Linksys E1550

Wikidevi Notes
E1550 v1 serials appear to start with 10C10

Supported by K26RT-N builds of Tomato by Shibby.

Links of Interest

 * http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=679953#679953
 * New Linksys Router (E1200; E1500; E2500; E3200)
 * http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=152015

Flashing DD-WRT
NOTE: DON'T BRICK YOUR ROUTER! WHEN YOU'RE FLASHING YOUR ROUTER FOR THE FIRST TIME, USE ONLY THE *-factory.bin files. THEN, NEVER UNPLUG ANY WIRES OR YOU RISK TO BRICK YOUR ROUTER!! THE ONLY CABLES YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IS THE POWER CABLE AND THE ETHERNET WIRE GOING TO YOUR COMPUTER. FINALLY, DOWNLOAD THE OPENWRT BINARY WITH THE LINK PROVIDED BELOW AND CHOOSE THE VERSION YOU WANT. MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE GOOD ONE FOR THE E1550.


 * 1) READ the Broadcom Announcement Carefully! Link
 * 2) Disconnect all cables and wireless clients.
 * 3) Do a 30/30/30 reset on router
 * 4) Connect 1 Lan cable to pc doing the flash.
 * 5) Log into Linksys Web Interface Firmware Upgrade page at 192.168.1.1 and flash the needed firmware.
 * 6) Wait 10 minutes until WLAN (wireless) light turns on.
 * 7) Power cycle by unplugging E1550 for 30 secs.
 * 8) Plug E1550 back in and wait about 5 minutes until it finishes booting.
 * 9) Do a 30/30/30 reset on router.
 * 10) Wait 3 minutes and log into web interface.
 * 11) You are done. There is no NEED to flash any other build.

Serial Pinouts
 VCC 1 o  TX  2 o  RX  3 o N/C  4 o GND  5 o

Pictures
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