Installing OpenWrt on D-Link DI-624+ Rev.A

Harkonnen · 12-29-2006, 05:03 AM

Hello guys... First of all you should know that I am a noob in Linux... I don't use Linux and all the Administrators I asked offered the solution with Linux.

My ISP closed the access to the routers by modifying the TTL in server with the 1 value. I have to modify this one to 64 because I really need to connect a Wireless Laptop to the Internet and they didn't offer any wireless solutions.

The Laptop and the desktop I am willing to connect to the router are using Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.

Ihave the D-Link DI-624+ Revision A:
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=6

I found an article on the internet:
http://articole.strainu.ro/
which refers exact to this problem but the inconvenient is that they use a linksys router not D-Link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strainu/299673685/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strainu/299673683/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strainu/299673679/

I looked up in the table of compatibilities but I didn't find my router:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware

I would really like to know if I can burn OpenWrt on this router (DI-624+) and if I can configure it with Putty like they say in the article... The article is in romanian but they only explained the commands they give and warn us they don't take responsability for the eventual failure...

Can anybody help me? Maybe with another solution please!

Harkonnen · 01-05-2007, 04:43 AM

Can you give me at least an advice if I should risk it or not?

prozac · 01-05-2007, 04:47 AM

My 2 cents: w/o all the facts, methods in place, I don't think you should.

zoubidoo · 01-09-2007, 04:27 AM

Any news on this. I'd be interested to hear the outcome.

Harkonnen · 01-10-2007, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoubidoo

Any news on this. I'd be interested to hear the outcome.

People say I should not risk it. I have to get more answers and after that I'll take a decision. I will probably buy another router, a zyxell one if nobody can tell me something else... I am trying another solution. If I manage to solve the problem I'll post what I did!

zoubidoo · 01-10-2007, 10:55 AM

I'd recommend the same. Just asking in case of an unexpected outcome.

For a new router, would recommend one that supports open-source firmware.

Harkonnen · 01-10-2007, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoubidoo

For a new router, would recommend one that supports open-source firmware.

What model support opensource firmware? I don't know anything about this. Can you give me an url to get a picture of it?