[SLL] dd-wrt redux

[Derek Simkowiak]

    Glenn,
    I've seen those IE-only postings you mentioned.  I can confirm here 
that IE is not necessary to flash a factory WRT54GL to DD-WRT.

    I've done it with Ubuntu 7.04 and 8.04 running Firefox.  As per the 
instructions on the DD-WRT site, you must first flash the "mini" DD-WRT 
ROM image, and then upgrade to a full (non-mini) version after that.  
It's all documented on the DD-WRT Wiki and Forums.

    My guess is that there was some Javascript bug that only worked with 
IE two or three years ago, and that the meme of "use IE only" has just 
propagated itself in the forums.

    As a funny side note, a DLink wifi router I've used (similar to the 
WRT54GL) also had a Javascript bug that made it not work right under 
Firefox.  You needed IE to administer the device and change a setting.  
But that was on the factory firmware, it had nothing to do with DD-WRT.


--Derek

Glenn Stone wrote:
> Notes all over the dd-wrt page say to use IE to upload the first (mini)
> flash of dd-wrt to one's WRT54GL.  In untypical fashion, I'm going to do
> just that here in a few whilst waiting for this answer... but I've a second
> WRT54GL I may wish to flash later, and I may not have a 'Doze box to flash
> it with.  Is there a known successful way to initial-flash a WRT54GL using
> only free software?  (I use the lowercase f here 'cause I don't care if it's
> Opera, nor do I care if it's Solaris or BSD or whathaveyou, just so long as
> it's an OS and browser I can download for free.)  
>
> -- Glenn, who thinks if there ain't a way to do this yet there ought to be
>    (and wonders why this might be, on multiple counts).
>