Trying to upgrade firmware on WRT54GL not working

[mbourd25]

Hi, I tried to update my Linksys WRT54GL to version 1.47 from 1.45 and it's not working. The uploading screen stays on for quite a while, I left it for 10 minutes. Came back and the screen was still on uploading firmware. When I did a refresh page in Firefox, it came back displaying the status screen with still firmware version 1.45?

Is there something I have to do before hand to do the update? By the way, I plugged in directly into port 1 when trying the upgrade.

Let me know if more info is required.

Thanks.

[pbix]

These routers are memory constrained. I recommend that you restore the default settings on your router, then disable the WAN interface and reboot.

This should free up the maximum possible RAM. Then you can try and upload the .trx file through the web interface and it should work.

Be sure to allow plenty of time as you did, it takes awhile.

[mix]

I always have to flash mine from the cli myself. If you have trouble with pbix's instructions, post back here and I will give you details on how to do it.

[mbourd25]

Thanks for your help pbix and mix, I'll try and let you know how it goes flashing the firmware after resetting everything.

Thanks again.