Hello,
Wonder if someone could make this a bit clearer for me. I have a Dynalink DL-WRX36 and found this page -
I'm going to attempt to flash via the OEM firmware browser interface. I'm not 100% clear which file I need to download and load into the BUI. There is one marked "Firmware OpenWrt snapshot Install" and one marked "Firmware OpenWrt snapshot Upgrade". The generic install guide just talks about a " OpenWrt factory firmware image".
Any pointers appreciated.
Enjoy your (possibly) new digital brick.
Read, and understand the wiki page ?
OK.
You would need none of them to load into the OEM UI.
The instructions were that unclear, wow. From the Wiki you linked, your device has 2 install options, installing via the browser interface isn't listed as an option.
Get a usb stick, read the instructions, copy them locally if required, read the instructions, check each step, read the instructions, if you get stuck ask, read the instructions.
Right, thank you all for putting it all so eloquently. I was excited to get up and running and rushing a little.
So back to the linked hardware instructions. I have successfully used option 2 to boot from openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-initramfs-uImage.itb running on a FAT formatted USB stick. All looks fine - I can SSH as root to the OpenWRT snapshot. Now I've moved on to the final section "Install OpenWrt from initramfs image".
I'd really like to confirm something here rather than brick the device, if you would please humour me. Where it says "transfer OpenWrt factory image" is it talking about the openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-initramfs-uImage.itb file again? So eventually would be running -
# ubiformat /dev/mtd18 -y -f /path_to/openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-initramfs-uImage.itb
# ubiformat /dev/mtd20 -y -f /path_to/openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-initramfs-uImage.itb
Thanks.
@Deem8740 at which point in the detailed instructions are you?
We want to help, but we need specifics.
Thank you. That link was the missing piece of the puzzle for me. The wiki page doesn't guide me towards that page and the "generic explanation" page contains many cautions about making sure to follow device-specific pages.
I'm moving again now thank you @hecatae. I was a bit unsure here -
Install OpenWrt from initramfs image:
1. Use SCP (or other way) to transfer OpenWrt factory image <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
2. Connect to device using SSH (on a LAN port)
3. Check MTD partition table.
rootfs and rootfs_1 should be mtd18 and mtd20
depending on current OEM slot.
# cat /proc/mtd
4. Do a ubiformat to both rootfs partitions:
# ubiformat /dev/mtd18 -y -f /path_to/factory_image
# ubiformat /dev/mtd20 -y -f /path_to/factory_image
I just needed that "OpenWrt factory image" text to be a hyperlink or the little extra help that @frollic gave.
I'm sorry this is frustrating for you. I am new to this. I want a privacy respecting router and am familiar with following documentation. Just not familiar with flashing things.
It's not frustrating, we just do not want to hear you have bricked the router.
I was able to follow the rest of the wiki guide and the router has booted but suspect there is a problem since HTTP console is not available and giving connection refused.
wget http://192.168.1.1
--2023-03-03 11:07:22-- http://192.168.1.1/
Connecting to 192.168.1.1:80... failed: Connection refused.
Here is the console output of me following the wiki instructions.
$ scp openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-squashfs-factory.ubi root@192.168.1.1:
openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-squashfs-factory.ubi 100% 11MB 24.7MB/s 00:00
$ ssh root@192.168.1.1
BusyBox v1.36.0 (2023-03-02 16:04:28 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
_______ ________ __
| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
-----------------------------------------------------
OpenWrt SNAPSHOT, r22188-7662700613
-----------------------------------------------------
=== WARNING! =====================================
There is no root password defined on this device!
Use the "passwd" command to set up a new password
in order to prevent unauthorized SSH logins.
--------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:~# cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00100000 00020000 "0:sbl1"
mtd1: 00100000 00020000 "0:mibib"
mtd2: 00080000 00020000 "0:bootconfig"
mtd3: 00080000 00020000 "0:bootconfig1"
mtd4: 00300000 00020000 "0:qsee"
mtd5: 00300000 00020000 "0:qsee_1"
mtd6: 00080000 00020000 "0:devcfg"
mtd7: 00080000 00020000 "0:devcfg_1"
mtd8: 00080000 00020000 "0:apdp"
mtd9: 00080000 00020000 "0:apdp_1"
mtd10: 00080000 00020000 "0:rpm"
mtd11: 00080000 00020000 "0:rpm_1"
mtd12: 00080000 00020000 "0:cdt"
mtd13: 00080000 00020000 "0:cdt_1"
mtd14: 00080000 00020000 "0:appsblenv"
mtd15: 00100000 00020000 "0:appsbl"
mtd16: 00100000 00020000 "0:appsbl_1"
mtd17: 00080000 00020000 "0:art"
mtd18: 06100000 00020000 "rootfs"
mtd19: 00900000 00020000 "0:wififw"
mtd20: 06100000 00020000 "rootfs_1"
mtd21: 00900000 00020000 "0:wififw_1"
mtd22: 01600000 00020000 "ubifs"
mtd23: 00080000 00020000 "0:ethphyfw"
mtd24: 00280000 00020000 "certificate"
root@OpenWrt:~# ls -l /root/openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-squashfs-factory.ubi^C
root@OpenWrt:~# ubiformat /dev/mtd18 -y -f /root/openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-squashfs-factory.ubi
ubiformat: mtd18 (nand), size 101711872 bytes (97.0 MiB), 776 eraseblocks of 131072 bytes (128.0 KiB), min. I/O size 2048 bytes
libscan: scanning eraseblock 775 -- 100 % complete
ubiformat: 776 eraseblocks have valid erase counter, mean value is 0
ubiformat: flashing eraseblock 87 -- 100 % complete
ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 775 -- 100 % complete
root@OpenWrt:~# ubiformat /dev/mtd20 -y -f /root/openwrt-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-squashfs-factory.ubi
ubiformat: mtd20 (nand), size 101711872 bytes (97.0 MiB), 776 eraseblocks of 131072 bytes (128.0 KiB), min. I/O size 2048 bytes
libscan: scanning eraseblock 775 -- 100 % complete
ubiformat: 776 eraseblocks have valid erase counter, mean value is 0
ubiformat: flashing eraseblock 87 -- 100 % complete
ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 775 -- 100 % complete
root@OpenWrt:~# fw_setenv mtdids 'nand0=nand0'
root@OpenWrt:~# cat /sys/class/mtd/mtd18/offset
127926272
root@OpenWrt:~# fw_setenv mtdparts 'mtdparts=nand0:0x6100000@0x7a00000(fs),0x6100000@0x1000000(fs_1)'
root@OpenWrt:~# fw_setenv bootcmd 'setenv bootargs console=ttyMSM0,115200n8 ubi.mtd=rootfs rootfstype=squashfs rootwait; ubi part fs; ubi read 0x44000000 kernel; bootm 0x44000000#config@rt501
0w-d350-rev0'
root@OpenWrt:~# reboot
root@OpenWrt:~# Connection to 192.168.1.1 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.1.1 closed.
