# Perl Net::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL Modules on AR300M?

**URL:** <https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/perl-net-ssleay-and-io-ssl-modules-on-ar300m/2298>\
**Category:** Router\
**Created:** [August 31, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/perl-net-ssleay-and-io-ssl-modules-on-ar300m/2298 "2017-08-31T18:33:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![zaxxon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/3be4f8/32.png) [@zaxxon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/zaxxon)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/perl-net-ssleay-and-io-ssl-modules-on-ar300m/2298/1 "2017-08-31T18:33:20Z")

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Hi,

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I started using my AR300M as a real machine instead of treating it as a dumb appliance (no offence). My use case will be a small independent monitoring box for my network. Surveying ports and IP addresses with a shell script works. Then I went into notifications, I wanted boxcar and emails.

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I got the boxcar stuff working by installing

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opkg install perl

opkg install perlbase-essential

opkg install perlbase-socket

opkg install perlbase-io

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but sending notification emails brought me to a halt. I’m trying to use sendEmail.pl which relies on Net::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL and they’re obviously not installed by default.

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And I can’t find a way to install them. Is this even possible? Am I barking up the wrong tree? Is there another way to send emails from a shell script? (Cross)compiling them myself is not something I want to get myself into.

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Can someone please point me the right way?

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thanks a lot

Simon

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**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/perl-net-ssleay-and-io-ssl-modules-on-ar300m/2298/2 "2017-09-01T11:54:37Z")

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I’d like to help, but have no experience in perl

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**Author:** ![zaxxon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/3be4f8/32.png) [@zaxxon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/zaxxon)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/perl-net-ssleay-and-io-ssl-modules-on-ar300m/2298/3 "2017-10-30T20:58:14Z")

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In the meantime, I got to learn a little python. So I thought I’d give my project another spin and tried to implement it in python.

Lo and behold, your packages include everything I needed, including SSL and stuff.

So the first version of my script was finished after a few hours. Just awesome what this little box can do.

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**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/perl-net-ssleay-and-io-ssl-modules-on-ar300m/2298/4 "2025-10-29T02:36:47Z")

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