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Wireless Router Instalation

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    Normac1
    last edited by Dec 14, 2010, 10:29 PM

    Hi all, guess i'm just not getting it: but here it is:  i got a dlink 625, as it was flashable, and I "thought" I could install an embeded version on to that, have pfsense running and have wireless et all:  am i right out to lunch here?  ive tried purusing the forms and google etc.. but no joy.    is this possible?

    thanks ???

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      Cry Havok
      last edited by Dec 14, 2010, 11:19 PM

      No.  You may be able to install one of the WRT series of Linux based firmwares (DD-WRT, OpenWRT or Tomato), but not pfSense.

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        wallabybob
        last edited by Dec 14, 2010, 11:55 PM

        @Cry:

        No.  You may be able to install one of the WRT series of Linux based firmwares (DD-WRT, OpenWRT or Tomato), but not pfSense.

        The reason is that pfSense is built for a x86 family CPU (does the Dlink 625 have such a CPU? maybe it has MIPS or ARM or something else) with a subset of known ethernet and wireless interfaces (does the Dlink 625 have suitable network interfaces?)

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          Normac1
          last edited by Dec 15, 2010, 6:30 PM

          It's Atheros, : i flashed it and changed it do ddwrt, as a test: but pfsense seems to only have the nano image file, as opposed to a .bin file>?  (ps im running pf on my pII 400, with many happy results)

          so what file / image do i need to begin with?  i dont mind bricking this one, and if not, what Router should i look at buying ?

          pps: many thanks.

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            Cry Havok
            last edited by Dec 15, 2010, 7:53 PM

            I'll say it again - you cannot run pfSense on that router.

            pfSense only runs on standard PC hardware (basically x86 or AMD64 - including WRAP).  You cannot run it on one of these SOHO router/firwall devices.  If you want to use one of those then you're limited to the likes of DD-WRT.

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              Normac1
              last edited by Dec 15, 2010, 9:03 PM

              Okay, well that awnsers my question)  guess im building a mini

              thanks.

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                Efonnes
                last edited by Dec 16, 2010, 11:56 PM

                It would probably be possible to compile pfSense for it, but it likely doesn't have enough flash memory to store the OS or enough RAM to run it.

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