Thread: DD-WRT Seedbox at home :)

DD-WRT : A custom version of linux based on BusyBox for embedded devices like router . Its and advanced firmware to help users get more out of their hardware and to have more control over the device and how it functions . Can be used in Cybercafe as advanced traffic control unit .


Requirements :

• WiFi or Non - WiFi Router : Choice for cheap routers are ASUS WL520GU and ASUS RT-N13U B1 , these come with USB support . Others without USB support ASUS RT-N10 and Buffalo WHR-HP-GN . For support of other routers check Router Database .
• DD-WRT Flash File : Source your download file from the site itself or here is the official repository Here .
• NAS Storage Device : Required only if you want to setup a downloading server or a NAS setup on your home LAN / WiFi .Can be a pen-drive or external hard disk , external hard disk is preferred as pen-drives have limited number of read and writes.

The method I will show is for ASUS RT-13U B1 .

Reasons why you should opt for DD-WRT over shitty Asus Firmware :

• Almost all Linux Kernel Fixes done in dd-wrt.

• Allows freedom to go about install any apps which linux supports(Most probably all of them)

• Very good for people who intend to use in cybercafes as it allows tighter control and improved security and proper logging of events

• DD-WRT is far superior compared to other open Firmware like Tomato and Open WRT and DD-WRT community is best in the recent times.

• Install Transmission to get all download on your USB without keeping the PC turned on[Yes it supports full resume downloads never break now]

FLASHING THE ROUTER WITH DD-WRT

• Goto this link , select your operating system and download ASUS RT-N13U Rev.B1 utilities and a copy of the ASUS RT-N13U Rev.B1 firmware 2.0.2.0 or later [avoid the beta of RUSSIA ONLY] . Install ASUS RT-N13U Rev.B1 utilities .
• Download DD-WRT [16994] or latest from the router database . I have linked build 16994 as it has been reported the most stable build by many users .
• Connect the router on LAN [not WiFi] if not connected already .Be sure router's WAN port is open and other LAN ports are open i.e. no connection other than your PC . Using IE [preferred at DD-WRT Forums] or Chrome is advised over Firefox as few face problems on the mentioned browsers .
• Place the router in recovery mode . To do that unplug the router , push the RESET button situated at the bottom of the router properly, then plug in the router . Hold the button a minimum of 5 seconds until the LED in front starts to blink .
• On PC open ASUS Firmware Restoration Utility . Select the image you have downloaded from DD-WRT with extension ".trx" (asus-to-ddwrt.trx) . Click "Upload" and do not interrupt as it may render your router bricked .
• Reboot and launch DD-WRT web interface . For telnet access use username: root , password: admin as other login details didnt work for me neither did it work for few others .

SETTING UP STORAGE TO USE ON ROUTER

• Download GParted Live or any other live distribution of linux . I am using ubuntu for this purpose as I have it on dual boot .Open GParted and select your pen-drive properly from the drop-down box at top right corner for e.g for me its "/dev/sdd" . Delete all partitions , it should look like this .

Select the first button on the left to create partition .
First make this partition



Secondly make this partition for the installation of Optware



Thirdly create another partition of the left over space [I have named it SHARE]



NTFS is avoided as it doesn't allow the drive to function at optimum rates when connected to router .



When everything is done it should look like this , hit "Apply All Operations" when you are done .
It should end up like this


Note the partition with exclamatory mark .
Close GParted.
Now open up TERMINAL , enter a few commands

Code:

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd*#

Replace the * with the alphabet and #[ should be 1 if you started off fresh] with the number you noted in the previous GParted window.

Code:

sudo wget http://home.karneval.cz/10102207/fs.gz

Code:

sudo dd if=fs.gz of=/dev/sd*#

Code:

sudo rm fs.gz;sudo reboot

Now open http://192.168.1.1/Diagnostics.asp in your browser
In the text box under command shell copy this out :

Code:

EXT3="YES";EXT3P="part2";EXT32="YES";EXT3P2="part3 ";mkdir /tmp/etc/config echo "tar -zxvf /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 -C /tmp/root" >> /tmp/etc/config/fs.wanup if [ "$EXT3" == "YES" ]; then echo "sh /tmp/root/ext3" >> /tmp/etc/config/fs.wanup; fi if [ "$EXT32" == "YES" ]; then echo "sh /tmp/root/ext3" >> /tmp/etc/config/fs.wanup; fi echo "mount -o rw -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc0/$EXT3P /opt" >> /tmp/etc/config/fs.wanup echo "mount -o rw -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc0/$EXT3P2 /mnt" >> /tmp/etc/config/fs.wanup echo "rm /tmp/root/*.ko /tmp/root/fs.gz /tmp/root/ext3" >> /tmp/etc/config/fs.wanup chmod +x /tmp/etc/config/fs.wanup sh /tmp/etc/config/fs.wanup echo "nobody:*:65000:65000:nobody:/mnt:/bin/false" >> /etc/passwd sleep 60 iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -d 192.168.1.1 --dport 25000 -j logaccept echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_disk/0:0:0:0/allow_restart /opt/bin/transmission-daemon -g /mnt/data/torrents/.config/transmission-daemon

And Select the Save Startup Box just below.

Goto http://192.168.1.1/USB.asp
Enable everything under this tab and select Disk Mount Point as "/opt"


Now connect your drive and goto Administration tab and select reboot router .

