If you found the instructions on the WZR-HP-AG300H page unclear, please update the wiki to either note how this can be done in you circumstance or modify it to point to the WZR-600DHP page for this circumstance.
Thanks, and enjoy the router! On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Rick Green <r...@aapsc.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2014, camden lindsay wrote: > > The Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H definitely works on 12.09 and newer trunk >> builds. Not sure of current trunk, >> but in the next few days can try a build and push to my spare router. >> I flashed via tftp initially, not sure about other methods. My >> semi-smart switch was too slow to pick up >> the link state change / arp propogation- but the environment worked if i >> was plugged directly into a cheap >> switch and/or into the switch that is part of another router. >> >> To your question of upgrades; >> 1. the tftp flash is built into the bootloader, which OpenWRT does not >> overwrite. IT is the first bit of >> code that is run by the router before it kicks off to the kernel >> 2. If upgrading using LUCI i believe you use the 'sysupgrade' image, >> same as if you were using the >> command line utility 'sysupgrade' >> http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.sysupgrade >> >> hope this helps >> >> Thanks for the quick reply. I got openwrt successfully loaded by using > the sysupgrade image, and the directions for installation from the > buffalo-branded DD-wrt that I found on the WZR-600DHP product page. The > 'factory firmware' delivered on my router was actually dd-wrt, and since > the WZR-600DHP page claims that router is essentially the same as mine, I > figured I'd give it a try... > > Rick > > >> >> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Rick Green <r...@aapsc.com> wrote: >> Today, I attempted to load openwrt on the above hardware, using the >> factory firmware flash >> method, according to the instructions on the hardware-specific >> page. The 'upgrade firmware' >> routine returned with a failure message after only about five >> seconds. Thinking the image >> might be corrupted, I downloaded it a second time, but both copies >> compared equal, and still >> no joy. >> The table of hardware lists 'trunk' as the required openwrt >> version, yet the >> product-specific page indicates that the 12.09 release version is >> appropriate. Is that >> incorrect, and I should compile my own from the current svn? >> Is there a possibility that the TFTP load image might work? >> Should I set up the right >> environment for tftp and try that image? >> >> Assuming that I'm able to get openwrt loaded, and at some point I >> wish to re-flash with a >> newer release, how might I do it? Is the TFTP flash routine >> built-in to the hardware, or is >> it part of the factory firmware, and will disappear with a >> successful flash of openwrt? If I >> want to use the Luci facility to upgrade the firmware, what is an >> 'appropriate image'? Would I >> use the 'factory' version, the 'tftp' version, or something else? >> >> -- >> Rick Green >> >> We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. >> Supreme Court's >> Citizens United ruling, and move to amend our Constitution to >> firmly establish >> that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, >> are persons >> entitled to constitutional rights. >> >> http://www.MoveToAmend.org >> _______________________________________________ >> openwrt-users mailing list >> openwrt-users@lists.openwrt.org >> https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users >> >> >> >> >> > -- > Rick Green > > We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme > Court's > Citizens United ruling, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly > establish > that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are > persons > entitled to constitutional rights. > > http://www.MoveToAmend.org > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-users mailing list > openwrt-users@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-users mailing list > openwrt-users@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users > >
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