ChillifireHotspotRouterInstallationGuideMikrotikRouterboard Version12.

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This guide is valid for Mikrotik 1xx, 4xx, 532, and 750/751 models
ThisguidedescribeshowtoloadChilliWRTonaMikrotikrouterandrunitnatively. Atthetimeofwritingthefollowingmodelsaresupported: Routerboard411 Routerboard411A Routerboard411AH Routerboard411U Routerboard433 Routerboard433AH Routerboard433UAH Routerboard450 Routerboard450G Routerboard493 Routerboard493AH Routerboard750 Routerboard750GL Routerboard750UP Routerboard751G2HnD Routerboard751U2HnD Routerboard133 Routerboard133c Routerboard150 Routerboard153 Routerboard532

OtherRouterboardsarecurrentlynotsupported.However,thereisthepossibilitytorunChilliWrt(whichis basedonOpenWrt)torunthisfirmwareonavirtualserverusingMikrotiksMetrouter (http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Metarouter)

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Whatyouneed: Hardware
1) Anullmodemserialcable(Female/Female) 2) AssumingyourcomputerdoesnothaveitsownmaleserialRS232port,youneedaRS232(DB9)toUSB convertercable

Software
3) ChillifirefirmwareforinitialflashoftheMikrotikrouter a. For4xxand750and750Grouterboards: http://support.chillifire.net/downloads/chillifirerb4xxnetboot.elf b. For1xxrouterboards: http://support.chillifire.net/downloads/chillifirerb1xxnetboot.elf c. For532routerboard: http://support.chillifire.net/downloads/chillifirerb532netboot.bin 4) Puttysoftwaretoaccesstherouterviaserialconsole(Windowsinstallerputty*installer.exe http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html 5) Tftpd32softwaretoloadtheinitialfirmwareontherouter(standardeditioninstaller http://tftpd32.jounin.net/tftpd32_download.html) 6) tftpd32.inifilefromoursupportwebsiteonhttp://support.chillifire.net/downloads/tftpd32.ini (optional,butmakesthingseasierforyou)

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Preparations
1) Downloadputtyandinstallonyourcomputer. Connectyourcomputerviathenullmodemcable (andusbcableifyourcomputerhasnoserialport). Setuptheconnectionwith115200baudrate,8data bits,1stopbit,noparityandnoflowcontrol.Inour exampletheserialportisonCOM3,butthismay varyfromcomputertocomputer. 2) IfunsurewhichcomportgotoWindowscontrol panelsdevicemanagertocheckwhichCOMports areactive. 3) ClickonOpen,andthenpoweruptherouter. 4) Whenyougetthismessagepressanykeytostopthe bootprocess.Bequick,therearejusttwoseconds beforetherouterstartsbooting. 5) Youwillseethismainmenu.Pressi

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6) Youwillseetheboardinformationasfollows.Note downtheeth1MACaddress.Itis00:0C:42:53:F0:71 inthisexample.Thismacaddressisrequiredfor thenextprocessstep. Pressanykeytocontinue. 7) Youwillbebackatthemainmenu. Pressp(Bootprotocol) Press2(dhcp) 8) Youwillbebackatthemainmenu. Presso(Bootdevice) Presse(ethernet) 9) Youwillbebackatthemainmenu. 10) Nowitistimetopreparethetftpserver.Installtftpd32onyour computer.Replacethefiletftpd.iniwiththeoneyoucandownload fromourwebsite.Theimportantthingtocheckis a. thatthecorrectfilepathisinthere,wherethefileyouwantto useforbootingtherouterboardisactuallylocated (C:\Downloadinourexamplefile) b. thecorrectfileisreferenced i. chillifirerb4xxnetboot.elffor4xxrouterboards ii. chillifirerb1xxnetboot.elffor1xxrouterboards iii. chillifirerb532netboot.binforthe532routerboard c. andthatyouupdatethemacaddressthatpointstotheip address192.168.12.101toreflectthemacaddressyouhave recordedinstep6above.Soinourexamplethelineis chillifirerb4xxnetboot.elffor4xxrouterboards 11) Oncethatisdone,startthetftpd32program Note:Inthecaseofissuesyoucanswitchonalogfacilityinthe settings.Audperrorusuallymeansthefilecannotbefound.Inthat casemakesurethecorrectfileisreallyintheC:\Downloadslocationor adjustfilenameorpathaccordingly.

