OpenWRT
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Setup #
- Find the installable:
- Router name: Archer C7 v2 AC 1750.
- While searching for OpenWRT firmware, I had to look for a US specific one (which had
-us
in its name) and shorten the filename to firmware.bin before installing.
- UI available here.
- SSH from computer’s CLI:
ssh root@192.168.1.1
- Setup password-less SSH once:
ssh-copy-id root@192.168.1.1
. (This might not work. If so, directly upload your SSH public key from the UI. Also, remove this instruction!)
- Setup password-less SSH once:
- Security - WPA2 with AES.
Also #
- Set custom DNS server to that of Next DNS: Network -> Interfaces -> WAN/WAN6 -> Edit -> Advanced Settings -> Use custom DNS servers. Once for IPv4 and IPv6 each.
- If one or more WiFi networks die intermittently and you see
deauthenticated due to inactivity
error in System Log, follow this guide.- Essentially, add
option disassoc_low_ack '0'
toconfig wifi-iface
section of the/etc/config/wireless
file.
- Essentially, add
- Periodically restart the router:
crontab -e
- Add to the bottom:
0 4 * * * reboot
.