And then some initial troubleshooting -
$ ssh-keygen -f "~/.ssh/known_hosts" -R "192.168.1.1"
$ ssh root@192.168.1.1
BusyBox v1.36.0 (2023-03-02 16:04:28 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
_______ ________ __
| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
-----------------------------------------------------
OpenWrt SNAPSHOT, r22188-7662700613
-----------------------------------------------------
=== WARNING! =====================================
There is no root password defined on this device!
Use the "passwd" command to set up a new password
in order to prevent unauthorized SSH logins.
--------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:~# uci show uhttpd
uci: Entry not found
root@OpenWrt:~# uci show luci
uci: Entry not found
root@OpenWrt:~# uci show
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0]=dnsmasq
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].domainneeded='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].boguspriv='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].filterwin2k='0'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].localise_queries='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].rebind_protection='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].rebind_localhost='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].local='/lan/'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].domain='lan'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].expandhosts='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].nonegcache='0'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].cachesize='1000'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].authoritative='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].readethers='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].leasefile='/tmp/dhcp.leases'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].resolvfile='/tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].nonwildcard='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].localservice='1'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].ednspacket_max='1232'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].filter_aaaa='0'
dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].filter_a='0'
dhcp.lan=dhcp
dhcp.lan.interface='lan'
dhcp.lan.start='100'
dhcp.lan.limit='150'
dhcp.lan.leasetime='12h'
dhcp.lan.dhcpv4='server'
dhcp.lan.dhcpv6='server'
dhcp.lan.ra='server'
dhcp.lan.ra_slaac='1'
dhcp.lan.ra_flags='managed-config' 'other-config'
dhcp.wan=dhcp
dhcp.wan.interface='wan'
dhcp.wan.ignore='1'
dhcp.odhcpd=odhcpd
dhcp.odhcpd.maindhcp='0'
dhcp.odhcpd.leasefile='/tmp/hosts/odhcpd'
dhcp.odhcpd.leasetrigger='/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
dhcp.odhcpd.loglevel='4'
dropbear.@dropbear[0]=dropbear
dropbear.@dropbear[0].PasswordAuth='on'
dropbear.@dropbear[0].RootPasswordAuth='on'
dropbear.@dropbear[0].Port='22'
firewall.@defaults[0]=defaults
firewall.@defaults[0].syn_flood='1'
firewall.@defaults[0].input='REJECT'
firewall.@defaults[0].output='ACCEPT'
firewall.@defaults[0].forward='REJECT'
firewall.@zone[0]=zone
firewall.@zone[0].name='lan'
firewall.@zone[0].network='lan'
firewall.@zone[0].input='ACCEPT'
firewall.@zone[0].output='ACCEPT'
firewall.@zone[0].forward='ACCEPT'
firewall.@zone[1]=zone
firewall.@zone[1].name='wan'
firewall.@zone[1].network='wan' 'wan6'
firewall.@zone[1].input='REJECT'
firewall.@zone[1].output='ACCEPT'
firewall.@zone[1].forward='REJECT'
firewall.@zone[1].masq='1'
firewall.@zone[1].mtu_fix='1'
firewall.@forwarding[0]=forwarding
firewall.@forwarding[0].src='lan'
firewall.@forwarding[0].dest='wan'
firewall.@rule[0]=rule
firewall.@rule[0].name='Allow-DHCP-Renew'
firewall.@rule[0].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[0].proto='udp'
firewall.@rule[0].dest_port='68'
firewall.@rule[0].target='ACCEPT'
firewall.@rule[0].family='ipv4'
firewall.@rule[1]=rule
firewall.@rule[1].name='Allow-Ping'
firewall.@rule[1].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[1].proto='icmp'
firewall.@rule[1].icmp_type='echo-request'
firewall.@rule[1].family='ipv4'
firewall.@rule[1].target='ACCEPT'
firewall.@rule[2]=rule
firewall.@rule[2].name='Allow-IGMP'
firewall.@rule[2].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[2].proto='igmp'
firewall.@rule[2].family='ipv4'
firewall.@rule[2].target='ACCEPT'
firewall.@rule[3]=rule
firewall.@rule[3].name='Allow-DHCPv6'
firewall.@rule[3].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[3].proto='udp'
firewall.@rule[3].dest_port='546'
firewall.@rule[3].family='ipv6'
firewall.@rule[3].target='ACCEPT'
firewall.@rule[4]=rule
firewall.@rule[4].name='Allow-MLD'
firewall.@rule[4].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[4].proto='icmp'
firewall.@rule[4].src_ip='fe80::/10'
firewall.@rule[4].icmp_type='130/0' '131/0' '132/0' '143/0'
firewall.@rule[4].family='ipv6'
firewall.@rule[4].target='ACCEPT'
