Tried building OpenWrt. Lots of pain (for me).
References
- P3TERX - 使用 GitHub Actions 云编译 OpenWrt
- P3TERX - OpenWrt 编译步骤与命令详解
- Github - Lean Openwrt
- 将ubuntu设置为NAS——10. 虚拟机KVM及软路由LEDE安装
Process
I tried building OpenWrt a long time ago, but couldn’t get it to work.
Later I tried P3’s GitHub Actions cloud build. The success rate wasn’t high either (and even when it succeeded, I didn’t know how to use the firmware I built…).
These days I remembered router firmware again and tried to build it. It’s still painful, but a bit better than before.
(At least I now roughly know what the outputs are for.)
.binseems to be flashed to the router.ipkpackages.img/.vmdkvirtual machine images
Before, even if the build succeeded, I’d see a pile of files and have no idea what to do next (and most tutorials end right there, which is brutal).
Recently I was tinkering with a virtualized soft router and needed to install OpenWrt in a VM. After reading a few tutorials, I learned that .img should be used via “import existing disk image” when creating the VM.
Latest Progress
VM created. Network in bridge mode. Set IPs so the VM and host are in the same subnet, but I still can’t ping the VM.
Stuck. Pausing the OpenWrt tinkering for now.
(Will come back after learning some networking.)
2020/09/27 update
I read some other people’s soft-router notes and saw a YouTube tutorial I haven’t watched yet. Recording it here:
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