I’ve created Metarouter using OpenWRT image from Mikrotik Wiki but it doesn’t want to run. It’s still in booting phase, even after long period of time. When connecting to its console there’s no output. I’ve tried with compiled by myself OpenWRT image (from revision 18199) but without success. RouterOS is in version 4.6:
The supplied OpenWRT image works on the rb400 series boards I tried, which use mips-be cpu’s. I assume that the OpenWRT patch is also for mips-be CPU’s and not the PowerPC (PPC) cpu in the rb1000. Try the image in a mips-be powered routerboard to double check.
Thanks roadrunner for answer. I don’t have other RB to check if that image would work but it must be this reason. Anyway, few days ago on wiki page http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Metarouter appeared new images and new patch for OpenWRT sources. I downloaded tgz for PowerPC platform and imported metarouter from image. After a few seconds RB hanged and didn’t want to get up, even after reboot. Unfortunatelly this RB is used in my company as a one of devices providing Internet connection Yes, I know, I shouldn’t experiment on production router but I thought that metarouter feauture is stable. Anyway I’ve configured other device as a router and connected RB to my workstation. The only way to contact this device was through serial port. I rebooted it and observed what is happening. There was message about booting and RB booted normally until login prompt appeared. After few seconds error message was displayed:
And I couldn’t do anything. I had to reinstall system using Netinstall. After RB was operable I tried again to setup metarouter the same way as before but the effect was the same.
I reinstalled system once again and I build my own OpenWRT compilation from trunk and with use of provided patch (v1.2) (target system Metarouter PowerPC). I imported metarouter from this new image and I was observing what is happening on serial terminal. Few seconds after I initialized import similar error appeared on terminal window:
I already build a new version of openwrt and i upload to routerboar rb1000 with router 5v.
Especially when I collected the packages I need in time he compiles the error.
In my case I try to compile the package freeradius and is giving error at the time of compiles.
I’ve installed all the packages needed to compile the firmware for the RB1000 but without success. Now for the RB433 board I managed to compile the firmware with freeradius and their modules and packages more quietly and smoothly and even have it running with the RB433 Mikrotik version 5.
Yes, I know, I shouldn’t experiment on production router but I thought that metarouter feauture is stable. Anyway I’ve configured other device as a router and connected RB to my workstation. The only way to contact this device was through serial port. I rebooted it and observed what is happening. There was message about booting and RB booted normally until login prompt appeared. After few seconds error message was displayed: