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#openwrt

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Zak :1password:

My biggest issue with #OpenWRT so far is the upgrade process. As in, keeping the OS up to date. The package manager's upgrade functionality, which is fully baked into the OS and its GUI web interface, prominently displays a warning at the top that tells you not to use it. Don't upgrade packages, it can and will break your system: openwrt.org/meta/infobox/upgra

Okay, then why is that feature baked into the OS at all?

Meanwhile, the sysupgrade feature, which is the recommended way to keep the OS up to date, is also baked into the OS, but only at the cli level. If you want to use the GUI web interface, you need to manually install the attended-sysupgrade package, after which point you can manually re-flash the OS whenever you want to using up to date packages, provided that you also (somehow) keep up to date about their releases without the use of a real tool to check for updates using the GUI. Why isn't that baked into the OS instead?

The whole thing is just very confusing.

openwrt.org[OpenWrt Wiki] Upgrading packages may cause serious problems, including soft-bricking your device!
#FOSS#Linux
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abeorch

@cmeu What kind of custom firmware do you use? Is that #openwrt - if not consider it.

Check with your FTTN provider - Are they using CGNAT or any other IP4 sharing tech - if so you will need to see if they will do you a static IP or otherwise except you from IP sharing.

At least outside the US most ISPs will let you use your own router with their Fibre modem but if not you need to know how to get their device into bridge mode or at least forward some ports to your own devices.

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das_menschy

Mein selbst zusammen-gehacktes/kompiliertes #OpenWrt für den TP-Link WR841 v10 mit 16 MB Flash (statt vom Hersteller 4 MB) geht leider ständig in eine #Bootloop und startet nicht richtig, vermutlich weil es es das root-Dateisystem unter /dev/mtdblock4 nicht mounten kann.

Zurücksetzen/Reset hab ich schon mehrfach probiert;
- OpenWrt mit sysupgrade neu installieren
- mit firstboot alles resetten.
Hat nix gebracht.

Kann mir da jemand helfen?

Im #Failsafe-Modus kann ich es zum Glück starten.

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Richard Audette

I'm running a 10 year old router (a Ubiquiti Edgerouter X). I just updated it to the latest #openwrt release - I have a small service window at lunch where I can take the Internet down without impacting my work AND I don't get complaints from the family.

I love that I can still run current firmware on a 10 year old device.

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Loafer

What #Ansible Project/Module/Role should I use to provision an #OpenWRT Router?

#ansible #configuration #configurationmanagement

forum.openwrt.org/t/what-ansib

OpenWrt Forum · What Ansible Project/Module/Role should be used to Provision an OpenWRT Router from Scratch?There seem to be many many many options, which is why I am asking. I do not wish to install Python on anything other than the control node, certainly not on the router. But I'd like to be able to do the basics, over a serial connection such as setting the interface IPs, VLANs, trunk ports and firewall config, package installation, overlayfs, if that helps with library recommendation. Thank you, leeand00
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Daniel Lakeland

Unfortunate news today that an internet friend and important engineer Dave Täht died recently. Dave was responsible for the bufferbloat project and the development of the Cake qdisc in the Linux kernel. He also pushed for much better control of latency across all internet hardware. He's a major reason why cable modem all have queue management algorithms. I interacted with him off and on for 15 years or so. He was about 59 years old so far too young.

via @toke

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Dave and me showing off our Bufferbloat testing lab, in 2015.
social.kernel.orgToke Høiland-Jørgensen (@toke@social.kernel.org)I was devastated to learn that Dave Täht passed away. Wrote a bit about it. https://blog.tohojo.dk/2025/04/remembering-dave-t%C3%A4ht.html
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