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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @arjen 12 Jun \ parent \ on: Seeking help flashing asus router firmware tech
- This was actually me
Hey, TollGate dev here.
what is tftp and is it necessary for firmware installation?
It's a system to load files onto the router for flashing, i haven't used it personally, maybe you don't need it.
If you just want to copy an OpenWRT image file to a router that has no ftp server installed, Here's a snippet of what i do in the TollGate installer:
The -O option uses the old SCP protocol which doesn't require sftp-server
scp -O -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o LogLevel=error "${localPath}" "${username}@${ip}:${remotePath}"
i've used this for the MT-3000, MT-6000 and GL-AR300M.
is it worth it for this generation of routers?
Questionable. I see it has 8mb flash, which is low source. We try to target the gl-ar300m which is already a squeeze with 16mb flash.
We do hope to support very low-power hardware further down the line to make TollGate more accessible for low-income areas, but we're not there yet.
can he use NordVPN as a client
There are packages for openwrt to route traffic through a VPN. You might wanna look into the OpenVPN package. Mullvad could be a good option instead of NordVPN.
hope this helps a bit!
- Arjen
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