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I have downloaded the newest firmware for this router, but the file is a.bin. There is no.cue,.iso or other file associated with it. How do I open this file, or burn it?I tried creating a.cue file using a.txt text editor:FILE 'WRT54Gv5v6v1.02.2fw.bin' BINARYTRACK 01 MODE1/2352INDEX 01 00:00:00,and renamed it WRT54Gv5v6v1.02.2fw.cueRoxio's Creator Classic will burn it to a CD, but when I try to load it by inserting the disk, the disk is blank - but shown as 100% used in raw format.Any suggestions? Why would Linksys provide this firmware in this truly complicated format? You download the file to your computer and then upload it to the router. You cannot burn it on a CD as the router does not have a CD drive. You must not open or modify the file you download otherwise you may brick your router!!Please read the manual or the technical support pages for your router on www.linksys.com for detailed steps how to upgrade the firmware in your router.The easiest way is to upload with your web browser through the web configuration interface of the router at The firmware upload is usually somewhere on the Administration tab.

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The installation CD or better the software on the CD does the initial configuration of the router. Again, the router is a standalone device with no display and no keyboard.

It must be configured to match your internet connection and what you need in your LAN. You can configure the router completely without ever inserting the CD through the web browser configuration utility at The program on the CD does help you with the initial setup, finding out about your current internet connection and trying to setup the router for this. The program talks to the router through the ethernet connection.This software to do the initial setup/settings of the router is a Windows program and only works on Windows computers. It sends commands to the router to configure it. That's all it does. The program only works on a Windows computer. It does not install anything on the computer itself.The firmware of the router is something completely different.

It is basically the operating system on the router. The firmware contains the linux kernel and all the programs which run the router. The firmware file itself is 'meaningless' on any computer. You can just download and upload it.

Nothing more. Never modify it on the computer. The firmware file is only useful when uploaded to the router to update its operating system.I don't know why Linksys does not provide an integrated firmware updater like you get for other devices.

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This updater could contain the firmware and you just download it to your computer and run it. However, obviously they would have to supply updates for various operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux.). The approach without updater makes it independent from the operating system you use.

You can upgrade the firmware on the router from any device which has a JavaScript enabled browser installed. You just download the firmware file and upload it to the router with your browser. This way you only provide a single firmware file and it works everywhere. You just said, gv: 'You can upgrade the firmware on the router from any device which has a JavaScript enabled browser installed. You just download the firmware file and upload it to the router with your browser. This way you only provide a single firmware file and it works everywhere.'

OK, then, please make sense of this. Like you said, above, you must have a browser with Javascript installed, and I have a browser with Javascript installed. You also said to just download the firmware file, and I did download the firmware file.

And, you say it can be uploaded to the router with the browser.Upload with the browser? The last time I looked, I can't run the browser unless my computer is operational and connected to the Internet, but you previously said you can't install the firmware from a computer CD.

But isn't that exactly what was done when the router was initially installed from the installation disk? Wasn't firmware included on that initial installation disk? If not, then what was on the installation disk? And what difference does it make if the installation/firmware files are on a CD, floppy or in a computer folder?

Am I missing something in your explanation?I'm sorry, but I feel you have me REALLY confused now. As to your last sentence in your quote above, I have no inkling of an idea as to what you meant. I appreciate your attempting to assist me in understanding this, but.Plus, I don't understand your explanation of why it isn't practical and can't be done because of 'the different types of operating systems'. DSL, cable and even VoIP modems all allow firmware upgrades through downloading and installing the files - using a computer - with any OS. And these modems are separate hardware entities, too, that operate independently from a computer - other than through a telephone line or ethernet.Thanks for trying, and please forgive me for being a little slow.

I guess Alzheimer's is creeping into my life, hey?Zeico. You point your browser at This is the LAN IP address of the router inside your LAN. You can connect to this address when you are connected to the router. You don't need internet for that.The router came with a firmware preinstalled.

Without the firmware the router is just a piece of junk. The configuration program on the CD only sends settings to the working and operating router, i.e. A router which is running its firmware. You can update the firmware by uploading a new firmware file to the router.

Logitech g403 software. But there was no firmware on the CD nor was it installed anywhere during initial setup. The router came with a firmware otherwise you could not use it.Just go to and click on the Administration tab. The firmware upgrade function is somewhere on a subtab. You'll see a browse button with which you select the firmware file you downloaded before. Once you press the Upgrade button (please only do it if you really want to upgrade the firmware!) the browser sends the selected firmware file to the router where it will be installed after the router reboots itself.There is no point installing it from a CD as you only have to transfer the file to the router. Burning it to a CD only to load it from the CD does not make a different. As you have mentioned it does not make a difference where the firmware file is.

Only as you have to download it anyway and then just transfer it to the router there is no point in burning it on a CD. You upload it to the router and that's it. Afterwards you delete the file because you don't need it anymore and you can download the latest firmware from linksys.When you write 'DSL, cable and even VoIP modems' upgrading using any OS, did you ever do it? How exactly did you do it? Are you sure there is an updater for MacOS? I think most modems will do it in a similar fashion using a browser upload.I don't understand what the problem is with this kind of firmware upgrade for you. It works very well and is often used.

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Many devices have browser interfaces nowadays and thus it is only natural you do the firmware upgrades the same way. The router can be upgraded using tftp as well. However, there are a few pitfalls with this method and often you'll need a command line prompt to run it. But these are the only possibilities to send the firmware file to the router and somehow you have to get it there.Message Edited by gv on 03:01 PM.