openwrt-ar7 installation

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# How to install openwrt 8.09.2 on the ar7-based Actiontec GT704-WG / GT704WG
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# Basically an amalgamation of the helpful guides here:
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# http://hackingwithgum.com/2009/09/17/installing-openwrt-on-the-actiontec-gt-704wg/
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# and here:
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# http://wiki.openwrt.org/oldwiki/openwrtdocs/installingar7#flashing.via.ftpone.image.file
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# 1. Download the firmware

curl -O http://kamikaze.openwrt.org/8.09.2/ar7/openwrt-ar7-squashfs.bin

# 2. Put the router into the ADAM 2 bootloader to allow ftp access

turn off the router
hold down the reset button, and turn the router back on
keep holding the reset button until you see the Power and Internet LEDs stay on

# 3. Connect an ethernet cable from your computer to ethernet port 1 on the router
# 4. Set the IP on the ethernet port to 192.168.0.2, on a mac laptop:

Open: System Preferences > Network
Select: Ethernet
Set the following:
 Configure IPv4: Manually
 IP Address: 192.168.0.2
 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Click: "Apply"

# 5. Get the firmware on your device

> ftp -A 192.168.0.1
# username: adam2
# password: adam2

# commands to enter at the ftp> prompt
 
quote SETENV mtd5,0x90010000,0x903f0000
quote SETENV MAC_PORT,0
binary
quote MEDIA FLSH

# the put takes a while to get started
# but only took 21 seconds to complete once started

put "openwrt-ar7-squashfs.bin" "openwrt-ar7-squashfs.bin mtd5"
quote REBOOT
quit

# 6. Reset your laptop's ethernet port to use DHCP

Open: System Preferences > Network
Select: Ethernet
Set the following:
 Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
Click: "Apply"

# 7. Connect to OpenWRT, in your web browser open: http://192.168.1.1/
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# By default there is no root password, once set you can login via ssh

# 8. Set a root password, System > Admin Password