So you really followed all my posts...
Really... thats good and it means you really want to install things.
So without any more a-due let us continue.
Stage 1 - Formatting and Partitioning USB Storage - Completed
Stage 2 - Installing Optware, the Right Way
Installing Optware, the Right Way
This is the latest, greatest and easiest way to enable Optware on your Router. It is
recommended that you have a router with USB capable storage (Harddisks (must be self-powered), flash-drives etc.) and the
LATEST build! (preferably freshly flashed)
Another aspect to note is that some of these services (i.e Twonky)
consume alot of CPU resources, so make sure you check your resource
consumptions.
Default Services that will be installed:
- Bash instead of shell in busybox - (LFS support)
- Automounting, Unmounting and Hotmounting of storage devices - Automatically mounts all recognized partitions and filesystem formats (including NTFS in K26).
- Network printing with Watchprinter - Plug a USB printer into your router and let anyone on the LAN (or even WAN) print.
- Torrent transmission with watchdog - Including Bittorrent transmission with Web Administration
- Pre-configured Samba share - Samba provides file and
print services for various Microsoft Windows clients and can integrate
with a Windows Server domain, either as a Primary Domain Controller
(PDC) or as a domain member. http://www.samba.org/
- NFS File Sharing - It is now possible to share files via NFS in a pure Linux environment.
- Xinetd - A replacement for inetd, the internet services
daemon. Controls user defined network services such as printing and
SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool) http://www.xinetd.org/
- Pound - A lightweight open source reverse proxy program suitable to be used as a web server load balancing solution. http://www.apsis.ch/pound/
- Vlighttpd - Allows you to get a 2nd IP on your system and run virtual hosting there.
- Pixelserv - A super minimal webserver, it's one and only
purpose is serving a 1x1 pixel transparent gif file. Using some creative
firewalling (netfilter/iptables) rules you can redirect some
webrequests (for adds for example) to pixelserv. http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/pixelserv.php
- AsiaBlock - A custom iptables firewall that is
configurable to block certain countries from accessing your Webserver,
FTP or just general Web surfing.
- Worldblock - Very similar to Asiablock, other than the
fact that it is for blocking everything except your country. To
properly use this service, you must know how to use Vi editor to add
your country.
- StopHack - This CRON script will check /var/log/messages
for pound entries that are malicious and put the IP's in
/opt/etc/asia.spam. The AsiaBlock service MUST be running for this to
work.
- Stophammer - Similar to stophack, only it provides
firewall services that increase your network security in a very
respectable fashion. See Service examples below to understand how it works.
- Vim with proper terminal support - Vim is an advanced
text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor
'Vi', with a more complete feature set. http://www.vim.org/about.php
- Siproxd - A masquerading SIP Proxy Server. Siproxd is a
proxy/masquerading daemon for the SIP protocol. It handles registrations
of SIP clients on a private IP network and performs rewriting of the
SIP message bodies to make SIP connections work via an masquerading
firewall (NAT). It allows SIP software clients (like kphone, linphone)
or SIP hardware clients (Voice over IP phones which are SIP-compatible).
- Fixtables - This service is used to fix a firewall
rule-set bug that is present in all K26 firmwares. K24 is not affected.
The service also contains VITAL security measures against current DD-WRT builds! It is highly recommended to use.
- Zabbix - Zabbix offers advanced monitoring, alerting and
visualization features today which are missing in other monitoring
systems, even some of the best commercial ones. This service blows away
SNMP, Cacti, Wallwatcher, etc. For more information, search the forums
and check out the website! http://www.zabbix.com/features.php
- Reloc_syslogd - A service that is designed to extend the size of DD-WRT's syslogd and integrate kernel logging into /opt/var/log/messages
- Service tool - Control all of these services. (Usage explained below)
- Services running as other users than root
- Other various useful tools such as net and storage diagnostics..
Connecting the Drive to your Router
1. In the DD-WRT web GUI screen, on the Services USB tab enable the options for:
- Core USB support
- USB storage support
- Printer Support (optional)
- Automatic Drive Mount
2. From the DD-WRT web GUI screen, click on
Save Settings, then
Apply Settings
3. If everything was done correctly, this should appear on your
Services -> USB Tab:
IMPORTANT
If using a USB hub to connect multiple devices, make sure NOT to
overload the routers power supply. If the devices are self-powered,
still be careful. Flashdrives do consume quite a bit of power, and even
the I/O of the self-powered devices pulls some current.
