[HowTo] Asus RT-N16 (Oleg) - optware the simple way

[ecaddict]

Can help me somebody ??

mount: mounting /dev/sda2 on /opt failed: Device or resource busy

Try to figure out with mount and cat /etc/fstab commands why the mount fails.

Have the format commands (mke2fs) run OK?

[Hanspeter]

I have copy all what i see on the terminal

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thanks for help

[ecaddict]

I have copy all what i see on the terminal

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thanks for help

What's the capacity of the USB storage that you use (I have the feeling that it's too small as already creating of partitions fail)? It should be bigger than 2GB as 256M is used for swap and 1GB for /opt and the rest for /mnt.

Btw I'll extend the tutorial to mention this.

[ecaddict]

In order to get SABnzbd running (which is installed also using this howto), I needed to do:

ln -s /opt/lib/libreadline.so.6.1 /opt/lib/libreadline.so.5

I suspect that for Zussaweb/Hellanzb this is needed as well.

Thank you, I've added that line to the install script.

[SlawekW]

I have RT-N16 with latest Oleg firmware (1.9.2.7-rtn-r2274).
I did configuration follow to ecaddict's manual.

But I have a problem with rtorrent: the error [File chunk write error: Cannot allocate memory.] after few minutes from start router.
I only have a few torrents (less than 10).

What is wrong and how do I fix it?

Thanks,

Slawek

[wpte]

But I have a problem with rtorrent: the error [File chunk write error: Cannot allocate memory.] after few minutes from start router.
I only have a few torrents (less than 10).

Sounds like a diskspace problem, if not:

Do you have swap space?
are you overclocking the router?

[SlawekW]

Sounds like a diskspace problem, if not:

Do you have swap space?
are you overclocking the router?

Rather, it is not a problem with the disc capacity:

[admin@Router ]$ df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                    5248      5248         0 100% /
/dev/root                 5248      5248         0 100% /
devfs                    63276         0     63276   0% /dev
tmpfs                    63276       200     63076   1% /tmp
/dev/sda3            479478544  50636612 404485788  12% /mnt
/dev/sda2               988244    279236    658808  30% /opt

so I swap space:

[admin@Router /]$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        126552     124564       1988          0        540      96956
-/+ buffers/cache:      27068      99484
Swap:       257000        188     256812

The router has a standard clock.

Thanks

[wpte]

Rather, it is not a problem with the disc capacity:

[admin@Router ]$ df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                    5248      5248         0 100% /
/dev/root                 5248      5248         0 100% /
devfs                    63276         0     63276   0% /dev
tmpfs                    63276       200     63076   1% /tmp
/dev/sda3            479478544  50636612 404485788  12% /mnt
/dev/sda2               988244    279236    658808  30% /opt

so I swap space:

[admin@Router /]$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        126552     124564       1988          0        540      96956
-/+ buffers/cache:      27068      99484
Swap:       257000        188     256812

The router has a standard clock.

Thanks

hmm... yes it seems fine.
Do you also experience the same problem with just 1 torrent running?
Maybe you could try transmission as well, for the RT-N16 it works just as fast as my pc

[Choujij]

Hello All,

All I want to do with this router is setup my External HD to serve as a storage drive through this router.

My external drive is made up of two 2TB drives running in Raid0. So the total storage is 4TB. I know I cannot setup NTFS as a 4TB partition with MBR, so I tried setting up one partition at 1.9TB with NTFS and MBR. Nothing. So I tried a 4TB NTFS partition with GPT. Still nothing. The router will mount and share my 8gb thumb drive, but not this drive.

So I figured I would try another firmware and I flashed Oleg's firmware (RT-N16-1.9.2.7-rtn-r2274.trx) and tried this tutorial. But here's what it says when I enter this code:for i in `cat /proc/mounts | awk '/tmp\/mnt/{print($1)}'`;do umount $i; done
mkswap /dev/sda1 && swapon /dev/sda1
mke2fs -j /dev/sda2
mke2fs -j /dev/sda3

says something like "can't open ' /dev/sda1': No such file or directory" and "can't stat ' /dev/sda1': No such file or directory"

I'm at my wits end here. I just want to be able to connect my hard drive to serve as a storage server for my home network. Why the heck is this so difficult?

