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-Here are step-by-step instructions for the non technical person who wants to install Gargoyle on a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH.+======= Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH =======
  
-Taking a factory stock Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH router and upgrading it to Gargoyle+<alertbox> 
 +WARNING: This document may contain errors which may result in damage to your router. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. 
 +</alertbox>
  
-Used the Buffalo setup to switch from the "user friendly" firmware to the Buffalo factory default "Professional" firmware (DD-WRT)+<alertbox> 
 +NOTE: More recent versions of the WZR-HP-G300NH have had a hardware change without bumping the revision number or changing the hardware label. 
 +The newer hardware appears to have the rtl8366rb Ethernet switch while older hardware had the rtl8366s switch. As a result, this newer hardware is **NOT** supported by OpenWrt 'Backfire' 10.03.1-RC5 but it is supported in OpenWrt trunk since at least r28133 
 +</alertbox> 
 + 
 +===== Introduction ===== 
 + 
 +Step-by-step instructions for the non technical person who wants to install Gargoyle on a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH. 
 + 
 +===== Requirements ===== 
 + 
 +Factory stock Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH router and upgrading it to Gargoyle 
 + 
 +===== Upgrade to DD-WRT ===== 
 +Use the Buffalo setup to switch from the "user friendly" firmware to the Buffalo factory default "Professional" firmware (DD-WRT) 
 + 
 +===== Set Password =====
  
 Logged into DD-WRT at 192.168.11.1 and set a new password and wrote it down. Logged into DD-WRT at 192.168.11.1 and set a new password and wrote it down.
 +
 +===== Telnet =====
 +==== Install Telnet ====
  
 Installed Telnet on Windows 7 from control panel. Installed Telnet on Windows 7 from control panel.
 +
 +==== Login with Telent ====
  
 Opened Telnet and entered: Opened Telnet and entered:
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 o 192.168.11.1 o 192.168.11.1
  
-promted for user name and password+prompted for user name and password
  
-used "root" for user name (regardless of user name specified when instaling DD-WRT)+used "root" for user name (regardless of user name specified when installing DD-WRT)
  
-used the password set when configuring DD-WRT above+Use the password set when configuring DD-WRT.
  
 After successful login, copied and pasted these commands to telnet After successful login, copied and pasted these commands to telnet
  
 +==== Upgrade to Gargoyle ====
  
-cd /tmp 
  
-wget http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download ... pgrade.bin+<shell>cd /tmp
  
-{after the wget commant, the screen showed a download progress bar and then completion}+wget http://www.gargoyle-router.com/downloads/images/ar71xx/gargoyle_1.4.4-ar71xx-wzr-hp-g300nh-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin 
 +</shell>
  
 +After the wget command, the screen showed a download progress bar and then completion
 +
 +<shell>
  
 mtd -e linux -r write gargoyle_1.3.14-ar71xx-wzr-hp-g300nh-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin linux mtd -e linux -r write gargoyle_1.3.14-ar71xx-wzr-hp-g300nh-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin linux
 +</shell>
 +
 +After mtd command, screen showed several commands, then nothing for a long time. Be patient.
 +
 +Finally, the screen said "lost connection"
  
-{after mtd command, screen showed several commands, then nothing for a long time. Be patient. +===== Gargoyle =====
-Finally, the screen said "lost connection"}+
  
 Gargoyle changed the default IP address to 192.168.1.1 Gargoyle changed the default IP address to 192.168.1.1
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