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