We hope your router is not on and operating when you want to execute the installation. If you start to download without knowing what you’re doing, you’re in for a major headache. Once you’re certain you’ve found a firmware that precisely matches your router and you understand the steps necessary for installation, go ahead and download it. We cannot stress enough how important it is to do a thorough investigation of the firmware. If the original poster had started by reading the forum guidelines, they would have encountered setup guides and a list of supported devices, thus preventing the accidental bricking. We found the proper firmware in a forum thread and encountered a post about downloading and installing outdated firmware, which ended up bricking the router. To give you an idea of what I mean, let’s get back to our example: The Netgear Nighthawk R7800, a newer router, but one that can benefit from flashing. If that’s the case for your device, you need to know, and you need to understand the extra steps before proceeding completely. You’ll discover firmware that you can download and flash in many cases, but the process will be much more involved than that for many other routers. This sounds like a hassle, but there is a chance you’ll brick your router without complete information, so take the time to read as much as possible. You want to know about that before proceeding. Router threads will usually offer downloads known to work, with other users confirming that they work. You should also, if possible, find out which firmware users have had success with most recently. See if anyone has had any trouble installing the firmware and read other people’s suggestions for solving them. If there is a forum post linked, read through that as well. Read the instructions there, if there are any. Daniel Martin/Screenshotįrom the database’s page for your router, click the link to the wiki under Documentation. The router database often contains outdated information or subpar firmware or may not tell you the whole story. It’s important that you read as much as possible before downloading the firmware. How knowledge is the key to success with DD-WRT To install DD-WRT, you need to find out about any specific steps your router might require, and you also need to be certain you’ve found firmware compatible with your router. Here are our database results: Daniel/Martin/ScreenshotĪs you can see, our router is supported. Often, a different letter or number in a model name can signify an entirely different router.įor this article, we’re going to install DD-WRT on a Netgear Nighthawk R7800 as a demonstration. The odds are that your router isn’t supported if it isn’t listed here, but you could also try searching the DD-WRT wiki or simply Googling your router model number followed by “DD-WRT.” Note that “close enough” doesn’t work - you need the exact model number. You’ll also find out if activation of DD-WRT is required for each router. This is signified by a gray “not possible.” ![]() Impossible to install because of hardware limitations, meaning you can’t install DD-WRT.Possible in theory, but no one is working on it, meaning you can’t install DD-WRT. ![]()
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