[verjikd]

In order to get lighttpd working, I needed to change the following in /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf:

# server.event-handler = "freebsd-kqueue" # needed on OS X

in:

server.event-handler = "select"

[verjikd]

Zussaweb is not included in the package one gets using this howto, but the Asus headstarts points to it.

What I had to do:

cd /opt/tmp
wget http://download.sourceforge.net/sour...saweb03.tar.gz
cd /opt/share/www
tar -xzvf /opt/tmp/zussaweb03.tar.gz

and edit settings.php in /opt/share/www/zussaweb

[bagr3210]

If you have just changed to Oleg firmware and have no real experience with Linux, this short tutorial may help. It re-uses the excellent Wengi tutorial and Raas image.
Note: This is for RT-N16 or WL routers with 2.6 kernel.
The Oleg firmware can be downloaded from here now:
ftp://core.dumped.ru/rt-n/

Later on: http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/downloads/list

You'll need either USB stick or USB HDD (at least 2GB, but bigger is better).
Note: Do not store any data on the disk as when you start the disk has to be re-partitioned and everything will be lost.
Connect only the disk that will contain the system!

Do not change user name from admin. Some programs rely on that.

After connecting USB storage, first reboot the router.
Wait for 1 min. after rebooting the router to detect the USB storage.

telnet/PuTTY (you have to enable it in web interface) to your router 192.168.1.1 username:admin, password what you use with web interface (change it from default!)

copy the following lines as such (creates partition table)
Note: all of your data in the stick/HDD will be lost

echo -e "o\nn\np\n1\n\n+256M\nn\np\n2\n\n+1024M\nn\np\n3\n\n\nt\n1\n82\nw" > /tmp/parttbl
fdisk /dev/sda < /tmp/parttbl
echo "" > /etc/fstab
flashfs save && flashfs commit && flashfs enable
reboot
echo "Wait till reboot (terminal disconnect)"

and paste it to the terminal (right click or what works with you mouse).
Wait till the router reboots.

Wait for 1 min. after rebooting the router to detect the USB storage.
telnet/PuTTY again to the router
copy the following lines as such and paste to the router (formats stick/HDD):

for i in `cat /proc/mounts | awk '/tmp\/mnt/{print($1)}'`;do umount $i; done
mkswap /dev/sda1 && swapon /dev/sda1
mke2fs -j /dev/sda2
mke2fs -j /dev/sda3
free

You're now ready to install optware.
Make sure that the router has a working internet connection (as image files are downloaded like Attachment 6579).
You have to copy the following lines as such and paste to the terminal (telnet/PuTTY) you logged in to the router:

cd /tmp && wget -O flashf.tar.gz "http://wl500g.info/attachment.php?attachmentid=6579&d=1275990726" && cd / && tar -xvzf /tmp/flashf.tar.gz
chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/*
flashfs save && flashfs commit && flashfs enable
[ "`awk '/SwapTotal/{print($2)}' /proc/meminfo`" -eq 0 ] && mkswap /dev/sda1 && swapon /dev/sda1
mount -o noatime -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /opt && mount -o noatime -t ext3 /dev/sda3 /mnt
[ -n "`mount | sed -n '/\/opt/p'`" ] && [ -n "`mount | sed -n '/\/mnt/p'`" ] && cd /mnt && wget http://files.wl500g.info/asus/custom/raas/v10/opt.tar.gz && cd / && tar -xvzf /mnt/opt.tar.gz && cd /opt && wget http://files.wl500g.info/asus/custom/raas/v10/mnt.tar.gz && cd / && tar -xvzf /opt/mnt.tar.gz
ipkg update
cd /mnt && wget http://rutorrent.googlecode.com/files/rutorrent-3.0.tar.gz && tar -xvzf rutorrent-3.0.tar.gz
ipkg install readline && ln -s /opt/lib/libreadline.so.6.1 /opt/lib/libreadline.so.5
[ -x /opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung ] && /opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start
#reboot

Installation is completed in a few minutes.

