Other Firmware for WNDR Series Routers

NETGEAR Centria WNDR4700 Modified Firmware: Dropbear, Transmission, and More

This is original NETGEARfirmware 1.0.0.52 with few modification:

- added dropbear (ssh server)
- added swap "maker" script
- added transmission daemon
- added nano, htop, tcpdump, iptraf tool
- all settings can be management by one config file saved on internal disc

After first launch on internal disc will be created settings.txt file. It can be modified via notepad++ (please DO NOT use notepad from windows). Inside you can:
- enable/disable SSH server (dropbear, enabled by default only for LAN).

- enable/disable SWAP and set swap size
- enable/disable transmission daemon (Bittorrent client).

After each change you have to reboot your router.

Before enable transmission please set config file in /transmission/settings.json (via notepad++). Default password to transmission is admin/password (remote access is enabled from WAN when rpc is enabled)

Original Firmware for NETGEAR WNDR3700v3

Stock firmware for NETGEAR WNDR3700v3.

Original Firmware Image for NETGEAR WNDR3400v1

Original firmware image for NETGEAR WNDR3400v1, to be used to recover the router to stock condition.

NETGEAR WNDR3800 Original Software Image File

Original software for WNDR3800, in .IMG format.

OpenWRT for WNDR3800 (BETA)

Main Features:
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* USB with multiple partitions.
* USB as Network Attached Storage(NAS).
* SAMBA with Share level access.
* Remote login using ssh.
* FTP server.
* Luci as Web UI.
* Firmware upgrade.
* Wireless (Basic + Security).
* WAN is configurable in static, dynamic and pppoe mode.

Issues:
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* VFAT is not supported.
* LED needs to be supported.
* After some configuration changes the webUI, the page is not refreshing properly.

WNR3500L NETGEAR Standard Firmware (North America)

New Features, Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

This is a Wi-Fi certified firmware.
The 11n rates are disabled when the security type is WPS-TKIP.
No reboot is needed for a configuration change from the GUI.
Traffic Meter: Maximum volume of monthly limit is increased from 99GB (5 digits) to 999GB (6 digits).
The login pop-up window is removed.
The USB storage access performance is improved.
Improved compatibility with external USB storage devices.
Increase the max number of NAT session to 4096 sessions at a time.
Fixed: Firmware Upgrade - When the Apple Safari version 2.0.4 is used to access the router’s management GUI and upgrade the firmware, the progress bar cannot be displayed. The firmware upgrade is still working, and the “Update Settings” progress bar shows up after the firmware upgrade is done.
Fixed: Traffic Meter - If the traffic meter function is enabled and the user’s setting is to block the traffic after the limit has been reached, then when the traffic volume limit is reached, the Internet traffic is blocked as expected. But after a router reboot, the Internet traffic will not be blocked.
Fixed: Traffic Meter - The option “Turn the Internet LED to flashing green/amber" doesn't work if the option "Disconnect and disable the Internet connection" is not checked.
Fixed: Log - At the Logs page, the Clear log button and Send log buttons do not work.

WNR3500L NETGEAR Standard Firmware (Outside North America)

New Features, Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

This is a Wi-Fi certified firmware.
The 11n rates are disabled when the security type is WPS-TKIP.
No reboot is needed for a configuration change from the GUI.
Traffic Meter: Maximum volume of monthly limit is increased from 99GB (5 digits) to 999GB (6 digits).
The login pop-up window is removed.
The USB storage access performance is improved.
Improved compatibility with external USB storage devices.
Increase the max number of NAT session to 4096 sessions at a time.
Fixed: Firmware Upgrade - When the Apple Safari version 2.0.4 is used to access the router’s management GUI and upgrade the firmware, the progress bar cannot be displayed. The firmware upgrade is still working, and the “Update Settings” progress bar shows up after the firmware upgrade is done.
Fixed: Traffic Meter - If the traffic meter function is enabled and the user’s setting is to block the traffic after the limit has been reached, then when the traffic volume limit is reached, the Internet traffic is blocked as expected. But after a router reboot, the Internet traffic will not be blocked.
Fixed: Traffic Meter - The option “Turn the Internet LED to flashing green/amber" doesn't work if the option "Disconnect and disable the Internet connection" is not checked.
Fixed: Log - At the Logs page, the Clear log button and Send log buttons do not work.

