I used a snapshot firmware on my EnGenius ESR1750 and something broke. I can access the router via serial but all the networks ports are dead. Any chance I can recover this router? Thanks.
▒[ 0.000000] CPU clock: 720.0▒0 ▒Hz▒
[ 0.000000] clockso▒rc▒: ▒IP▒: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: ▒xf▒ff▒ff▒, max_idle_ns: 5309056796 ns
[ 0.000001] sched▒cl▒ck▒ 3▒ bits at 360MHz, resolution 2ns▒ w▒ap▒ e▒ery 5965232126ns
[ ▒ 0.008367] Calibrating delay l▒op▒..▒35▒.80 BogoMIPS (lpj=1794048)
[ 0.075006] pid_max: de▒au▒t:▒32▒68 minimum: 301
[ 0.0898▒1]▒Mo▒nt▒cache hash table entries: 10▒4 ▒or▒er▒ 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[ 0.097683▒ M▒un▒po▒nt-cache hash table entries: 10▒4 ▒or▒er▒ 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[ ▒ ▒.1▒5277] Memory: 247800K/262144K a▒ai▒ab▒e ▒7183K kernel code, 605K rwdata,▒16▒0K▒ro▒ata, 1232K init, 239K bss, 1▒51▒K ▒es▒rved, 0K cma-reserved)
[▒ 0.133904] clocksource: ji▒fi▒s:▒ma▒k: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xfff▒ff▒f,▒ma▒_idle_ns: 19112604462750000▒[ 0.144424]▒fu▒ex▒ha▒h table entries: 256 (order: -1▒ 3▒72▒by▒es, linear)
[ 0.158704▒ p▒nc▒rl▒core: initialized pinctrl su▒sy▒te▒
[ 0.167277]▒NE▒: ▒eg▒stered PF_NETLINK/PF_ROUTE prot▒co▒ f▒mily
[ ▒ 0.174203] thermal_sys: Regist▒re▒ t▒er▒al governor 'step_wise'
[ 0.192151] clocksourc▒: ▒wi▒ch▒d to clocksource MIPS
[ ▒ ▒.2▒52▒6] NET: Registered PF_INET prot▒co▒ f▒mily
[ ▒ ▒.220660] IP idents hash table e▒tr▒es▒ 4▒96 (order: 3, 32768 bytes, line▒r)▒
[ 0.230089] tcp_listen▒po▒ta▒dr▒hash hash table entries: 1024 (▒rd▒r:▒0,▒4096 bytes, linear)
[ 0.239155] Table-▒er▒ur▒ h▒sh table entries: 65536 (order:▒6,▒26▒14▒ bytes, linear)
[▒ 0.248441] TCP established ha▒h ▒ab▒e ▒ntries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 by▒es▒ l▒ne▒r)
[ 0.25665▒] ▒CP▒bi▒d hash table entries: 2048 (ord▒r:▒2,▒16▒84 bytes, linear)
[ 0.264320] TCP: Has▒ t▒bl▒s ▒onfigured (established 2048 bin▒ 2▒48▒
▒ 0.271734] MPTCP token hash ▒ab▒e ▒nt▒ies: 512 (order: 0, 6144 byt▒s,▒li▒ea▒)
▒ 0.279730] UDP hash table en▒ri▒s:▒25▒ (order: 0, 4096 bytes, line▒r)▒
[▒ ▒0.▒86738] UDP-Lite hash table entr▒es▒ 2▒6 ▒order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[ ▒.2▒51▒4]▒NET: Registered PF_UNIX/PF_LOCA▒ p▒ot▒co▒ family
[ ▒ ▒.3▒1181] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, defa▒lt▒32▒
[ 0.308944] workingset: time▒ta▒p_▒it▒=14 max_order=16 bucket_orde▒=2▒
[ 0▒31▒53▒] ▒quashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/3▒) ▒hi▒lip Lougher
[ 0.323▒90▒ j▒fs▒: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) ▒LZ▒A)▒(R▒IME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 20▒1-▒00▒ R▒d Hat, Inc.
