lucabongiorni/rt5350f-cheap-router

RT5350F-cheap-router

Building OpenWrt

Download the snapshot Image Generator.

wget https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ramips/generic/OpenWrt-ImageBuilder-ramips-rt305x.Linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
tar xjf OpenWrt-ImageBuilder-ramips-rt305x.Linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
cd OpenWrt-ImageBuilder-ramips-rt305x.Linux-x86_64

Build the image. You can add optional packages using the PACKAGES= variable.

make image PROFILE="A5-V11" PACKAGES="iptables-mod-tee"

The command above adds iptables-mod-tee so we can TEE packets from iptables.

You will find the generated image inside bin/ramips.

Installation

Point your browser to the default gateway given by the router (e.g. http://192.168.100.1). You can change the language to English in the web interface. Find the firmware upgrade page and upload the openwrt-ramips-rt305x-a5-v11-squashfs-factory.bin. After flashing the router will reboot.

Configuration

Access the router via telnet

telnet 192.168.1.1

Set a root password, which will disable telnet and enable ssh

passwd

Upgrading OpenWrt

After building your image copy it to the /tmp folder. Important: We will use the openwrt-ramips-rt305x-a5-v11-squashfs-sysupg�rade.bin file.

scp bin/ramips/openwrt-ramips-rt305x-a5-v11-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin [email protected]:/tmp

Log into the router and use the sysupgrade utility.

ssh [email protected]
cd /tmp
sysupgrade -v openwrt-ramips-rt305x-a5-v11-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Don't worry, system config files are saved by default.

Images

References

• http://my-embedded.blogspot.de/2013/12/mini-4g-router-rt5350f.html
• http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/unbranded/a5-v11
• http://www.digitalinferno.com/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Mini3G4GUSBRouterOpenWrtExternalUSB