FreeWRT User Handbook
The FreeWRT Project
Revision 2.0,
World,
Waldemar Brodkorb
<wbx@freewrt.de>
Phil Richard Sutter
Dirk Nehring
Markus Wigge
Michael Schwab
Contents
Introduction
Typographic Conventions
Appliance Development Kit (ADK)
Prerequisites
Getting the source
Some Theory First
Preparing the Build Process
Creating A Configuration
Building ADK
Details Of Cross-Compiling
Building A FreeWRT Firmware Image
Firmware Build Process In Detail
Troubleshooting
Errors During Prerequisites Check
Compilation errors
Installing FreeWRT Firmware Images
Flashing The Firmware
Web Interface Method
mtd
– The Flash Utility
Installation using TFTP
FreeWRT Administration
Network Configuration
Switch/VLAN
Static IP configuration
DHCP
WLAN
PPP
DSL with PPPoE
DSL with PPTP
UMTS
custom interface hooks
per interface
general hooks
FWCF - FreeWRT Configuration Filesystem
IPKG - Packagemanagement
Startup scripts
Network Logging
Accessing USB storage devices
Firmware image preparation
Sharing storage via NFS
Troubleshooting
Failsafe Mode
How It Works
Enabling Failsafe Mode
Repairing Your FreeWRT Configuration