[ 0▒33▒98▒] ▒lock layer SCSI generic (bsg▒ d▒iv▒r ▒ersion 0.4 loaded (major 251)
[ 0.3▒92▒5]▒pi▒ctrl-single 1804002c.pinmux:▒54▒ p▒ns▒ size 68
▒ 0.360856] Serial: 8250/1▒55▒ d▒iv▒r, 16 ports, IRQ sharing enable▒
[ 0.372805] p▒in▒k:▒le▒acy console [ttyS0] disabled
▒ 0.378553] 18020000.uart: tt▒S0▒at▒MM▒O 0x18020000 (irq = 11, base▒ba▒d ▒ 2▒00000) is a 16550A
[ 0.387912] printk: legacy console [ttyS0] enabled
[ 0.387912] printk: legacy console [ttyS0] enabled
[ 0.398125] printk: legacy bootconsole [early0] disabled
[ 0.398125] printk: legacy bootconsole [early0] disabled
[ 0.427320] 7 fixed-partitions partitions found on MTD device spi0.0
[ 0.433863] OF: Bad cell count for /ahb/spi@1f000000/flash@0/partitions
[ 0.440602] OF: Bad cell count for /ahb/spi@1f000000/flash@0/partitions
[ 0.447615] Creating 7 MTD partitions on "spi0.0":
[ 0.452531] 0x000000000000-0x000000030000 : "u-boot"
[ 0.459746] 0x000000030000-0x000000040000 : "u-boot-env"
[ 0.465495] OF: Bad cell count for /ahb/spi@1f000000/flash@0/partitions
[ 0.473548] 0x000000040000-0x000000e90000 : "firmware"
[ 0.480291] 2 uimage-fw partitions found on MTD device firmware
[ 0.486361] Creating 2 MTD partitions on "firmware":
[ 0.491401] 0x000000000000-0x0000002d0000 : "kernel"
[ 0.497623] 0x0000002d0000-0x000000e50000 : "rootfs"
[ 0.503899] mtd: setting mtd4 (rootfs) as root device
[ 0.509100] 1 squashfs-split partitions found on MTD device rootfs
[ 0.515425] 0x0000006d0000-0x000000e50000 : "rootfs_data"
[ 0.522214] 0x000000e90000-0x000000f90000 : "manufacture"
[ 0.529057] 0x000000f90000-0x000000fa0000 : "backup"
[ 0.535429] 0x000000fa0000-0x000000ff0000 : "storage"
[ 0.541874] 0x000000ff0000-0x000001000000 : "art"
[ 0.548159] OF: Bad cell count for /ahb/spi@1f000000/flash@0/partitions
[ 0.567093] i2c_dev: i2c /dev entries driver
[ 0.605596] u-boot-env-layout 1f000000.spi:flash@0:partitions:partition@30000:nvmem-layout: Invalid calculated CRC32: 0x9760b727 (expected: 0xe8042bdc)
[ 0.619412] u-boot-env-layout 1f000000.spi:flash@0:partitions:partition@30000:nvmem-layout: probe with driver u-boot-env-layout failed with error -22
[ 0.634913] NET: Registered PF_INET6 protocol family
[ 0.667015] Segment Routing with IPv6
[ 0.670836] In-situ OAM (IOAM) with IPv6
[ 0.675028] NET: Registered PF_PACKET protocol family
[ 0.680210] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
[ 0.693643] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[ 0.716427] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[ 0.720607] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x10000000-0x11ffffff]
[ 0.727635] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000]
[ 0.733315] pci_bus 0000:00: No busn resource found for root bus, will use [bus 00-ff]
[ 0.741419] pci 0000:00:00.0: [168c:003c] type 00 class 0x028000 PCIe Endpoint
[ 0.748806] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 0 [mem 0x00000000-0x001fffff 64bit]
[ 0.755423] pci 0000:00:00.0: ROM [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff pref]
[ 0.761776] pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1
[ 0.765873] pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot
[ 0.772854] pci_bus 0000:00: busn_res: [bus 00-ff] end is updated to 00
[ 0.779603] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 0 [mem 0x10000000-0x101fffff 64bit]: assigned
[ 0.787069] pci 0000:00:00.0: ROM [mem 0x10200000-0x1020ffff pref]: assigned
[ 0.802414] clk: Disabling unused clocks
[ 0.814155] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:4.
[ 0.825612] Freeing unused kernel image (initmem) memory: 1232K
[ 0.831631] This architecture does not have kernel memory protection.
[ 0.838196] Run /sbin/init as init process
2[ 1.486339] init: Console is alive
[ 1.490141] init: - watchdog -
2[ 2.896463] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules-boot.d/*
[ 2.940207] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 2.945985] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 2.951495] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 2.964469] gpio_button_hotplug: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 2.982452] ehci-platform 1b400000.usb: EHCI Host Controller
[ 2.988234] ehci-platform 1b400000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 2.996345] ehci-platform 1b400000.usb: irq 12, io mem 0x1b400000
[ 3.022178] ehci-platform 1b400000.usb: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 3.029648] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.033829] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[ 3.042379] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules-boot.d/*
[ 3.060916] init: - preinit -
22[ 7.062184] random: crng init done
Cannot parse config file '/etc/fw_env.config': No such file or directory
Failed to find NVMEM device
Failed to connect to the switch. Use the "list" command to see which switches are available.
