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Need help troubleshooting your WGR614L or network in general? You've come to the right place. Scan below for helpful articles, tips, and tutorials, and if you don't find what you're looking for search the site or post your question to the forums.
Recover Your Bricked NETGEAR WGR614L/v8/v9 Using TFTP
It's happened to all of us at some point - you flash your router with experimental or new firmware and find that something gets corrupted or you have a bad firmware build. You may already... More »
How To Use A JTAG Cable To Recover The Flash On Your WGR614L
Learn how to use the JTAG commands in greater detail to access the flash directly on your open source router.
More »Hacking Your NETGEAR WGR614L: How To Install A Serial Port
If you're going to be tinkering around with your WGR614L open source router (and I bet you will) you'll want to have an easily accessible serial port. Here's how to install one yourself!
More »Improving Wireless Range for the WGR614L: Tuning Your System
When setting up your wireless home network, you may not encounter many troubles with your range and signal strength; especially if you don't have many (or any) neighbors! However, most folks may encounter trouble in a typical neighborhood where almost everyone has a wireless network in operation.
More »How To Switch Firmwares on the NETGEAR WGR614L Without A Serial Cable
If you are having difficulty switching between different firmwares on the WGR614L, then this article is for you. You'll find a useful utility, "MTD Erase," and the instructions for how to use this utility to switch firmware without a serial cable.
More »Recover Your WGR614L Using a Serial Console & Windows
So, you've "bricked" your WGR614L, either through too much tinkering or just a fluke. You may have tried tftp through your network cable, you just can't get a ping or for any reason can't get it going again. Rather than panic, you can access your router by using a serial console!
More »How To Switch Firmwares on the NETGEAR WGR614L Without A Serial Cable
If you are having difficulty switching between different firmwares on the WGR614L, then this article is for you. You'll find a useful utility, "MTD Erase," and the instructions for how to use this utility to switch firmware without a serial cable.
More »Hacking Your NETGEAR WGR614L: How To Install A Serial Port
If you're going to be tinkering around with your WGR614L open source router (and I bet you will) you'll want to have an easily accessible serial port. Here's how to install one yourself!
More »
WGR614L Firmware Upgrade Using Console and Bootloader
As a developer what saves my board and day most of the time is the serial console and boot-loaders’ ability to download/upload firmware. Even when the something goes badly wrong with the firmware you just... More »
Forgotten Or Lost Router Password: What Do I Do?
Some handy things to remember: The router username is always admin The default password is password or (for older routers) 1234 Try the default username and password before resetting the router to the factory defaults.... More »
Recent Discussions
| Title | Replies | Most Recent Post |
|---|---|---|
Debricking issues with WGR614L, does not enter "Programming" stage |
4 | Brandon C March 2, 2010 12:58 PM |
Bricked WGR614L w/ DD-WRT, probably user error, stuck in test mode? |
10 | taylor February 28, 2010 11:12 AM |
Older Lynksys Modem- Need Wireless Router |
1 | Tathagata Das February 25, 2010 12:29 AM |
Openwrt on 614L, possible DNS failure? |
3 | jaktar February 16, 2010 8:01 PM |
Unable to create LKM for WGR614v9 |
3 | Varuna February 4, 2010 1:24 AM |
Router half-bricked, can occasionally start via 30-30-30 |
2 | jrat January 25, 2010 4:26 PM |
Two Computers. Only one UPnP? |
1 | Brandon C January 5, 2010 8:10 PM |
Can't connect to router after executing ./mtd_erase -d linux |
29 | Schugy December 29, 2009 9:08 AM |
Another bricked router thread (Update: Victory! With details) |
7 | achilles December 21, 2009 5:37 AM |
WGR614 software*.bin images |
1 | achilles December 14, 2009 12:26 AM |
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