Installing pfSense on Meraki MX-70
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I have verified where the serial connection is, but haven't been able to get a serial connection by soldering wires from a serial cable into the board. The system starts up with a single beep followed by 2 quick beeps. The behavior is almost like the system is stuck in the POST process.
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If console re-direct is enabled by default and is on that port (either of which may not be true) then I would expect to need to hit TAB to enter the BIOS setup.
Have you tried just booting a pre-installed boot drive of some type?
Steve
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Sorry, I don't frequent the forums much. When it comes to the pinout. It is such that soldering a console port to it works with a cisco blue console cable. So you should be able to figure out the pinout.
Console redirect is not enabled on Meraki but I did pull the bios image and modify it to allow console redirect. I'll find the image on my desktop this evening and if it's not against any rules I can post a link. (As soon as I remember)
For those who have no desire to solder a console port on their MX, I did create an img you can write to a usb flashdrive, that will boot into freedos, beep 3 times, patch the bios, then beep 3 more times to let you know it's safe to shutdown.
This is good for disabling halt on error which is never useful on a headless machine imo. -
Here is the modified bios rom. You can use Rufus for Windows or your img writer of choice. If you just want the .rom file extract the .img file. It's name is MERAKI.ROM and is 2MB. This image works on MX50s and 70s. I just altered the console redirect and halt on error flags. The rest is stock.
If your curious open the autoexec.bat to see what it's doing.
Read the README.txt file and note that I'm not responsible for any damage to your system. I've tested this on multiple MX's without issue and had some customers use the .img to flash without a console. Do NOT power off your MX during the flash process until you hear the second set of beeps. Do not walk away from your MX during the flash process. It only take a minute or two.
MerakiBios.img
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12akcGuWcBqW2q3b-yuWUPUjq2Ey2pAebCheers,
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Hi quakeitup, do you know if this is image is compatible with Mx64? Where can I find flashing instructions and tools for this? Thank you. -
Almost certainly not. the mx50 and mx70 look to be nearly identical re-branded Lanner boxes. The mx64 is completely different.
Steve
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@alep11 StephenW10 is correct, the MX64 is a powerpc processor I believe. I know the MX60, Z1 and MX80 are for sure. If anything works on it, would be OpenWRT/LEDE.
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Thank you
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Hi!
I dig up this thread cause I put hand on Meraki MX80 and I want to use it with any fw like openwrt or pfsense.. I already modify many MR18 at this moment for openwrt.
Is anyone have some tips to use 3rd party fw on MX80?
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I believe that's power arch as stated above?
If so pfSense won't run on it. You will need to hit the openwrt forum.
Steve
