diff --git a/mote/v1/openwrt/files/etc/rc.local b/mote/v1/openwrt/files/etc/rc.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd74ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mote/v1/openwrt/files/etc/rc.local
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Put your custom commands here that should be executed once
+# the system init finished. By default this file does nothing.
+
+# set the wifi led pin (=GPIO 4) direction to output
+gpioctl dirout 4
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/mote/v1/openwrt/files/etc/sysctl.conf b/mote/v1/openwrt/files/etc/sysctl.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f91a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mote/v1/openwrt/files/etc/sysctl.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+kernel.panic=3
+net.ipv4.conf.default.arp_ignore=1
+net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=1
+net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
+net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1
+net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=0
+net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout=30
+net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=120
+net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=0
+net.core.netdev_max_backlog=30
+net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_checksum=0
+net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_checksum=0
+net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max=16384
+net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established=3600
+net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_udp_timeout=60
+net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_udp_timeout_stream=180
+# net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
+
+# disable bridge firewalling by default
+net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables=0
+net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables=0
+net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables=0
+
+# blink the wifi led
+dev.wifi0.softled=1
+dev.wifi0.ledpin=4