Show pagesourceOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top × Table of Contents OpenWrt running as metarouter on mikrotik routerOS Premises Resources Discussion forums Articles Openwrt metarouter images and repositories Experiences Routerboard r493g , routerOS 6.27 , openwrt 12.09 mips compiled by liquidcz OpenWrt running as metarouter on mikrotik routerOS Premises Openwrt as metarouter is highly experimental but is also very promising, therefore if someone knows useful resources, please contribute! This should be valid for the entire openwrt wiki in general. Resources Discussion forums One obvious resource is the mikrotik forum and related searches on it. For example with google site:miktrotik.com openwrt metarouter. Discussion about patching the openwrt sources to get the metarouter image working: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=75849 Articles http://naberius.de/2015/01/10/openwrt-barrier-breaker-metarouter-instance-on-mikrotik-rb-2011/ metarouter Openwrt metarouter images and repositories A resource is provided by a user of the mikrotik forum, liquidcz, that is providing patched metarouter images with openwrt for mips and pppc architectures, here: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?p=414386#p414386 . Thanks a ton to this guy. Mirror based on the liquicz's work: http://download.bmsoft.de/mikrotik/12.09/metarouter/ Repository for openwrt metarouter: https://github.com/TheSkorm/openwrt-metarouter-cjdns Providing alternatives mirrors The metarouter image is based on a 'proper patch' for building the openwrt sources, so everyone can build its own version. The point is that (a) publishing the compiled packages online is not for everyone (b) providing the right procedure to build a mips/ppc version of openwrt is not for everyone. Therefore providing mirror of already compiled packages or informations (for example in this wiki) is highly reccomended - as in every open source/community project. Use alternative mirrors Editing /etc/opkg.conf like src/gz packages http://download.bmsoft.de/mikrotik/12.09/metarouter/mr-mips/packages #src/gz packages http://openwrt.wk.cz/attitude_adjustment/mr-mips/packages dest root / dest ram /tmp lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists option overlay_root /overlay Experiences Routerboard r493g , routerOS 6.27 , openwrt 12.09 mips compiled by liquidcz CPU usage when idle, checked by winbox and routerOS: Around 15%. Around 8% if winbox shows few information. Ping answers when idle, direct connection: around 3000 ms. mwan3 version 1.4-24 works. With 2 wan connections: each wan connection seems to achieve an quite stable average of 25 Mbit/s using mwan3 (100+ firewall rules shown by iptables-save), and the CPU stays on an average of 40%. Could be that the test setup was limiting the system somehow, maybe due to the overhead in processing the IRQ request, like: when the IRQ is processed natively one can send more data, while with the hypervisor one can send less data, but then it is strange that both the flow from 2 wan connections goes through one lan connection without problems. Openvpn connection able to send or receive (not made synchronous tests) 6.5 ~ 7 Mbit/s of data. used by a system that use a metarouter as gateway. Could be the same problem of the speed through wan connections, that is the IRQ processing is the bottleneck. The system can be shut down like a normal openwrt or the metarouter can be shut down (via 'disable') or started (via 'enable') forcefully. On the mikrotik terminal a way to disable/enable is: metarouter disable <metarouter_name> ; ping count=2 127.0.0.1 ; metarouter enable <metarouter_name> When the mikrotik (re)starts, if the metatarouter is enabled, it starts too, finishing the start procedure in 4-5 minutes. Long time '30s+' to restart single services (firewall, dropbear, etc...) Software reboot of the metarouter itself takes 4-5 minutes to show up the system again (except for ping, that replies way earlier. Note that the openwrt is almost a basic installation). 'Forced' reboot (disable-enable in the RouterOS) takes 4-5 minutes to be completed. Long term usage (+ 30 days) has to be tested. Rebooting/power outage tests has to be done. The 'console' management, using winbox, is way better through the terminal. New terminal → metarouter console <metarouter_name> . But remember that openwrt offer one global console therefore opening two console is not possible, in that case try to go by ssh. It seems possible to assign a miximum of 7 interfaces out of 9, over 7 openwrt won't recognize the other interface. This website uses cookies. By using the website, you agree with storing cookies on your computer. Also you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree leave the website.OKMore information about cookies Last modified: 2019/01/12 09:45by tmomas