Comments on: Install OpenWRT on Linksys WRT160NL

By: Janis

Janis — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:16:34 +0000

Here is another description about OpenWRT on WRT160NL
http://barbara320.gotdns.com/alnis/computers/openwrt/index.php

By: How to reflash the linksys WRT160NL with OpenWRT | Flesh and machines

How to reflash the linksys WRT160NL with OpenWRT | Flesh and machines — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:16:08 +0000

[...] it stucks at 40% and says the flashing wasnt succesful. So I asked my friend(google) what to do and here is the link to the solution. So you have to use a latest release of the ar71xx version. Ok [...]

By: Anders

Anders — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:24:05 +0000

After installation, you might need to install kmod-at9k and wdi-mini as written in the post to get WLAN to work.

After that, WLAN should work. Configure with a modern web browser (Not MS Internet Explorer). Usually http://192.168.1.1, but your network addresses could be change to something like 192.168.X.1, where X can be anyone in interwall 1-254. Default is 1.

You should also set password on your WLAN. Always change to WPA-PKI or WPA2-PKI. Never without encryption or with WEP. It’s not safe.

Restart, and it should work.

Please read instuctions at http://openwrt.org/

By: peter

peter — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:27:53 +0000

You must configure it.
The steps are:
1-Telnet to your router 192.168.1.1, user name root
2-run passwd and set a password
3-Use your favorite browser http://192.168.1.1
4-Login: root Password:
5-Configure
If this does not work, read the openwrt documentation.

However I have installed dd-wrt on my wrt160nl, because the openwrt wifi performance on wrt160nl is still real bad.

By: Ou

Ou — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:32:09 +0000

Hi, I installed OpenWrt, but now my router Wrt160NL doesn’t have Wifi. I dont know what to do.

By: OpenWRT en WRT160NL desde cero « Overside

OpenWRT en WRT160NL desde cero « Overside — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:39:16 +0000

[...] claro que como muchas otras cosas que dice que hay que hacer no funcionó. Con un poco de ayuda usé la versión beta (openwrt-ar71xx-wrt160nl-squashfs.bin) y después actualicé a la versión [...]

By: peter

peter — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:37:59 +0000

I’m glad that I could help

By: Enrico

Enrico — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:32:22 +0000

That’s it. And it was even simple. (Stupid i would say)
Thanks a lot

By: peter

peter — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:16:05 +0000

I think you have an ip-conflict in your network.

I assume that you connect you modem to the WAN port on WRT160NL. Is that correct?
If yes, then your internal and external network probably has the same same network adress and your WRT160NL get confused.

Change you internal network to something else, e.g. 192.168.2.0/24, and pick an ip-adress for your WRT160NL e.g. 192.168.0.1.

By: Enrico

Enrico — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:35:07 +0000

I am trying to make it work but i am a bin in trouble.

I installed the beta version because the regular one as you said was not working.
I can telnet, ssh and even access web interface.

I changed ip address of router using web interface to 192.168.1.2 because my modem has 192.168.1.1

My problem is that the the machine (wrt160nl i mean) has no access to internet. When i run opkg update i get this:

wget: cannot connect to remote host (78.24.191.177): No route to host
Collected errors:
* opkg_download: Failed to download http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03-beta/ar71xx/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned 1

Any suggestion?

By: peter

peter — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:34:17 +0000

No, have you read my text?

By: Louis Tim Larsen

Louis Tim Larsen — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:11:34 +0000

Did you use a serial port?