firewall.@rule[5]=rule
firewall.@rule[5].name='Allow-ICMPv6-Input'
firewall.@rule[5].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[5].proto='icmp'
firewall.@rule[5].icmp_type='echo-request' 'echo-reply' 'destination-unreachable' 'packet-too-big' 'time-exceeded' 'bad-header' 'unknown-header-type' 'router-solicitation' 'neighbour-solicitation' 'router-advertisement' 'neighbour-advertisement'
firewall.@rule[5].limit='1000/sec'
firewall.@rule[5].family='ipv6'
firewall.@rule[5].target='ACCEPT'
firewall.@rule[6]=rule
firewall.@rule[6].name='Allow-ICMPv6-Forward'
firewall.@rule[6].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[6].dest='*'
firewall.@rule[6].proto='icmp'
firewall.@rule[6].icmp_type='echo-request' 'echo-reply' 'destination-unreachable' 'packet-too-big' 'time-exceeded' 'bad-header' 'unknown-header-type'
firewall.@rule[6].limit='1000/sec'
firewall.@rule[6].family='ipv6'
firewall.@rule[6].target='ACCEPT'
firewall.@rule[7]=rule
firewall.@rule[7].name='Allow-IPSec-ESP'
firewall.@rule[7].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[7].dest='lan'
firewall.@rule[7].proto='esp'
firewall.@rule[7].target='ACCEPT'
firewall.@rule[8]=rule
firewall.@rule[8].name='Allow-ISAKMP'
firewall.@rule[8].src='wan'
firewall.@rule[8].dest='lan'
firewall.@rule[8].dest_port='500'
firewall.@rule[8].proto='udp'
firewall.@rule[8].target='ACCEPT'
network.loopback=interface
network.loopback.device='lo'
network.loopback.proto='static'
network.loopback.ipaddr='127.0.0.1'
network.loopback.netmask='255.0.0.0'
network.globals=globals
network.globals.ula_prefix='fdb9:18b1:2a8b::/48'
network.@device[0]=device
network.@device[0].name='br-lan'
network.@device[0].type='bridge'
network.@device[0].ports='lan1' 'lan2' 'lan3' 'lan4'
network.lan=interface
network.lan.device='br-lan'
network.lan.proto='static'
network.lan.ipaddr='192.168.1.1'
network.lan.netmask='255.255.255.0'
network.lan.ip6assign='60'
network.wan=interface
network.wan.device='wan'
network.wan.proto='dhcp'
network.wan6=interface
network.wan6.device='wan'
network.wan6.proto='dhcpv6'
system.@system[0]=system
system.@system[0].hostname='OpenWrt'
system.@system[0].timezone='UTC'
system.@system[0].ttylogin='0'
system.@system[0].log_size='64'
system.@system[0].urandom_seed='0'
system.ntp=timeserver
system.ntp.enabled='1'
system.ntp.enable_server='0'
system.ntp.server='0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org' '1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org' '2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org' '3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
ubootenv.@ubootenv[0]=ubootenv
ubootenv.@ubootenv[0].dev='/dev/mtd14'
ubootenv.@ubootenv[0].offset='0x0'
ubootenv.@ubootenv[0].envsize='0x40000'
ubootenv.@ubootenv[0].secsize='0x20000'
ubootenv.@ubootenv[0].numsec='2'
wireless.radio0=wifi-device
wireless.radio0.type='mac80211'
wireless.radio0.path='platform/soc/c000000.wifi'
wireless.radio0.channel='36'
wireless.radio0.band='5g'
wireless.radio0.htmode='HE80'
wireless.radio0.disabled='1'
wireless.default_radio0=wifi-iface
wireless.default_radio0.device='radio0'
wireless.default_radio0.network='lan'
wireless.default_radio0.mode='ap'
wireless.default_radio0.ssid='OpenWrt'
wireless.default_radio0.encryption='none'
wireless.radio1=wifi-device
wireless.radio1.type='mac80211'
wireless.radio1.path='platform/soc/c000000.wifi+1'
wireless.radio1.channel='1'
wireless.radio1.band='2g'
wireless.radio1.htmode='HE20'
wireless.radio1.disabled='1'
wireless.default_radio1=wifi-iface
wireless.default_radio1.device='radio1'
wireless.default_radio1.network='lan'
wireless.default_radio1.mode='ap'
wireless.default_radio1.ssid='OpenWrt'
wireless.default_radio1.encryption='none'
Need to put dmesg in a different post as hit size limit.
dmesg log -
root@OpenWrt:~# dmesg
[ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0000000000 [0x410fd034]
[ 0.000000] Linux version 5.15.96 (builder@buildhost) (aarch64-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc (OpenWrt GCC 12.2.0 r22188-7662700613) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.40.0) #0 SMP Thu Mar 2 16:04:28 2023
[ 0.000000] Machine model: Dynalink DL-WRX36
[ 0.000000] Zone ranges:
[ 0.000000] DMA [mem 0x0000000040000000-0x000000007fffffff]
[ 0.000000] DMA32 empty
[ 0.000000] Normal empty
[ 0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
[ 0.000000] Early memory node ranges
[ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x0000000040000000-0x0000000040ffffff]
[ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x0000000041000000-0x000000004a3fffff]
[ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x000000004a400000-0x00000000510fffff]
[ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x0000000051100000-0x000000007fffffff]
[ 0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000040000000-0x000000007fffffff]
[ 0.000000] psci: probing for conduit method from DT.
