Running a DD WRT VM in Virtualbox

#DD-WRT #VirtualMachine #VirtualBox

*** Updated 06/21/2023

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0001.html

1. Download Oracle Virtualbox Download
2. Download DD-WRT x86 Image Download
3. Install Oracle Virtualbox
4. Convert DD-WRT x86 Image to VDI

# change directory to virtualbox installation
cd "%programfiles%\Oracle\Virtualbox"
# run vboxmanage to convert the raw image to .vdi
vboxmanage.exe convertdd "%userprofile%\downloads\dd‐wrt_public_vga.image" "%userprofile%\downloads\dd‐wrt.vdi"

5. Resize the VDI File

# resize the vdi to 256MB
vboxmanage.exe modifyhd ‐‐resize 256 "%userprofile%\downloads\dd‐wrt.vdi"

6. Launch Virtualbox
7. Create a New VM by selecting Machine > New

Name: DD‐WRT
Machine Folder: C:\VMs
Type: Linux
Version: Other Linux (32‐bit)
Memory Size: 256 MB
Hard disk: Do not add a virtual hard disk

8. Click Create
9. Copy the dd-wrt.vdi file from downloads into C:\VMs\DD-WRT
10. Select the VM and Click Settings
11. Select Storage
12. Click Add Storage Attachment > Add Hard Disk > Choose existing disk
13. Click Add and browse to C:\VMs\DD-WRT\dd-wrt.vdi
14. Click OK
15. Select Network
16. Set Attached to: Bridge Adapter
17. Make sure the DD-WRT VM is selected and click Start > Normal
18. Wait for the text to stop scrolling and press Enter
19. Login with root/admin
20. Set the IP address to something in your current subnet so you can reach it

ifconfig br0 192.168.0.227

21. Launch your web browser of choice and access the DD-WRT web UI with the IP address in the previous step

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