Cannot Upgrade firmware on WRT54g wireless v5 to v6

Get as far as the Administration tab and all from there on is gibberish. There is NO Firmware Upgrade tab.

Hi, try to disable the firewall on the Pc on through which you
are trying to access the setup page for the linksys router. If that
does not resolve the issue then you can download the Firmware for the
router [wrt54g v5] from www.linksys.com/download and you will also
have to download the TFTP file from ftp.linksys.com/pub/network
When you run this file it will ask for the Sever [192.168.1.1] >
password [admin] and the File would be the wrt54g Firmware file.

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Cannot upgrade firmware to WRT54G v5

My Linksys WRT54G router has been dropping out lately and I've been recommended to update its firmware as it is very out-of-date. Well, everytime I try to upgrade the firmware to it, I get an error message that says "the connection to the server was reset while the page was loading." I'm trying to upgrade the firmware through the router's site 192.168.1.1 under the adminstration tab. What else can I do to upgrade the firmware as that option is not working?

Before updating the firmware of your router, you will need to download the updated firmware file from homesupport.cisco.com. Firmware files are in .bin format.
• To prevent upgrade failures make sure that your computer is connected to the router using an Ethernet cable for stable connectivity. Upgrading the firmware wirelessly may cause permanent damage to the router since wireless connection may be unstable during the process.
• Use a different Internet browser if Internet Explorer doesn’t work or use a different computer to perform the upgrade.
• To prevent failure disable firewall to ensure that the upgrade will not be disrupted.
• Make sure that you downloaded the correct firmware and version for your device to prevent technical problems that may damage the router.
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how to upgrade firmware on 7921g wireless phone from 1.0.2 to 1.0.4 via USB?
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Trying to upgrade firmware for WRT54G V6 on Windows 7

Since buying a windows 7 PC, my WRT54G V6 is dropping connection a lot more than it should (1/hr). Because of this i thought to update the firmware. I have downloaded the new .bin and accessed 192.168.1.1, but when i try to move to the ADMINISTRATION page all i get is ascii chars and no admin page, the only pages that actually work are the basic setup and DDNS setup. For info i'm currently running Firmware Version: v1.00.9
Asked for help online and got as far as downloading Tftp,0, but that onlyworks to the point where it tells me ''unable to get responses from the servers''
can anyone help or do i just get a new router ???
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Try to upgrade the router's firmware using TFTP utility..Download the TFTP utility and save it on the desktop.Also Download the firmware for WRT54G v6 and save it on the desktop.
Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware on the device : -
Double click the TFTP.exe file and click run.
For Server- Enter the IP Address of the router that you assigned. By default, the router is 192.168.1.1...
For Password- Enter the password you assigned the router. By default, the router’s password is “admin”.
For File- Click the triple “…” button and browse for the .bin firmware file...
Click Upgrade button to start upgrading. A progress bar should show up to show the progress.
Once the Upgrade is done press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds...Release the reset button...Unplug the power cable from your router, wait for 30 seconds and re-connect the power cable...Now re-configure your router...
**Make sure your modem is connected to the router on internet port and the computer on the ethernet port of the router while you run the TFTP program.

Upgrade Firmware for WRT54GS V.6

I am new to the wireless world and just purchased the WRT54GS V.6 router and it says I have downloads for this firmware. I have copied so many instructions I don't know where to start first. Can someone give me some advise as to what to do? Thanks for any information!!!

Hi, you seem to know the way around the router, so I hope you help me. I downloaded the new firmware for v6. and installed it. It call my attention the fact that the firmware started to load slowly, saying that it will restart, and about 40% it congratulate me for the work done, but no restart and after I restarted manually, no wireless!!! Any idea? from the first Easy Link I got a configuration on a pen flash drive, and everytime I restart, I use it, but it is not automatic like it used to be on my older router. Besides the fact that I have to have the computer wired to get it wireless, which is absurd. Thanks if you can help
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Cannot upgrade firmware on new Zen

So, I've got the new 6gb zen, I have XP SP2, installed wmp, then installed the software that came with the player, got the upgrades from creatives website... went to upgrade the player... "player not connect" - connect player (it charges so IS connected) and nothing.
Done all the usual, uninstalled everything, re-installed it all and nothing has changed.
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Message Edited by bretch on 04-9-2008 02:47 PM

Earlier this week I had the same problem with a used Zen Micro 5GB that I purchased. After hours of the same problem, I finally remembered what I had to do when installing some newer Creative Players earlier this year.
One way is to revert back to Windows Media Player 0 by removing the WMP and the WMP Runtime . Then install the firmware. That's what worked for me this time.
The other method was to revert to WMP 0 (using the above method) and also removing all the Creative software installed on my computer (using add/remove programs), Then the computer recognized the new players. After installation, I was able to put the Creative software back on my computer and everything then worked. At a later date, WMP 0 asked if I wanted to install new updates and without thinking, I clicked yes and then I had WMP back and everything still worked.
Hope this helps you. I found some of the information in the tutorials on the Support page on this site and other information on fixya.com (an Internet site for fixing all sorts of MP3 Players including Creative.)
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WISM1 cannot upgrade firmware