Executing the Script
Start a terminal session using telnet or
SSH
To do this in Windows, go to Start -> Run and type the following:
telnet 192.168.1.1 (use the ip address of your router if different than 192.168.1.1)
Enter the following at the telnet prompt:
login:
root
password:
router's admin password to the web interface.
NOTE When entering your password, the characters will
not
show up. This is normal for security. If it doesn't work the first
time, make sure you don't make a typo or that the caps lock is not on
when entering it.
In Windows, telnet can be accessed from a command prompt...
Start ->Run, while a program like
PuTTY
will allow for either telnet or SSH sessions and is a much more
flexible and secure shell prompt. It does not even need to be
installed..
NOTE - Can't login via SSH
If you find that you can't log in to SSH after installation, check that
you're using a build greater than, and including 12827. The reason is
that bash is used as shell after installation, but older firmware builds
don't allow for shells other than /bin/sh to be used in SSH.
Once logged in:
Make sure you are able to connect to the internet through the router. Pinging a domain is a good example:
ping yahoo.com (or any other domain of your choice)
You should get a multi-line response along the lines of:
PING yahoo.com (72.30.2.43): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 72.30.2.43: icmp_seq=0 ttl=52 time=106.551 ms
64 bytes from 72.30.2.43: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=102.864 ms
64 bytes from 72.30.2.43: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=101.219 ms
64 bytes from 72.30.2.43: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=100.507 ms
64 bytes from 72.30.2.43: icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 time=96.661 ms
Once you see a few lines of that, hit
CTRL+C to return to a root prompt.
If you do NOT see output as mentioned above, you need to
troubleshoot to establish an internet connection first.
Some
possibilities:
A) Reboot the router. (this alone may help. If not, continue to suggestion B)
B) Power off your cable modem, then the router.
Wait 30 seconds, then power on the cable modem.
Wait 30 seconds and power on the router.
Wait 30 seconds, then telnet back into the router and repeat the ping test demonstrated above.
Now you should have a connection. If so, continue with the following steps.
Enter the following commands into Busybox/Telnet:
wget -O /tmp/prep_optware http://wd.mirmana.com/prep_optware
sh /tmp/prep_optware
Upgrade Command is the same
This will load all the necessary Optware and supporting scripts that Frater wrote from the ground up.
This will take about 10-20 mins depending on your connection
and your router CPU clock. Close your Web Interface as this consumes
precious memory and CPU resources
Once everything has completed, wait you will be returned to a root prompt. Wait a
minimum of 1 minute, then type
reboot into either the BusyBox/Telnet Shell (why not, you're right there) or reboot via Web Interface.
Important After rebooting, wait again at
least another minute before logging back into the Telnet/SSH session!
Ensure Partitions are mounted
In either telnet or SSH, enter the command
mount , or the other commands underlined in red , if everything is working properly, it should look like this:
Important To keep track of your drives free space, issue the command
df -h
You will get an output like this:
root@Asus:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 5.7M 5.7M 0 100% /
/dev/root 5.7M 5.7M 0 100% /
/dev/discs/disc0/part1
756M 215M 534M 29% /opt
/dev/sda4 293G 173G 117G 60% /mnt
/dev/sda3 504M 17M 483M 4% /tmp/c
root@Asus:~#
Using PuTTy to enable/disable Services
BusyBox/Telnet Commands for services:
service - show all services (enabled/disabled)
service <service name> - if "status" parameter is supported, will show service status, otherwise will show whether specified service is running
service <service name> on - Enable the script, allowing execution (chmod +x /opt/etc/init.d/S<servicescript>)
service <service name> off - Disable the script, disallowing execution (chmod -x /opt/etc/init.d/S<servicescript>)
service <service name> start - Start/execute the script, as long as service is enabled (i.e. permissions allow execution)
service <service name> stop Stop/kill the script, if the service is running
service <service name> restart Stop/kill the script, if the service is running, and then start/execute the script, as long as service is enabled
service <service name> <parameter> - Run the script with the parameter.
For a service to work it must be first switched
on*, and then told to
start.
service <service name> on
service <service name> start
- Once you enable a service with the on parameter, the service is set to allow execution, and will run the next time you restart your router. You will need to issue a start
directly proceeding it to initiate the service if you wish to start the
service without restarting your router. A service must be set to on
before it can be started.
For
downloading torrents you need to enable and start transmission service.
command is
service transmission start
Then wait for 2 minutes and then goto address 192.168.1.2:9091
Turn off the twonky server as it consumes lot of resources
service twonky stop
service twonky off
Now you are done and enjoy your router's super performance.
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