I tried to flash my Asus RT-AX52 and done everything as the guide said (except for turning off the Wi-Fi, which wasn't mentioned in the guide but yet I chose to turn off the Wi-Fi).
You need to upload the TRX file first, after rebooting you upload the sysupgrade.bin file. I flashed my RT-AX52 this way and did not have to rename the files, just downloaded them from the firmware selector page and uploaded them in the order above. I flashed the router right after unboxing it, I completed the basic setup so I could get to the update page to upload the files. If your router was previously used, you can factory reset then flash it.
I entered the link that you've attached (the one by remittor) and I was hesitating a bit because he said that this was not tested, so I visited the other links that point to his answer and I found another answer of yours (frollic) which leads to this url:
So I have selected the latest version and downloaded the real trx file which is NOT available on these urls:
Then with that trx file (which I am not sure if is the same as remittor uploaded) I have flashed my router and I succeded!
Finally I am using OpenWrt (My first time ever)!
Glad to be here, and I am really excited about the features, I'm looking forward to configure my Wi-Fi and also to configure OpenVPN. I'll look through the guides and I'll do as they say.
Also, I must say that at the beginning of the flashing I was afraid that I bricked the device. Apparently that some steps on the manual should be added so I contribute them:
While flashing the router, Asus is using the 192.168.50 subnet so the computer is getting a related IP address. I tried to access 192.168.1.1 but I wasn't able to, so I flushed the ip and restarted the networking service on my Linux system (my PC):
# ip a flush [device_name] && systemctl restart networking
That helped me. there might be an elegant way to solve it and maybe it won't bug other people but if I could help anyone, I'm glad I did.
Thank you all for your time and help! (and be ready, I might need lots of help... this isn't my last thread )
On my machine I avoid NM (though it's way much better than systemd-networkd) because they don't work well together; also I am pretty much newbie to Linux (running Debian 13 with lxqt)
I just want to make sure that I did everything as expected - Is it enough to select my country (Israel) and leave the rest blank on the Wi-Fi section?
No need to define Maximum transmit power? Is it okay when it's default?
I will fill up the rest (wifi SSID and password) once I'm done with the transmitting because I don't want cops on my door
Also another question - How can I tell which one is 2.4Ghz and the other is 5Ghz?
Usually auto channel chooses less used channel and gives you best bandwidth. Unless you have a neighbour that starts torrent at 8pm next door you dont need to manually select channel.
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