Have been digging around online for a couple of hours so far, and am starting to suspect this TL-MR3040 v2 Piratebox setup actually needed the USB stick it once had attached to it. (No idea where that might be these days)

It currently (seems to) boot, and I can see the Piratebox - Share Freely Wifi point, though I can't get it to do much else. Can't seem to do a standard install either, as it isn't showing up using ipconfig, and I can't find it by telnet. The hardware reset button doesn't seem to do anything either.

Hoping someone here might have an easy solution or suggested next-step. Thanks!

I don't know much about this stuff. I understood Piratebox back in the day, but since it'it's pretty much abandoned I think r/freedombox is a good alternative for those who are still interested in this sort of thing.

is there a place i can download this? can't seem to find the image anywhere and the torrents do not work

are there any good forks/ interesting things done lately?

PirateBox is great but is limited as works only on handful of routers.

Is there anything that can be put on most routers that has simple file sharing and basic chat? Does not have to have image board.

Basically flash some firmware, put in USB drive into router for storage. Then anyone who connects can download and upload files and join basic chat, without having to install anything on their computer.

Is there anything like this available? Would be great for apartment buildings.

Years ago, u/MaStr83 contacted the http://grml.org team to add the hostapd package to the iso file. Back then, it was possible to use the old python based scripts to create a „live“ piratebox.

Do you think it’s worth the time to dig deeper into that rabbit hole?

Would it be possible to use a Pirate Box as a download only source for banned books?

Any luck using this as a community electronic-bulletin board? I'm about to set up one for our community using RPi4, 4gb, and raspbian OS lite.. will post updates here..

I have a RPi Zero W running latest software. I am wondering how hard it'll be to customize the UI. What do I need and where can I find the files?

I'm trying to stream the files in Kodi instead of having to watch them in real time.

I used https://piratebox.cc/streaming_media.

When I go to Kodi, nothing shows up under UPnP. Is there anything that I can do?

You have 6 days to download the archive (unzip to have iso file) https://we.tl/t-U6mOK7izdD

It's work (with USB card et Unetbootin, and severals tests with others distribution like lubuntu, install on 16Gb card).

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Install on Asus Eeepc701

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After translate and disable ChatBox , it's work on windows11(edge) and iPad(edge too)

But...

but browsers want https and it's not easy , not fast with the local access point without secure certification.

I have found in an old hard drive the ISO (https://we.tl/t-U6mOK7izdD unzip to have it) but don't work (like https://www.reddit.com/r/Piratebox/comments/h0lbj8/live_os/ )

It's the iso because Either, Rufus and Unetbootin don't work with this iso

I have a old eeepc701 and I known it's possible ... I had it (and I broke it).

Do you can help me ?

Hi,

I have a Raspberry Pi with piratebox installed. When a user is connected and surfs to any website, the piratebox' local server opens. Is it somehow possible to only redirect tot the piratebox webserver when for example someone surfs to a specific url. For example: when visiting www.google.com it re-directs. When surfing to www.microsoft.com it does not redirect (no internet message).

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thanks in advance!

How may I create a device which can run a small server thing which can accept uploaded files and offer files to download only to those who are connected to it's access point? Ie a classic PirateBox, perhaps without relying on the PirateBox software since the projects sort of dissolved now

I'm thinking of using a raspberry pi zero wireless?

I've moved to https://kbin.social/

I've moved to https://kbin.social/

Hello there,

New to this community i try to find some IMAGE precompiled of PIRATEBOX project but for actual RPI4 with wifi.

Thanks all for your reponse.

Gianluca G

My piratebox was working fine until last night.

When I connect to it now I get errors concerning the IP address and DNS not being found.

The DNS probes and tells me that I don't have an internet connection, which is odd since the phone running it has no service.

I'm on Android 7.1.2

Is there anything that I can do?

Has anyone ever added a search feature on their piratebox?

What do all of the little pictures mean? There's the antenna in the middle which is for the Wi-Fi but what do the two computers and the ethernet cord mean?

Is there any way to change the homepage or add a password?

Are there any alternatives that accomplish something similar on Android? I only see apps that require a pre-existing Wi-Fi network.

I managed to get the apk from the mobile version's creator himself.

I've already rooted my phone, LG Aristo 2, and have it running. But it doesn't finish.

It just says "setting up networking..." and it's been like that for multiple hours.

Does it usually take long the first time, or is something wrong?

I want to be able to download files from my piratebox at gigabit speeds using my ethernet cable, from raspberry pi to laptop. Is this possible?

I want to be able to view thumbnails/preview the file and cycle through images with an arrow. Is there an easier way to do it besides have each image having its own html?

I also want to have multiple forums or have a way to organize the subjects, but I don't know how to accomplish it.

Any help would mean a lot.

I set my password for piratebox but now I can't log in. Is the user still "admin"?

hi! im trying to burn an img file of pirate box for the rpi 3 and i keep getting error with the raspberry pi imager.. (im am on ubuntu cause its my only pc with a sd card reader.. i need help!!! can someone give me advices.. i also tried with balenaetcher but it dose not work....

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hi ! i just want to know of fast the pirate box on the rpi3 is .. can it give access to a lot of device at the sametime? is it fast enough to watch a video on it? thanks!

So I just remembered about Piratebox and I had never built one when they were popular and I had always meant to. I just bought a TP link only now seeing that only older versions of this router will work. Will the 1.9 work for Piratebox and if so what additional information should I know? I'm novice when it comes to this sort of thing but I'm fascinated by this project and I think it's within my realm of obtainability. Thank you everyone in advance.

EDIT: So I just pulled the trigger and dove in and it worked! The 3020 V1.9 that I bought this year from amazon is still capable of running PB. One snag that I want to add is that I formatted my flash drive on a Windows machine and the router did not detect it so I had to run this script.

sed -i 's;sda1;sda;' /etc/ext.config reboot & exit

tail -f -n 30 /var/log/messages