how do I install gargoyle over DD-WRT

[flyingj]

The documentation talks about this but does not, as best I can determine, tell exactly how to do it. In one place it is specific, but that section doesn't apply to the broadcom type of router, and requires the use of "FON", which I can't run because it wants a dll I don't have "wpcap.dll" I would like to install the Gargoyle "packages" on top of DD-WRT version v24-sp2 (10/10/09), which is already installed on my ASUS WL500gP V2.

I actually also bought one of Eric's mini routers, but I need both wireless and wired connections, so I don't see a way to make it work in my situation.
Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.
Jim Frisby
Alaska

[DoesItMatter]

I think you should be able to flash this build in the download section:

gargoyle_1.3.9-brcm-2.4-squashfs.trx

You should be able to flash right from the DD-WRT gui.

I am NOT sure whether or not USB will be enabled for your router.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WL500G_Premium_v2

Luckily it looks like the new ASUS routers are really hard to brick

You can always do the recovery and reload DD-WRT if Gargoyle
doesn't work 100% for you - might have to wait for newer versions.

Your router has very similar specs to the WRT-54G-TM

I used to flash from DD-WRT -> Gargoyle back and forth
and was able to do it from the GUI all the time.

[flyingj]

Thanks for the response, I will try this and post back my results.
Jim

[flyingj]

I tried installing gargoyle_1.3.9-brcm-2.4-squashfs.trx
using the DD-WRT firmware upgrade, but it immediately failed saying the file was not correct. Researching the DD-WRT documentation, I noticed that the DD-wrt upgrade files are named *.bin.

I renamed gargoyle_1.3.9-brcm-2.4-squashfs.trx to gargoyle_1.3.9-brcm-2.4-squashfs.bin and tried that. After a while, the Gargoyle login prompt appeared. All seemed well, until I tried turning on the wireless.

I was able to configure everything, including ebabling "broadcast ssid", but it apparrently didn't work, because my computers could never "see" the network.

I would like to get this to work with the wireless, however I think I can get by this way, because I changed my old belkin router to a wireless access point and plugged it in to the ASUS Gargoyle router.

If anyone has a suggestion about how to get the wireless on the ASUS to work, I would like to know. Maybe I should not have installed the "experimental" version ??
Thanks
Jim Frisby
Alaska

[flyingj]

Aw shucks, I guess the graphs don't work either!! Should I try to "downgrade" to the stable version?

[DoesItMatter]

You can definitely try flashing version 1.2.5

Be aware the USB will probably not work in that version.

USB started working in the 1.3.x series I think?

[flyingj]

Thanks again.
I re-flashed the router with the ASUS firmware, and the radio didn't work there either, so that's probably a hardware issue.

I then put the stable version on, it acted the same way as the experimentel version. I noticed that the graphs show a "page error" when accessed with IE8 and no graphs appear, but work fine with Google Chrome. I have yet to, but plan to look at the page source and see if I can spot what is happening with IE8. I tried "compatibility" mode on IE8, but no improvement.
Thanks,
Jim