

Your router should now be using the address of 192.168.1.1. You will have held the button for a full 90 seconds without releasing it.Īfter your router has reset, wait a few minutes for everything to stabilize before installing the new firmware. Still holding it, plug the router back in and continue to hold the reset button for 30 more seconds. STILL holding it, pull the power cord for 30 seconds. Hold it for 30 seconds with the router powered on. To do a 30-30-30 reset, you must push the reset button with your router powered on. The best way to do this is to do a 30-30-30 reset. You always want to start with a clean slate when changing firmware. If you are running a computer that is both wired and wireless disable wireless.

If you follow these steps, it will help to ensure a quality upgrade.Īlways update via a wired connection. I'm here to show you how easy it can be to find the right firmware for your router, and also share some simple upgrading steps and best practices.įirst, there are some general rules that apply to both the WGR614 and WNR3500 routers when applying a new firmware. It can be confusing and even a bit intimidating. You hear that one firmware does one thing and another firmware does something different some do it better while some others don't, and so on. Once in a while, you'll hear about people have upgraded to the wrong thing and it " bricked" their router. If you look around, you will see there are all kinds of firmware versions out there.

You've also been hearing a lot about this "firmware upgrade" and "DD-WRT" stuff but have no idea where to begin. you bought a WGR614L or WGR614v8 router, or perhaps the WNR3500 Version L, U or 2 router.
