OpenWRT on the Ubiquiti RouterStation Pro

Seb — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:23:00 +0100

I recently replaced my old WRT54GS router with a RouterStation Pro.

Although it already comes with OpenWRT on the board, it is a pretty outdated trunk version.

The documentation for this device is not easy to find and is motly scattered on different wikis and forums. Here is a quick guide on how to flash the latest OpenWRT on this device using tftp.

Download the latest snapshot if you don't want to build it yourself: http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapsh... (I use the squashfs version because it is easier to upgrade)
Connect your computer to the WAN port
Configure your network like this: 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 (anything but 192.168.1.20)
Plug in your RouterStation Pro
Press the reset button and hold it for about 10 seconds (you should see the third led flash a bit and the second on come up)
You should be able to ping 192.168.1.20 now
Send the firmware image with tftp in binary mode:

Linux:

   $ tftp -m binary 192.168.1.20 -c put openwrt-...-factory.bin

Mac OS X:

   $ tftp 192.168.1.20
   tftp> binary
   tftp> put openwrt-...-factory.bin

The router will reboot and provide dhcp on the switch. You can now telnet to 192.168.1.1 as usual.

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OpenWRT on the Ubiquiti RouterStation Pro