[ 0.000000] psci: PSCIv1.0 detected in firmware.
[ 0.000000] psci: Using standard PSCI v0.2 function IDs
[ 0.000000] psci: MIGRATE_INFO_TYPE not supported.
[ 0.000000] psci: SMC Calling Convention v1.0
[ 0.000000] percpu: Embedded 17 pages/cpu s30808 r8192 d30632 u69632
[ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s30808 r8192 d30632 u69632 alloc=17*4096
[ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 [0] 1 [0] 2 [0] 3
[ 0.000000] Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU0
[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 258048
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyMSM0,115200n8 ubi.mtd=rootfs rootfstype=squashfs rootwait root=/dev/ubiblock0_1
[ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes, linear)
[ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes, linear)
[ 0.000000] mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:off, heap free:off
[ 0.000000] Memory: 887744K/1048576K available (7808K kernel code, 860K rwdata, 2136K rodata, 1280K init, 288K bss, 160832K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)
[ 0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=4, Nodes=1
[ 0.000000] rcu: Hierarchical RCU implementation.
[ 0.000000] Tracing variant of Tasks RCU enabled.
[ 0.000000] rcu: RCU calculated value of scheduler-enlistment delay is 10 jiffies.
[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS: 64, nr_irqs: 64, preallocated irqs: 0
[ 0.000000] Root IRQ handler: gic_handle_irq
[ 0.000000] GICv2m: range[mem 0x0b00a000-0x0b00affc], SPI[448:479]
[ 0.000000] arch_timer: cp15 and mmio timer(s) running at 19.20MHz (virt/virt).
[ 0.000000] clocksource: arch_sys_counter: mask: 0xffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x46d987e47, max_idle_ns: 440795202767 ns
[ 0.000000] sched_clock: 56 bits at 19MHz, resolution 52ns, wraps every 4398046511078ns
[ 0.000123] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 38.40 BogoMIPS (lpj=192000)
[ 0.000141] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[ 0.000296] Mount-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
[ 0.000313] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
[ 0.001916] rcu: Hierarchical SRCU implementation.
[ 0.002095] dyndbg: Ignore empty _ddebug table in a CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE build
[ 0.002654] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
[ 0.003248] Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU1
[ 0.003312] CPU1: Booted secondary processor 0x0000000001 [0x410fd034]
[ 0.003933] Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU2
[ 0.003975] CPU2: Booted secondary processor 0x0000000002 [0x410fd034]
[ 0.004558] Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU3
[ 0.004596] CPU3: Booted secondary processor 0x0000000003 [0x410fd034]
[ 0.004662] smp: Brought up 1 node, 4 CPUs
[ 0.004688] SMP: Total of 4 processors activated.
[ 0.004697] CPU features: detected: 32-bit EL0 Support
[ 0.004704] CPU features: detected: CRC32 instructions
[ 0.004756] CPU features: emulated: Privileged Access Never (PAN) using TTBR0_EL1 switching
[ 0.004765] CPU: All CPU(s) started at EL1
[ 0.004787] alternatives: patching kernel code
[ 0.012590] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604462750000 ns
[ 0.012624] futex hash table entries: 1024 (order: 4, 65536 bytes, linear)
[ 0.012771] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[ 0.014025] NET: Registered PF_NETLINK/PF_ROUTE protocol family
[ 0.014474] DMA: preallocated 128 KiB GFP_KERNEL pool for atomic allocations
[ 0.014518] DMA: preallocated 128 KiB GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA pool for atomic allocations
[ 0.014554] DMA: preallocated 128 KiB GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA32 pool for atomic allocations
[ 0.014888] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise'
[ 0.016371] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 0.016603] ASID allocator initialised with 65536 entries
[ 0.042306] qcom,cpr4-apss-regulator b018000.cpr4-ctrl: CPR valid fuse count: 4
[ 0.051091] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 0.051269] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.051313] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.051348] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.051736] qcom_scm: convention: smc arm 64
[ 0.053087] clocksource: Switched to clocksource arch_sys_counter
[ 0.053874] NET: Registered PF_INET protocol family
[ 0.054011] IP idents hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes, linear)
[ 0.054958] tcp_listen_portaddr_hash hash table entries: 512 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
[ 0.054988] Table-perturb hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes, linear)
[ 0.055005] TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes, linear)
[ 0.055092] TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 5, 131072 bytes, linear)
[ 0.055242] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
[ 0.055329] UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
[ 0.055369] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
