Asus Filogic Factory Image

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Supported devices

• TUF-AX4200

General information

IP-Adress of device with stock firmware: 192.168.50.1 IP-Adress of device with freifunk firmware: 192.168.1.1

Instructions

1. Download the Factory-Initramfs image. Place it into a web-server directory root as openwrt.bin.

   mkdir -p /tmp/openwrt-webroot
   cp openwrt-mediatek-filogic-asus_tuf-ax4200-initramfs-kernel.bin /tmp/openwrt-webroot/openwrt.bin
   python3 -m http.server -d /tmp/openwrt-webroot 8080
   

2. Open the router configuration page. Complete the first-time setup wizard.

   Enable SSH Access (with Password-Login) on the Router

   Find this Setting at Administration --> System --> Service --> Enable ssh (LAN Only)

   Make sure the SSH-Port is set to 22

3. Connect to the device using ssh (replace admin with the username you just configured)

   ssh [email protected]
   

4. Modify the /etc/hosts file using vi on the device. Add an entry to the bottom of the file that resolves to the computer serving the factory-initramfs image.

   Name the DNS name openwrtimage.lan

   Example for 192.168.50.196:

   192.168.50.196 openwrtimage.lan
   

5. Transfer the OpenWrt factory-initramfs to the device by downloading it from the http server using wget

   wget -O /tmp/openwrt.bin http://openwrtimage.lan:8080/openwrt.bin
   

6. Erase the linux-partition

   mtd-erase -d linux
   

7. Write OpenWrt to the linux partition

   mtd-write -i /tmp/openwrt.bin -d linux
   

8. Power-Cycle your router.

9. Download firmwareimage of your local Freifunk Comunity, rename it to openwrt-sysupgrade.bin

10. At your local PC - Transfer the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the router using scp.

    scp -O /path/to/openwrt-sysupgrade.bin [email protected]:/tmp
    

11. connect to the router with ssh [email protected]

12. Install OpenWrt persistently using sysupgrade.

    sysupgrade -n /tmp/<openwrt-sysupgrade.bin>