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Or you can use console commands similar to below to disable a dynamic wireless connection. In order to avoid subnet and route conflicts, disconnect your Ubuntu host from any wireless networks by turning wireless off, or putting it into Airplane mode from the GUI. You should still have the USB-TTL cable from step #1 plugged in and communicating to the terminal program on your Ubuntu host.

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Using the browser on your Ubuntu host, download the binary to a local folder. The ‘-sysupgrade’ images are for subsequent patching where you want to preserve the older settings. The ‘-factory’ images are for first time deployments (for example going from LinkSys standard firmware to OpenWrt). Note that the cardboard box shows the model, but is not sufficient because it does not list the exact version (V1 versus V2).īased on the hardware version discovered above, you will need to download the relevant binary image from the download page. OR look at the bottom of the router case and it will list the exact model number (whether WRT1200AC, WRT1900AC V1/V2, or WRT1900ACS V1/V2).

#Openwrt serial console mini computers images password

Below is a snippet of the output showing the Linksys logo in ASCII art which scrolls by as the router brings up all its services.įor the LinkSys WRT1X00AC/S series, there are several ways you can determine the exact hardware: look at the firmware version as shown during the boot process as highlighted in the image above, OR login to the LinkSys web interface and look under the Signout > About menu ( default password is ‘admin’), I wrote a detailed article about using the Adafruit USB TTL Serial cable to connect to the Linksys WRT1X00AC/S for an Ubuntu host.Īfter powering off/on the router, you should be able to clearly the see the boot sequence of your Linksys firmware in your terminal program. After bricking my router once, I now rely solely on the Serial to USB-TTL cable which is the highly recommended connectivity method from the OpenWrt page. If you want to try flashing to OpenWrt using the factory LinkSys ‘Router Firmware Update’ feature, that is your choice, but it really is working blind and you have no ability to fix issues if something goes wrong. So I don’t feel the need to go over the architectural concepts in this article, but I did want to provide instructions for the Ubuntu specific tools you can use to flash the firmware. Flashing the firmware of the Linksys WRT1X00AC/S is well documented on the OpenWrt wiki.