WRT54GL
From charlesreid1
Notes on getting the WRT54GL set up as an OpenWRT router.
This follows instructions on the OpenWRT wiki: https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt54g
Connect to Router
Before you can install OpenWRT, make sure the router is functioning normally.
Plug in
Start by plugging the router in, and connect a computer to it with an ethernet cable.
Log in
The default IP schema (discovered using ifconfig to see what IP address had been assigned to the ethernet port of the laptop connected to the router) was 192.168.1.1.
When I went to this page I logged in with the default username/password combo of admin/admin and saw the Linksys router management page:
We won't be changing any of these settings, as we'll be re-flashing the router with a new operating system.
Install OpenWRT
Download image
Next you'll download the openwrt-wrt54g-squashfs.bin image from the OpenWRT page: https://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1/brcm-2.4/
Direct link: https://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1/brcm-2.4/openwrt-wrt54g-squashfs.bin
Load image onto router
On the router, navigate to the page http://192.168.1.1/Upgrade.asp
Now upload the OpenWRT binary:
