One place ( ) said it was OK to simply rename the TRX file to a BIN file. Got a message 'Upgrade failed' within 5 seconds. Then tried the upgrade from inside the DD-WRT GUI. I downloaded that Toastman BIN file from 4shared. Once you get Tomato on recommend clearing the NVRAM completely to get rid of any residual junk and start clean from scratch. You already basically found a Shibby Tomato version that will eventually work (tomato-ND-1.28.x) but in the interest of starting from scrtach all the posting all steps needed to get Shibby's Tomato version on a WRT54G with DD-WRT put it above too. Which you can then flash over Toastman's Tomato version if you want. Like Toastman's versions better but the really only big difference is that Toastman comes with DHCP turned off by default which actually is awesome but don't think everyone wants this.Īssuming the above works going from DD-WRT to Toastman Tomato then you can go to: This link is for Toasman's Tomato version and it comes as. 'tomato-WRT54G_WRT54GL-Toastman-IPT-ND-VLAN-VPN.bin' So bottom line: 'Where do I get, and how do I install, some version of Tomato that supports VPN, fits on a WRT54G, and is installable given that I currently have DD-WRT on the router?' IIRC correctly, from back in the day, this old router needs 'R1' firmware, not why do we start over from scratch, am certain can help you to accomplish your goal.Īnd downloading (you will need to signup for an account to use 4Shared but you can use ): But if it fits on the Buffalo, it should also fit on the WRT54G. I do not remember if this firmware was a trx file or a bin file. My Buffalo WHR-G54S has 'Tomato Firmware 121 ND VPN' installed on it, and that supports VPN. Some of the K26 firmware might work on this old router, but which version includes VPN and would fit? That's not clear to me by looking at the available downloads. It appears that the Tomato firmware I need only comes as a trx file (the old K24 stuff). My firmware choices are limited, due to the small flash size of this old router. But I need VPN for this router now, and the DD-WRT firmware currently on it does not support that. Why I installed DD-WRT on this particular 'G' model is a mystery to me. Or was installing DD-WRT years ago a fatal mistake? All my other old routers from the same era as this WRT54G have Tomato on them (a Linksys WRT54GL and a Buffalo WHR-G54S). My question is really 'How do I get this firmware onto my router'? I don't really care why DD-WRT doesn't allow the upgrade, I simply want to know how to do the upgrade.

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