HOWTO: Uploading the Superglue firmware

[DanjaVasiliev]

Uploading the Superglue firmware

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IMPORTANT: this page explains how to upload the Superglue firmware to your router. This will overwrite the standard firmware and will completely change the functionality of the device by turning it into a preconfigured Superglue server!

IMPORTANT: If you received a device preloaded with Superglue, you can skip this step and go straight to the next one: Configuring your Superglue server.

Uploading the Superglue firmware

This operation consists of two simple steps:

1. Download Superglue firmware from the internet
2. Upload Superglue firmware to the router

1. Download Superglue firmware from the internet

IMPORTANT: Make sure you download the firmware version that matches the model of your device!
Click here for more information on supported devices.

D-Link DIR-505: http://dev.superglue.it/firmware/latest/DIR505A1
TP-LINK WR-710N: http://dev.superglue.it/firmware/latest/TLWR710

When changing the firmware for the very first time. please make sure to use the file ending with '-initial.bin'

2. Upload Superglue firmware to the router

Your device comes with a web based User Interface (UI) in its default stock configuration. You can follow a user manual that came with the device to find out how to access it, or follow these instructions:

• On the back of your device you'll find a sticker containing the default name of the Wireless network (SSID) and the wireless password. Write these down.

• Plug your device into an electricity outlet and using your computer connect to the wireless network with the name and password you just wrote down. It might take a minute for the network to appear.

• Using your browser open the web UI of the device by going to the following address:

  • For D-Link DIR-505: http://192.168.0.1 (username: admin, password: leave empty)
  • For TP-Link WR-710: http://192.168.0.254 (username: admin, password: admin)

• After you successfully logged in, you will be presented with the configuration interface of the device.
  Find the Firmware option and upload the Superglue firmware you downloaded before:
  • For D-Link DIR-505: Maintenance -> Firmware -> Choose File/Upload
  • For TP-Link WR-710: System Tools -> Firmware Upgrade -> Choose File/Upgrade

IMPORTANT: Wait for 2 minutes while the device is being re-programmed. Do not unplug the device, as interrupting the process can break the device!

• After the process has been completed the light on the device will stop blinking and you will see a new (open) wireless network called Superglue-xxxx (where xxxx is a random combination).

• Connect to this new Superglue-xxxx wireless network and using your browser go to http://superglue.local/admin (username: admin, password: changeme). You should see a page showing all kinds of technical information about your server: Whoohoo! You now have your own Superglue server!

Continue to the next step:

Configure your Superglue server

[tallbastard]

Hey guys! I know I am early bird.. but just trying the firmware on a TP-link WR710N and have flashed it fine.. though it's very insistent on having a USB drive attached .. hmm I tried a newly formatted fat32 32gb stick but it's not being recognised.. does it need to be in a particular format? please advise. thanks James

[tallbastard]

all looks good here

BusyBox v1.19.4 (2014-05-19 06:51:54 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

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|_| personal |___| server
http://superglue.it

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based on OpenWRT r40774 (trunk)

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provides now: will provide:
* HTTP (lighttpd) * SMTP
* Bash CGI * IMAP
* Lua CGI

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root@sg:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 2816 208 2608 7% /
/dev/root 4096 4096 0 100% /rom
tmpfs 14432 192 14240 1% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock3 2816 208 2608 7% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay 2816 208 2608 7% /
tmpfs 512 0 512 0% /dev

[paulrobert_ca]

I really like the spirit behind this project. This started out as a question, but has turned into information others may find helpful (I would have). I was using the DIR-505 A1 with Firmware version 1.07. I tried uploading the "initial" file in aitch-tee-tee-pee://dev.superglue.it/firmware/latest/DIR505A1/ (sorry, I'm a new user and can only use http links twice), but got a screen that said "The chosen file is not a firmware file". I then realized that the DIR505A1 directory had TLWR files in it instead of DIR505s! Going up a level to http://dev.superglue.it/firmware/ got me to the right place!

So I succeeded up to a point with the superglue-firmware_0.1.31-RC_dir505a1_initial.bin file. I can now connect to the Superglue-xxxx wireless network, but when I go to http://superglue.local/admin, the page just hangs until it finally times out. I've also tried aitch-tee-tee-pee://192.168.0.197 (the device's local ip address) with no success.

That last sentence made me think that maybe the DIR-505 shouldn't be connected by ethernet to my home router (not sure why I did that in the first place). I unplugged the DIR-505 from the wall, unplugged the ethernet, and plugged it back into the wall. Connect to Superglue-xxxx and superglue.local/admin now takes me to the SG Control Panel! Yes, Whoohoo! indeed. Looking forward to seeing where the next steps take me!

Update: http://192.168.1.1 is the device's default IP.

[DanjaVasiliev]

Hi,

first of all thanks for pointing out the bug in our builder script - the mixup in /latest firmwares directory was cased by buggy linking logic, fixing it now.

could you try accessing your device via http://192.168.1.1/admin - does that work? Host name resolution (as in superglue.local) is based on zeroconf protocol, which might not work under some rare circumstances, or in case if you have a strict firewall policy enabled on your system.

[DanjaVasiliev]

Right, thanks for the update. While there is nothing wrong with having Ethernet cable attached to your router it is likely that IP spaces of your SG device and your router have clashed (for both being in 192.168.1.* range). In such a case you would want to change SG default IP adderess to something else, ie 192.168.2.1.

cheers,

[DanjaVasiliev]

[DanjaVasiliev]

[DanjaVasiliev]

[ace]

Hey Tall bastard watch this stupid bastard glue his fingers together.