Comments on: OpenWrt (Backfire 10.03) and TL-WR1043ND

By: Felipe

Felipe — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:35:57 +0000

Hi Petrův blog, you has lot of good informations in your blog, I just subscribed on RSS
So, can you help me, after the step: make V=99

Was generated those files:

/opt/openwrt/backfire_10.03.1/bin/ar71xx

kernel-debug.tar.bz2
md5sums
openwrt-ar71xx-rootfs.tar.gz
openwrt-ar71xx-root.jffs2-128k
openwrt-ar71xx-root.jffs2-64k
openwrt-ar71xx-root.squashfs
openwrt-ar71xx-root.squashfs-4k
openwrt-ar71xx-uImage-gzip.bin
openwrt-ar71xx-uImage-lzma.bin
openwrt-ar71xx-vmlinux.bin
openwrt-ar71xx-vmlinux.elf
openwrt-ar71xx-vmlinux.gz
openwrt-ar71xx-vmlinux.lzma
OpenWrt-ImageBuilder-ar71xx-for-Linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
OpenWrt-SDK-ar71xx-for-Linux-x86_64-gcc-4.3.3+cs_uClibc-0.9.30.1.tar.bz2
OpenWrt-Toolchain-ar71xx-for-mips_r2-gcc-4.3.3+cs_uClibc-0.9.30.1.tar.bz2
packages

But where is: openwrt-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Can I use some of those file to upgrade openwrt?

Thanks

By: Mark Symmes

Mark Symmes — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:58 +0000

I am dumbing down your configuration a bit as I am a newbie at this. I am removing the open wifi stuff for now (although a guest network is a really neat idea that I want to implement later) but can you tell me what is in your /etc/dnsmasq.script?

And thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Have you thought of putting your config on the openwrt forum or wiki? It is really good stuff for us learners.

Mark

By: Petr Ruzicka

Petr Ruzicka — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:23:14 +0000

I guess almost all the commands done using “uci” will show up in the Luci WebGUI. If you will do the changes in these “sections”: network, dhcp, dns, firewall – it should be in Luci for sure.

By: Mark Symmes

Mark Symmes — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:12:39 +0000

Great article. If I implemented your network, dhcp, dns, firewall setup, what do you think Luci would display in the GUI. Any chance of it working?

Mark

By: Petr Ruzicka

Petr Ruzicka — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:09:46 +0000

@julian Yes you are right. Actually I used USB Hub containing 4 ports. To these ports I connected thermometer, USB stick and webcam. Actually I have no experiences with connecting USB hard drive to to this devices - especially how it is with it's power source. I'm using USB stick and it's working fine. Regards PetrR

By: julian

julian — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:08:13 +0000

Excellent article. Just got my TL-WR1043ND router going with Openwrt latest stable. Your instructions are useful but I am not so bold to compile just yet. I am looking to expand the use of mine with external usb hard drive. I was going through some of your notes. I am not sure if I understood but it seemed you stated you could put a usb hub off the port and run several devices. Is that correct. Also I have an external USB hard drive and I am trying to get the filesystem to mount. I am still researching but any info you have on this would be helpful. Unless it doesnt have enough power to drive the external drive or I have to get an external drive that has a case which takes its own power source. Hope to hear from you as I am still in the research phase of learning about this wonderful router.

Thanks
Julian