Hello,
I'm having an issue upgrading a Cisco WISM (just a WISM1), we had one of these line cards fail and we got a replacement. The replacement comes with 2 firmware releases, one of which is the minimum required for compatibility with VSS on a 6500 (which we have.)
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Cisco IOS Software, s2t54 Software (s2t54-IPSERVICESK9-M), Version 15.1(1)SY, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2) <<< supports the WISM
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Primary Boot Image............................... Code 3.2.78.0
Backup Boot Image................................ Code 3.2.171.6 (active) <<< VSS compatibility on a 6500 series switch
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We're trying to get to 6.0.196.0, after failing I tried 4.2.176.0 as an intermediate upgrade instead but received the same error (below.)
Here's the debug log:
Thu Mar 13 19:38:29 2014: RESULT_STRING: TFTP Code transfer starting.
Thu Mar 13 19:38:29 2014: RESULT_CODE:1
TFTP Code transfer starting.
Thu Mar 13 19:38:32 2014: Still waiting! Status = 2
Thu Mar 13 19:38:33 2014: Locking tftp semaphore, pHost=<omitted> pFilename=SWISMK9-4-2-176-0.aes
Thu Mar 13 19:38:33 2014: Semaphore locked, now unlocking, pHost=<omitted> pFilename=SWISMK9-4-2-176-0.aes
Thu Mar 13 19:38:33 2014: Semaphore successfully unlocked, pHost=<omitted> pFilename=SWISMK9-4-2-176-0.aes
Thu Mar 13 19:38:33 2014: TFTP: Binding to local=0.0.0.0 (***Is there some way to bind this to the WISM management IP?***) remote=<omitted>
<snip>
Thu Mar 13 19:20:14 2014: 33684480 bytes
Thu Mar 13 19:20:14 2014: 33715440 bytes
Thu Mar 13 19:20:14 2014: 33746400 bytes
Thu Mar 13 19:20:15 2014: 33777360 bytes
Thu Mar 13 19:20:15 2014: 33808320 bytes
Thu Mar 13 19:20:15 2014: TFP End: 516 bytes transferred (1 retransmitted packets)
Thu Mar 13 19:20:15 2014: tftp rc=0, pHost=172.31.118.250 pFilename=SWISMK9-4-2-176-0.aes
pLocalFilename=/mnt/download/local.tgz
Thu Mar 13 19:20:15 2014: tftp = 6, file_name=SWISMK9-4-2-176-0.aes, ip_address=<omitted>, msg=Unknown error - refer to log
Thu Mar 13 19:20:15 2014: upd_get_code_via_tftp = 6 (target=268435457 msg=Unknown error - refer to log)
Thu Mar 13 19:20:15 2014: RESULT_STRING: TFTP receive complete... extracting components.
Thu Mar 13 19:20:15 2014: RESULT_CODE:6
TFTP receive complete... extracting components.
Thu Mar 13 19:20:17 2014: Still waiting! Status = 2
Thu Mar 13 19:20:19 2014: RESULT_STRING: TFTP Failure while storing in flash!
Thu Mar 13 19:20:19 2014: RESULT_CODE:7
TFTP Failure while storing in flash!
Thu Mar 13 19:20:20 2014: Still waiting! Status = 2
Thu Mar 13 19:20:23 2014: ummounting: <umount /mnt/download/> cwd = /mnt/application
Thu Mar 13 19:20:23 2014: finished umounting
Here are the settings i'm using (note that it's all at the TFTP root, the path is blank but it does grab the file ... using "./" as the path makes no difference.):
Mode............................................. TFTP
Data Type........................................ Code
TFTP Server IP................................... <omitted>
TFTP Packet Timeout.............................. 254 (not default, set for troubleshooting)
TFTP Max Retries................................. 254 (not default, set for troubleshooting)
TFTP Path........................................
TFTP Filename.................................... SWISMK9-4-2-176-0.aes
Again, it appears that the tftp server does not support files > 32 MB (the docs i've read say that this error message is supposed to indicate exactly that), but it 100% *does* support larger files. What could be causing the transfer to time out? Is there some limitation on the controller which prevents large files being delivered via TFTP (and if so, is there a way around that?) Also, there seems to be no other alternative other than TFTP (at least with the release i'm currently stuck at) ... or is there?
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HI,
1. First try with 3CDaemon , I normally do with this .
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Tried to update WRT54G wireless router, upgrade failed, router broken.

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Many thanks for the reply. Does it seem as odd to you as it does to me that one should have to go through all that for what Xbox calls a "compatible router"?
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Hey mike,
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