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| - | ====== Quick Start Guide - Installing LEDE Release | + | ====== Quick start guide for OpenWrt installation |
| + | So you want to install OpenWrt on one of your devices. | ||
| - | The steps below install a stable " | + | The following preparation is recommended, |
| + | * Don't rush the installation, | ||
| + | * Have your device' | ||
| + | * Have your device' | ||
| + | * When installing and configuring OpenWrt on your Internet router, your Internet-access will obviously be offline for a few minutes. Please ensure that you have all required information offline or have backup Internet access at hand in this time. | ||
| - | At the completion of this procedure, your router will connect | + | If you have any questions: |
| + | * Browse | ||
| + | * Feel free to ask in the [[: | ||
| + | * You can also consult the [[: | ||
| + | * Follow the [[docs: | ||
| - | LEDE is based on OpenWrt (https:// | + | ==== Quick start guide article list ==== |
| - | If you have questions, you can search this site, search the [[https:// | + | {{pagequery>* ns:.;sort=ns,title; |
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| - | ===== 1. Prerequisites ===== | + | |
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| - | * This quick start guide is meant for official " | + | |
| - | * Your router should have at least 8 MBytes of Flash ROM and 64 MBytes of RAM. This allows to apply a full-featured LEDE firmware with GUI, a standard set of packages/ | + | |
| - | * LEDE packages for routers with 4 MBytes (or less) Flash ROM are also available, but cover only a small set of included features and tools. Installation of optional packages is either not possible or very restricted on such routers, due to limited free space. You can create individual custom images for your needs, but such customization takes more effort and is not covered in this quick start guide. | + | |
| - | * If you want to purchase a new router to use for LEDE, we therefore strongly recommend getting one with at least 8 MBytes of Flash memory and 64 MBytes of RAM, to allow installation of all the optional packages that you may need right now and to provide enough headroom for expansion in the future. | + | |
| - | * If you have any questions about this quick start or want to create custom firmware images for devices with less than 8MB of Flash or other kind of devices besides routers, you can ask for help on the [[https:// | + | |
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| - | ===== 2. Flashing the LEDE Firmware ===== | + | |
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| - | * Optional: If you are upgrading from a previous LEDE version, you can save (and later restore) the previous configuration before flashing, by using the backup function in LuCi's **backup/ | + | |
| - | * Use the [[docs: | + | |
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| - | ===== 3a. First Time Configuration ===== | + | |
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| - | - **Connect your computer directly to the newly-flashed device via Ethernet using a dynamic address** if you haven' | + | |
| - | - **Go to the device' | + | |
| - | - **Set the password.** LEDE ships without a password, and you must set it before you can proceed. To do this: | + | |
| - | * Set the Username to " | + | |
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| - | * //Note: Use a good password: it is the first line of defense for your home network. Write the username (" | + | |
| - | - You should decide, whether you want to use LEDE [[docs: | + | |
| - | - **Confirm internet connectivity of your device:** Go to Network -> Diagnostics and Click on " | + | |
| - | - **Enable Wi-Fi in the device.** Devices that have ethernet ports have Wi-Fi turned off by default. Go to **Network -> Wireless** in the Web GUI to enable and configure Wi-Fi. /*WOULD BE COOL TO HAVE WIFI CONFIG TUTORIAL TOO HERE*/ | + | |
| - | - **Set your Country for the Wi-Fi**. This is important to ensure your router meets legal regulations in your country. | + | |
| - | * **From Luci**: | + | |
| - | - **Network** -> **Wireless** | + | |
| - | - click on **Edit** for the first Wi-Fi network (if you have more than one you must do this for all others too) | + | |
| - | - in **Device Configuration**, | + | |
| - | - Click **Save & Apply** when done. | + | |
| - | * **From Command line**: | + | |
| - | - write '' | + | |
| - | - find your country in a list of ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 country codes. There is a list on the wikipedia article about [[https:// | + | |
| - | - type '' | + | |
| - | - **Congratulations!** Your device is now fully operational. | + | |
| - | - If you like, you can now go through the [[: | + | |
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| - | ===== 3b. Configuration, | + | |
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| - | If you don't want to start from scratch, but want LEDE to get back to the same configuration state as before the upgrade: | + | |
| - | * After a sysupgrade, all the packages you had installed before the sysupgrade must be installed again using '' | + | |
| - | * After you did so, you can restore the setting backup file you have generated before the upgrade from Luci's System -> Backup/ | + | |
| - | * You might also want to check [[docs: | + | |