- #Installing openwrt on a mikrotik routerboard install
- #Installing openwrt on a mikrotik routerboard serial
- #Installing openwrt on a mikrotik routerboard Pc
First off, we need to configure a DHCP server (I’m using ISC’s).
#Installing openwrt on a mikrotik routerboard install
To install our kernel, we need a few additional tools. Openwrt-ar71xx-root.squashfs (Our Root Filesystem) Openwrt-ar71xx-vmlinux-initramfs.elf (Our temporary kernel) After you’ve made all of your selections, change your Target Image to squashfs and exit saving your changes.Ī quick make later, and we now have a working rootfs and kernel – in addition to our initramfs to install the system with: To do this, re-run make menuconfig and select the packages that you wish to compile and include in your firmware image. Next, we’ll want to build our actual system. This image is essentially a “Live CD” that we’ll use to install our real kernel.Īs with all of the images you create, you’ll find them under ~/svn/backfire/bin/ar71xx/ Our newly created image is openwrt-ar71xx-vmlinux-initramfs.elf The build itself will take some time, but when you’re finished you’ll have the first key ingredient – a basic root filesystem embedded into the kernel. Next, I opt for the default profile (to give me all the modules I should need)Īnd finally, select the build of a ramdisk image:Īfter you’ve made your selections, exit saving your changes, and run make. This will give us a tiny environment to boot into the device and later install our kernel with.Įnsure that you’ve selected the AR71xx target architecture… Svn co svn:///openwrt/branches/backfire backfireīuilding the image is fairly easy, all configuration is done via a “ make menuconfig“. Next, use subversion to check out the Backfire version of OpenWRT: This can easily be done via the bootloader (option e):
To install OpenWRT to the 493AH, first format the NAND. Sure, I could just re-install RouterOS… but let’s do that later. an architecture readily supported under OpenWRT. Looking around, it appears the 493AH is an Atheros AR7161. Attempts to boot the NAND image failed, but the bootloader gives an easy option for downloading an image to it via TFTP. The device itself wouldn’t boot, only hang at the RouterBoot bootloader.
#Installing openwrt on a mikrotik routerboard serial
Configuration can be performed via a serial interface and there is an external power connector available if POE isn’t used. The 493AH features 9 ethernet ports, can accept POE on its WAN interface, has 64M NAND, 128M RAM, and can support 3 mini-PCI cards. Proprietary stuff, what a bad choice! RouterOS has many features and SXT has pretty powerful hardware, but with level 3 licence you can't even work as a AP! Shame on you Mikrotik! Start by installing some tools on your machine to setup a TFTP and DHCP server: sudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server atftpd wireshark Write to /etc/default/atftpd. How the installation proceeds (elucidation) OpenWrt installation takes place in two stages - first we write OpenWrt to the device's memory, then install image to the target device NAND. Lede-XX.XX.X-ar71xx-mikrotik-vmlinux-initramfs-lzma.elf file you need to upload to the source device, this file is used to run in MikroTik memory. NetInstall is also used to re-install RouterOS in cases where the the previous install failed, became damaged or access passwords were lost.
#Installing openwrt on a mikrotik routerboard Pc
NetInstall is a program that runs on Windows computer that allows you to install MikroTiK RouterOS onto a PC or onto a RouterBoard via an Ethernet network. This means the procedure to install openwrt on a Mikrotik RouterBoard is now just two steps: Step 1. Version 18 openwrt made a significant simplifying change to the RouterBoard installation procedure: openwrt now installs and upgrades directly from the LuCI web interface of openwrt.