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LoadChilliWRTontheRouterboard
12) Connectyourcomputertoporteth1ofyourrouter 13) GiveyourcomputerafixedIPaddressof192.168.12.100 14) Gobacktotheserialconsoleonputtyand Pressx onthemainmenu.Thesystemwilllookforthefiledefinedinthetftpd32.iniinthepathdefinedin there.Fortheconnectiontohappentherouterhastoreceiveanipaddresslik192.168.12.101,for whichthemacaddressassignmentyouhavemadebeforeisrequired.Whatyouwillseewillbe somethinglikethis(andmore):

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15) Thetransferofthefirmwareonlytakesafewseconds.Thebootwilltakesometime,andwhen finished,youcanpresstheenterkeyontheserialconsoleandyouwillseetheopenwrtsignature:

16) Nowthatyouknowtheflashworks,weneedto replacethetemporaryChilliWrtimagewitha permanentonethatwillbestoredontherouter, whichwillnotbelostonreboot. Todosoyoucanreboot,pressakeytostopthe bootprocesssoyouarebacktothemainmenuof step5.Topreparetheroutertoaccepta permanentimage, Presse thentypeyesandpressentertoformattheNand partition. Youwillbebackatthemainmenu

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17) Pressxtoreboottherouterwiththe netbootfile,untiltheOpenwrtsignatureis back(pressentertogettheOpenWrt signature). 18) Nowconnecttheeth1porttotheinternet. Type /etc/init.d/networkrestart PressEnterwhentheprocesscometoan end,togetthecommandpromptback.Type pingsupport.chillifire.net tocheckyouhaveaccesstotheinternet.If not,checktheinternetconnectiontothe routerstation. 19) Ifyougetapingresponse(likeinthescreenprint,youarereadytoloadthefinalfirmwareimage. Type: a. wget2nandhttp://support.chillifire.net/downloads/4xx ifyouhaveaRouterboardfromthe4xxseries b. wget2nandhttp://support.chillifire.net/downloads/1xx ifyouhaveaRouterboardfromthe1xxseries c. wget2nandhttp://support.chillifire.net/downloads/532 ifyouhaveaRouterboard532 Note:Ifyougetthemessagetmp/wget2nandalreadyexists,type rmR/tmp/wget2nand andpressenter.Correctthewget2nandcommandandtryagain 20) Thesystemwilluploadtwofilesandproceedtocopyfilesintonand.

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21) Whenfinished,youwillbeaskedtoreboot. Type reboot andstoptherebootprocessbypressinganykeywithintwosecondstoarriveattherouterboardsmain menu. 22) Fromthemainmenu Presso Pressn Pressx Therouterwillrebootagain,butnotfromthenetbootfilebutusingtheChilliWrtfilewehavesaved intotheRouterboardsNandstorage.Whenfinsihedbootingandpressingenter,youwillseethe OpenWrtfirmwaresignatureagain. YOUAREDONE! PS:TheChillifirefirmwareincludestheath9kwirelessdriver,whichcanhandlke802.11bgnwireless networkcardsinthe2.4and5GHzspectrum.WhiletheRouterboardswithbuiltinnetworkcards shouldbecovered,thoseboardswithoutafixedwirelesscardbutPCIslotstofitanypossiblewireless card,mayormaynotbesupportedbytheath9kdriver.Beforepurchasingwirelesscardstoaddto yourrouterboard,enquireonforum.openwrt.orgwhetherthePCIcardinquestionissupported. Atheroschipsetbasedwirelesscardshavethebestoddsofbeingsupportedbythesedrivers,however, therearealotmorewirelessdriversavailablefromtheOpenWretsiteonwww.openwrt.orgsite. PPS:Ifthisisalltoohardandyoudonotmindthewaitandshippingcosts,youcanorderapreloaded routerboardfromus.Pelaseenquireonhttp://support.chillifire.netforprices.

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FlashprocessforMikrotikrouterswithoutserialinterface(75xSeries)
ConfiguretheTFTPandDHCPServer(WindowsUsers)
1. DownloadapatchedTFTPDversion Downloadtheprogramfromherehttp://support.chillifire.net/downloads/tftpd32_mikrotik.zip andsampleconfigurationfilesforTFTPD32arehere:http://support.chillifire.net/downloads/tftpinis.zip ThefirstarchivecontainsanexecutablefilethatyoushouldrunasaTFTPD32replacement.Backgroundforwhy thisisrequiredlookhere:https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=161843#p161843andfollowingtwo posts Continuewithsteps10and11ofPreparationssectionabovethencontinuehere ToperformtheramdiskflashuseinstructionsbelowBootingtheRamdiskImage

2. 3.

