Console install of OpenWRT

May 06, 2009 2 Replies

Hi all,



I need to install a text only version of OpenWRT on my router. I have never done this and not great with hardware so any advice is desprately needed. From a little googling I understand that I will need a 3.1V TTL serial connector and have got a vague idea where this will need to be plugged into.



Will a USB2Serial connector work?



My machine does not have a serial port on it so I will have to use a USB2Serial connection.



Is there a NIX based program that I can use to commincate to the routers serial port?



Any advice would be really appreciated


IME USB-serial works fine through a TTL converter.

minicom.

Thanks heaps the exact advice I needed, will start researching it straight away

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