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[ebichu]

Ok so I've RTFM:d a lot but I'm still a bit confused about the best practice with regards to configuration. In my case I've got an TP-Link TL-WDR3600.

Should I just build an unedited .bin-file, log on with telnet, make changes, cfg_save and be done with it? Or should I make the changes in the mfsroot?

Does it matter, which would be the easier way? At the moment I just want the basics; I.E. ipfw, nat, dnsmasq, dropbear with WAN as WAN and yellow as ethernet.

[kevans91]

Hi,

To start with, I would flash the default mfsroot and make your changes afterwards as you've initially suggested. My line of reasoning is as follows:

1.) The defaults work, give you access by default
2.) Assuming you're completely new to this, you'll likely end up changing things around quite a bit
3.) If you build from a version of freebsd-wifi-build as of ea5ac95 (7 days ago), then you can use the recovery fallback for the WDR3600 (hold down WPS button during boot, will bypass initial cfg_load and load defaults from the mfsroot)

Of course, if you're familiar with the intricacies of the underlying etherswitch you're playing with, then the above may not really matter. YMMV

[erikarn]

Hiya, Yes, you edit /etc/defaults/rc.conf, set the user/root password, then 'cfg_save' and reboot. Yeah, maybe we should have default config profiles. ;)

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-adrian

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[ebichu]

@kevans91
It's been awhile since I've tinkered with networking and such in FreeBSD and haven't gotten that much time for this project atm so yeah, the first solution seems as the most reasonable thing to do.

@erikarn Hehe would be nice. ;)
I believe this would be somewhat on topic (most efficient configuration/efficiency :P); Have you tried
emulating a WDR3600-img with qemu? And if so, do I need to think about anything other than the standard setup; i.e. as per the docs?

[ebichu]

Ok so I did manage to configure pretty much everything using the cfg_save-path but am
still a bit confused about etherswitch. Should it be used to make the yellow ports behave as
regular ethernet ports? (as per my scenario where I want the router to behave pretty much as stock atm)?

And in that case I thought about this: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mips/2015-October/004113.html :)