Does this fix non-ubi snapshot builds?
I tried to flash the latest non-ubi snapshot and it didn't boot up for me.
After 3 tries, the device booted up the backup factory partition.
Do I need to follow any specific instructions? as per the wiki, I used the sysupgrade file to flash via the belkin UI.
Anyone else able to flash latest non-ubi snapshots successfully?
I don't believe it does. I had expected (based on the comments from Daniel) that that non-UBI snapshots would work after the driver fix was merged but it didn't work for me when I tried it. I even went to the store to grab a new router since my other set of 2 is already running stable for my home.
However, for some reason if you flash an older version of non-UBI snapshot and then flash the latest non-UBI snapshot, it will accept the firmware for some reason. I haven't had the time to investigate why though. PM me if you want the bin.
Hi hlew, Thanks for the offer, I don't plan to flash an older version right now. will let you know in case i change my mind.
BTW with the bad flash of snapshot is one of the partitions(slot) on the router now unusable? is there any way to restore it back to factory or sync it with the good partition?
I am just worried that I have only one attempt left to flash openwrt, as in case it goes wrong I won't have any good partition/slot left to boot up a working router.
You'll be fine. This router isn't like WRT3200ACM which writes back and forth between two firmware flash locations. Based on my own testing, I've not been able to write a bad firmware image without the recovery mechanism returning to the OEM image. This is assuming you don't mess with the boot chain though.
Thanks so much! I was trying to search on the A/B partition topic for routers but couldn't find a good answer.
Hopefully in few weeks the issues with the snapshot would be resolved.
I will be waiting and am sure many technically challenged people like me would be waiting for that to happen.
Does anyone have clear information about the status of HW NAT offloading for this device? I have read several posts but I haven't been clarified, most of them write about work in progress (for example: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/802-11ax-routers/10484/222) but I did not find final conclusions. My tests did not show a clear difference when activating the "hardware flow offloading" checkbox.
It works fine.
I flashed this image: openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-initramfs-recovery.itb from stock to perform a flash backup.
After power cycling the router keeps booting back to the recovery image. How can I solve this and boot back to stock to start installing?
To anyone with this issue in the future: After you turn off your router, wait a couple secs before turning it back on and it will boot back to normal.
hello after configurate the wireless how to restart properly
Sorry, but what do you mean by "it works"? If I enable the checkbox nothing breaks and the router still works. However I don't see much difference on the sirq value, as described in the posts following this one: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/netfilter-flow-offload-hw-nat/10237/263. As I understand, the device should have 0% sirq but also I think the thread is talking about patches for a 5.4 kernel, not 5.10 that RT3200 has.
Well, as there are no so much AX routers out there compatible wieth openWRT and I have found a sale (not a big one, but for reasonable price) of this device in amazon, In jump to the pool (lets see if there is water) and bought this device.
It will come soon.
But now I need to know the best way to proceed.
I know this device is in beta openWRT support, so I need to test it to see if it works with my current needs, or I will need to return it before the evaluation period expires.
So I need to be sure I can return it to the original state and firmware that it was shipped.
The installation of openWRT and returning to the original firmware seem a bit more complex than other routers.
First of all: Is there a way (not too complex) to return to the original firmware?
Should I make a backup of the installed firmware or it is easily downloadable from belkin (I suppose it is)?
I now in general snapshots do not include luci, but you can install it later, so it is not a problem if you can install it.
But there seem to be an ubi and not ubi firmware (do not know exactly what is the difference or what ubi is).
Which one should I test?
In the forum I have met a topic where it seem you can get a compiled snapshot version of the firmwate to the device with luci support.
First you install the kernel to replace the original firmware, and get the minimal options to make a sysupgrade as if you were upgrading a previous openWRT version.
OpenWrt Firmware Selector (aparcar.org)
But again it seems there is an ubi and non ubi version.
Which should I use?
Is this page trustable?
It seems you can conserve the original firmware in another partition and reboot from one or another.
It good be great to compare and see differences and have a "return to original" option.
Does it work with no problems?
The non-ubi builds don't overwrite the stock bootloader making it easier to revert. The ubi builds do the opposite making it harder to revert unless you backed up the factory bootloader during the installation steps (see the ubi installer wiki).
However there was a compatibility issue with the non-ubi builds which prevented them from being flashed from stock. A patch was released to fix this but I don't know if it has been implemented in the firmware selector snapshot builds yet. If the issue has been fixed, I think it is possible to select a custom non-ubi build with luci from the firmware selector but I am not sure.
I too am interested if non-ubi snapshot builds work now.
Thanks.
First thing I will do when it arrives is study how to do the backup copy of the firmware.
Then I will try to install non ubi first to see if it works.
If I cannot I will try ubi version.
If they work the same, I suppose modifying the original boot process as less as possible will be better in case I want to switch back and forth from openWRT and original firm or want to revert to send it back to amazon.
The process of installing seems a bit scary, not as easy of other openWRT installs I have done.
I count with the guidance of people in this great forum.
Will keep informed of progresses.
I backed up my firmware from the stuff in the UBI volume, but now I'm considering switching to non-UBI. Is there a nice easy "uninstaller" script, or is it just a series of commands to run manually?
I saw an answer in general terms somewhere in the thread, but not as a "run this exact command, then run this exact command" doc.
The ubi installer wiki has revert steps. This is the only way to go back to stock from ubi at this point. Just go slow and follow the instructions closely.
On thursday I will receive the router, and will try, if I am able to make a firmware backup first.
I will try to use the non-ubi snapshot first.
Looks like the non-ubi builds may still be broken? Just attempted to load a recent non-ubi snapshot SYSUPGRADE build from stock (FW_RT3200_1.0.01.101415) with no luck.
I have read that if the firmware in the router is 1.1 does not work, and have to downgrade first.
But if you have tried downgrading and it did not work, I better save myself that step and directly go to installing the ubi version.
I will have to learn more about how all the process works and what is ubi. It seems a more complex booting sequence than usual.
It's running 1.0 (1.0.01.101415) stock - definitely pre 1.1.