OpenWrt in PC

Guide

Create bootable usb

• Download and flash ubuntu
• Create a new fat32 partition in the remaining usb drive space
• copy openwrt image into that partition

Flash opewnwrt

• Boot up ubuntu
• use ubuntu’s disk utilities to prepare the hard drive if needed
• flash openwrt into the hard drive
• resize the hard drive partitions within ubuntu

If a single ethernet

You might want to set your openwrt to “dumb” access point, this process implies to set the interface to dhcp rather than static ip

Update packages

opkg update

Install LuCi

see official page

opkg install luci

Identify wireless

opkg install pciutils

installing drivers

see this page for example

opkg install kmod-usb-net-rtl8152