GL-AR150 Router?

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A_Lyfe
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GL-AR150 Router?

Post by A_Lyfe »

As far as I can tell this is real close to the MR3020, it uses the same chipset and has OpenWRT already installed. I started playing with it today but couldn't get gcc installed to try and compile on it.
https://www.gl-inet.com/ar150/
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/gl-inet/gl-ar150

From my perspective I think the GLI routers might be better suited for this task over TP-Link's stuff. The internal battery really doesn't do much for me as I have a lot of 18650's, holders and external chargers. Being able to easily add external antennas without modifying the PCB also open up some interesting possibilities.

Also thinking about grabbing the slightly bigger version since I seem to run into space issues with gcc right now.
https://www.gl-inet.com/mt300a/
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/gl-inet/gl-mt300a

I'll see what comes of this as I am now on the learning curve for rolling firmware
hubaiz
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Re: GL-AR150 Router?

Post by hubaiz »

Looks like a good one and also a cheap one (will try to get one)

Try installing the ddserver package with the opkg command
Here is the latest ddserver for the ar7xxx/ar9xxx cpus: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxMZ8X ... sp=sharing
A_Lyfe
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Re: GL-AR150 Router?

Post by A_Lyfe »

Looks like it installed without a hitch

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root@GL-AR150:/tmp# opkg install ddserver_0.2-14_ar71xx.ipk
Installing ddserver (0.2-14) to root...
Installing libusb-1.0 (1.0.19-1) to root...
Downloading http://www.gl-inet.com/openwrt/ar71xx/clean/1.0/packages/base/libusb-1.0_1.0.19-1_ar71xx.ipk.
Installing libpthread (0.9.33.2-1) to root...
Downloading http://www.gl-inet.com/openwrt/ar71xx/clean/1.0/packages/base/libpthread_0.9.33.2-1_ar71xx.ipk.
Installing librt (0.9.33.2-1) to root...
Downloading http://www.gl-inet.com/openwrt/ar71xx/clean/1.0/packages/base/librt_0.9.33.2-1_ar71xx.ipk.
Installing uclibcxx (0.2.4-1) to root...
Downloading http://www.gl-inet.com/openwrt/ar71xx/clean/1.0/packages/base/uclibcxx_0.2.4-1_ar71xx.ipk.
Configuring libpthread.
Configuring librt.
Configuring libusb-1.0.
Configuring uclibcxx.
Configuring ddserver.
start
Saving PID 23077  to  /var/run/ddserver.pid
Ok
More to come as I dive into it further. Thanks for this, would have never found it on the site otherwise
A_Lyfe
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Re: GL-AR150 Router?

Post by A_Lyfe »

ddserver works fine, all I had to do was change the IP scope/vlan from 192.168.8.0/24 to 192.168.1.0/24 and reboot it. I had a couple of issues with the Android and WIN desktop apps but it seems to work without error otherwise.

I did notice that while plugged into ddserver via usb, my D5500 that I was testing with did get rather warm. I need to look into this and probably start another topic. But it works, it's a cheap and available alternative to TP-Link and it also has an external antenna.
rhysb
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Re: GL-AR150 Router?

Post by rhysb »

Novice question time, so I have bought the MT-300a after reading about the space issues above so assumed that this one would be better, although I am now confused to how to go about installing the software on it. I am pretty novice at this type of thing.

any help or direction would greatly appreciated

thanks

rhys
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Re: GL-AR150 Router?

Post by dslr »

here's a high level outline...

as stated in the previous postings, you need to 'download latest ddserver for the ar7xxx/ar9xxx cpus' (which may or may not work with your model) and 'install it with the opkg command'

this means that you need to transfer the install package to the router, logon to it and execute the command, such as

root@GL-AR150:/tmp# opkg install ddserver_0.2-14_ar71xx.ipk

this means that you need to be able to communicate with the router from your system (is it windows, ios, linux, etc)...
it also means that you may need to enable ssh on the router then use scp to transfer the package from your system to the router then ssh to establish a shell connection from your system to the router to do the login...
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