DD-WRT

WRT54GL v 1.1

Our favorite get out of jail free WAP/Router.

Firmware

IP Address

Username

Password

Linksys

192.168.1.1

<none>

admin

DD-WRT v2.4

192.168.1.1

admin

root

The stock Linksys firmware has a limit of 3MB for firmware updates, thus you have to flash the micro or the mini (below) firware before flashing one of the larger images.

Resources:

  1. dd-wrt.v24_mini_generic.bin (r38159)

  2. Amazon Product Page

Add DHCP Reservation

Nagivate to top-level services tab Click add under DHCP Options block

Steps:

  1. Navigate to top level Services tab

  2. Click add in DHCP Options block

  3. Enter client data (below)

  4. Click Apply Settings

  5. Click Reboot Router

Option

Example Value

MAC Address

88:4a:ea:ca:a3:f9

Hostname

My client

IP Address

192.168.1.123

Lease Time

1440 min (1 day), 10080 min (7 days)

Notes:

  1. The WAP will begin serving the DHCP reservation as soon as Apply Settings finishes, but we reboot to ensure that the configuration will survive any future system restarts.

References

  1. TBD