Before 19.07.7, I also tried 21.02.0-rc2 and the results were a bit better. I see the menu bar in the WebUI this time but it was missing the Network > Switch item. I needed that to configure VLANs.
Of course RC2 uses DSA, there are new GUI screens in support of same, swconfig is dead as are the GUI screens.
Question...
I have been using Davids last build r13342 for over a year now with no problems on a WRT3200. The only added features I use are DNSCrypt and Adblock.
Since DNSCrypt was such a pain to setup I could live with out it. I would just use Cloudflare for DNS going back to the basic OpenWRT image. So with that said. What would I gain? Anybody know of any pressing security issue that needs to be addressed right now? Thanks
No nothing major, but I'd encourage you to do a clean upgrade once OpenWrt 21.02 is released.
I noticed many people asking about Davidc502's firmware and todates firmware using same Software that Davidc502 put into his.
Some of you might benefit from using ImageBuilder, but before you do that.. Log into your Router.
ssh -l root 192.168.1.1
Then enter below command. This will give you a current list of all packages installed.
echo $(opkg list_installed | awk '{ print $1 }')
the bottom 2 commands, one or the other will work, but they give you a standard line by line list. Really not needed for imagebuilder.
# ls /overlay/upper/usr/lib/opkg/info/*.list | sed -e 's/.*\///' | sed -e 's/\.list//'
ls /usr/lib/opkg/info/*.list | sed -e 's/.*\///' | sed -e 's/\.list//'
Then when you have your list, comb through it, remove unneeded stuff and shorten the version string packages to just the package name or you will run into future issues if you are to do this again.
Make sure you have latest imagebuilder for your Router.
My command that I use:
make image PROFILE=linksys_wrt3200acm FILES=files/ PACKAGES="6in4 adblock alsa-lib attr avahi-dbus-daemon base-files bcp38 block-mount busybox ca-bundle ca-certificates cgi-io collectd collectd-mod-cpu collectd-mod-interface collectd-mod-iwinfo collectd-mod-load collectd-mod-memory collectd-mod-network collectd-mod-rrdtool collectd-mod-sensors collectd-mod-thermal coreutils coreutils-sort curl dbus ddns-scripts dmesg dnscrypt-proxy2 dnsmasq dropbear etherwake firewall fstools fwtool getrandom gzip haveged hostapd-common htop ifstat iftop igmpproxy ip6tables iperf3 ipset iptables iptables-mod-conntrack-extra iptables-mod-ipopt iw iwinfo jansson jshn jsonfilter kernel kmod-asn1-decoder kmod-bluetooth kmod-bonding kmod-btmrvl kmod-cfg80211 kmod-crypto-aead kmod-crypto-authenc kmod-crypto-cmac kmod-crypto-crc32c kmod-crypto-ecb kmod-crypto-ecdh kmod-crypto-hash kmod-crypto-hmac kmod-crypto-kpp kmod-crypto-manager kmod-crypto-md5 kmod-crypto-null kmod-crypto-sha1 kmod-crypto-sha256 kmod-crypto-sha512 kmod-crypto-user kmod-cryptodev kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-fs-msdos kmod-fs-ntfs kmod-fs-vfat kmod-fuse kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-hid kmod-hwmon-core kmod-hwmon-pwmfan kmod-i2c-core kmod-ifb kmod-input-core kmod-input-evdev kmod-ip6tables kmod-ipt-conntrack kmod-ipt-conntrack-extra kmod-ipt-core kmod-ipt-ipopt kmod-ipt-ipsec kmod-ipt-ipset kmod-ipt-nat kmod-ipt-offload kmod-ipt-raw kmod-iptunnel kmod-iptunnel4 kmod-lib-crc-ccitt kmod-lib-crc16 kmod-lib-crc32c kmod-lib-textsearch kmod-mac80211 kmod-mmc kmod-mwlwifi kmod-nf-conntrack kmod-nf-conntrack6 kmod-nf-flow kmod-nf-ipt kmod-nf-ipt6 kmod-nf-nat kmod-nf-nathelper-extra kmod-nf-reject kmod-nf-reject6 kmod-nfnetlink kmod-nls-base kmod-nls-cp437 kmod-nls-iso8859-1 kmod-nls-utf8 kmod-ppp kmod-pppoe kmod-pppox kmod-regmap-core kmod-sched kmod-sched-cake kmod-sched-connmark kmod-sched-core kmod-scsi-core kmod-sit kmod-slhc kmod-sound-core kmod-tun kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-ehci kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb-ohci-pci kmod-usb-storage kmod-usb-storage-extras kmod-usb-uhci kmod-usb2 kmod-usb2-pci kmod-usb3 krb5-libs libarchive libatomic1 libattr libavahi-client libavahi-dbus-support libblobmsg-json libbz2 libc libcap libcomerr0 libcurl4 libdaemon libdbus libelf1 libevent2 libexif libexpat libffmpeg-mini libflac libgcc1 libgcrypt libgmp10 libgnutls libgpg-error libhavege libiconv-full2 libid3tag libintl-full8 libip4tc2 libip6tc2 libipset13 libiwinfo-lua libiwinfo20210430 libjpeg libjson-script libldns libltdl7 liblua5.1.5 liblucihttp-lua liblucihttp0 liblzma liblzo2 libmbedtls12 libmnl0 libnatpmp1 libncurses6 libnetsnmp libnl-tiny libogg0 libopenssl-afalg_sync libopenssl-conf libopenssl1.1 liboping libpam libpcap1 libpci libpcre libpopt0 libpthread libreadline8 librrd1 librt libsensors5 libsodium libss2 libsysfs2 libtasn1 libtirpc libubox libubus-lua libubus libuci-lua libuci20130104 libuclient libuuid1 libvorbis libwolfssl libxtables12 lm-sensors logd lua luci luci-app-adblock luci-app-advanced-reboot luci-app-bcp38 luci-app-ddns luci-app-firewall luci-app-openvpn luci-app-opkg luci-app-qos luci-app-samba4 luci-app-sqm luci-app-statistics luci-app-uhttpd luci-app-upnp luci-app-watchcat luci-app-wol luci-base luci-compat luci-lib-httpprotoutils luci-lib-ip luci-lib-ipkg luci-lib-iptparser luci-lib-jsonc luci-lib-nixio luci-mod-admin-full luci-mod-network luci-mod-status luci-mod-system luci-proto-ipv6 luci-proto-ppp miniupnpd mtd mwifiex-sdio-firmware mwlwifi-firmware-88w8864 mwlwifi-firmware-88w8897 mwlwifi-firmware-88w8964 nano netifd ntfs-3g odhcp6c openssl-util openvpn-easy-rsa openvpn-openssl openwrt-keyring opkg ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procps-ng procps-ng-pmap procps-ng-ps procps-ng-pwdx procps-ng-slabtop procps-ng-snice procps-ng-tload procps-ng-vmstat procps-ng-watch px5g-mbedtls qos-scripts rpcd rpcd-mod-file rpcd-mod-iwinfo rpcd-mod-luci rpcd-mod-rrdns rrdtool1 samba4-libs samba4-server samba4-utils sqm-scripts sysfsutils sysstat tcpdump-mini terminfo ubi-utils uboot-envtools ubox ubus ubusd uci uclibcxx uclient-fetch uhttpd uhttpd-mod-ubus urandom-seed urngd usign watchcat wget wireless-regdb wsdd2 zlib kmod-fs-exfat e2fsprogs usbutils libuclient20201210 gdisk fdisk openssh-sftp-server luci-app-nft-qos kmod-crypto-pcbc luci-theme-bootstrap luci-theme-material luci-theme-openwrt-2020 luci-theme-openwrt luci-theme-argon luci-theme-opentomato luci-app-argon-config bind-host luci-app-log luci-app-serverchan luci-app-cpufreq luci-app-mqos"
then when all said and done, you will have very close to what Davidc502 has released in the past. His personal fixes and settings you will not have. Unless you saved that somehow.. but as for the packages, you will have them all.. Do not use my list.. because I have extra packages that are not on openwrt.. Just thought I would share this info since I see so many people asking about it..
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There are a lot of uncessary packages there though. I'd recommend going with the smaller list I posted above to install on 21.02-rc2. At least add in irqbalance and enable it on yours. This helps offload a couple things to the other core and has been shown to improve wifi performance under load.
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Thanks for the input, I thought it was like an overkill too. but I took the software that came from
a fully running DavidC502 firmware on a LinksysWRT3200ACM.. and that is what came up. plus many more that I did remove..
I have now modded a github Action Script that will auto build latest snapshots for me now..
If you have a fully working .config with LUCI and all enabled, I could give it a try under my Actions Script in the workflow.