[ 0.055538] NET: Registered PF_UNIX/PF_LOCAL protocol family
[ 0.055571] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 64
[ 0.056626] workingset: timestamp_bits=46 max_order=18 bucket_order=0
[ 0.060334] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[ 0.060352] jffs2: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[ 0.061094] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 248)
[ 0.062153] qcom-qmp-phy 78000.phy: supply vdda-phy not found, using dummy regulator
[ 0.062296] qcom-qmp-phy 78000.phy: supply vdda-pll not found, using dummy regulator
[ 0.062767] qcom-qmp-phy 78000.phy: Registered Qcom-QMP phy
[ 0.063605] qcom-qusb2-phy 79000.phy: supply vdda-pll not found, using dummy regulator
[ 0.063747] qcom-qusb2-phy 79000.phy: supply vdda-phy-dpdm not found, using dummy regulator
[ 0.063899] qcom-qusb2-phy 79000.phy: Registered Qcom-QUSB2 phy
[ 0.066543] bam-dma-engine 704000.dma-controller: num-channels unspecified in dt
[ 0.066568] bam-dma-engine 704000.dma-controller: num-ees unspecified in dt
[ 0.069922] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 16 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 0.071402] msm_serial 78b3000.serial: msm_serial: detected port #0
[ 0.071437] msm_serial 78b3000.serial: uartclk = 3686400
[ 0.071474] 78b3000.serial: ttyMSM0 at MMIO 0x78b3000 (irq = 22, base_baud = 230400) is a MSM
[ 0.071503] msm_serial: console setup on port #0
[ 0.708387] printk: console [ttyMSM0] enabled
[ 0.713522] msm_serial: driver initialized
[ 0.721250] loop: module loaded
[ 0.721336] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
[ 0.726203] nand: device found, Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0xaa
[ 0.729207] nand: Micron MT29F2G08ABBGAH4
[ 0.735814] nand: 256 MiB, SLC, erase size: 128 KiB, page size: 2048, OOB size: 128
[ 0.740491] spmi spmi-0: PMIC arbiter version v2 (0x20010000)
[ 0.750111] s1: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.753269] s2: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.757238] vdd_s3: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.761517] vdd_s4: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.766059] s5: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.770430] l1: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.774603] l2: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.778745] l3: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.782929] l4: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.787100] l5: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.791245] l6: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.795446] l7: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.799578] l8: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.803771] l9: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.808038] l11: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.812082] l12: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.816627] l13: supplied by regulator-dummy
[ 0.835505] i2c_dev: i2c /dev entries driver
[ 0.839409] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[ 0.839453] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
[ 0.844912] sdhci-pltfm: SDHCI platform and OF driver helper
[ 0.852582] remoteproc remoteproc0: releasing cd00000.q6v5_wcss
[ 0.857269] NET: Registered PF_INET6 protocol family
[ 0.861473] Segment Routing with IPv6
[ 0.865899] In-situ OAM (IOAM) with IPv6
[ 0.869458] NET: Registered PF_PACKET protocol family
[ 0.873450] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
[ 0.878359] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[ 0.906839] qcom,cpr4-apss-regulator b018000.cpr4-ctrl: CPR valid fuse count: 4
[ 0.907146] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_read_fuse_data: apc_corner: speed bin = 0
[ 0.912966] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_read_fuse_data: apc_corner: CPR fusing revision = 1
[ 0.919610] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_read_fuse_data: apc_corner: CPR misc fuse value = 0
[ 0.927236] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_read_fuse_data: apc_corner: Voltage boost fuse config = 0 boost = disable
[ 0.934739] cpr3_mem_acc_init: apc: not using memory accelerator regulator
[ 0.943877] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_open_loop_voltages: apc_corner: fused SVS: open-loop= 704000 uV
[ 0.950819] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_open_loop_voltages: apc_corner: fused NOM: open-loop= 808000 uV
[ 0.960809] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_open_loop_voltages: apc_corner: fused TURBO: open-loop= 864000 uV
[ 0.970618] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_open_loop_voltages: apc_corner: fused STURBO: open-loop= 936000 uV
[ 0.980473] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_target_quotients: apc_corner: fused SVS: quot[ 7]= 726, quot_offset[ 7]= 0
[ 0.990239] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_target_quotients: apc_corner: fused NOM: quot[ 7]= 929, quot_offset[ 7]= 200
[ 1.001089] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_target_quotients: apc_corner: fused TURBO: quot[ 7]=1026, quot_offset[ 7]= 95
