[MLB-WIRELESS] Meraki stuff yet again :)

[Shaun Lee Clarke]

Is there a pre-compiled copy of the OpenWRT firmware for these, or do 
you still need to compile your own from the source?

Without a web-based GUI, how hard would it be to configure one of these 
devices to be a client-bridge?

  *Shaun Lee Clarke*
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Dan Flett wrote:
> Pretty-much yes, that's what it means. The AP51 EasyFlash app is 
> basically a front-end for RedBoot.  It works on Meraki's via Ethernet 
> straight out of the box - no need to open the Meraki's case or use 
> serial cables.  Foneras do not support Ethernet access to RedBoot out of 
> the box - you need to attach a serial cable to change this.
>  
> One thing I have not tested is if it works on a Meraki which still has 
> the original vendor firmware installed - but I see no reason why it 
> shouldn't.  I only have one Meraki to play with at the moment, and it 
> has been flashed with OpenWRT many times over.  I even flashed it with 
> the Freifunk/Fonera firmware and it behaved like a Fonera router 
> (complete with FON captive portal) with Freifunk OLSR running in the 
> background.  It runs in simultaneous Adhoc( for mesh)/Public AP/Private 
> AP mode quite well.
>  
> The only thing we are missing now is an OpenWRT/Atheros-based firmware 
> suited to our needs.  The OpenWRT Kamikaze snapshots currently available 
> have no web interface at all.  The closest thing I can see that 
> currently works is the Freifunk/Fonera firmware - you can run it in 
> "Ego" mode which disables all the FON network stuff and makes it act 
> like a regular Freifunk Firmware (with a FON admin interface).  That 
> might be a starting point for us at the moment.
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Dan
> 
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Rohan Malhotra [mailto:rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com]
>     *Sent:* Thursday, 31 May 2007 3:01 PM
>     *To:* Dan Flett; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
>     *Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Meraki stuff yet again :)
> 
>     if i understand this correctly,
>      
>     this means that merakis and foneras are now able to be used off the
>     shelf with operwrt ?
>     by off-the-shelf i mean with the same difficulty it takes to flash
>     one of the linksys models?
>      
>     i've been following your postings but i'm not that pro with the
>     programming stuffs, if this is true this is GREAT news, gw.
> 
>      
>     On 5/30/07, *Dan Flett* <conhoolio at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:conhoolio at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         Okey dokey - I'm pleased to announce that my Expect script is
>         now redundant.
>         Sven-Ola Tuecke of Berlin Freifunk has modified the Fonera
>         EasyFlash utility
>         to support the Meraki.
> 
>         Get it here:
>         http://download.olsrexperiment.de/sven-ola/area51/
> 
>         Under Windows you need to install WinPcap:
>         http://www.winpcap.org/
> 
>         It's cool because it has an internal TFTP server and with WinPcap it
>         configures the selected network interface transparently.  It's
>         also a much
>         smaller download, and a nice shiny GUI.
> 
>         To use it, plug in your Meraki to your PC's Ethernet jack.  Run the
>         EasyFlash util, select the correct Ethernet interface, select
>         your rootfs
>         file (*root.squashfs or *root.jffs2-64k), and your Kernel file
>         (*vmlinux.gz).  Click on "Go" and plug in the power to your
>         Meraki.  Then
>         just sit back and wait for about 8 minutes while the files are
>         flashed.
> 
>         Cheers,
> 
>         Dan
> 
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