Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 16:16 Post subject: VMWare ESXi * image creation
Hello,
I am quit new on DD-WRT but I managed to download an ova (VMWare ready to use VM template) from Casler found on VMWare appliance forum (https://marketplace.vmware.com/vsx/solutions/dd-wrt-router-appliance). It is working quit well but it is using a release of 2007.
I tried to download a new image from dd-WRT ftp download site and using physdiscwrite tool (https://m0n0.ch/wall/physdiskwrite.php), I managed to create a new linux VM using last implementation of DD-WRT.
The issue is when I look at the VM, each time I try to save setup I have nvram I/O faillure. I cannot save the setup I am doing using the web administration interface of the router (192.168.1.1).
Hello,
I am quit new on DD-WRT but I managed to download an ova (VMWare ready to use VM template) from Casler found on VMWare appliance forum (https://marketplace.vmware.com/vsx/solutions/dd-wrt-router-appliance). It is working quit well but it is using a release of 2007.
I tried to download a new image from dd-WRT ftp download site and using physdiscwrite tool (https://m0n0.ch/wall/physdiskwrite.php), I managed to create a new linux VM using last implementation of DD-WRT.
The issue is when I look at the VM, each time I try to save setup I have nvram I/O faillure. I cannot save the setup I am doing using the web administration interface of the router (192.168.1.1).
Any idea?
Reagrds,
och
This may not be the answer you are looking for but I went through some similar pain in my Hyper-V environment. I converted the same VMware image and could never upgrade the DD-WRT firmware to the latest.
Assuming this might be something to do with the ova I decided to build my own from scratch in Hyper-V but what I have found so far is that I can not get DD-WRTx86/64 to work passed build r25697 "Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (12/22/14) std".
My current recommendation in a VM environment would be to use Firmware Version DD-WRT v24-sp2 (12/22/14) std - build 25697 - 64bit.
Assuming you are using the public version, below is the required download links:
@Smoove,
Thank you so much for your reply.
I will for sure try the same image building process using the realease you sugges, as it is much more recent as the one I am using...
@Smoove,
Thanks for the trick, it solved my nvram issue...
I am still struggeling to make the VPN Server/Daemon feature of DD-WRT works, but that's another story...
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:21 Post subject:
I just setup one with the latest build for ESXi. Under Windows 10 I created a 256MB VHD in Disk Management.
I wrote the latest x86-64 image to that VHD and saved it. I then used "qemu-img" to convert to a VMDK for use in ESXi.
It needs to be setup as having an IDE controller in ESXi.
Once you get it running on the LAN side (will be slow), then enable WAN under Setup tab. Hope that helps.