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MT7620A based router OpenWRT firmware License: CC BY-SA 4.0

openwrt 19.07.9_GaladrielMap_edition

Brand names

ZBT WE1026, ZBT WE826 and many others no-names from Aliexpress, see below
hardware

Hardware

128-256MB memory
16MB FLASH
HUAWEI ME909 LTE or other modem
LAN
WAN
USB
micro SDcard reader

Description

The goal of this firmware - a general-purpose server with communication capabilities for boat and camper with zero administration and graphical user interface.
Ready to use with GaladrielMap

Firmware include:

  • standard OpenWRT user interface witn necessary plugins
  • all OpenWRT communication features: ssh, vpn, routing, firevall, etc.
  • ads blocking via DNS requests
  • auto mounting usb and flash storage
  • Midnight Commander
  • NGINX web server
  • PHP7
  • full usb support
  • vsFTPd ftp server
  • tor
  • support GNSS receivers, AIS, etc via gpsd (need configuration first)

Firmware not include:

  • ability to install new software
  • sshfs. Only Dropbear, sorry

Works

All

Not works

Some LED's

Firmware installation

Use standard OpenWRT GUI tools, or

  1. Connect to router via ssh
  2. Clear /tmp to free at least 16MB
  3. Mount usb FLASH with firmware:
mkdir /mnt/extUSB
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/extUSB  
  1. Burn:
sysupgrade -v /mnt/extUSB/*.bin

this will copy firmware to /tmp and install it with save the settings

Usage

Place your web applications and data to SD-card and configure web server.
For example, GaladrielMap navigation suite may be installed as described in the project's /emergencykit/nginx_galadrielmap_conf/README.txt
Plug in GNSS reciever to usb port.

How to buy router

China's are our friends!
See AliExpress to buy:
aliexpress.com/item/32842622527.html
aliexpress.com/item/32802136305.html
aliexpress.com/item/33003636964.html
aliexpress.com/item/32956443588.html
aliexpress.com/item/33011561091.html
aliexpress.com/item/32795180047.html
aliexpress.com/item/32954175411.html
and many other sellers
When purchasing ask 16MB FLASH, QMI (Qualcomm MSM Interface) modem and OpenWRT (not SDK) firmware. 256MB RAM preferably.

Build firmware

You may want to build firmware yourself for 32MB FLASH version hardware or other modem. See how-to for it. The diffconfig included.

Support

You can get support for build and install firmware for a beer via PayPal or YandexMoney at [email protected]
In the same way You can order router with this firmware and pre-installed GaladrielMap & GaladrielCache.