This device is NOT RECOMMENDED for future use with OpenWrt due to low flash/ram.
DO NOT BUY DEVICES WITH 4MB FLASH / 32MB RAM if you intend to flash an up-to-date and secure OpenWrt version (18.06 or later) onto it! See 4/32 warning for details.
1) This device does not have sufficient resources (flash and/or RAM) to provide secure and reliable operation.
This means that even setting a password or changing simple network settings might not be possible any more, rendering the device effectively useless. See OpenWrt on 4/32 devices what you can do now.
2) OpenWrt support for this device will end after 2019.
19.07 will be the last official build for 4/32 devices. After 19.07, no further OpenWrt images will be built for 4/32 devices. See OpenWrt on 4/32 devices what you can do now.
Version/Model | SoC | RAM | Flash | WAN | LAN | USB | Serial | JTAG | OpenWrt Version Supported |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
v1 | Broadcom BCM4717A1 (354 MHz) | 32 MiB | 8 MiB | 1×1 | 4×1 | No | Yes | Yes | Chaos Calmer 15.05 WiFi (abgn) with closed source WiFi driver -OK- |
Get the brcm47xx
firmware image openwrt-15.05-brcm47xx-mips74k-linksys-wrt320n-v1-squashfs.bin
from https://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/brcm47xx/mips74k/
Upgrade that via factory firmware's Administration → Firmware Upgrade selection.
I needed 2,4ghz wireless “n” so i went for the propertary driver (kmod-brcm-wl) from start,
i didn't have time to play around with the open source drivers in CC (final).
I have tested this one driver (kmod-brcm-wl) now in CC (final), and it works fine on my WRT320N (bought in sweden).
I have earlier tested all the available broadcom drivers including kmod-brcm-wl for this router, and all have failed to work in various ways with CC develop release (unknown revision, was a few months ago..)
After that i went to fallback on BB as this wikipage told it was untested WiFi-wise. B43 driver works in 54mbit mode, and the link drops randomly, alot! if lucky, it worked 5mins without dropping. kmod-brcm-wl driver did not work at 'N' speed (300mbit) if i remeber correctly it worked at 54mbit mode but i dont remeber at what extent as i continued to use b43 even though it dropped connection.
i'm sure someone will get the open source drivers to work sometime.. then update the wiki with more subcategorys for the other drivers..
With CC (final) it works and whats needed as post-install on a vanilla installation (installation part above).
config wifi-device 'wl0' option type 'broadcom' option disabled '0' option channel '4' option txpower '16' config wifi-iface option device 'wl0' option network 'lan' option ssid 'OpenWrt' option key 'passphrase' option mode 'ap' option encryption 'psk2'
tnx goes to this post where i found how to do it..
This guide on dmach.net can be used too. It's actually a better guide.
Mirrored from: http://www.jiggy.ca/2011/03/how-to-mod-ciscolinksys-wrt320n-to-e2000/ Which is no longer present (checked 2013/06/24)
Posted on March 3, 2011 by Dave Kincade
This is a companion piece to my article explaining how to powerfully network your house. While setting up two Cisco/Linksys WRT320Ns to use DD-WRT, I saw in the DD-WRT wiki page that upgrading the firmware to the E2000 model can solve some problems.
I’d just gotten the routers so I never got a chance to see what those problems are, but I’m a sucker for new firmware so I had to upgrade. buddee’s guide is great and includes everything you need to do the upgrade, but I had a bit of a headache after reading his post so I’m going to lay it out here.
Congrats!