WNR3500L-DD-WRT-Installation
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this router only supports the "NEWD-2_K2.6" firmware

   http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=52043 says: 
BrainSlayer builds (14929): ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/2010/08-12-10-r14929/broadcom/

the features of the different build versions: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_DD-WRT%3F#V24_pre_sp2_K26
This router has 8MB of flash memory so it will support any of the builds in that list. 
You probably want to get a build version that supports USB since this router has a USB port. 
Warning: Mega builds will brick your device. 

??? --- no Linux version !!!       dd-wrt.v24-14929_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini-WNR3500v2.chk
      dd-wrt.v24-14929_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini-WNR3500L.chk
??? dd-wrt.v24-14311_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini-WNR3500L.chk
??? dd-wrt.v24-14929_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin
      dd-wrt.v24-14929_NEWD-2_K2.6_big.bin



			A. THE WIKI IS FOR INITIAL INSTALLATION ON A ROUTER THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY VERSION OF DD-WRT ON IT. (wiki)
			http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Netgear_WNR3500L

YOU MUST FOLLOW THE WIKI INSTALL FOR YOUR ROUTER (NOTE 5 BELOW) IF YOU DO NOT 
ALREADY HAVE DD-WRT ON THE ROUTER. Note 5- ALWAYS FOLLOW THE WIKI INSTRUCTION FOR 
FIRST TIME FLASHING! ALWAYS!

This router REQUIRES a K26 build. All of the K26 builds have "_K2.6_" in the filename. 
Also be sure that you don't use a mega build otherwhise it will brick your device.
Backup files can't be reused
ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/2010/08-12-10-r14929/broadcom_K26/ (K26 SP2 14929 build)





			B. CHANGE DD-WRT FIRMWARE VERSIONS (peacock thread)
			http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=51486

1. 
DO A HARD RESET *BEFORE AND AFTER* YOU CHANGE DD-WRT FIRMWARE VERSIONS. This does 
not mean hitting the reset button and saying you are done. This means doing the 30-30-30 reset. To do a 30-30-30 
reset you must push the reset button with your router powered on. Hold it for 30 seconds with the router powered on. 
STILL holding it, pull the power cord for 30 seconds. Still holding it, plug the power back into your router and continue 
to hold the reset button for 30 more seconds. You will have held the button for a full 90 seconds without releasing it. 

!!! HARD RESETS USUALLY DON'T WORK WITH STOCK FIRMWARE!

WPA2-AES is secure and working well. No other encryption except WEP works reliably with dd-wrt in these 
recommnded builds, and WEP is not secure. So USE WPA2-AES.

Some newer routers MUST use K2.6 builds. If you originally had to flash a build with k2.6 in the name, you likely will 
ALWAYS have to flash a k2.6 build. K2.6 builds always use the Newd-2 driver
 
Make sure your firewalls and virus protection (of your computer) are disabled prior to upgrading.  
 

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