Help with Entware installation on AC56U

[Renzor]

Hello,

I have problems installing entware on an AC56U with 380.68_2 firmware installed.
I followed the steps in the guide but it does not work whatsoever.
Media is an 250gb usb hdd formatted as ext3 .

When I run the entware script it stops :

admin@RT-AC56U-2018:/tmp/mnt# entware-setup.sh
 Info:  This script will guide you through the Entware installation.
 Info:  Script modifies "entware" folder only on the chosen drive,
 Info:  no other data will be changed. Existing installation will be
 Info:  replaced with this one. Also some start scripts will be installed,
 Info:  the old ones will be saved on Entware partition with name
 Info:  like /tmp/mnt/sda1/jffs_scripts_backup.tgz

 Info:  Looking for available partitions...
[1] --> /tmp/mnt/Media-230-HDD
 =>  Please enter partition number or 0 to exit
[0-1]: 1
 Info:  /tmp/mnt/Media-230-HDD selected.

 * Warning:  Found previous installation, saving...
 Info:  Creating /tmp/mnt/Media-230-HDD/entware folder...
 * Warning:  Deleting old /tmp/opt symlink...
 Info:  Creating /tmp/opt symlink...
 Info:  Creating /jffs scripts backup...
tar: removing leading '/' from member names
 Info:  Modifying start scripts...

I tried with the manual method too but I get :

wget -O - http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/mipsel/i
nstaller/install.sh | sh
--2015-08-01 14:53:56--  http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/mipsel/installer/install.sh
Resolving pkg.entware.net... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address 'pkg.entware.net'

This router is connected through one LAN port to the main WRT3200ACM router, is this an issue?

 

[JDB]

Make sure no entware folder in existence on the drive and try again.
I’m guessing as you’ve tried more than once that’s why it’s just updating you existing install.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[joegreat]

Based on deviwiki the AC56U has a ARM CPU, but you try to install the MIPS version of Entware...

Please select the correct installation from Entware-ng for arm, mipsel ... (next generation!) to install it successfully on your router!

 

[Renzor]

Thanks for pointing that out !
The problem is that wget is still not working:

ASUSWRT-Merlin RT-AC56U 380.68-2 Mon Sep 11 21:43:40 UTC 2017
admin@RT-AC56U-2018:/tmp/home/root# wget -O /tmp/test http://www.google.com
--2015-08-02 00:28:01--  http://www.google.com/
Resolving www.google.com... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address 'www.google.com'
admin@RT-AC56U-2018:/tmp/home/root# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 br0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo

My network looks like this : Main Router WRT3200ACM with IP 192.168.1.1 and DHCP enabled from > 192.168.1.4 . Second router is 192.168.1.2 AC56U LAN1 with DHCP off and a third router 192.168.1.3 LAN1 configured the same as the AC56U.

Network and internet is working for all computers connected to each router.

 

[RMerlin]

Your router has no WAN interface, which means it cannot access the Internet.

Entware requires Internet access, which means the router must be in actual router mode.

 

[Renzor]

Fixed:

So, my goal was to have all the routers in the same subnet so I could access the USB drives from any computer in the network and use them as "servers" along with the Wi-Fi capabilities.

I swapped the cable to the WAN port, changed the IP address of the AC56U to 192.168.2.2
With the WAN connected I installed Entware very easily just running entware-setup.sh .
Then I installed Transmission using the guide, worked flawlesly.
Then I switched back to the old configuration, swapped the cable from WAN to LAN, disabled WAN and DHCP but surprise! Internet is working, Transmission is working but it couldn't download anything.

The fix was very easy, configured the AC56U as an Access Point, plugged the cable in WAN, and everything works as I expected.

Thank you guys for your suggestions !