[ 1.012026] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_target_quotients: apc_corner: fused STURBO: quot[ 7]=1164, quot_offset[ 7]= 135
[ 1.023100] cpr3_regulator_init_ctrl: apc: Default CPR mode = closed-loop
[ 1.025571] nand: device found, Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0xaa
[ 1.040657] nand: Micron MT29F2G08ABBGAH4
[ 1.047082] nand: 256 MiB, SLC, erase size: 128 KiB, page size: 2048, OOB size: 128
[ 1.051288] 25 qcomsmem partitions found on MTD device qcom_nand.0
[ 1.058468] Creating 25 MTD partitions on "qcom_nand.0":
[ 1.064708] 0x000000000000-0x000000100000 : "0:sbl1"
[ 1.071447] 0x000000100000-0x000000200000 : "0:mibib"
[ 1.076318] 0x000000200000-0x000000280000 : "0:bootconfig"
[ 1.080835] 0x000000280000-0x000000300000 : "0:bootconfig1"
[ 1.086245] 0x000000300000-0x000000600000 : "0:qsee"
[ 1.093639] 0x000000600000-0x000000900000 : "0:qsee_1"
[ 1.098777] 0x000000900000-0x000000980000 : "0:devcfg"
[ 1.101842] 0x000000980000-0x000000a00000 : "0:devcfg_1"
[ 1.107083] 0x000000a00000-0x000000a80000 : "0:apdp"
[ 1.112461] 0x000000a80000-0x000000b00000 : "0:apdp_1"
[ 1.117469] 0x000000b00000-0x000000b80000 : "0:rpm"
[ 1.122348] 0x000000b80000-0x000000c00000 : "0:rpm_1"
[ 1.127263] 0x000000c00000-0x000000c80000 : "0:cdt"
[ 1.132329] 0x000000c80000-0x000000d00000 : "0:cdt_1"
[ 1.137073] 0x000000d00000-0x000000d80000 : "0:appsblenv"
[ 1.142227] 0x000000d80000-0x000000e80000 : "0:appsbl"
[ 1.148041] 0x000000e80000-0x000000f80000 : "0:appsbl_1"
[ 1.153063] 0x000000f80000-0x000001000000 : "0:art"
[ 1.158124] 0x000007a00000-0x00000db00000 : "rootfs"
[ 1.238567] mtd: setting mtd18 (rootfs) as root device
[ 1.238860] mtdsplit: no squashfs found in "rootfs"
[ 1.242638] 0x000007100000-0x000007a00000 : "0:wififw"
[ 1.255119] 0x000001000000-0x000007100000 : "rootfs_1"
[ 1.333442] 0x00000db00000-0x00000e400000 : "0:wififw_1"
[ 1.341160] 0x00000e400000-0x00000fa00000 : "ubifs"
[ 1.359361] 0x00000fa00000-0x00000fa80000 : "0:ethphyfw"
[ 1.360206] 0x00000fa80000-0x00000fd00000 : "certificate"
[ 1.374434] cpufreq: cpufreq_online: CPU0: Running at unlisted initial frequency: 19200 KHz, changing to: 1017600 KHz
[ 1.375578] remoteproc remoteproc0: cd00000.q6v5_wcss is available
[ 1.384586] ubi0: attaching mtd18
[ 1.821852] ubi0: scanning is finished
[ 1.828028] ubi0: attached mtd18 (name "rootfs", size 97 MiB)
[ 1.828067] ubi0: PEB size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB), LEB size: 126976 bytes
[ 1.832760] ubi0: min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048/2048, sub-page size 2048
[ 1.839550] ubi0: VID header offset: 2048 (aligned 2048), data offset: 4096
[ 1.846394] ubi0: good PEBs: 776, bad PEBs: 0, corrupted PEBs: 0
[ 1.853165] ubi0: user volume: 3, internal volumes: 1, max. volumes count: 128
[ 1.859410] ubi0: max/mean erase counter: 3/1, WL threshold: 4096, image sequence number: 738815680
[ 1.866456] ubi0: available PEBs: 0, total reserved PEBs: 776, PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 40
[ 1.875397] ubi0: background thread "ubi_bgt0d" started, PID 506
[ 1.876068] block ubiblock0_1: created from ubi0:1(rootfs)
[ 1.894333] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 254:0.
[ 1.894788] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1280K
[ 1.933264] Run /sbin/init as init process
[ 1.933284] with arguments:
[ 1.933287] /sbin/init
[ 1.933289] with environment:
[ 1.933291] HOME=/
[ 1.933293] TERM=linux
[ 2.074819] init: Console is alive
[ 2.074951] init: - watchdog -
[ 2.451041] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules-boot.d/*
[ 2.513111] random: crng init done
[ 2.580028] ssdk_switch_device_num_init[1335]:INFO:ess-switch dts node number: 1
[ 2.580133] ssdk_dt_get_switch_node[1124]:INFO:ess-switch DT exist!
[ 2.586551] ssdk_dt_parse_access_mode[999]:INFO:switch_access_mode: local bus
[ 2.592490] ssdk_dt_parse_access_mode[1012]:INFO:switchreg_base_addr: 0x3a000000
[ 2.599788] ssdk_dt_parse_access_mode[1013]:INFO:switchreg_size: 0x1000000
[ 2.607250] ssdk_dt_parse_mac_mode[327]:INFO:mac mode = 0xb
[ 2.613930] ssdk_dt_parse_mac_mode[336]:INFO:mac mode1 = 0xff
[ 2.619397] ssdk_dt_parse_mac_mode[345]:INFO:mac mode2 = 0xc
[ 2.625318] ssdk_dt_parse_phy_info[716]:INFO:[PORT 6] port_mac_sel = QGMAC_PORT
[ 2.631060] ssdk_dt_parse_uniphy[364]:INFO:ess-uniphy DT exist!
[ 2.638160] ssdk_dt_parse_intf_mac[942]:INFO:dp1 MAC a4:97:33:df:b3:bb
[ 2.643997] ssdk_dt_parse_intf_mac[942]:INFO:dp2 MAC a4:97:33:df:b3:bb
[ 2.650589] ssdk_dt_parse_intf_mac[942]:INFO:dp3 MAC a4:97:33:df:b3:bb
[ 2.657107] ssdk_dt_parse_intf_mac[942]:INFO:dp4 MAC a4:97:33:df:b3:bb
[ 2.663684] ssdk_plat_init[1692]:INFO:ssdk_plat_init start
[ 2.784058] ssdk_gcc_clock_init[1275]:INFO:SSDK gcc clock init successfully!
[ 2.786952] malibu_phy_api_ops_init[2846]:INFO:qca probe malibu phy driver succeeded!
[ 2.829007] hsl_phy_phydev_get[773]:ERROR:phy_addr 4 phydev is NULL
[ 2.839563] qca808x_phy_api_ops_init[2566]:INFO:qca probe qca808x phy driver succeeded!
[ 2.849859] regi_init[3953]:INFO:Initializing HPPE!!
[ 3.083097] ssdk_ppe_reset_init[1535]:INFO:ppe reset successfully!