INSTALLING OPTWARE

For this you need to telnet to the router . On windows you can use putty and for linux the basic terminal is more than enough .


Open Terminal and enter :

Code:

telnet 192.168.1.1

Username:root
Password:admin

type "mount"
output should be like this

Code:

root@DD-WRT:~# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
ramfs on /tmp type ramfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
devpts on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/discs/disc0/part2 on /opt type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/discs/disc0/part3 on /mnt type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)

See the "/opt" and "/mnt" are mounted

Optware strictly needs an empty ext3 partition.

Code:

wget http://home.karneval.cz/10102207/optware-install.sh -O - | tr -d '\r' > /tmp/optware-install.sh
sh /tmp/optware-install.sh; ipkg update; ipkg upgrade
wget http://home.karneval.cz/10102207/sort -P /opt/bin; chmod +x /opt/bin/sort

Code:

ipkg install xinetd htop nano samba2 vsftpd tftp-hpa wget; killall xinetd smbd nmbd
rm /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf /opt/etc/vsftpd.conf /opt/etc/init.d/S80samba  /opt/etc/xinetd.d/tftp
wget http://home.karneval.cz/10102207/opt.gz -P /opt; tar -xvzf /opt/opt.gz -C /opt
sh /opt/etc/init.d/S10httpd; sh /opt/etc/init.d/S10xinetd; rm /opt/opt.gz
ln -s /mnt/data /opt/share/www/data

Now you can access your router

samba: \\192.168.1.1
rem to add as hardrive in W7/XP run in command line
net use a: \\192.168.1.1\www
net use b: \\192.168.1.1\dlq
web: http://192.168.1.1:8080
ftp: ftp://192.168.1.1

Am skipping the part to allow WAN access to these server if you want I can add them later .

INSTALLING TRANSMISSION[HOME SEEDBOX]

Now in telnet terminal put in this :

Code:

cd /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/data/torrents              # -p to make both directories at the same time
/opt/bin/ipkg-opt -verbose_wget install transmission
/opt/bin/transmission-daemon -g /mnt/data/torrents/.config/transmission-daemon
killall transmission-daemon
wget http://www.3iii.dk/linux/optware/settings.json -O /mnt/data/torrents/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json
/opt/bin/transmission-daemon -g /mnt/data/torrents/.config/transmission-daemon

Now you get web access to the Transmission page by going to http://192.168.1.1:9091. That is, if your routers IP is 192.168.1.1. You can also download the transmission remote GUI Link .







Download this Shutdown script and put it under /opt/etc and then add this to the Command text box here at http://192.168.1.1/Diagnostics.asp

Code:

chmod 777  /opt/etc/shutdown.sh

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CHANGES IN DD-WRT v18777
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Select auto mount the in Services>USB tab on the front-end GUI
and to mount the 2nd partition use [now the ext3 module is pre-loaded and mount as same as proper linux distros have]

Code:

mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt

So far VSFTP didn't work for me , so using the PROFTPD from the front-end GUI , rest remains same.
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Source
http://www.dd-wrt.ca...hp/Asus_RT-N13U
http://www.techencla...rts-191359.html

Special thanks to Dinjo @ Techenclave as he is the one who taught me the advanced stuffs .

You hitman are awesome,
wow mate, you finally pulled this project off.

Hats of to your Hitman, your pro.
nice work, i don't have a asus router so might not be so easy for me

Great tutorial. Many thanks. I was thinking of some time to put DD-WRT firmware on my router.

Much work has been put in this useful guide and will be definitely using this on my router.


The only thing that bothers me is will this work for TP-link routers.

Let me get this straight...

This basically turns your router into a sort of Linux box which you can install a torrent client on so it downloads torrents to the attached hard drive?

Fantastic tutorial man

Originally Posted by aap1

Let me get this straight...

This basically turns your router into a sort of Linux box which you can install a torrent client on so it downloads torrents to the attached hard drive?

Fantastic tutorial man

yup thats right and also give u a secure connection to say the least

Originally Posted by WindMaker

Much work has been put in this useful guide and will be definitely using this on my router.


The only thing that bothers me is will this work for TP-link routers.

If you have dd-wrt for the router and the router has USB port then yes . Or look for alternatives like tomatoUSB and others if DD-WRT doesn't exist.

Hey, I'm new here and looking around :) i have the same setup with dd-wrt/optware/transmission. But I wanted to take it a little further. I wanted to use a program like sickbeard to automate the downloading of tv episodes and then stream them to my xbox (xmbc?). So basically, my router would be my cable company with built in dvr.
Anyone done this or know if it possible? I think its possible (might take a little python programming), so if no one beats me to it, I'll post about how I got it done. I just need to get accepted here and get the right invite first :)

Originally Posted by tetorrent

Hey, I'm new here and looking around :) i have the same setup with dd-wrt/optware/transmission. But I wanted to take it a little further. I wanted to use a program like sickbeard to automate the downloading of tv episodes and then stream them to my xbox (xmbc?). So basically, my router would be my cable company with built in dvr.
Anyone done this or know if it possible? I think its possible (might take a little python programming), so if no one beats me to it, I'll post about how I got it done. I just need to get accepted here and get the right invite first :)

Please update us if you manage to do that. I would like to do the same :)

Sure