A bounty payment works like a zap so it will try p2p first

Wow thank you! Just saw it come in! 🙏🏼

I tried to zap you p2p because I'm pretty sure the bounty will only pay out in ccs, which are stacker news native tokens. Can you confirm if you got it?

billytheked

what is tftp and is it necessary for firmware installation?

, 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 

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 

 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.

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.

tech

Seeking help flashing asus router firmware

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](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/generic.flashing.tftp), 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](https://github.com/OpenTollGate/tollgate-installer):

The -O option uses the old SCP protocol which doesn't require sftp-server
```bash
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](https://openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-n56u). We try to target the [gl-ar300m](https://openwrt.org/toh/gl.inet/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


what is tftp and is it necessary for firmware installation?what is tftp and is it necessary for firmware installation?

is it worth it for this generation of routers?is it worth it for this generation of routers?

can he use NordVPN as a clientcan he use NordVPN as a client