Comments on: Remove / uninstall DD-WRT or 3rd-party firmware and revert back to the original firmware

By: Mykle

Mykle — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:29:44 +0000

I know this is an old thread but I felt my story might help someone else if they found themselves in a similar situation. I bought two Linksys WRT54G routers, used on eBay, for access points around the house. The seller didn’t inform me that he had flashed them with a 3rd party firmware, namely, Broadband Hamnet. For what ever reason, they would not accept a flash back to the original Linksys firmware. I tried for days, using TFTP, and a whole bunch of other firmware flashing utilities. At this point I had nothing to lose so I tried flashing them with the most basic DD-WRT firmware that was compatible with them., To my amazement, they both accepted the firmware rather quickly and easily. Still with nothing to lose, I thought I would try to flash the Linksys firmware again. Well, that did the trick. So, although I didn’t use or want the DD-WRT firmware on my routers, it did make it possible for me to get the routers back to the Linksys firmware that I wanted.

I don’t have any connection with DD-WRT. I didn’t want to have to learn about their firmware but their site was tremendously helpful to my problem. There is a lot of information there, regarding their firmware, but I got just enough flashing insights to remedy my situation. Their router database is expansive, so it’s likely you’ll find help specific to your own router. I owe them a debt of gratitude.

By: sim

sim — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:38:50 +0000

That worked for me to revert to Cisco-Linksys WRT160N. I did the so called ’30-30-30 reset’ to be on the safe side. Then I’ve set a static IP address on my PC to 192.168.1.7 (as with router in FW download mode it doesn’t give DHCP addresses), connected to the router at 192.168.1.1 using my web-browser (you are getting a very basic FW-upload-only page after the reset rather than the regular router configuration page) and uploaded the stock Linksys FW.

By: Fabian

Fabian — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:41:35 +0000

Thanks for the guide, I reverted my WRT160nl with this.

By: edward

edward — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:04:47 +0000

This worked for me for the asus AC66U.

By: Jean-Marc

Jean-Marc — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:07:47 +0000

I successfully rolled back a Cisco-Linksys WRT160NL using this method.

By: tftp

tftp — Mon, 26 May 2014 16:25:10 +0000

If you are changing the software program in the residence router including tp-link, you want a technique to upload the program on the tp-link router.
Together with factory software program such as dd-wrt, the manufacturer commonly supplies a
process while you are currently working accepted software
program. You make use of any internet browser linked with the
actual tp-link router for you to upload by TFTP server fresh,
authorized software right normal place.

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Tue, 13 May 2014 22:07:22 +0000

You can brick some routers if you just upload a stock firwmare with the U BOOT on the file, like some TP-Link routers. Do a better research if you really want to avoid bricking your device.