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TP-Link and ASUS OnHub devices are very similar, sharing many of the same characteristics and much of their Device Tree. They both run a version of ChromeOS for their factory firmware, and so installation instructions look very similar to Google Wifi [1]. Things I've tested, and are working: * Ethernet * WiFi (2.4 and 5 GHz) * LEDs * USB * eMMC * Serial console (if you wire it up yourself) * 2x CPU * Speaker == Installation instructions summary == 1. Flash *-factory.bin to a USB drive (e.g., with `dd`) 2. Insert USB drive, to boot OpenWrt from USB 3. Copy the same *-factory.bin over to device, and flash it to eMMC to make OpenWrt permanent == Developer mode, booting from USB (Step 2) == To enter Developer Mode and boot OpenWrt from a USB stick: 1. Unplug power 2. Gain access to the "developer switch" through the bottom of the device 3. Hold down the "reset switch" (near the USB port / power plug) 4. Plug power back in 5. The LED on the device should turn white, then blink orange, then red. Release the reset switch. 6. Insert USB drive with OpenWrt factory.bin 7. Press the hidden developer switch under the device to boot to USB; you should see some activity lights (if you have any) on your USB drive 8. Depending on your configuration, the router's LED(s) should come on. You're now running OpenWrt off a USB stick. These instructions are derived from: https://www.exploitee.rs/index.php/Rooting_The_Google_OnHub#Enabling_%22Developer_Mode%22_on_the_OnHub https://www.exploitee.rs/index.php/Asus_OnHub#Enabling_%22Developer_Mode%22_on_the_OnHub ~~Finding the developer switch:~~ for TP-Link, the developer switch is on the bottom of the device, underneath some of the rubber padding and a screw. For ASUS, remove the entire base, via 4 screws under the rubber feet. See the Exploitee instructions for more info and photos. == Making OpenWrt permanent (on eMMC) (Step 3) == Once you're running OpenWrt via USB: 1. Connect Ethernet to the LAN port; router's LAN address should be at 192.168.1.1 2. Connect another system to the router's LAN, and copy the factory.bin image over, via SCP and SSH: scp -O openwrt-ipq806x-chromium-tplink_onhub-squashfs-factory.bin root@192.168.1.1: ssh root@192.168.1.1 -C "dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 seek=7552991 of=/dev/mmcblk0 count=33 && \ dd if=/root/openwrt-ipq806x-chromium-tplink_onhub-squashfs-factory.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0" 3. Reboot and remove the USB drive. == Developer mode beep == Note that every time you boot the OnHub in developer mode, the device will play a loud "beep" after a few seconds. This is described in the Chromium docs [2], and is intended to make it clear that the device is not running Google software. It is nontrivial to completely disable this beep, although it's possible to "acknowledge" developer mode (and skip the beep) by using a USB keyboard to press CTRL+D every time you boot. [1] https://openwrt.org/toh/google/wifi [2] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/HEAD/developer_mode.md Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
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Download
Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.
If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.
An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.
Requirements
You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.
binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.6+ rsync subversion unzip which
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -ato obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -ato install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfigto select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
Run
maketo build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.
Related Repositories
The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
manager called opkg. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
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LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
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OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
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OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
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OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
Support Information
For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database
Documentation
Support Community
- Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
- Support Chat: Channel
#openwrton oftc.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-develon oftc.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0