WN Series Guides and How-Tos

NETGEAR WGR614 Series Serial Numbers - Version Cross Reference

One of your readers requested a Version to Serial Number Cross Reference List to determine which version of the router one has based on the serial number of the router. I was also interested in finding out the same information. I was able to gather the following information by examining stock at local dealers, information provided by the NETGEAR Pre Sales Department and some additional information I had in my files.

Unmasking the NETGEAR WGR614L Bootloader and Flash

After a week or so of hacking the WGR614L, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of the information that I have learned along the way. This is by no means a definitive guide; rather, it is more of a collection of some interesting facts and background about the hardware and the bootloader, as well as providing some assistance with using my improved flash utility for the router.

Review and Description of the Broadcom BCM5354 Chipset

The BCM5354 achieves the lowest cost and highest performance router system-on-chip (SoC) integration for residential and small office, home office (SOHO) markets OPTIMIZED 802.11G ROUTER WITH BROADRANGE FEATURES.

How To Switch Firmwares on the NETGEAR WGR614L Without A Serial Cable

Recently it seems that quite a few users are using the firmwares published in this site and are very excited to test different versions and varieties of these firmwares.  However, most of the third party firmwares will not accept 'chk' images from their web interface, and the 614L boodloader accepts only ‘chk’ style images.

DD-WRT V24-SP1 for WGR614L: Review and Installation Instructions

A much more stable and functional version of DD-WRT v24-SP1 for WGR614L is available now and you can download it here.  Please use this version instead of the previous ones, if you want to run DD-WRT on WGR614L, as many of the bugs found in previous versions have been resolved.

This version works on both the NA (North American) and WW (Worldwide) versions of the WGR614L. These routers are loaded with different bootloaders - but the hardware is exactly the same.

Configuring Guest SSID using My OpenRouter Independent Firmware Build

This article will tell you how to configure your guest SSID with the new MyOpenRouter independent firmware for the WGR614L.  Let's get started!

What is a Guest SSID?

A Guest SSID allows users to assign two SSID's for a single wireless interface. It will behave as if you have two network interfaces. Let's take a real life problem where this feature can be of great value.

WGR614L Firmware Choices Compared

A number of various firmwares are now available for the NETGEAR WGR614L router. Tomato and DD-WRT have already been released, and developers are working on Open-WRT also. Besides these, a customized MyOpenRouter independent firmware build is also available!

Recover Your WGR614L Using a Serial Console & Windows

Hopefully, you will never have to do this, but if you are like me and like to work on the bleeding edge of technology - sometimes things happen. (Of course, you might just enjoy getting down to the core with your new serial console, too!)

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!

DD-WRT for NETGEAR WGR614L Installation Guide

It's great to see the official release of DD-WRT for the NETGEAR WGR614L. The firmware can be downloaded from this page. Below are the steps to install this firmware to the NETGEAR WGR614L.

Ping - Explained

If you have been just getting into routers, networking and upgrades, you probably have seen a lot of folks talk about pinging.

This should help you understand this utility.

PING is short for Packet InterNet Groper, ping is a utility used to verify if a network data packet is capable of being distributed to an address without errors. The ping utility is commonly used to check for network errors.

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