How to Upgrade Version 1.1 Linksys WRT54GL

This post about how to upgrade Access Point Linksys WRT54GL Version 1.1 to the dd-wrt Generic Version 24 Standard, because the firmware Linksys WRT54GL feels less full power, the following tutorial I will share how the steps to upgrade its firmware ....

Immediately, the Linksys WRT54GL firmware upgrade process is very easy, but you previously used to prepare all the necessary equipment or devices, such as Linksys AP itself and download the software upgrade, following the previous steps but you need to know to upgrade the Linksys WRT54GL to dd-wrt v24 standard generic first you must upgrade to the dd-wrt v24 generic mini (important), well to step let us read together ....

• First you download the first firmware upgrade dd-wrt v24 generic mini it here and firmware upgrade dd-wrt v24 standard generic it here and do not forget after you've finished downloading extract the file first
• Next turn on the Linksys WRT54GL and a computer or laptop
• Then pair UTP cable to one of the four port LAN port on the network card in your computer or your laptop, one LAN port on the Linksys WRT54GL is a good choice (not internet port / WAN), see picture below

• Setting your computer's IP address in DHCP mode. This is so that your computer get the IP address from wireless router
• Perform hardware reset on the Linksys WRT54GL device by pressing the reset button on the back of the Linksys WRT54GL for about 10 seconds.
• Open a web browser, and type http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar in web browser and press enter, wait a while you will be presented to a page that looks like the image below

• At the login prompt, clear the User Name field: and enter "admin" (without the quotes) in the password field and press enter
• And then you were faced with a linksys WRT54GL setting menu page based web browser as shown below

• On the router web page, select the Administration menu and then select Firmware Upgrade menu and the page will look like the picture below

• On the Firmware Upgrade page, click the browse button, then select the firmware DD-WRT generic mini that you have downloaded and extracted earlier, you need to remember that the upgrade should be phased with the mini version of dd-wrt.v24 generic. bin first. Then click the Upgrade button. see picture below

• Wait for the upgrade is complete, and remember! DO NOT interrupt the process UPGRADE
• Allow about two minutes after the router reboot automatically
• Try to see the response router by providing the command ping-t 192.168.1.1. Observe during the upgrade process, usually in some cases new http://192.168.1.1 url can be accessed on the web browser after a reply from the router. See the picture below

• After the first upgrade process is complete, do the hardware reset as the previous step. Do not worry brick your router! If not accessible after rebooting automatically, do the hardware reset as the previous step.

• Next you Point your browser back to the address http://192.168.1.1 and press enter it will display the menu page dd-wrt v24 generic mini like the image below

• Select the Administration menu, it will display a login prompt. At the login prompt, enter the username "root" and password "admin" (without the quotes) and click OK
• On the Administration menu, select Firmware Upgrade menu, then click the Browse button and select the firmware DD-WRT v24 generic standard (dd-wrt.v24_std_generic.bin) that you have downloaded and extracted earlier, see picture below

• Then click the Upgrade button. Wait for the upgrade is complete, and remember my friend! DO NOT interrupt the process UPGRADE

•  Finally after the upgrade is complete, do the hardware reset as the previous step

• Then you point the browser to the address http://192.168.1.1 again and the page will appear dd-wrt v24 standard generic like the picture below

So the steps how to upgrade AP firmware Linksys WRT54GL to dd-wrt v24 standard generic, may be useful and good luck ....