1.- It looks like this is very important and you must not skip it!!!!
Download/install last oficial firmware by Linksys
Ver. 2.1.42 (Build 183584)
Latest Date: 9/19/2017
Download 22.6 MB
From here: http://downloads.linksys.com/downloads/firmware/FW_EA4500_2.1.42.183584_prod.img
Perform the "upgrade"
2.- After the reboot, perform the install of OpenWRT. I'm not sure but my attempts to install the very latest firmware failed, so I used the version mention on this chatroom:
https://forum.archive.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=60649&p=1#p304557
Post #21:
Edit: that image you're running now might be old enough that you should flash the factory firmware first, then flash with https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots … actory.bin .
The board name changed from ea4500 to linksys-viper, which will prevent sysupgrade from accepting the .tar image.
Link to the file: https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/openwrt-kirkwood-linksys-viper-squashfs-factory.bin
Wait for the reboot, ping the router and when you get answer open an ssh session:
3.- ssh root@192.168.1.1
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.1' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
BusyBox v1.24.2 () built-in shell (ash)
_______ ________ __
| | .-------.------.-----. | | | | .----. | |_
| - | | _ | -__| | | | | | | _| | _|
|_______ | | __|____|__|__| |________| |__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
-----------------------------------------------------
DESIGNATED DRIVER (Bleeding Edge, 50072)
-----------------------------------------------------* 2 oz. Orange Juice Combine all juices in a
* 2 oz. Pineapple Juice tall glass filled with
* 2 oz. Grapefruit Juice ice, stir well.
* 2 oz. Cranberry Juice
-----------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:~#
Assign a password to "root" account:
root@OpenWrt:~# passwd root
Changing password for root
New password:
Retype password:
Password for root changed by root
4.- Connect the router to your internet connection and upgrade the packages as explained on
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/luci/luci.essentials
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_base.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/kernel/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_kernel.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/kernel/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_telephony.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_packages.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_routing.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_luci.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_management.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
5.- Now install "luci" with SSL
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install luci-ssl-openssl
Installing luci-ssl-openssl (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-ssl-openssl_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_all.ipk.
Installing luci (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_all.ipk.
Installing uhttpd (2016-10-05-fe01ef3f52adae9da38ef47926cd50974af5d6b7) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/uhttpd_2016-10-05-fe01ef3f52adae9da38ef47926cd50974af5d6b7_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing uhttpd-mod-ubus (2016-10-05-fe01ef3f52adae9da38ef47926cd50974af5d6b7) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/uhttpd-mod-ubus_2016-10-05-fe01ef3f52adae9da38ef47926cd50974af5d6b7_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing luci-mod-admin-full (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-mod-admin-full_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing luci-base (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-base_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing lua (5.1.5-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/lua_5.1.5-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing liblua (5.1.5-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/liblua_5.1.5-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing libuci-lua (2016-07-04.1-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/libuci-lua_2016-07-04.1-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing luci-lib-nixio (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-lib-nixio_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing luci-lib-ip (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-lib-ip_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing rpcd (2016-06-30-23417e94d25570e6d62542bac46edd51e8e0243a) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/rpcd_2016-06-30-23417e94d25570e6d62542bac46edd51e8e0243a_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing libubus-lua (2016-07-02-053be7df871e05478284235732f8b0608089512f) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/libubus-lua_2016-07-02-053be7df871e05478284235732f8b0608089512f_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing luci-lib-jsonc (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-lib-jsonc_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing luci-theme-bootstrap (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-theme-bootstrap_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_all.ipk.
Installing luci-app-firewall (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-app-firewall_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_all.ipk.
Installing luci-proto-ppp (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-proto-ppp_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_all.ipk.
Installing libiwinfo-lua (2016-01-25-e4aca3910dff532ed878d0ceaf1ab6e8ad7719bf) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/libiwinfo-lua_2016-01-25-e4aca3910dff532ed878d0ceaf1ab6e8ad7719bf_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing luci-proto-ipv6 (git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/luci-proto-ipv6_git-17.339.51318-de4c4b8-1_all.ipk.
Installing rpcd-mod-rrdns (20170710) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/rpcd-mod-rrdns_20170710_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing libustream-openssl (2016-07-02-ec80adaa1b47f28d426fa19c692011ce60b992d6) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/libustream-openssl_2016-07-02-ec80adaa1b47f28d426fa19c692011ce60b992d6_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing libopenssl (1.0.2m-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/libopenssl_1.0.2m-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing zlib (1.2.8-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/zlib_1.2.8-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Installing openssl-util (1.0.2m-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/openssl-util_1.0.2m-1_kirkwood.ipk.
Configuring liblua.
Configuring libuci-lua.
Configuring rpcd.
Configuring luci-lib-ip.
Configuring libubus-lua.
Configuring libiwinfo-lua.
Configuring zlib.
Configuring libopenssl.
Configuring openssl-util.
Configuring luci-theme-bootstrap.
//usr/lib/opkg/info/luci-theme-bootstrap.postinst: .: line 130: can't open './30_luci-theme-bootstrap'
//usr/lib/opkg/info/luci-theme-bootstrap.postinst: .: line 130: can't open './30_luci-theme-bootstrap'
Configuring libustream-openssl.
Configuring uhttpd.
4+0 records in
4+0 records out
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
.........................................................+++
.............................................................................+++
writing new private key to '/etc/uhttpd.key.new'
-----
Configuring uhttpd-mod-ubus.
//usr/lib/opkg/info/uhttpd-mod-ubus.postinst: .: line 130: can't open './00_uhttpd_ubus'
Configuring lua.
Configuring luci-lib-nixio.
Configuring luci-lib-jsonc.
Configuring luci-base.
Configuring luci-mod-admin-full.
//usr/lib/opkg/info/luci-mod-admin-full.postinst: .: line 130: can't open './50_luci-mod-admin-full'
//usr/lib/opkg/info/luci-mod-admin-full.postinst: .: line 130: can't open './50_luci-mod-admin-full'
Configuring luci-app-firewall.
Configuring luci-proto-ppp.
Configuring luci-proto-ipv6.
Configuring rpcd-mod-rrdns.
Configuring luci.
Configuring luci-ssl-openssl.
6.- Additional web applications
Search and install luci-app-* packages if you want to configure services via LuCI.
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_base.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/kernel/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_kernel.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/kernel/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_telephony.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_packages.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_routing.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_luci.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_management.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/kirkwood/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg list luci-app-\*
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If you would like to see some graphical examples you can go to this post.
For the rest of the configuration you can check this post too.