You can navigate to router's web interface, the best starting point is:
http://192.168.1.1:8082/cms/
username: admin
password: asus


SWAT/Samba (file sharing, web like control)
http://192.168.1.1:901/

ADOS (http/ftp downloader, you may use fewgets as well, it's a bit simpler, N16 variant: Attachment 6570)
http://192.168.1.1:8082/protected/WebUI/ados/
You have to login second time to ADOS as well.
username: admin
password: logitech

Transmission (torrent client) http://192.168.1.1:8082/cgi-bin/transmission.cgi
Simply put your torrent files in /mnt/protected/Downloaders/Transmission/source and download should start in the background.
Note: transmission program is started by scheduler that runs in every 30 min so it may take some time before transmission starts.
You may try also the Transmission remote GUI:
http://code.google.com/p/transmisson-remote-gui/

If you prefer rtorrent over Transmission (like I do) you can install it via telnet/PuTTY:

ipkg update
ipkg install rtorrent gnuplot
mkdir -p /opt/share/torrent/session
mkdir -p /mnt/protected/Downloaders/rtorrent
/bin/sed -i -e 's#/opt/bin/bash#/bin/sh#' -e 's#"root"#"admin"#' -e 's#test -x /opt/bin/su.*##' -e 's#su -c \"##' -e 's#\" ${user}##' /opt/etc/init.d/S99rtorrent
cd /opt/etc && /bin/sed -i 's#/opt/share/torrent/work/#/mnt/protected/Downloaders/rtorrent/#' rtorrent.conf
[ -z "`/bin/sed -n '/scgi_port =/p' rtorrent.conf`" ] && echo "scgi_port = localhost:5000" >> rtorrent.conf
echo "schedule = log,180,180,\"execute=/opt/etc/rtorrlog,\$get_down_rate=,\$get_up_rate=\"" >> rtorrent.conf
cd /opt/etc/lighttpd/ && [ ! -f lighttpd.conf.raas ] && cp lighttpd.conf lighttpd.conf.raas
[ -z "`/bin/sed -n '/^[^#].*mod_scgi/p' lighttpd.conf`" ] && /bin/sed -i 's/"mod_fastcgi",/"mod_fastcgi",\n\t\t\t\t"mod_scgi",/' lighttpd.conf
LIN1=`echo -e "\nscgi.server   = (\"/RPC2\" =>\n\t\t ( \"127.0.0.1\" =>\n\t\t   (\n\t\t    \"host\" => \"127.0.0.1\",\n\t\t    \"port\" => 5000,\n\t\t    \"check-local\" => \"disable\"\n\t\t   )\n\t\t )\n\t\t)"`
LIN2=`echo -e "SERVER[\"socket\"] == \":443\" {\nssl.engine\t= \"enable\"\nssl.pemfile\t= \"/opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.pem\"\nserver.document-root\t= \"/mnt/\"\n  auth.require = ( \"\" =>\n\t\t (\n\t\t  \"method\"  => \"digest\",\n\t\t  \"realm\"   => \"RT-N16\",\n\t\t  \"require\" => \"user=admin\"\n\t\t )\n\t\t)\n}"`
[ -z "`/bin/sed -n '/":443"/p' lighttpd.conf`" ] && echo -e "$LIN1\n\n\$$LIN2" >> lighttpd.conf
cd /mnt && wget -O fewgets.tar.gz "http://wl500g.info/attachment.php?attachmentid=6570&d=1275768575" && cd / && tar -xvzf /mnt/fewgets.tar.gz
flashfs save && flashfs commit && flashfs enable
/opt/etc/init.d/S80lighttpd restart
/opt/etc/init.d/S99rtorrent start
mkdir -p /mnt/protected/ewget
/bin/ps | grep lighttpd

You can use it with nTorrent (http://code.google.com/p/ntorrent/), however there is a nice web front end to it, named ruTorrent (http://code.google.com/p/rutorrent/)
Do not change lighttpd.conf any further until you're familiar with the system.
ruTorrent web interface:
http://192.168.1.1:8082/rutorrent/
From internet: https://<your public IP|dyndns host name>/rutorrent/

fewgets: http://192.168.1.1:8082/cgi-bin/fewgets.cgi

Don't forget to change the web password in /opt/etc/lighttpd/.lighttpdpassword as the https port is also available from internet!



