Installing firmware on an OpenMesh access point

Nov 9, 2015

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You will need:

  • - A computer with ethernet ports
  • - An OpenMesh device
  • - 1 x Ethernet cables
  • - Access to the terminal on your PC
  • - A download of the Cucumber firmware
  • - A download of the ap51-flash flashing utility

Let’s get flashing…

1 - Download and build the ap51-flash flashing utility by running the following commands:

svn co http://dev.cloudtrax.com/downloads/svn/ap51-flash/trunk/ ap51-flash
cd ap51-flash
make

2 - Download the firmware needed by following this guide.

3 - Connect your Access Point onto the same physical network as your computer/laptop

4 - Use the ap51-flash utility built in step 1 above and run the following

./ap51-flash eth0 FIRMWARE_LOCATION.bin

Then plug in your OpenMesh box and power it up.

You should then see something similar to this in the console:

[ac:86:74:13:65:c8]: type 'OM2P router' detected
[ac:86:74:13:65:c8]: OM2P router: tftp client asks for 'fwupgrade.cfg', serving fwupgrade.cfg portion of: /home/ps-support/Downloads/openwrt-15.05-ar71xx-generic-om2p-squashfs-factory.bin (1 blocks) ...
[ac:86:74:13:65:c8]: OM2P router: tftp client asks for 'kernel', serving kernel portion of: /home/ps-support/Downloads/openwrt-15.05-ar71xx-generic-om2p-squashfs-factory.bin (2146 blocks) ...
[ac:86:74:13:65:c8]: OM2P router: tftp client asks for 'rootfs', serving rootfs portion of: /home/ps-support/Downloads/openwrt-15.05-ar71xx-generic-om2p-squashfs-factory.bin (4609 blocks) ...
[ac:86:74:13:65:c8]: OM2P router: image successfully transmitted - writing image to flash ...
[ac:86:74:13:65:c8]: OM2P router: flash complete. Device ready to unplug.

5 - Then go ahead and add your box into your CT WiFi dashboard.

CT WiFi is a cloud based WiFi management platform for businesses. The firmware gives consumer-grade WiFi access points enterprise-like capabilities. Or you can utilise the captive portal solution with your existing infrastructure. Create a free account and check it here ct-networks.io

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