I will not post the link here, out of respect for DavidC502's thread and the other people here.
but if interested send me a DM/PM and ill send you the link.
I know my builds are working because im currently running them. but since my Main Linux system is Arch Linux, building OpenWRT is next to impossible do to (bleeding edge software development) that arch uses.. haha sorry, Just using the same line OpenWRT used..
But using Microsoft's GITHUB Action Scriping to create a fully VM and build OpenWRT from ground up. best way to go for me. I modded the script. Didnt create original.. someone else did that.
I did rewrite alot of it though.. to make it more user friendly to customize and change alot on the fly.
Anyways, thanks again for the input.
Ok. Thanks.
Question...
I've been using Linux ever they since tried to convert Win7 to the data mining Win10. With that said I'm not a noob but I am not a Linux pro.
What is the difference between using the basic OpenWRT image and adding the few packages I really use? And me building an image? If I need to build a package where can I go to read up on it? Thanks
You might take a look at:
https://divested.dev/unofficial-openwrt-builds/mvebu-linksys/
David told us to go forward over a year ago and I’ve stuck with this since it arrived.
Straight forward how-to and a great video step by step process on how to build yourself.
I’ve got pretty well exactly what I use, no bloat, secure! plug n play.
A really good jump in if you’re considering a “roll your own” on this platform.
See: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/quickstart-build-images
Anyone know if 802.11s WDS support was ever added to mwlwifi before the driver was abanonded? I'm currently running OpenWrt 21.02-rc3 but haven't tried enabling WDS yet, I might need it. Thanks.
Great! Thanks a lot. Appreciate it.
Post just to keep thread open
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can you send me the link? 
Has anyone tried to simply update the packages in David's last build?
I loaded r13342 onto the other partition and changed /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf to the feeds in the OpenWRT basic snapshot. I am able to load an updated list of packages.
Any thoughts on what could go wrong and which packages really need to be updated?
Gents, pls share davidc502 latest firmware for Linksys wrt32x router.... Can not get access to his web....
can you teach me how to change the distfeeds.conf ? the divest builds are not working for me, not responsive after i turned on the wifi
Probably check the Security Advisory threads?
Just a word:
As I have posted above, I have just about perfected building OpenWRT using github actions
on this wonderful VM machine that Microsoft allows us to use:
Github Actions is a CI/CD service launched after Microsoft acquired GitHub. It provides a virtual server environment (E5 2vCPU/7G RAM) with a very good performance configuration . Based on it, projects can be built, tested, packaged, and deployed. The public warehouse can be used for free without time limit, and the single use time is up to 6 hours, which is very sufficient for compiling OpenWrt. However, GitHub Actions has a certain threshold to use. You must first understand how to write a workflow file . But don't worry, the blogger has already compiled the relevant workflow file template, just follow the steps in the tutorial.
I have added configs for wrt1200ac, wrt1900acx, wrt3200acm and wrt32x ..
As of typing this, Only config is for wrt3200acm..
builds flawlessly snapshot after snapshot using latest Kernel 5.10.x Not a single issue.
I have searched and researched apps and lib files for use.
I have collected many LUCI packages that you will not find on OpenWRT.
I only enabled the ones I think could be of use.
since many of the packages that I manged to get my hands on were in Chinese or German
and I only speak English, I translated a few that I though were relevant to the matter..
On my Github Action Script, you also have Option to build official OpenWRT rather then snapshot builds. you would also have the option to pick which device you want to build for, defaults to 1 for my wrt3200acm router. wifi drivers were taken from another source that have been slightly updated..
some parts were synced from https://github.com/coolsnowwolf/lede
and some from other repos.. I have tested most everything, but not everything.
I use mqos mainly to limit by MAC rather then IP..
I will not list URL link in this thread.. But if anyone is interested please see my post
HERE:
for more info. I been a FAN of Dave's firmware for a while.. its to bad he retired from it. almost dont blame him.. I retired from Android Development after 7 years of that..
I respect Dave and all the work hes done.. But have seen many post that they want latest builds with some nifty stuff.. I also know that many would have no clue on how to build such firmware..
Well I mad it simple for you now. if you know github and how action scripts work, then anyone can build the latest firmware...... and yes you can also create your own configs to use rather then the ones I supply..
Dont forget a GITHUB secret token is needed.. you will have to create one.. and if you plan on SSH into the VM, then you will need some info there under secret tokens as well..
Like bot token and userID under telegram..
Hope this helps most of you..
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