basic1: choosing openwrt version

 there are two kind  of  openwrt version :   the latest stable (Backfire) or the latest nightly build (Attitude Adjustment) .


these two provides different kind of condition. while in nightly build all the newest functionality will work, but sometimes have bug. because it was being tested and the bug haven't been solved yet.  it's good to test all your script in nightly build. basicly on other tp link like mr-3420 and mr-3220 already support the backfire version. But for the mr-3020 we can only use that attitude adjustment. at least for now....


currently it shown on http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3020?s[]=mr3020 that we can see that our device already supported. mine hardware version was version 1.6.


oyeah, before that

if you click that link you will be download the

http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-mr3020-v1-jffs2-factory.bin


see this first before proceed....

http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=33429&p=6    on post #134

if we install the above version looks like it doesnt provide us with failsafe recover. that means if you brick your access point router because miss configuration, you must open the case and hard reset  manually by connecting into a cable.


so i advice using this under link to flash the firmware. As i already tested, and can failsafe recovery (reset the configuration to the default) later.

nb** :  Be careful to choose firmware version. Its recommended to read all the wiki and the forum first.


http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-mr3020-v1-squashfs-factory.bin




to flash the firmware go to your access point setting menu via browser (default is 192.168.0.254)
system tools > firmware upgrade > then choose the file that we already downloaded. i forgot to screenshot when i flash the firmware to openwrt but the step as just like the picture below.... (with different file ofcourse :D :D :D )

at first it doesnt provide any web interface and the default ip will change to 192.168.1.1 that's why sometimes people say "why i cant access my mr3020 box" or  " why i cant access the mr3020 after flashing openwrt firmware". because we need to set ip of our pc to range 192.168.1.2-254 to access the mr3020 ip which was 192.168.1.1 after being flashed to open wrt.


**nb:  our openwrt  doesnt support web interface yet... because it doesnt have enough memory to save and running it. but there is a way to "hack" the ap so that it can install the web interface (we called this luci) on other storage like usb / hardisk


after we change the ip. open start > command promt > telnet 192.168.1.1.


by doing this we get ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT (Bleeding Edge, r33181) version :) :) :)