Gargoyle on wrt160nv3

[daviddem]

Hello,

I have a Linksys wrt160nv3 with dd-wrt mini installed on it at the moment. I need per user quotas, so I would like to give Gargoyle a go. Should I use the wrt150n bin file? Is the flashing procedure the same as for flashing dd-wrt?

[DoesItMatter]

I don't think the current Broadcom builds will work on your
WRT160N V3 router - the V3 version needs the DD-WRT K2.6 builds.

I think Gargoyle is running the older Broadcom drivers, so it may
not work. The V3 has a built in recovery mode - so you MIGHT be
able to try flashing, but BE WARNED that it could brick the device
since it may not have correct switch drivers in there.

Suggestion: WAIT - don't try to flash yet with Gargoyle.

[daviddem]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Do you mean that there may be a Gargoyle release suitable for the 160nv3 in the near future?

At the moment I am using wrtbwmon on my router to log users activity, and I shut them down manually when they abuse the connection, but it'd be great to be able to automate the process...

[DoesItMatter]

Yes, there could be in the near future.

Best to check is OpenWRT forums to see what support is like.

If you look in DD-WRT's hardware database, you'll see the WRT160
had 3 versions

V1 was earlier Broadcom version with 4MB Flash/16MB Ram
V2 was RaLink chipset (no support for dd-wrt or openwrt)
V3 was Broadcom newer version with 4MB Flas/32MB Ram

The V1 used 2.4 Broadcom Drivers
The V3 needs 2.6 Broadcom Drivers

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt160n

Looks like its a work in progress - i.e. WAIT...

[manwinder]

i checked openwrt and it says that v3 is supported. how would i get gargoyle on it now, there isn't a specific gargoyle file for the router. the file i downloaded from openwrt is: "openwrt-wrt160n_v3-squashfs.bin" thanks for any help