OpenWRT Supported Boards:
- VIM2
- VIM1
Thanks:
Big thanks to our forum users who provided valuable feedback in helping to squash bugs related to the VIM1 and VIM2!
Khadas VIM OpenWRT Changelog:
Release 0.31
- VIM2 ethernet fixed, Hotplug and reinit without bugs! OK
Khadas VIM OpenWRT release 0.3
- Added support for VIM2 (Wi-Fi Chip AP6356S, VIM2 v14 test mode )
- Pre-installed samba, mdns, ttyd, thd + many other packages
- Fixed ethernet for VIM2, however still not possible reinit Ethernet iface
- Improved startup speed ~ 7 seconds
- LED indicators - supported
- Physical button KEY_F - reset wifi
- Physical button KEY_P - power off
- Initial optimization for Ethernet USB MMC subsystems
- Change default hostname to: openwrt-vim, and mdns name to: openwrt-vim.local
- Many additional improvements
Khadas VIM OpenWRT release 0.2
- USB 3G/4G modems - OK
- Improve build scripts
- Some random changes
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OpenWRT Access:
- no root password
- wifi ap mode enabled - no password
- lan -> usb0 + wlan0 (usb net + wifi AP) in bridge mode
- wan -> eth0 (dhcp)
- serial console enabled -> ttyAML0
- hdmi output -> tty0
- web luci http://openwrt-vim.local or http://172.23.0.1/
- web-terminal http://openwrt-vim.local:8088/ or http://172.23.0.1:8088/
- ssh
root@openwrt-vim.local -p 22orroot@172.23.0.1 -p 22
LAN IP Resolution to Local OpenWRT Hosts:
172.23.0.1 openwrt-vim.local
mDNS:
- OpenWrt._ssh._tcp.local
- OpenWrt._http._tcp.local
Notes:
- “Blink LED mode” will be activated after OpenWRT successfully boots.
- Immediately set your root and wifi password after installation!
- USB network connection enabled by default in bridge mode with LAN.
- If your VIM is connected via USB cable to your PC, you can access the LAN via USB-net without any extra configuration.
Installation:
- Just burn the image to an SD card using Rufus, DD or Etcher.
Linux - one-line-command for downloading and writing to SD
# Write VIM2 image
wget -O- https://dl.khadas.com/Firmware/VIM2/OpenWrt/VIM2.OPENWRT.18.06.4.v0.31.sd.img.gz | gzip -dc | sudo dd of=/dev/SD_CARD
# Write VIM2 image
wget -O- https://dl.khadas.com/Firmware/VIM1/OpenWrt/VIM1.OPENWRT.18.06.4.v0.31.sd.img.gz | gzip -dc | sudo dd of=/dev/SD_CARD
Linux - default installation method
wget http://SERVER/IMAGE.sd.zip
unzip -p IMAGE.sd.zip '*.img' | sudo dd bs=1M of=/dev/YOUR_SD_CARD
wget http://SERVER/IMAGE.sd.img.gz
gzip -dc IMAGE.sd.img.gz | sudo dd bs=1M of=/dev/YOUR_SD_CARD
Install OpenWRT to EMMC from SD Card
root@openwrt:/# mmc_install_from_sd
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