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Chilli Fire Hotspot Router Installation Guide Mikrotik
Chilli Fire Hotspot Router Installation Guide Mikrotik
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This guide is valid for Mikrotik 1xx, 4xx, 532, and 750 models
ThisguidedescribeshowtoloadChilliWRTonaMikrotikrouterandrunitnatively. Atthetimeofwritingthefollowingmodelsaresupported: Routerboard411 Routerboard411A Routerboard411AH Routerboard411U Routerboard433 Routerboard433AH Routerboard433UAH Routerboard450 Routerboard450G Routerboard493 Routerboard493AH Routerboard750 Routerboard750G Routerboard133 Routerboard133c Routerboard150 Routerboard153 Routerboard532
ChillifireHotspotRouterInstallationGuideMikrotikRouterboard Version10.04
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)
ChillifireHotspotRouterInstallationGuideMikrotikRouterboard Version10.04
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
ChillifireHotspotRouterInstallationGuideMikrotikRouterboard Version10.04
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.
ChillifireHotspotRouterInstallationGuideMikrotikRouterboard Version10.04
LoadChilliWRTontheRouterboard
12) Connectyourcomputertoporteth1ofyourrouter 13) GiveyourcomputerafixedIPaddressof192.168.12.100 14) Gobacktotheserialconsoleonputtyand Pressx onthemainmenu.Thesystemwilllookforthefiledefinedinthetftpd32.iniinthepathdefinedin there.Fortheconnectiontohappentherouterhastoreceiveanipaddresslik192.168.12.101,for whichthemacaddressassignmentyouhavemadebeforeisrequired.Whatyouwillseewillbe somethinglikethis(andmore):
ChillifireHotspotRouterInstallationGuideMikrotikRouterboard Version10.04
16) Nowthatyouknowtheflashworks,weneedto replacethetemporaryChilliWrtimagewitha permanentonethatwillbestoredontherouter, whichwillnotbelostonreboot. Todosoyoucanreboot,pressakeytostopthe bootprocesssoyouarebacktothemainmenuof step5.Topreparetheroutertoaccepta permanentimage, Presse thentypeyesandpressentertoformattheNand partition. Youwillbebackatthemainmenu
ChillifireHotspotRouterInstallationGuideMikrotikRouterboard Version10.04
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.
ChillifireHotspotRouterInstallationGuideMikrotikRouterboard Version10.04
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.