Installing MediaTomb (optional):

cd /opt/share/file && mv magic magic.old
ipkg install readline mediatomb
mkdir -p /opt/etc/mediatomb
mkdir -p /usr/local/root/.mediatomb
flashfs save && flashfs commit && flashfs enable
/bin/sed -i 's/MT_USER="root"/MT_USER="admin"/' /opt/etc/mediatomb.conf
/bin/sed -i 's/MT_ENABLE=false/MT_ENABLE=true/' /opt/etc/default/mediatomb
cd /opt/share/mediatomb
cat sqlite3.sql | sqlite3 mediatomb.db
mv mediatomb.db /opt/etc/mediatomb/
/opt/etc/init.d/S90mediatomb start
/bin/ps | grep mediatomb

MediaTomb web interface: http://192.168.1.1:50500/

You can learn more about MediaTomb: http://mediatomb.cc/

Replacing Samba2 with Samba3 (optional):

killall smbd nmbd
cd /opt/etc/samba && [ ! -f smb.conf.raas ] && cp smb.conf smb.conf.raas
ipkg remove samba2 
ipkg install samba samba3-swat
sed -i 's/samba_active=0/samba_active=1/' /opt/etc/init.d/S08samba
cd /mnt && wget -O smb.tar.gz "http://wl500g.info/attachment.php?attachmentid=6455&d=1274467707" && cd / && tar -xvzf /mnt/smb.tar.gz
/opt/etc/init.d/S08samba start
/bin/ps | grep smbd

smb.tar.gz

A few notes:
- Don't upgrade the packages unless you know what you're doing as it may replace the working .conf files (save /opt/etc before doing so)
- If you install the latest lighttpd with ipkg install lighttpd you have to change in /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf server.event-handler to this:
server.event-handler = "poll"
- You may need to restrict the memory usage of rtorrent in /opt/etc/rtorrent.conf, e.g. to 64 MB:
max_memory_usage = 67108864
for other configuration options see http://linux.die.net/man/1/rtorrent

If it works, enjoy. It worked for me, but there is no guaranty. I shall not be liable of anything if something goes wrong. Use it at your own risk.

Hi!
I followed the instructions on the WL520GU and since then my USB flash drive does not work, or if your PC does not see it, does not detect!
Always something with it, please!
It bagr3210@seznam.cz mail
Thank you!
Moreover, as I do not work ..

[achlebin]

hi where can Ifind setting of transmission deamon? I would like to access web interface of transmision at port 9091 but all I recive is: "403: Forbidden

Unauthorized IP Address.

Either disable the IP address whitelist or add your address to it.

If you're editing settings.json, see the 'rpc-whitelist' and 'rpc-whitelist-enabled' entries.

If you're still using ACLs, use a whitelist instead. See the transmission-daemon manpage for details."

[ecaddict]

This post is just to announce the happy news that the scripts in the opening post have now been updated so that they work also with 2.4 kernel routers (WL500gPv1/v2, WL500W etc with non rt-n trx file) and installing the image created by Raas is easy for everyone now.

(I don't know who the change the thread title to reflect this).
While the basic install certainly works with 32MB routers, if you plan to install the additions (I've also updated recently) like rtorrent, mediatomb, transmission or openVPN 128MB router is highly recommended.
I've tested the image install and it worked for me but if you have some issue please post it here. Even if I'm not able to help, maybe someone else can.

Please don't quote the entire tutorial but rather the output of basic commands like:
blkid (to show USB storage partitions)
mount or df -h (to see mounted partitions)
free (to see memory and if swap is used)
ps or ps afx (to see running programs)
ls -la /usr/local/sbin/ (ls -la to list the content of some directory)
cat /usr/local/sbin/post-mount (cat is to show the content of some file)
tail -n 20 /opt/var/log/syslog.log (to show the last 20 logs from syslog - sometimes messages)
/opt/etc/init.d/S99rtorrent (to start some service in this case rtorrent)
iptables-save -c (to see all of your firewall rules)
dmesg (to see kernel issues)
ifconfig (to see interfaces)
nvram show | grep ifname (to see some nvram variable in this case interface names)
robocfg show (to show switch/VLAN config and active ports)
brctl show (to show bridge configurations)
wl radio (to see if WiFi is enabled)

Be careful with the last 4 commands as they allow changing essential parameters that can make you router unstable.

[Endless]

I just installed OLEG firmware from TomatoUSB.

I was having a hard time setting up the USB HDD NFS and from google I came across this.

I have a 500GB HDD and wish not to format it. Is there anyway to do your tutorials without formatting the HDD?

I been using this HDD with TomatoUSB without needed to format.
Thank you