Compile Accel-ppp on OpenWrt

Getting the code

• This page contains the instructions for compiling Accel-ppp on OpenWrt version 23.05.x
• We assume you have already checked out the OpenWrt SDK.
• You can find more details here: https://www.radiusdesk.com/wiki/technical/openwrt-prep.
• Make sure you include install the packages needed for Accel-ppp.

#Do this under the openwrt directory 
cd openwrt
./scripts/feeds install libpcre 
./scripts/feeds install libopenssl 
./scripts/feeds install libpthread 
./scripts/feeds install librt 
./scripts/feeds install libatomic 
./scripts/feeds install libucontext 
./scripts/feeds install kmod-sched-core 
./scripts/feeds install kmod-pptp 
./scripts/feeds install kmod-pppoe 
./scripts/feeds install kmod-ppp

• The Accel-ppp package is part of the MESHdesk code:

#Do this in the working directory e.g. cd 23.05.0 (on the same level as the openwrt directory)
git clone https://github.com/RADIUSdesk/openwrt-meshdesk.git openwrt-meshdesk

Adding the package

• The openwrt-accel-ppp folder needs to be copied under the package folder (openwrt/package).

#cd to the working directory
cp -R ./openwrt-meshdesk/openwrt-accel-ppp ./openwrt/package 

Selecting the package

• The package will be listed under Network.
• You can select it and run make to build the firmware.

Ensuring smooth startup

• When we include Accel-ppp along with the MESHdesk package we do an initial prep before calling the start-up script.
• See the code below as reference

function rdAccel.__prepAccel(self)
   os.execute('/etc/init.d/accel-ppp disable');
   os.execute('mkdir /var/log/accel-ppp');
   os.execute('ln -s /usr/lib/accel-ppp/libconnlimit.so /usr/lib');
   os.execute('ln -s /usr/lib/accel-ppp/libvlan-mon.so  /usr/lib');
   os.execute('ln -s /usr/lib/accel-ppp/libradius.so   /usr/lib');
end