[ 3.086698] qca_hppe_portctrl_hw_init[126]:INFO:Hawkeye PPE port initializing
[ 3.098310] hsl_phy_phydev_get[773]:ERROR:phy_addr 4 phydev is NULL
[ 3.101610] hsl_phy_phydev_get[773]:ERROR:phy_addr 4 phydev is NULL
[ 3.799163] ssdk_switch_register[2017]:INFO:Chip version 0x1500
[ 3.799195] qca_link_polling_select[1487]:INFO:link-polling-required node does not exist
[ 3.803893] ssdk_switch_register[2043]:INFO:polling is selected
[ 3.812219] regi_init[3957]:INFO:Initializing HPPE Done!!
[ 3.817947] ssdk_genl_init[211]:INFO:ssdk genl family register success.
[ 3.823426] regi_init[4020]:INFO:qca-ssdk module init succeeded!
[ 3.832215] EDMA ver 1 hw init
[ 3.836325] EDMA HW Reset completed succesfully
[ 3.838979] Num rings - TxDesc:1 (23-23) TxCmpl:1 (7-7)
[ 3.843383] RxDesc:1 (15-15) RxFill:1 (7-7)
[ 3.849611] Generic PHY 90000.mdio-1:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=90000.mdio-1:00, irq=POLL)
[ 3.853319] nss-dp 3a001000.dp1 lan4: Registered netdev lan4(qcom-id:1)
[ 3.863214] Generic PHY 90000.mdio-1:01: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=90000.mdio-1:01, irq=POLL)
[ 3.869467] nss-dp 3a001200.dp2 lan3: Registered netdev lan3(qcom-id:2)
[ 3.879416] Generic PHY 90000.mdio-1:02: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=90000.mdio-1:02, irq=POLL)
[ 3.885567] nss-dp 3a001400.dp3 lan2: Registered netdev lan2(qcom-id:3)
[ 3.895534] Generic PHY 90000.mdio-1:03: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=90000.mdio-1:03, irq=POLL)
[ 3.901695] nss-dp 3a001600.dp4 lan1: Registered netdev lan1(qcom-id:4)
[ 4.116988] QCA808X ethernet 90000.mdio-1:1c: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=90000.mdio-1:1c, irq=POLL)
[ 4.117540] nss-dp 3a007000.dp6-syn wan: Registered netdev wan(qcom-id:6)
[ 4.126000] **********************************************************
[ 4.132738] * NSS Data Plane driver
[ 4.139163] **********************************************************
[ 4.152494] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: xHCI Host Controller
[ 4.152549] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 4.157054] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: hcc params 0x0220fe65 hci version 0x110 quirks 0x0000000002010010
[ 4.164485] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: irq 89, io mem 0x08a00000
[ 4.173900] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: xHCI Host Controller
[ 4.179709] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 4.185277] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: Host supports USB 3.0 SuperSpeed
[ 4.193168] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.199435] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[ 4.203550] usb usb2: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
[ 4.207470] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.215327] hub 2-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[ 4.220167] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules-boot.d/*
[ 4.227301] init: - preinit -
[ 6.571913] UBIFS (ubi0:2): Mounting in unauthenticated mode
[ 6.572028] UBIFS (ubi0:2): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_2" started, PID 730
[ 6.602070] UBIFS (ubi0:2): recovery needed
[ 6.644178] nss-dp 3a001600.dp4 lan1: PHY Link up speed: 1000
[ 6.644248] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): lan1: link becomes ready
[ 6.677788] UBIFS (ubi0:2): recovery completed
[ 6.677919] UBIFS (ubi0:2): UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 2, name "rootfs_data"
[ 6.681143] UBIFS (ubi0:2): LEB size: 126976 bytes (124 KiB), min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048 bytes/2048 bytes
[ 6.689068] UBIFS (ubi0:2): FS size: 80629760 bytes (76 MiB, 635 LEBs), max 646 LEBs, journal size 4063232 bytes (3 MiB, 32 LEBs)
[ 6.698944] UBIFS (ubi0:2): reserved for root: 3808342 bytes (3719 KiB)
[ 6.710564] UBIFS (ubi0:2): media format: w5/r0 (latest is w5/r0), UUID 493B52D2-E041-4DD9-9CC0-508A3E136F7B, small LPT model
[ 6.719907] mount_root: switching to ubifs overlay
[ 6.731278] overlayfs: null uuid detected in lower fs '/', falling back to xino=off,index=off,nfs_export=off.
[ 6.736808] urandom-seed: Seeding with /etc/urandom.seed
[ 6.776260] nss-dp 3a001600.dp4 lan1: PHY Link is down
[ 6.779198] procd: - early -
[ 6.780337] procd: - watchdog -
[ 7.316129] procd: - watchdog -
[ 7.316478] procd: - ubus -
[ 7.371266] procd: - init -
[ 7.501915] urngd: v1.0.2 started.
