WHR-HP-G300N Invalid Firmware Error

[alphaKappa]

I have a WHR-HP-G300N(B), with User Friendly Firmware Ver.1.82 (R1.12/B1.00). The processor chipset is A0 A1. I have a wimax broadband connection. I have bought this router in India. I have 2 problems:-

 

1. When I try to install the DD-WRT firmware from http://buffalotech.com/support/getfile/whrhpg300n-pro-v24sp2-14998.zip, I get error "Invalid Firmware, Rebooting in 80 seconds".

 

2. There is a problem with frequent connection drops and high latency which was not there with my previous D-Link 802.11G router. When transfering files from file hosting servers such as letitbit.com, rapidshare.com etc this is a big pain since everytime the whole download needs to be restarted.

 

Thanks in advance,

AlphaKappa

 

[Jotin]

Use firefox or internet explorer to update your firmware. You must extract the contents of the zip folder and the select the firmware update. 

[kamhw]

Hi there,

 

I'm a new owner of WHR-HP-G300N and have the same reported issue.

1)  I did unzip and read through the HTML howto... followed it and got Invalid Firmware Error

2)  The file I downloaded was ftp://whr-hp-g300n:whr-hp-g300n@83.244.133.35/WHR-HP-G300N-pro_dd-wrt_v24sp2-14998.zip

3)  MODEL: WHR-HP-G300N Ver.1.82 (R1.12/B1.00)

4)  ISP provides Motorola Cable Modem SB5100

 

Please let me know what other information you require to help me figure this out.  Thank you.

[kamhw]

Quick update, I found a newer Pro firmware build 15501 via the Buffalo support site.  Will try it out and report back.

[rzayas]

Where? I don't see any new Pro firmware.

 

Edit: Oh, I found it, is in the Asian support site. Has anyone tried to flash this in the North American version of the router?

[kamhw]

Ok, it worked. :-)