Problem + Solution when Flashing D-Link DIR-300

[ngg.online]

I recently bought a cheap D-Link DIR300 router from Ebay with stock firmware, and decided to install the Gargoyle firmware. However, the installation guide provided here did not work for me. The problem was that I was indeed able to install the new bootloader and DD-WRT, but after restarting the router in order to install the Gargoyle firmware then the bootloader loaded but DD-WRT did not, thus I was unable to use the Fon Flash. Then I found an installation guide for OpenWrt (http://oldwiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs( ... d)300.html)and altered it a bit for Gargoyle.

Hire is my installation guide:

Assuming you want to install Gargoyle 1.0.14, then you need to copy the following files to your local TFTP server (for windows use tftp32 http://tftpd32.jounin.net/):

• * ap61.ram – Downloaded from the DD-WRT site.
  * ap61.rom – Downloaded from the DD-WRT site.
  * gargoyle_1.0.14-atheros-root.squashfs
  * gargoyle_1.0.14-atheros-vmlinux.lzma

Start the TFTP server and replace the bootloader as described here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DIR300.

You do not need to install DD-WRT just the DD-WRT bootloader!

Chang your local ip to 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0 restart the router and if you are able to telnet on port 9000 and ip 192.168.1.1 (use Putty as a Telnet client for Windows) then do the following:

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DD-WRT> fis init
About to initialize [format] FLASH image system - continue (y/n)? y
*** Initialize FLASH Image System
... Erase from 0xbffe0000-0xbfff0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xbffe0000: .
DD-WRT> ip_address -h 192.168.1.2 
DD-WRT> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} gargoyle_1.0.14-atheros-vmlinux.lzma
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80040800-0x801007ff, assumed entry at 0x80040800
DD-WRT> fis create -e 0x80041000 -r 0x80041000 vmlinux.bin.l7
... Erase from 0xbfc30000-0xbfcf0000: ............
... Program from 0x80040800-0x80100800 at 0xbfc30000: ............
... Erase from 0xbffe0000-0xbfff0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xbffe0000: .
DD-WRT> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} gargoyle_1.0.14-atheros-root.squashfs
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x80040800-0x802207ff, assumed entry at 0x80040800
DD-WRT> fis create rootfs
... Erase from 0xbfcf0000-0xbffb0000: ...............................................
... Program from 0x80040800-0x80220800 at 0xbfcf0000: ..............................
... Erase from 0xbffe0000-0xbfff0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xbffe0000: .
DD-WRT> fconfig
Run script at boot: true
Boot script:
Enter script, terminate with empty line
>> fis load -l vmlinux.bin.l7
>> exec
>>
Boot script timeout (1000ms resolution): 4
Use BOOTP for network configuration: true
Gateway IP address: 192.168.1.1
Console baud rate: 9600
GDB connection port: 9000
Force console for special debug messages: false
Network debug at boot time: false
Update RedBoot non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y
... Erase from 0xbffe0000-0xbfff0000: .
... Program from 0x80ff0000-0x81000000 at 0xbffe0000: .
DD-WRT> reset

Now reset your IP configuration and you should be able to log in to Gargoyle via HTTP or SSH.

You can install other versions of Gargoyle via the web insterface.

[Quarbe]

Thank you so much!! It´s works!!

[meursault]

Fantastic. Worked for me. I wish I had of seen your post from the very start

[ngg.online]

Recently I bought a new D-Link Dir-300 Router and I had to completely install DD-WRT as described here http://www.shadowandy.net/2007/09/mini- ... ir-300.htm, and after that i followed my own instructions and it worked OK. If I only installed the boot loader, as i said in the previous post, then after reboot the router only loaded the original RedBoot and not the DD-WRT boot loader nor Gargoyle. I don't know why that was, but installing DD-WRT first and Gargoyle after that worked just fine for me.


Note: If you need to change the value of “Run script at boot:” from false to true, use the following command before running fconfig:

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fconfig boot_script true

[micheldegeofroy]

I finally found a working link to the experimental version of Fon Flash that works for the dir300

http://wiki-robin.meshroot.com/@api/dek ... ash-gui.7z

Hope it helps someone as it has helped me