AC Series Recommended Software and Utilities: Difference between revisions

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2) Any useful software, utilities, or other tools that would allow one to fix whatever is wrong with the external drive.  That includes backup and restoration software too.
2) Any useful software, utilities, or other tools that would allow one to fix whatever is wrong with the external drive.  That includes backup and restoration software too.


Below is are some lists of things to install.  Everything will fit on a WRT32X and WRT3200ACM, but it will be a tight squeeze on the lower end AC Series.  Dependencies are not listed, but will be installed when the various items are installed.
Below is are some lists of things to install.  Everything will fit on a WRT32X.  Most will fit on a WRT3200ACM (if done in the correct order (biggest to smallest groups) and individually, they'll all fit).  But it will be a tight squeeze to fit everything on the lower end AC Series.  Dependencies are not listed, but will be installed when the various items are installed.


When installing, to make use of limited storage space, install the largest items and groups first  
When installing, to make use of limited storage space, install the largest items and groups first  
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Remember, some of these utilities are the ''full'' version of the utility.  A smaller / 'neutered' version of the command / utility may be included within the BusyBox software (again, look it up).
Remember, some of these utilities are the ''full'' version of the utility.  A smaller / 'neutered' version of the command / utility may be included within the BusyBox software (again, look it up).


These items will take up about 15 or so MB of space<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
These items will take up about 3 or so MB of space<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
ar
ar
attr
attr
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If one wants to remove everything in a certain group, just replace the install at the end of the command with: remove
If one wants to remove everything in a certain group, just replace the install at the end of the command with: remove


==== Samba ====
WATCH OUT: One or more of the password related utilities will break the LuCI GUI ability to change passwords.  Use the ''passwd'' command on the command line instead (you'll need to do it separately for LuCI GUI access and SSH access).  If one gets "locked out", remember the Serial / TTL interface doesn't require a password so all passwords for the root user can be removed with this command: passwd root -r
 
====Samba====
opkg install samba4-admin samba4-client samba4-libs samba4-server samba4-utils luci-app-samba4
opkg install samba4-admin samba4-client samba4-libs samba4-server samba4-utils luci-app-samba4


...and finally Samba.  It is quite useful in moving files around quickly, but it takes up a LOT of space.  The WRT32X and WRT3200ACM (to a lesser degree than the 32X) can spare the space, but probably not the lower end AC routers.  So this will be the item to leave off as it has the biggest storage footprint.
...and finally Samba.  It is quite useful in moving files around quickly, but it takes up a LOT of space.  The WRT32X and WRT3200ACM (to a lesser degree than the 32X) can spare the space, but probably not the lower end AC routers.  So this will be the item to leave off as it has the biggest storage footprint.


==== Restic ====
====Restic====
opkg install restic
opkg install restic


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====Additional Utilities (if there's storage space available)====
====Additional Utilities (if there's storage space available)====
opkg install busybox iftop ipset losetup lsof nmap pciutils resolveip ss tcpdump wget xz xz-utils
opkg install iftop ipset losetup lsof nmap pciutils resolveip ss tcpdump wget


Remember, some of these utilities are the ''full'' version of the utility.  A smaller / 'neutered' version of the command / utility may be included within the BusyBox software (again, look it up).
Remember, some of these utilities are the ''full'' version of the utility.  A smaller / 'neutered' version of the command / utility may be included within the BusyBox software (again, look it up).


These items will take up about 15 or so MB of space<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
These items will take up about 2 or so MB of space<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
busybox
iftop
iftop
ipset
ipset
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tcpdump
tcpdump
wget
wget
xz
xz-utils
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