[ 7.513842] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
[ 7.553861] Loading modules backported from Linux version v6.1-rc8-0-g76dcd734eca2
[ 7.553901] Backport generated by backports.git v5.15.81-1-41-g02e352527db5
[ 7.564154] NET: Registered PF_QIPCRTR protocol family
[ 7.589372] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 7.589985] NET: Registered PF_PPPOX protocol family
[ 7.597841] ath11k c000000.wifi: ipq8074 hw2.0
[ 7.597874] ath11k c000000.wifi: FW memory mode: 0
[ 7.602109] remoteproc remoteproc0: powering up cd00000.q6v5_wcss
[ 7.618760] remoteproc remoteproc0: Booting fw image IPQ8074/q6_fw.mdt, size 668
[ 8.691152] remoteproc remoteproc0: remote processor cd00000.q6v5_wcss is now up
[ 8.692665] ath11k c000000.wifi: qmi ignore invalid mem req type 3
[ 8.698176] ath11k c000000.wifi: chip_id 0x0 chip_family 0x0 board_id 0xff soc_id 0xffffffff
[ 8.703631] ath11k c000000.wifi: fw_version 0x250a04a5 fw_build_timestamp 2021-12-20 07:09 fw_build_id WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01208-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
[ 8.713304] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
[ 10.353863] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered blocking state
[ 10.353910] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered disabled state
[ 10.358170] device lan1 entered promiscuous mode
[ 10.371527] br-lan: port 2(lan2) entered blocking state
[ 10.371569] br-lan: port 2(lan2) entered disabled state
[ 10.375856] device lan2 entered promiscuous mode
[ 10.385456] br-lan: port 3(lan3) entered blocking state
[ 10.385639] br-lan: port 3(lan3) entered disabled state
[ 10.390796] device lan3 entered promiscuous mode
[ 10.400259] br-lan: port 4(lan4) entered blocking state
[ 10.400655] br-lan: port 4(lan4) entered disabled state
[ 10.405866] device lan4 entered promiscuous mode
[ 13.516669] nss-dp 3a001600.dp4 lan1: PHY Link up speed: 1000
[ 13.516751] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered blocking state
[ 13.521406] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered forwarding state
[ 13.526721] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br-lan: link becomes ready
[ 32.473128] l11: disabling
[ 281.835326] nss-dp 3a001600.dp4 lan1: PHY Link is down
[ 281.835589] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered disabled state
[ 1648.396424] nss-dp 3a001600.dp4 lan1: PHY Link up speed: 1000
[ 1648.396502] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered blocking state
[ 1648.401160] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered forwarding state
not a problem, snapshot images doesn't ship with the web UI preinstalled.
read https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-quick-start/developmentinstallation
run
opkg update
opkg install luci
Ok thank you - the console is up and running now and things are looking good.
Thank you for your assistance.
EDIT Oct 2024:
The below post was the start of my research into installation. I went on to write a detailed post of installation instructions later on in this thread here. Just skip to that, to best learn how to install on the Dynalink.
emoji]Pasted instructions start here:
(ssh and web UI can have a different password).
/etc/shadow has the password for ssh, and probably serial as well (if required).
/etc/config/pwd has the password for the web UI.
There is also has an additional step for enabling ssh.
In addition to enabling the dropbear instance on /etc/config/dropbear, the user has to be authorized for "local ssh" access on /etc/config/pwd. [One: Are these directories/paths on the Dynalink, how does one access these? ]
Here is a summary to reliable get ssh access on the OEM firmware:
1.1 Download config [Two: the config referred to here, is that from /etc/config/pwd mentioned above, how do I download it and to where? ], decrypt, and uncompress it
# openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in backup.cfg -out backup.tar.gz -pass pass:AskeyRT5000wKey1357924680
[Three: where are these commands being entered? normal linux CLI/Terminal? On the dynalink? If on the Dynalink how have I accessed it?]
[Four: Do I need anthing installed on linux to perform these commands? I use Fedora Kionite ]
1.2 /etc/config/dropbear: Enable dropbear instance on lan interface
# (change enable from 0 to 1)
config dropbear
option Interface 'lan'
option enable '1'
1.3 /etc/config/pwd: Enable local ssh access for the admin user
# (change local_ssh from 0 to 1)
config userinfo 'subscriber'
option local_ssh '1'
1.4 /etc/shadow: Change password for the admin user to a known value
admin:$1$0Zm8tfKN$3hW1vziEpFyHfBu.uJ.q61:17410:0:99999:7:::
1.5 Compress configuration and encrypt it (assumes source directory is called "backup"):
# tar czf backup-enable_ssh.tar.gz -C backup etc lib
# openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -a -in backup-enable_ssh.tar.gz -out backup-enable_ssh.cfg -pass pass:AskeyRT5000wKey1357924680
1.6 Upload configuration (device will automatically reboot) [Five: how do I upload the config and to where? ]
1.7 SSH to the router using "admin" as the user [Six: any good guides to how to SSH in this scenario?]
I will continue posting the rest of the steps and my questions later when I have time.
You can skip this part, if you just keep reading, it's literally the next sentence (on the wiki page).
Ahh, "A premade backup config file, to be ULed to the router, can be found at Dynalink DL-WRX36 Askey RT5010W IPQ8072A technical discussion - #670 by NicholasKK"
That sentence made sense now, once I had the context of reading everything about enabling SSH.
If it read as follows it would make more sense to a first time reader 
:
Enabling SSH access is described at Dynalink DL-WRX36 Askey RT5010W IPQ8072A technical discussion - #365 by luaraneda but you don't need to do this since, A premade backup config file, to be ULed to the router, can be found at Dynalink DL-WRX36 Askey RT5010W IPQ8072A technical discussion - #670 by NicholasKK
That's why one should always read the whole instruction, before proceeding ,)
I mean... I did... but you can see as a first time reader without context or experience one can read everything in order and not know what the relationship of one sentence/step to another is. And so by following steps in order, I was attempting to understand and do something that was already done for me.
Any way thanks for pointing that out.
No worries,
I rewrote that part of the installation guide, hopefully it's clearer now.