Howto openwrt

download image

download openwrt image for x86:

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.0/targets/x86/legacy/openwrt-22.03.0-x86-legacy-generic-squashfs-combined.img.gz

decompress image:

gzip -d openwrt-22.03.0-x86-legacy-generic-squashfs-combined.img.gz

copy image to pendrive:

dd if=openwrt-22.03.0-x86-legacy-generic-squashfs-combined.img of=/dev/sdd status=progress

soekris net6501

install e1000e driver for intel 82574L:

mkdir openwtr/23.05.3 -p
cd openwtr/23.05.3
wget https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/targets/x86/legacy/packages/kmod-e1000e_5.15.150-1_i386_pentium-mmx.ipk
wget https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.3/targets/x86/legacy/packages/kmod-ptp_5.15.150-1_i386_pentium-mmx.ipk
opkg install *.ipk

load kernel module:

modprobe e1000e

configure network

edit /etc/config/network:

config interface 'loopback'
	 option device 'lo'
	 option proto 'static'
	 option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
	 option netmask '255.0.0.0'
config globals 'globals'

option ula_prefix 'fd5c:aa60:b3ab::/48'

config device
    option name 'br-lan'
    option type 'bridge'
    list ports 'eth0'

config interface 'lan'
    option device 'br-lan'
    option proto 'static'
    option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'
    option netmask '255.255.255.0'
    option ip6assign '60'