MiniPwner Community Edition
Like the first version, here are the build instructions for version 2 of the MiniPwner.
What You’ll Need
- TP-Link MR3040
- SanDisk 16GB USB drive (or equivalent)
- MiniPwner Overlay – found here
Format USB Drive
- Setup two partitions on the USB drive, 1 500 MB partition for swap space and the rest of the space for storage.
- This can be done on a Linux system using fdisk or GParted
- Partition 1 = 500 MB SWAP
- Partition 2 = 15.5GB ext4
Install OpenWrt
- Download OpenWrt Barrier Breaker from here
- Boot your TP-Link 3040 and login at http://192.168.0.1 (default credentials are admin/admin)
- Select System Tools and then Firmware Upgrade
- Use the Choose File button to select the OpenWrt Barrier Breaker image
- Use the Upgrade button to apply the image
- Wait for the image to be applied
- After the TP-Link reboots it will now be at 192.168.1.1
The Setup
- Telnet to the TP-Link at 192.168.1.1
- Set a root password with the passwd command
- NOTE: ** You will need to get the TP-Link onto the Internet to download packages **
- Install the following packages to enable USB support
- kmod-scsi-core
- kmod-usb-storage
- block-mount
- kmod-lib-crc16
- kmod-crypto-hash
- kmod-fs-ext4
- Plug the USB drive into the 3G port and reboot the TP-Link
- Log into the TP-Link via ssh using the user root and the password you just set
- Modify the /etc/config/fstab to match the following
- Run the following commands to “pivot root” to the USB drive
- mkdir -p /tmp/cproot
- mount –bind / /tmp/cproot
- mkdir /mnt/sda2
- mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2
- tar -C /tmp/cproot -cvf – . | tar -C /mnt/sda2 -xf –
- umount /tmp/cproot
- You now need to modifiy the /etc/config/fstab again so it will boot off the USB drive
- Reboot the TP-Link (and now it becomes a MiniPwner)
- Verify the USB drive is mounted correctly by issuing the df command
- If everything looks like the image above then you’re good to install any packages you would like
- The following packages are installed by default on the MiniPwner
- libpcap_1.5.3-1_ar71xx
- libstdcpp_4.8-linaro-1_ar71xx
- libpthread_0.9.33.2-1_ar71xx
- zlib_1.2.8-1_ar71xx
- libopenssl_1.0.1j-1_ar71xx
- libbz2_1.0.6-1_ar71xx
- bzip2_1.0.6-1_ar71xx
- terminfo_5.9-1_ar71xx
- libnet1_1.1.6-1_ar71xx
- libpcre_8.35-2_ar71xx
- libltdl_2.4-1_ar71xx
- libncurses_5.9-1_ar71xx
- librt_0.9.33.2-1_ar71xx
- libruby_1.9.3-p545-1_ar71xx
- wireless-tools_29-5_ar71xx
- hostapd-common-old_2014-06-03.1-1_ar71xx
- kmod-madwifi_3.10.49+r3314-6_ar71xx
- ruby_1.9.3-p545-1_ar71xx
- uclibcxx_0.2.4-1_ar71xx
- libnl_3.2.21-1_ar71xx
- libcap_2.24-1_ar71xx
- libreadline_6.2-1_ar71xx
- libdnet_1.11-2_ar71xx
- libdaq_1.1.1-1_ar71xx
- libuuid_2.24.1-1_ar71xx
- libffi_3.0.13-1_ar71xx
- python-mini_2.7.3-2_ar71xx
- openssl-util_1.0.1j-1_ar71xx
- kmod-tun_3.10.49-1_ar71xx
- liblzo_2.08-1_ar71xx
- libevent2-core_2.0.21-1_ar71xx
- libevent2-extra_2.0.21-1_ar71xx
- libevent2-openssl_2.0.21-1_ar71xx
- libevent2-pthreads_2.0.21-1_ar71xx
- libevent2_2.0.21-1_ar71xx
- aircrack-ng_1.1-3_ar71xx
- elinks_0.11.7-1_ar71xx
- ettercap_NG-0.7.3-2_ar71xx
- karma_20060124-1_ar71xx
- kismet-client_2010-07-R1-2_ar71xx
- kismet-drone_2010-07-R1-2_ar71xx
- kismet-server_2010-07-R1-2_ar71xx
- nbtscan_1.5.1_ar71xx
- netcat_0.7.1-2_ar71xx
- nmap_6.46-1_ar71xx
- openvpn-easy-rsa_2013-01-30-2_ar71xx
- openvpn-openssl_2.3.6-1_ar71xx
- perl_5.20.0-6_ar71xx
- samba36-client_3.6.24-1_ar71xx
- samba36-server_3.6.24-1_ar71xx
- snort_2.9.2.2-3_ar71xx
- tar_1.23-1_ar71xx
- tcpdump_4.5.1-4_ar71xx
- tmux_1.9a-1_ar71xx
- yafc_1.1.1-2_ar71xx
- wget_1.16-1_ar71xx
- python_2.7.3-2_ar71xx
- vim_7.3-1_ar71xx
- unzip_6.0-1_ar71xx
- Upload the MiniPwner Overlay tar file to the /tmp directory
- Untar the file by issuing tar -xf MiniPwner-Setup_x.x.x.tar (where x.x.x is the version number)
- Run the setup script by issuing sh setup.sh
- Make sure the three position switch is in the middle position (WISP) and then reboot the MiniPwner
