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From version 26.1
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edited by Leon Poon
on 2020/05/31 14:18
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14 14  If your router currently has stock Linksys firmware:
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16 -1. Flash the "initramfs-factory.img" via Linksys UI. Wait for it to start to reboot.
16 +1. Flash the "squashfs-factory.img" via Linksys UI, Wait for it to start to reboot.
17 17  1. Configure your computer to have ip in 192.168.1.0/24 subnet but NOT 192.168.1.1. (so, use 192.168.1.2.) Start ping to 192.168.1.1.
18 -1. Cross your fingers that the router boots openwrt. Otherwise keep rebooting until it loads the openwrt partition. (Usually 3 times max.) Wait a few minutes from reboot to let it load. If you get ping response from 192.168.1.1 it means openwrt loaded.
19 -1. Scp the "squashfs-sysupgrade.bin" into /tmp in the router. root@192.168.1.1. No password.
20 -1. Log in as root via SSH into shell. No password.
21 -1. Sysupgrade the uploaded squashfs-sysupgrade.bin. This should flash the openwrt firmware into both firmware partitions. It auto reboots.
22 -1. opkg update
23 -1. opkg install luci
24 -1. Access LuCI via http:~/~/192.168.1.1/. You can now configure.
18 +1. Cross your fingers that the router boots openwrt. Otherwise keep rebooting until it loads the openwrt partition. (Usually 3 times max.) Wait a few minutes from reboot to let it load. If you get response from ping 192.168.1.1 it means openwrt loaded.
19 +1. Access LuCI via LAN. (http:~/~/192.168.1.1). Set root password so that SSH server starts. (Do not configure/restart.) This root password is only temporary.
20 +1. Scp the "squashfs-sysupgrade.bin" into /tmp in the router.
21 +1. Log in as root via SSH and the password you set.
22 +1. Sysupgrade the squashfs-sysupgrade.bin. This should flash the openwrt firmware into both firmware partitions. It auto reboots.
23 +1. Access LuCI via 192.168.1.1 again. You can configure for real now.
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26 26  If you are on my 18.x below, sysupgrade will not work. You have to manually mtd write the 19.07 "kernel-initramfs.bin" into the nand and boot/log into it (192.168.1.1), then sysupgrade.
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