Failed to connect to the switch. Use the "list" command to see which switches are available.
Failed to connect to the switch. Use the "list" command to see which switches are available.
Failed to connect to the switch. Use the "list" command to see which switches are available.
Press the [f] key and hit [enter] to enter failsafe mode
Press the [1], [2], [3] or [4] key and hit [enter] to select the debug level
2
2
[ 12.517298] jffs2: notice: (551) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 43 of xdatum (7 unchecked, 35 orphan) and 48 of xref (17 dead, 21 orphan) found.
[ 12.534953] mount_root: switching to jffs2 overlay
[ 12.544519] overlayfs: upper fs does not support tmpfile.
[ 12.558886] urandom-seed: Seeding with /etc/urandom.seed
[ 12.621666] procd: - early -
[ 12.624983] procd: Watchdog handover: fd=3
[ 12.629402] procd: - watchdog -
[ 12.632951] procd: Watchdog did not previously reset the system
2[ 13.312767] platform 19000000.eth: deferred probe pending: (reason unknown)
[ 13.334415] procd: - watchdog -
[ 13.337710] procd: Watchdog did not previously reset the system
[ 13.378472] procd: - ubus -
[ 13.381556] procd: Create service ubus
[ 13.385762] procd: Start instance ubus::instance1
[ 13.392259] procd: Started instance ubus::instance1[667]
[ 13.397845] procd: running /etc/init.d/ubus running
[ 13.428730] procd: glob failed on /etc/init.d/ubus
[ 13.584505] procd: Connected to ubus, id=494a4684
[ 13.589380] procd: - init -
[ 13.624100] procd: running /etc/rc.d/S* boot
Please press Enter to activate this console.
[ 15.422586] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
[ 16.769360] Loading modules backported from Linux version v6.16-0-g038d61fd6422
[ 16.776833] Backport generated by backports.git v6.1.145-1-47-g6194bf852a3e
[ 17.372014] urngd: v1.0.2 started.
[ 17.626213] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 17.643319] NET: Registered PF_PPPOX protocol family
[ 17.738898] ath10k 6.14 driver, optimized for CT firmware, probing pci device: 0x3c.
[ 17.783023] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 17.789551] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 21.599483] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000
[ 21.608911] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 1 testmode 0
[ 21.619254] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: firmware ver 10.1-ct-8x-__fW-023-23ea9f8e api 2 features wmi-10.x,has-wmi-mgmt-tx,mfp,peer-fixed-rate,txstatus-noack,wmi-10.x-CT,ratemask-CT,txrate-CT,get-temp-CT,tx-rc-CT,cust-stats-CT,retry-gt2-CT,txrate2-CT,beacon-cb-CT,wmi-block-ack-CT crc32 42c82ae5
[ 22.355789] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 bebc7c08
[ 23.302419] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: 10.1 wmi init: vdevs: 16 peers: 127 tid: 256
[ 23.319733] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: wmi print 'P 128 V 8 T 410'
[ 23.326087] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: wmi print 'msdu-desc: 1424 sw-crypt: 0 ct-sta: 0'
[ 23.334249] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: wmi print 'alloc rem: 23808 iram: 38144'
[ 23.380682] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: htt-ver 2.1 wmi-op 2 htt-op 2 cal nvmem max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[ 23.400641] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: NOTE: Firmware DBGLOG output disabled in debug_mask: 0x10000000
[ 23.599044] ath9k 18100000.wmac: failed to initialize device
[ 23.616241] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*BusyBox v1.37.0 (2025-10-27 13:22:58 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
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|| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O MOpenWrt SNAPSHOT, r31609-66e5e9671f
=== 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.OpenWrt recently switched to the "apk" package manager!
OPKG Command APK Equivalent Description
opkg install apk add Install a package
opkg remove apk del Remove a package
opkg upgrade apk upgrade Upgrade all packages
opkg files apk info -L List package contents
opkg list-installed apk info List installed packages
opkg update apk update Update package lists
opkg search apk search Search for packagesFor more https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/opkg-to-apk-cheatsheet
root@OpenWrt:~#root@OpenWrt:~# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:624 (624.0 B) TX bytes:624 (624.0 B)root@OpenWrt:~#

