GL-AR300M - Tor Set Up

edamame007 · 2016-10-26T09:19:00.000Z

Hello, any update?

alzhao · 2016-10-26T14:57:09.000Z

OK. I will renew the Tor firmware next week, so no need to talk about how to configure it.

stanley · 2016-11-01T18:55:03.000Z

Tor on AR300M

after opkg install tor and config on torrc file, the tor service is still not running? netstat -a | grep tor

tried /etc/init.d/tor enable and /etc/init.d/tor start , nothing in /var/log/tor/notice.log

super weird? everything else runs fine

does anyone got Tor running on AR300M?

ylame · 2016-11-01T22:04:07.000Z

I see the exact same issue on AR300M, no log, no messages anywhere. Tor service won’t start. /var/run/tor.pid is also empty.

fanboyslim · 2016-11-02T04:21:08.000Z

I had the same problem with AR-300M 2.22 firmware and the 2.23 testing version.

I’ve compiled a custom firmware with master branch of openwrt package repository and now everything is working as expected.

ylame · 2016-11-02T04:30:35.000Z

@fanboyslim, can you publish the compiled binary? Did you compiled the firmware, installed it on AR-300M and then install tor from the repository?

Also, how did you manage to compile the firmware for NAND flash?

Thank you

stanley · 2016-11-02T05:52:12.000Z

@fanboyslim

Cool! Can you post a little help? Just the juicy commands from your command history. If you have the time? And want to help some fellow Tor freaks

fanboyslim · 2016-11-02T16:44:32.000Z

Hi,

Today I’ve recompiled the firmware with the last version of tor (2.8.9). Prior versions have a critical bug (Tor 0.2.8.9 is released, with important fixes | The Tor Project).

@ylame I recompiled the firmware with de tor package already installed.

I’ve got almost a “vainilla” openwrt firmware so after update ar-300m, you have to do manual configuration of wireless ap, install luci package (to get web ui)… Install luci is a important step to easy update firmware next time.

Access ip is 192.168.1.1 through lan cable (wireles is disabled by default) and you have to telnet first to set root password (OpenWrt – First Login [Old OpenWrt Wiki])

You can download the firmware (2.8.9 tor version) from https://www.dropbox.com/s/xpgsukw5kpt66pk/openwrt-ar71xx-nand-gl-ar300m-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar?dl=0

DISCLAMER

Please, don’t update if you don’t know what are you doing. I’ll not support this firmware compilation. I’m sure alzhao release a new tor firmware with better default configuration for ar-300m soon.

Enjoy!

ylame · 2016-11-02T20:57:18.000Z

@fanboyslim, This is exactly what I’m looking to do as well. Can you please let me know what config you selected during make menuconfig for building the firmware for AR-300M NAND as this router is not officially available in openwrt toolchain.

I’ve coppied the network and wireless config files from GL Openwrt firmware and plan to use them during building the firmware.

Thank you

fanboyslim · 2016-11-02T21:26:54.000Z

I followed the steps from docs Overview - GL.iNet Docs with minor changes.

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential git-core libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev gawk flex quilt libssl-dev xsltproc libxml-parser-perl mercurial bzr ecj cvs unzip git wget ####I’m in Fedora 24 but I’ve not had any problem installing dependencies####

$ git clone GitHub - domino-team/openwrt-cc: openwrt CC with Domino/GL patches

$ cd openwrt-cc

$ vi feeds.conf.default ####remove “;for-15.05” of feeds to point master branch of openwrt packages#####

$ ./scripts/feeds update -a

$ ./scripts/feeds install -a

$ vi feeds/packages/net/tor/Makefile ####Point to last version of tor in package (PKG_VERSION:=0.2.8.9 PKG_RELEASE:=1 PKG_MD5SUM:=e1f8bc2b2e2b365fc916388304e5e40d)#####

$ make menuconfig

…choose your compile target ####Subtarget: Generic devices with NAND flash; Target Profile: GL-AR300M NAND### and packages ###select tor package as include in image####

$ make

ylame · 2016-11-02T21:38:33.000Z

Thank you fanboyslim, I did follow this doc and build it but was missing the step to update the feed. I’ll re-try with your steps.

Thank you for sharing.

ylame · 2016-11-03T01:42:40.000Z

I just completed make, strangely it did not generate sysupgrade image (.tar) there is on .bin and also it generated bin’s for all router profiles.

@fanboyslim any thoughts?

fanboyslim · 2016-11-03T02:53:24.000Z

@ylame

I think you forgot set

Subtarget: Generic devices with NAND flash;

Target Profile: GL-AR300M NAND

in make menuconfig. Maybe?

ylame · 2016-11-03T02:57:16.000Z

@fanboyslim Thank you for quick response, I made and typo in naming the .config file, it was using the default. Just completed the make about to upload.

Thank you once again.

stanley · 2016-11-03T17:05:25.000Z

Thanks to @fanboyslim, I now got the latest tor running.

Do you know if it is possible to include Luci in the build? i cant find the luci packages in the menuconfig?

alzhao · 2016-11-05T09:53:41.000Z

Dear all, hope this is not too late. I just updated the Tor firmware. Please check: Overview - GL.iNet Docs

New Tor firmware is with Domino UI and Luci

edamame007 · 2016-11-08T10:17:56.000Z

Hi, thank you for the firmware.

I tried to flash the firmware but I’m confused with the Uboot instruction.

It says “Connect only one cable to your router, and leave the other LAN port unconnected.”
So I connected Only WAN cable, LAN side disconnected, but the youtube video shows only connecting LAN cable not WAN.
Which is correct?

alzhao · 2016-11-08T10:23:14.000Z

@edamame007, first question, I noticed that some users always posted html source code in the post. I am not sure how this happened. Because by default you use the “visual” editor. If you paste html then it should display correctly. If you use “Text” mode, then you can post pure html content.

Then about your question, thanks for the findings. BOTH are correct. Only one cable, no matter WAN or LAN, will work.

edamame007 · 2016-11-09T01:20:23.000Z

Hi,

I simply copied and pasted step 1 from Debrick via Uboot - GL.iNet Docs, then it displayed correctly with bold font etc, but when submit it then the html tags were inserted instead. It is in fact Visual editor but there seems to be a problem. I use Windows 10/Chrome browser.

You mentioned “Only one cable, no matter WAN or LAN, will work” but I assume the other side of the cable needs to be connected to my computer, not router, correct?
When I connect WAN side, and the other side was connected to my router, I was not be able to connect to http://192.168.1.1 because there was no Wifi signal from the devise.

alzhao · 2016-11-09T09:15:02.000Z

Thanks for the feedback about editor. Hope to find a solution.

Can you check the videos from Debrick via Uboot - GL.iNet Docs

Of course, the cable should be plug into your computer. You need to set up manual IP address in your computer. There is no wifi because the system didn’t boot.