OpenWrt : Wireless Freedom

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Knowledge Series

What is OpenWrt?

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• OpenWrt is a Linux based firmware for your router.

• Allows you to setup VPN, Traffic shaping, Unlocks features.

• Install tools and make your router do specialized tasks.

• You can use it as a Bit Torrent Client.

• Create multiple Guest Network, run server software etc.

Embedded System

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• Since the router is Linux based, your router is as good as a computer.

• With ~400-600MHz MIPS CPU

• 16-64MB ROM

• 32-128 RAM

• This also includes I/O USB Ethernet

Router Interface - GUI

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• OpenWRT is very flexible.• It has a very clean graphic user interface.• Native language support.• AJAX enabled web interface.

Additional Features

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• Mesh Networking setup.• Allows to setup Dynamic DNS service.• Command line access via SSH or PuTTY.• Real-time network monitoring. • Provides you a static DHCP lease.

Why Is It Useful?

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• Excellent and affordable platform to learn and develop on it.• Improve your home router features and save cost.• Allows setting up multiple VLAN at home.• Gives you an opportunity to understand networks.• You can turn it to a web server that can perform minimum

tasks.

How To Get Firmware For A Specific Model

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• You can download it from openwrt.org

• Some models of routers require modification in source code. You will need to build, compile and ‘make’ it yourself.

• Preloaded packages are available here:http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/buildroot.exigence

How To Install It To Router

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• Using the firmware uploading page in web control GUI.• FTP Mode• TFTP Mode

Once Flashed You Can...

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• Turn the router to a wireless bridge.

• Make USB port support Printers, Storages, your phone USB Tethering, 3G Dongle etc.

• Bit Torrent downloading client

• Set it up as a personal blog web server

• Options to setup Proxy client, Proxy Server

• Options to setup VPN client, VPN Server

• DNS server, NTP server, SMTP server etc.

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