Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH v1.0 (r1, RTL8366SR)

Specs
Platform Serial Num. = ? FCC ID = FDI-09101560-0 Industry Canada ID = 6102A-021 CPU Type = Atheros AR9132 MIPS Rev = ? CPU Speed = 400 MHz Bus = ? Flash Type = Parallel Flash Chip = ? Flash Size = 32 MB Max Firmware Size = ? RAM Size = 64 MB RAM Chip = ? nvram Size = ? ETH chip1 = Atheros AR9132 Switch = Realtek RTL8366SR Port-based vlan = ? 802.1q vlan = ? Ethernet Port Count = 1-10/ 100/1000-WAN 4-10/100/1000-LAN Wired Standard = IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab Ethernet interface OUI = none specified boot_wait = ? bootloader = U-Boot Flash Card Socket/Type = No SD/MMC Mod Support = No Expansion IF types = No PoE = No Power = 12VDC/2A Connector type/size = ? LEDs/Color = ? Size = ? USB = 1 USB 2.0 Serial Port = 1 JTAG Port = 1 Supported by TJTAG 3.02 = ? Supported by dd-wrt as of = v24sp2 v13525 20091228 dd-wrt K2.4 Support = ? dd-wrt K2.6 Support = ? Special Features = ? Radio (ath0) Wireless Radio = Atheros AR9132 WLAN DSP processor = Atheros AR9103 3x3 MIMO Wireless interface OUI = none specified Antenna Connector Type = U.FL, External Fixed MIMO status = 3x3:2 Wireless Standard = IEEE 802.11b/g/n 802.11n Draft = up to 300 Mbps 802.11g = 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps 802.11b = 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps WiFi Operating Frequency = 2.4 GHz Radio cor_rev = ? Radio Capabilities = ? Other Default IP address = ? Default login user = ? Default login password = ? Default SSID = ? OEM = Cameo 3rd Party Firmware Support = ?

Links of Interest

 * Easy MiniDLNA for WZR-HP-G300NH

Flashing
Buffalo provides a re-branded version of DD-WRT specifically for this router. It can be flashed from the GUI and is available on the Buffalo website:

http://www.buffalotech.com/support/getfile/wzrhpg300nh-pro-v24sp2-14998.zip

Read Me Documentation for Buffalo delivered DD-WRT firmware: http://www.buffalotech.com/support/getfile/wzrhpg300nh-pro-v24sp2-14998.txt As of Feb 2010, the WZR-HP-G300NH can be flashed with DD-WRT directly from the Buffalo web GUI. To do this, go to http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database, look up Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, and download the firmware file you need (just one file).
 * The buffalo to ddwrt webflash file is a full build. It's for flashing from the original Buffalo firmware to DD-WRT.
 * The webupgrade file is to upgrade from an older version of DD-WRT. Use this to upgrade from an old version of DD-WRT.
 * To revert from DD-WRT back to stock firmware, go to http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/download.php?id=13418, and download the file. Flash using upgrade on the DD-WRT web GUI. This is the 1.6 stock firmware. You can then upgrade to the latest Buffalo firmware. You must be signed into the forum first, sign in then click the link for the webgui revert file. See the forums for details.  Register and log in to see and download files.
 * http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63820&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=13977&start=90.
 * http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=66494&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30. Details on reverting the firmware.

DD-WRT on Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH (Japanese version)
The official DD-WRT release cannot be pushed by web upload onto the Japanese WZR-HP-G300NH original Buffalo firmware. Buffalo Japan added a "safeguard" that checks for Japanese firmware and rejects western firmware. For people with a Japanese router, see the following two sites for details.
 * http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63820&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=13977&start=90
 * http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=66494&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

Debricking Info
There have been a few guides out that have reports of success when de-bricking the WZR-HP-G300NH. This however, has been explained by Brainslayer in this post, please use it for referencing info you may need to de-brick your unit, should the occasion arise.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=87579

Samba Configuration
The latest build has already include simple UI to configure Samba DD-WRT already includes a built-in Samba server, but is missing UI to configure it. These instructions provide a simple way to setup Samba. They are based on instructions from http://g300nh.blogspot.com/2010/06/samba-sharing-in-dd-wrt.html, but have been modified for users not familiar with Linux. All setup can be done from within the DD-WRT interface without requiring the use of a remote shell.

