 was released which seemed our biggest success so far. many people still like it
At this time we started also porting DD-WRT to various Platforms like
Avila Gateworks, X86, FON Fonera and whatever was comming to my dev table. (about 90 different router types so far)

August 2007
We finally got a contract with a main vendor of Wireless Routers. Buffalo decided that they want to work with us together on future wireless platforms.

October 2007
The Buffalo WHR-HP-G54DD (EU only) was released by Buffalo with a exlusive DD-WRT Firmware

December 2007
The Buffalo AS-100 (Japan only) was released by Buffalo

Soon:

Release of v24 final. unlike some rumours, it will be activation free for all home or broadcom based routers like in the past.
We are currently in our final stages and deep in final tests. so keep patient until its ready. its worth to wait a little bit

18.05.08

We are very proud to release the final DD-WRT v24 to the public. After months of development and bug fixing we are sure this release is as stable and reliable people expect a DD-WRT major release to be. The v24 binaries are now available in the download section (click here).

DD-WRT v24 offers many new features, on of the most important is support of Atheros wlan chipsets and SOC designs. By supporting special features of the Atheros wireless designs like half- and quarter channels and extended channel support DD-WRT is now perfectly suited for long range wireless links. With this DD-WRT is now also supporting the whole Ubiquity line of wireless products using all available features the hardware offers.

Highlights of DD-WRT v24:
- Virtual SSIDs, Virtual DHCP-Servers, PPTP over WAN enhencements, Bridging + VLAN support, VDSL Support, OLSR-Routing / Freifunk, My Ad Network (powered by AnchorFree), Quaqqa instead of Bird (in X86 + Xscale default), PPPOE-Server, EOIP-Tunnel, Network configuration enhencements, UP-Downstream (QOS), New Packet Scheduler HFSC, Save & Apply, extended DDNS options, extended status information, New Languages, Sipwerk integrated Milkfish into the new release, turning every DD-WRT router into a SIP-aware firewall.

26.07.08, by BrainSlayer

Two months after the release of the milestone v24 we are happy to give a refined release to the public, v24 SP1. Besides the official support of new hardware platforms and the addition of some new features we did enhance the usability and stability of many functions inside DD-WRT. We did also incorporate the patches for the recently published dns exploit issue. We'd like to make clear that the DD-WRT default configuration in v23 / v24 is not vulnerable, so there was and is no risk for dd-wrt users. There was also a security issue in the site survey that is not published yet and is fixed in the v24 SP1.

Thanks to all the people out there that give us reports and did help us identify issues, we are glad that there are so many people that support this project.

(Almost) Complete list of enhancements in v24 SP1:

New hardware platforms:
- X86, Avila Gateworks, Cambria Gateworks, Atheros Soc (for a list, please look into the Download Section), Compex,Senao, Fonera, Ubiquiti

Thanks for all the help and response we got.

DD-WRT is:

Sebastian Gottschall (BrainSlayer, founder, maindeveloper)
Christian Scheele (Chris, CEO)
Ales Majdic (Eko, fixing alot)
Sylvain Bothorel (Botho,router webdesign)
Felix Fietkau (nbd/openwrt,madwifi)

and alot of supporters around the world

Helpful Links

Click for List of supported hardware that support DD-WRT

Click Here to download dd-wrt

Click Here to Support DD-WRT

DD-WRT Wikipedia Page & Guideline

Example of interfaces

WRT54GS Ver 1.1 running on Ver 24SP1

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Added on June 19, 2008, 12:34 pmReserved for news

This post has been edited by MX510: Sep 12 2008, 08:17 PM

hi i wan to upgrade my DD wrt from v23 SP2 to v24

i m using linksys WRT54GL v1.1, which file should i download?

This post has been edited by skcs1985: Jun 19 2008, 12:43 PM

Hard reset your router before flashing you can go to standard version for WRT54GL Ver 24

To play safe go to mini then go to standard

WRT54GL Version 1.1 Version 24

Here is mini

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/v...ini_generic.bin

Here is standard

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/v...std_generic.bin

This post has been edited by MX510: Jun 19 2008, 12:42 PM

hard reset is this?

press and hold the reset button on the back of the unit for 30 seconds, unplug unit still holding reset button for 30 seconds, then plug it back in still holding reset button a final 30 seconds. this will reset the nvram section of the flash chip and ensure you are starting fresh when loading firmware. The "reset to factory" has been found to not always clear the entire nvram sections.

unplug means the power or just the WAN cable?

This post has been edited by skcs1985: Jun 19 2008, 12:45 PM

That would be the power plug :-)

ok so simple steps would be:

1. download mini and den standard
2. do hard reset
3. upgrade mini firmware and wait 5 mins
4. upgrade std firmware and wait 5 minutes
5. hard reset again?

This post has been edited by skcs1985: Jun 19 2008, 12:52 PM

i have a question,
i just bought linksys wrt54gl...
then i flashed it to tomato..

and now one of the port malfunctioned (i think because of lightning)
can i claim warranty?

i mean, does flashing to 3rd party firmware void warranty?

can we flash back to original linksys firmware?

This post has been edited by blackorange: Jun 19 2008, 07:21 PM

Just flash back to the original firmware ! and send it for RMA

Welcome to v2...


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reserved for my dd-wrt outdoor AP pics, coming soon...

I am pretty much enjoying my Tomato firmware. It seems to be better then DD-WRT (I find DD-WRT is now bloated)

Hehehe i still stick to dd-wrt :-) . I can do a lot of things with dd-wrt :-) .

my router with 16MB RAM and DD-WRT vpn with openvpn running only left with 3-5% free memory (~500kb)...but it is running fine

i just flashed to V24 from V23 SP2 and my wireless interface kept getting disconnected every few minutes. anyone else has same problem?

After flashing pls reset 30 sec :-) then reconfig ur router

did the 30/30/30 thingy before and after flashing...
now i'm trying to play around the ACK setting and force it into G only mode to see if the problem is solved.

also i noticed the default TX power is set to 70mW in V24 while in V23 SP2 it remain default at 28mW

V24 stable use 70mw :-) should be power enough to be use in ur house

i'm using the original firmware.. How do i "hack" the power upgrade? 70mw is fine? Will it overheat?

You'll have to flash a 3rd party firmware. Yes , it will overheat your router. You'll have to install a heatsink and its not safe for your health as well

can WiFi 70mW or even 250mW really effect our health?
because most handphones are transmitting at between 1000mW~2000mW and yet there are no health issue !!

any intelligent explanation ?

This post has been edited by Joehans: Jun 27 2008, 06:25 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6677051.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/154...o-children.html

Unfortunately , there aren't. So my statement is questionable and it is subjective . But I've noticed that my room mate kept complaining that he suffered from a headache (when I set my Transmission power to 70mW). But after reducing it to 35 mW he said that he didn't suffer from any headache. I don't know if its a placebo effect or he is just lying