ConfiguretheTFTPandDHCPServer(LINUXUsers)
4. ConfigureyournetworkInterface ThenetworkinterfacetowhichtheRouterboardisconnectedmusthaveauniqueIPwithaDHCPrunningonit. Tomakedebuggingeasier,itisusuallyagoodideatodirectlyconnecttheRouterboardtoyourNICwithoutother devicesinvolved. ConfiguretheInterfacewithinthesubnet192.168.1.0/24(OpenWRTsdefaultsubnet)buttrytoavoid 192.168.1.1(OpenWRTsdefaultIP).Ihaveused192.168.1.2. InstallDHCPandTFTPServers YouwillneedaDHCPServertoassignanIPaddresstotheRouterboardfortheflashprocess.Also,theDHCP servertellstheboardwhichfiletouseasimage.Frankly,thetftpServerisresponsibletoprovidetheimagefileto theRB. OnUbuntuLinux,Ihaveusedthesepackages:

5.

apt-get install dhcp3-server atftpd

6.

ConfiguretheDHCPServer TheDHCPServerdoesnotneedmuchconfiguration.Iusethefollowingas/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf:

allowbooting; allowbootp;

subnet192.168.1.0netmask255.255.255.0{ range192.168.1.10192.168.1.200; }

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hostrouterboard{ hardwareethernet00:0c:42:XX:YY:ZZ; fixedaddress192.168.1.100; nextserver192.168.1.2; filename"openwrtar71xxnandvmlinuxinitramfs.elf"; } YoumaywanttomodifytheIPrangetomatchyoursubnet,thehardwareethernetMACaddressofyourrouter board,thenextserveraddressofyourtftpserverandthefilenameoftheramdiskimagethatshouldbebooted overthenetwork. ConfiguretheTFTPServer Edit/etc/default/atftpstoavoidrunningthedaemonoverinetd.Myfilelookslikethis:

7.

8.

USE_INETD=false

OPTIONS="tftpdtimeout300retrytimeout5mcastport1758mcastaddr239.239.239.0255mcastttl1maxthread10

9.

Youcansee,thatthetftpserverwilllookforimagefilesin/tftpboot.Eitherchangethisdirectoryorcopythe OpenWRTramdiskimage(openwrtar71xxnandvmlinuxinitramfs.elf)to/tftpboot. cpbin/ar71xx/openwrtar71xxnandvmlinuxinitramfs.elf/tftpboot

10. Applythechangedconfiguration

/etc/init.d/dhcp3serverreload /etc/init.d/atftpdreload

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BootingtheRamdiskImagewithoutserialcable
ThepurposeofthisstepistohavearamdiskversionofOpenWRTrunningontherouterboard.Thisisagoodbasisforour flashingprocessandcanalsobeusedtotestimageswithoutflashingthem.Thisinvolvesthefollowingsteps: 1. 2. ConnectingtheRouterboard Connectport1oftheRouterboardwiththeEthernetportthatyourDHCPandTFTPserverlistenson. BoottheRouterboard NowpressandholdtheRESbuttonoftherouterboardandconnectpower.BothLEDs(PWRandACT)willbe constantlyon,keeppressingthebutton.AftersomesecondstheACTLEDstartsflashing,keeppressing.After somemoreseconds,theACTLEDturnsoff,nowyoucanstoppressingthebutton.Theboardwillnowtryto obtainanIPaddressviaDHCP/BOOTPandthendownloadandboottheRamdiskimage.Youcanseethisactivity bylookingattheappropriatelogfiles:

tailf/var/log/daemon.log/var/log/messages

3.

Youshouldseesomethinglikethis: May2713:21:26tkdhcpd:BOOTREQUESTfrom00:0c:42:XX:YY:ZZviaeth1 May2713:21:26tkdhcpd:BOOTREPLYfor192.168.1.101torouterboard(00:0c:42:XX:YY:ZZ)viaeth1 May2713:21:26tkatftpd[26400]:Servingopenwrtar71xxnandvmlinuxinitramfs.elfto192.168.1.101:33321

4.

Sitandwaituntil192.168.12.1(or192.168.1.1ifyouareusingagenericOpenWrtramdiskimage)startsreplying topings.Nowyoucanlogintotheboardusingtelnet(sshloginisnotpossible,sincenopasswordissetasofyet). telnet192.168.12.1 (ortelnet192.168.1.1ifyouareusingagenericOpenWrtramdiskimage)