Build a AR300M Lite Custom Firmware

Technical Support for Routers
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Hi,

I’m trying to build a custom firmware for AR300m lite. I’m following this Overview - GL.iNet Docs but im kinda lost, on many options. going forward i might miss important prerequisites or options. Is there a template based on the default latest firmware? I would like to start from there and removing the features that will not needed for my application such as cloud, share, video, etc. Thanks in advance.

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If you use our github, you will find there is a “GL config” in “menuconfig”. Not sure about the name, but it should be just under target and subsystem etc.

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I have two AR300M Lite and one AR300MD.

I only need to use these in WISP mode. I am finding very inconsistent behavior with all of these units over random periods of time. I have a power supply that is 2A and I have read all the posts concerning these issues. At this point only a hard reset of the units and starting all over with the configuration fixes the issue. I am seeing the issues reported on this forum with the SSID not showing up or the system rebooting when you try to connect to a WISP SSID.

So… I would like to build my own firmware that includes my settings so that when I reset these darn things I don’t have to start all over again.

I have some minor changes from stock firmware that I would like to include in my new firmware: (the openvpn file is easy to add from the web interface so that is optional). Does the “clean” firmware have the Gl-inet web interface? I would really like to start with the stock firmware and just make the following modifications. The instructions for creating custom firmware are a bit unclear. Elaboration appreciated.

  1. OPENVPN config file. I can add this from the web interface easy enough so I don’t “really” need to add this to the new firmware.

  2. Set switch to toggle vpn on/off.

  3. the following script that will randomize MAC on each boot enabled:

https://github.com/janost/<wbr />openwrt-wan-mac

  1. Since I am constantly logging into captive portals with thing thing I also have the following setting:

<span style=“color: #222222; font-family: source_sans_proregular, ‘Helvetica Neue’, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: #f9f9f9;”>advanced configuration (LuCI), under Network > DHCP and DNS, there’s an option for Rebind protection to “Discard upstream RFC1918 responses” that’s enabled. Disable that, Save & Apply</span>

  1. install nano and elinks packages

 

I installed the build environment in ubuntu. However, it didn’t seem to include the AR300M profile. Also it is unclear to me what how the “clean” firmware differs from “v1”.

Thanks

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Clean firmware mean it has no our UI and no extra software installed. It only contains Luci and necessary modules that a router is need.

If you want to build your own firmware, you can use the source code from our github and there is AR300M in the target profiles.