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            <h1>Running a DD-WRT VM in Virtualbox</h1>
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	<li>Download Oracle Virtualbox<a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/" target="_blank"> Download</a></li>
	<li>Download DD-WRT x86 Image<a href="ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/" target="_blank"> Download</a></li>
	<li>Install Oracle Virtualbox</li>
	<li>Convert DD-WRT x86 Image to VDI
	<div class="codeBlock"># change directory to virtualbox installation<br />
	cd &quot;%programfiles%\Oracle\Virtualbox&quot;<br />
	# run vboxmanage to convert the raw image to .vdi<br />
	vboxmanage.exe convertdd &quot;%userprofile%\downloads\dd-wrt_public_vga.image&quot; &quot;%userprofile%\downloads\dd-wrt.vdi&quot;</div>
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	<li>Resize the VDI File
	<div class="codeBlock"># resize the vdi to 256MB<br />
	vboxmanage.exe modifyhd --resize 256 &quot;%userprofile%\downloads\dd-wrt.vdi&quot;</div>
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	<li>Launch Virtualbox</li>
	<li>Create a New VM by selecting Machine &gt; New
	<p>Name: DD-WRT<br />
	Machine Folder: C:\VMs<br />
	Type: Linux<br />
	Version: Other Linux (32-bit)<br />
	Memory Size: 256 MB<br />
	Hard disk: Do not add a virtual hard disk</p>
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	<li>Click Create</li>
	<li>Copy the dd-wrt.vdi file from downloads into C:\VMs\DD-WRT</li>
	<li>Select the VM and Click Settings</li>
	<li>Select Storage</li>
	<li>Click Add Storage Attachment &gt; Add Hard Disk &gt; Choose existing disk</li>
	<li>Click Add and browse to C:\VMs\DD-WRT\dd-wrt.vdi</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
	<li>Select Network</li>
	<li>Set Attached to: Bridge Adapter</li>
	<li>Make sure the DD-WRT VM is selected and click Start &gt; Normal</li>
	<li>Wait for the text to stop scrolling and press Enter</li>
	<li>Login with root/admin</li>
	<li>Set the IP address to something in your current subnet so you can reach it
	<div class="codeBlock">ifconfig br0 192.168.0.227</div>
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	<li>Launch your web browser of choice and access the DD-WRT web UI with the IP address in the previous step</li>
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