Hi all,

i'm not sure if this is the right forum, but hopefully you can help me.

I'm now the proud owner of a wrt160nl and found something on openwrt.org -> http://wiki.openwrt.org/inbox/wrt160nl

So i'm a bit confused about the installation.
For me, the easiest way would be flashing with openwrt-ar71xx-wrt160nl-squashfs.bin but the serial section is the confusing thing.
Do i need it to configure the router the first time or is it just an option to use the serial interface.

sorry for that question.

cheers

Oliver

So, finally i figured out how to install luci
but there is no wifi known, any hinds to get this work?

cheers

Oliver

You found the Wiki DRAFT page, note it's not finished.

Read exploration thread in entirety, most questions are covered there:

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=20298

The snapshots provided by buildbot build a generic AR71xx image.  They do not choose the WRT160NL profile which is needed at present to enable WiFi modules.  In a way, I would argue it's a mistake to offer the WRT160NL bins there at present since they are not fully functional.  But you are downloading a snapshot of trunk, so you should KNOW what you are getting is dev work not "finished" stable.  So if you want WiFi at present you have to have a Linux box, download the SVN and build the image.  Or acquire it from someone else.

I added some comments about this to the Wiki draft document just now.

I highly recommend serial since if you brick your router it's trivial to fix it.  Without it......

(Last edited by vincentfox on 25 Aug 2009, 19:04)

oh okay, but it was quite interessting to see what will come.
i reflashed it with the original firmware, but i'm still waiting for the "right" one :-)

I think I just did exactly what da_oli did and bricked my 160nl. I am wondering if I should return it or try to fix it. Here is what happened:

downloaded openwrt-ar71xx-wrt160nl-jffs2.bin
upgraded to this openwrt firmware using the upgrade firmware link on administration page.
couldn't go to the admin page - got luci 404 errors
telnet to router
opkg update
opkg remove luci-admin-full
opkg install luci-admin-full
reboot now

after it rebooted - I couldn't access the admin page at all or telnet, but I was still able to get routed to the internet.
based on someone's suggestion, I connected my network cable in port 1 on the router, rebooted and pressed the only button I have on top quite  a few times (picture is different from the one on this page: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt160nl).

Now I can't even ping the router or telnet to it.

Is it hard to connect the ca-42 cable? I just ordered one off of ebay, so I should have it in a few days.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

(Note to self: Next time, find not just the firmware, but also the instructions that go with it)

Here is a partial screen dump from my telnet session:
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root@OpenWrt:/www/cgi-bin# opkg remove luci-admin-full
No packages removed.
root@OpenWrt:/www/cgi-bin# opkg install luci-admin-full
Installing luci-admin-full (0.9+svn5594-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … ar71xx.ipk
Installing luci-admin-core (0.9+svn5594-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … ar71xx.ipk
Installing luci-cbi (0.9+svn5594-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … ar71xx.ipk
Installing luci-uvl (0.9+svn5594-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … ar71xx.ipk
Installing luci-i18n-english (0.9+svn5594-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … ar71xx.ipk
Installing luci-ipkg (0.9+svn5594-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … ar71xx.ipk
Configuring luci-ipkg
Configuring luci-cbi
Configuring luci-admin-full
Configuring luci-uvl
Configuring luci-admin-core
Configuring luci-i18n-english
root@OpenWrt:/www/cgi-bin# ./luci
Status: 404 Not Found
Content-Type: text/plain
Cache-Control: no-cache
Expires: 0

Not Foundroot@OpenWrt:/www/cgi-bin# reboot now
root@OpenWrt:/www/cgi-bin#

Connection to host lost.

D:\>telnet 192.168.1.1
Connecting To 192.168.1.1...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed