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 'lan_br'
    option name 'br-lan'
    option type 'bridge'
    list ports 'eth1'
    list ports 'eth2'
    list ports 'eth3'

config device 'eth1'
    option name 'eth1'

config device 'eth2'
    option name 'eth2'

config device 'eth3'
    option name 'eth3'

config interface 'lan'
    option device 'br-lan'
    option proto 'static'
    option netmask '255.255.255.0'
    option ipaddr '192.168.99.1'

config interface 'wan'
    option device 'eth0'
    option proto 'dhcp'
 
config interface 'wifi2'
    option proto 'static'
    option device 'wlan0'
    option ipaddr '172.16.164.254'
    option netmask '255.255.255.0' 

start network:

service network start

install packages

update repo:

opkg update

install packages:

opkg install bash curl parted fdisk lsblk nano hostapd wireless-tools wpa-supplicant kmod-iwlwifi pciutils iwlwifi-firmware-ax200 iwlwifi-firmware-ax210

install luci theme

install packages:

opkg install luci-compat
opkg install luci-lib-ipkg
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/jerrykuku/luci-theme-argon/releases/download/v2.3.1/luci-theme-argon_2.3.1_all.ipk
opkg install luci-theme-argon_2.3.1_all.ipk