Recently, I found that many friends want to play with the soft routing system OpenWRT, and we will update various types of posts about soft routing starting today~
What is soft routing?
Soft routing refers to the use of desktops or servers with software to form a routing solution, mainly relying on the setting of software to achieve the function of the router; Hard routing, on the other hand, uses unique hardware equipment, including processors, power supplies, and embedded software to provide set router functions.
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To put it simply, it is to use the existing electronic equipment and software at hand to realize the router function.
Can a computer be made into a router?
Basically all the computers you have used can be made into soft routing, and the underlying layer of the soft routing system is developed on the Linux system. If you can install Linux on your computer, you must be able to install a soft routing system.
Today, let's talk about how to write OpenWRT to a USB flash drive.
The body begins
There are many files that can be downloaded, so find the one that suits you. If you are just starting to get started with soft routing, it is recommended to download the [full-featured version] and then test it step by step to adjust.
There are still a lot of integrated functions in the full-featured version, such as: Ad Blocking Master, *** server, etc.
The example here is based on the [full-featured EFI]
记得下载Rufus.exe哦～
After downloading it, you need to unzip it first.
Then the unzipped file is a file ending in .img, and there should be no Chinese on the main path and file name.
双击打开rufus.exe
At this time, insert the prepared U disk, the U disk only needs to have more than 1GB of free space, it is best to use 2GB or more, as for the interface, whatever, anyway, it is not a very large system package. After plugging in the USB flash drive, make sure that the USB flash drive is correct.
Note: Each partition of the USB flash drive will be formatted during the production process, and the data in the USB flash drive needs to be backed up in advance!
Then click [Select] to find the prepared image file
Then click Start
Just wait for it to finish
After the writing is complete, you can connect it to your computer and use OpenWRT.
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A network card of the computer can also be used as a router, and multiple network cards can also be used as a router, depending on how you set it up, and the next tutorial will explain the use of various soft routes to your friends.
Xiaobai's own network is the soft routing system used, and sometimes I feel comfortable in use, but sometimes I am really crazy. After all, Xiaobai's OpenWRT is built on a virtual machine, not directly installed on a physical machine.