WRT1900ACS Ver2 DD-WRT to Gargoyle?

[Datalifeau]

I have a WRT1900ACS Ver2 with DD-WRT on it what would be the best way of flashing this to Gargoyle.

Flash back to original factory firmware or if possible flash straight to Gargoyle.

[tapper]

Back to stok first just to be sure. Don't forget that the wrt routers have 2 partitions and you can do the power on and off 3 times trick to boot to partition with the alternative fermwair on it. It's saved my ass before lol

[Datalifeau]

Thanks for that, I did a bit more research and decided to boot to the second partition via the 3 power reset method.

Once back to the original firmware on second partition I flashed latest factory firmware to get it back to standard then flashed latest Gargoyle firmware onto the router, so far so good.
Will keep a eye on it and see if all is good.

[focus]

Can someone please tell me which firmware version to use?
I can't find WRT1900ACS in the list.

[Lantis]

https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wr ... wrt1900acs

Shelby.

[focus]

Thanks!

So just to confirm, you flush to OpenWRT and then to Gargoyle?

[Lantis]

This should not be necessary for your router unless Linksys have begun locking them down.
In that case I would flash to LEDE first, then sysupgrade to Gargoyle.
If you are coming from DDWRT I would return to stock first.

Make sure you use Factory image for the first flash whether you start at Gargoyle or LEDE

[focus]

Sorry for all thee questions Lantis but I can't seem to find any information about this.

Once I install OpenWRT (Shelby), I will have OpenWRT on the router not Gargoyle?
I'm assuming then I need to download Gargoyle (Marvell Armada Shelby) and install it on top of OpenWRT?

[Lantis]

Yes, but only if going to Openwrt first is a necessary step.
Why aren’t you going straight to Gargoyle ?

[focus]

Because I can't find the Gargoyle firmware for WRT1900ACS