Basic Setup; Flash The Mp With Vt-Rv273 Firmware; Set Up Mp Fallback Ethernet Profile On The Pc - ATCOM MP01 Setup Manual

This guide describes how to configure a MP01 as either a Wifi Access Point or as
a Wifi Client so that it can be used in a simple (non-mesh) Wifi network.
The first section is common setup for both configurations. After completing this
section, proceed with either Sect 2 or Sect 3 depending on whether you wish to
run the MP as an Access Point or as a Client.
The setup was done with a PC running Ubuntu 10.04 and a Mesh Potato model
MP01 v1.2 and v1.5.

1. Basic Setup

In this section the MP01 will be flashed with the required firmware and
additional packages installed to support operation as a Wifi Access Point or Wifi
Client.
1.1

Flash the MP with VT-rv273 firmware

The MP01 rv233 firmware as shipped from factory needs to be updated to
support this configuration. Download firmware from:
http://www.atcom.cn/downloads/WiFi_Mesh_ATA/Firmware/rv273/openwrt-at
heros-combined-rv273.img
http://www.atcom.cn/downloads/WiFi_Mesh_ATA/Firmware/rv273/openwrt-at
heros-root-rv273.squashfs
http://www.atcom.cn/downloads/WiFi_Mesh_ATA/Firmware/rv273/openwrt-at
heros-vmlinux-rv273.lzma
Download the .img .squashfs .lzma files for the rv273 firmware version and save
to a suitable directory. Connect the MP directly to your PC with an Ethernet cable
with the MP Power off. Execute potato-flash:
$ sudo potato-flash
openwrt-atheros-vmlinux-rv273.lzma
Wait for the program to start looking for the MP device - a series of dots will
appear onscreen. Switch the power on to the MP. Wait for the flashing process to
complete and for the MP to restart. This will take several minutes.
1.2

Set up MP Fallback Ethernet profile on the PC

Set up the PC with an Ethernet profile in Network Manager as follows:
Static IP: 172.31.255.253
eth0 openwrt-atheros-root-rv273.squashfs
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