I'm giving this router to a friend. I can't find anything over at dd-wrt on how to revert back to the stock firmware. The router is a Netgear WNDR4500 v2. I'd appreciate the help. Thanks.
Normally you just upgrade the firmware from the routers DD-WRT administration settings page using the stock firmware and select the "Reset to default settings" dropdown before hitting "Upgrade" Post 6 also suggests this http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=893287 EDIT - Hmm, couple posts further down say that fails... there are suggestions on how to do it near the bottom of that thread, but looks like a p1ss on That's how I do it on mine (WRT160NL), I`ll see if I can find anything else EDIT - Looks like you might need to do it the hard way (TFTP) This is a rough guide on how the commands work for mine at least, might point you in the right direction http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt160nl I needed a USB > RS232 adapter to connect PC to Router serial pinouts Boot the router, but interrupt the boot process halfway through using PuTTY and push the stock firmware to the router using CMD EDIT - Found the PDF I used for mine https://mega.co.nz/#!UkozGByY!aQtMAG4BlzmdGRKNHYrEUAbdjVmEWVvr9xJYFSDYtcE
That's too much work lol. I think I'll just give it to him the way it is and after I set it up, just tell him not to mess with the settings. Thanks for the help though.
haha yea it is a proper PITA, I've bricked mine a couple of times and had to do that method to unbrick, dismantle the router, connect up pins in the right order, set static IPs, spend ages trying to catch the boot process at the right second to halt it etc etc lol
i love using dd-wrt, but I really wish they would make it easier to revert back to the stock firmware.
It must depend on the router itself rather than DD-WRT, I can just grab the stock firmware from Linksys and flash it like normal from DD-WRT and it returns mine to stock I guess if the router manufacturer makes it awkward, there's not much DD-WRT can do (Unless we're both missing something and there is an easier method for your router) If you are prepared to take the chance of having to use the unbrick method, you could try flashing stock the normal way, but be prepared for a brick if it doesn't work Maybe DD-WRT has to repartition your routers NAND coming from stock to DD-WRT, which is why flashing back to stock normally won't work Usually there is a Stock to DD-WRT firmware you have to flash first, then the main DD-WRT firmware itself - but going back the opposite way, there is no manufacturers firmware that does the reverse of preparing DD-WRT > Stock first, before flashing the main stock firmware