OpenWrt-based Chillifire Hotspot Pre-Configured Firmware For WNR3500L

This is OpenWrt 8.09.02 as per the build instructions on this website optimised to run an professional hotspot. It has LUCI graphical web interface added, plus Coova- Chilli for hotspot management, and many other packages required to run a professional hotspot service. The firmware will connect to the Chillifire Radius Servers for authentication, but of course that can be changed, if the firmware is intended to connect to another provider. Please note that the router will respond to IP address 192.168.12.1 (Can be changed, if required).
User: root
Password: shae-4
Find out more on http://www.chillifire.net

OpenWRT for WNDR3700 (jffs2) BETA 10.03 for Initial Flashing

OpenWRT for NETGEAR WNDR3700 by hijglander of the OpenWRT forums.

Quick flashing instructions from the OpenWRT Wiki:

To upload the static firmware image to the 3700, do the following:

Log into your WNDR3700's Smart Wizard web configuration.

On the left side, there is a list of options and among them you will see "Router Upgrade". Click on it to bring the firmware upgrade page.

On the firmware upgrade page, click the "Browse" button.

Navigate to the binaries directory where the openwrt images were built.

Select the file "openwrt-ar71xx-wndr-jffs2-factory.img" or "openwrt-ar71xx-wndr-squashfs-factory.img" depending on which option you built with in #4.3 above.

Some people have had problems with the NETGEAR web interface JavaScript not liking the filename of the OpenWRT image, so they had to rename it to something more NETGEAR-like (eg. "WNDR3700-V1.0.4.35NA.img") before the upload would be accepted.

From that point, it worked and flashed fine (and they was using the very first version of NETGEAR firmware available). metamatt wrote something about different browsers maybe being an issue, but it didn't seem to matter which web browser they used, so long as they used a NETGEAR-like filename.

As this point, the OpenWRT firmware image should be flashed onto the 3700 and it will restart. If you were connected to the 3700 over wireless when you uploaded the new firmware then you will lose connectivity to the 3700 and need to plug into the 3700 over ethernet to continue setting it up.

OpenWRT Wiki for WNDR3700

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=22311&p=14

OpenWRT for WNDR3700 (SquashFS) BETA 10.03 for Initial Flashing

OpenWRT for NETGEAR WNDR3700 by hijglander of the OpenWRT forums.

Quick flashing instructions from the OpenWRT Wiki:

To upload the static firmware image to the 3700, do the following:

Log into your WNDR3700's Smart Wizard web configuration.

On the left side, there is a list of options and among them you will see "Router Upgrade". Click on it to bring the firmware upgrade page.

On the firmware upgrade page, click the "Browse" button.

Navigate to the binaries directory where the openwrt images were built.

Select the file "openwrt-ar71xx-wndr-jffs2-factory.img" or "openwrt-ar71xx-wndr-squashfs-factory.img" depending on which option you built with in #4.3 above.

Some people have had problems with the NETGEAR web interface JavaScript not liking the filename of the OpenWRT image, so they had to rename it to something more NETGEAR-like (eg. "WNDR3700-V1.0.4.35NA.img") before the upload would be accepted.

From that point, it worked and flashed fine (and they was using the very first version of NETGEAR firmware available). metamatt wrote something about different browsers maybe being an issue, but it didn't seem to matter which web browser they used, so long as they used a NETGEAR-like filename.

As this point, the OpenWRT firmware image should be flashed onto the 3700 and it will restart. If you were connected to the 3700 over wireless when you uploaded the new firmware then you will lose connectivity to the 3700 and need to plug into the 3700 over ethernet to continue setting it up.

OpenWRT Wiki for WNDR3700

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=22311&p=14

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