I have a "stock" Linksys WRT54G v.4 that I am trying to convert to Hamnet. (Ok, I'm a newbie who bought two units with bbhn installed and also found two others to convert myself)  So far I THINK I have been following the firmware installation instructions.  I selected and downloaded this version of the .bin file:

bbhn-3.1.0-wrt54g-2.4-squashfs.bin

When I logged into the router and started the update process things looked good for a few seconds after clicking "Upgrade".  Unfortunately, I soon received a message indicated firmware upgrade failure.  I have tried multiple times with multiple downloads of the .bin file but never get beyond the failure notice.

I admit I haven't looked extensively through the archives of the forum so if anyone knows of a previous solution or has a solution....probably an obvious error on my part......I sure would appreciate your guidance.

Thanks,

Dave K4DPF

The .BIN file is for when it is still a OEM router (stock firmware), to upgrade to a mesh node.

You will need to verify you are getting the proper bin file for what exact model you are using (ex WRT54GSv2 vs a WRT54GLv1.1, found ont he label underneath in small print)

If it already has BBHN firmware (or open/dd-wrt), then use the available TRX file, which works across all hardware models ONCE IT IS ALREADY a BBHN node.

So if you were trying to use a BIN file on a mesh node, yes you would get an error. Go download the TRX file and use it on those nodes to update from a previous BBHN version.