Pre Requirements
DD-WRT doesn't have any tools to format an HDD, so you must have an preformatted HDD in a format that DD-WRT can understand (FAT32, EXT3, etc.)

Go to Services/USB within DD-WRT and change the settings as indicated below: Core USB Support: Enable USB 2.0 Support: Enable USB Storage Support: Enable ext2 / ext3 File System Support: Enable FAT File System Support: Enable Automatic Drive Mount: Enable Disk Mount Point: /mnt

After apply the changes, if you have already plugged in an HDD, you should see its information in the UI.

Anonymous Sharing Setup
These step will share a disk that is already mounted at /mnt. It will be publicly available to everyone on the network and won't require a username or password to connect.

Go to Administrators/Commands in DD-WRT and copy the script below into the textbox then choose Save Startup

Setup Sharing with Username/Password
Because  program build-in DD-WRT always treats /etc/samba/smbpasswd as the samba password file, and /etc is a readonly file system, we must temporary bind /tmp/etc to /etc when adding a user. Change  section like below:

If you need add more users, you can repeat these lines with the desired usernames and passwords

In the [global] section of Samba configuration, update the config value as indicated below:

Configuration Share Folder
add later

Setup DD-WRT as Windows Name Server
If your network has more than one subnet, you might need to setup a Windows Name Server (WINS server), You can make you router become a WINS server even if you don't have a USB HDD or you don't need a sharing setup. Just user script like  but change the below setting in the   section: wins support = yes

Go to Setup/Basic section in DD-WRT and set WINS server in DHCP group to your LAN IP address (ex: 192.168.11.1)

If your network has any device that uses a static IP address, find the WINS section and point to DD-WRT LAN IP address (If you use Windows, choose properties of you adapter, click Advanced, goto WINS tag. If you use Linux, add  in   section of samba)

Optware on Atheros
Running Optware on Atheros is somewhat different than broadcom. This post explains how to install and setup Optware on Atheros.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=86912

Pictures
FCCID FDI-09101560-0

Fix for WiFi Dropouts
Many users of Buffalo DD-WRT (v24SP2) routers, like me, experience frequent WiFi dropouts, even after tweaking WiFi settings for strong reliable signals.

This startup script monitors a WiFi-connected device on your network that is always on to monitor WiFi dropouts. If there are two missed pings, then it restarts the WiFi interface to restore the connection. The script has been modified from this one for Broadcom hardware, to get it to work on Atheros hardware.

To get startup scripts to run, you will first need to follow these instructions. I prefer the shell script method which, as the prerequisites list, requires that you you are set up for SSH (or Telnet) and SCP connections to the router. It also requires that you set up the jffs flash file system, so that you have somewhere permanent to store and run the script after reboots.

As with all startup scripts, you should first run this manually from a temporary location to make sure it is working correctly. Once you have it working properly, you can then make it a startup script (by giving it a '.startup' extension, making it executable (chmod to '700'), and placing it in /jffs/etc/config/ (or other auto startup directory)).

Alternate WiFi Dropout Fix
My WiFi dropouts are always preceded by the following message in /var/log/messages

user.warn kernel: Sending cwmmode action frame to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I wrote a simple script to look for this string in the logs and restart the WiFi interface. It looks for the string every 56 seconds in the current 10 minute interval of logs. For example, when run at 11:47, it will look for the string from 11:40 on. If found, it will restart the interface and sleep for 10 minutes before checking again. I find this triggers around every other day.

After enabling Syslogd under Services->Services->System Log, with no remote server specified

With ssh or telnet access, run the following command and then reboot the router

Please read the previous WiFi fix for more details on scripting options.