Installing from Buffalo's firmware
WARNING: Be aware that you may not be able to re-install the original firmware back if Buffalo only has the encrypted version of the firmware available for your router.
* Push and hold the reset button on the router for a few seconds to reset the configuration.
* Plug your computer directly to the router. This will not work over a wireless connection.
* Set your computer's ethernet card settings to: IP=192.168.11.2, mask=255.255.255.0, gateway=192.168.11.1.
In Windows, you can set this by going to Control Panel, Network Connections, right-click your ethernet card, click Properties, then select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", then click Properties, click "Use the following IP address". You can leave the DNS settings blank.
* Make sure the red diagnostic light isn't lit on the router, unplug the power cable to the router.
* Double-click on the whr_install.bat file.
* Re-plug the power cable to the router.
* There's only about a 5-second window between when the router looks for a new firmware and when it gives up and loads the current firmware. If it doesn't work, unplug, the router, wait a few seconds and try again.
* After uploading, wait. It still needs about 2 minutes to flash the image.
* Reset your computer's ethernet card settings back to use DHCP.
In Windows, you can set this by going to Control Panel, Network Connections, right-click your ethernet card, click Properties, then select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", then click Properties, click "Obtain IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically".
* The default router address after installing Tomato is 192.168.1.1. TFTP-based upgrades will also use this address and will follow the whatever setting you enter in the GUI.
* Make sure you're entering the username "root" and password "admin". Unlike the default firmware, they are required in Tomato.
* A complete reset of the router after installing Tomato for the first time is recommended. Go to Administration/Configuration then under Restore Default Configuration, select "Erase all Data in NVRAM (thorough)", then click OK. When the router restarts then you can go into the Configuration and makes any changes that you need to.
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