# Althea router flashing guide

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## **[GL-B1300](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-b1300/)**

## What you need

1. One Ethernet Cable
2. A computer running Windows, Mac, or Linux with at least one Ethernet port
3. A GL-B1300 router, for sale [here](https://www.amazon.com/GL-iNet-GL-B1300-Gigabit-400Mbps-pre-installed/dp/B079FJKZV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534521954&sr=8-1&keywords=glb1300)
4. An Althea firmware image for the GL-B1300 use the download link under the picture on [this page](https://althea.net/firmware)

## How to

1. Download the firmware image from step 4 described above. Save it somewhere you will be able to find it later.

2. Start with the router free of all plugs and attachments, note the two front buttons.

3. Plug in the router, holding the circle button on the front until the rightmost light _stops_ flashing. The left and center lights will be on and steady.

4. Plug in the Ethernet cable into the routers lan port. Which is the leftmost with the ports facing at you. As Pictured.

5. Plug the other end of the same cable into your computer.

6. You must now assign your computer the static ip 192.168.1.2 in a /24 subnet.

7. With that out of the way visit 192.168.1.1 in your web browser. It should look like this.

8. Press the ‘browse’ button and select the firmware you downloaded in step 1. Then press ‘upload’. You will be forwarded to a page that looks like this. The rightmost light on the router will start blinking.

9. Wait 5 minutes

10. If you have another router to flash return to step 2. If this is all you will be flashing it’s time to undo the static IP assignment. Linux users can skip this step.

11. Your router is now flashed, only the leftmost light should now be on. Unplug the lan port, wait 10 seconds and plug it back in.

12. Now that you have flashed your router the LAN port location has moved. The LAN port is the one furthest from the power plug by default. Double check you are plugged into the right spot!

13. Navigate to 192.168.10.1/althea which is the Althea router dashboard.

14. Congratulations! You’re done! Now you can [setup your Althea router](https://forum.althea.net/t/setting-up-your-new-althea-router/159/2) and and [make links into the network](https://forum.althea.net/t/connecting-your-althea-router-to-the-network/160)

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