How to Install OpenWrt in DIR-610 A1

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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This are the steps for a correct installation of DIR-610 A1 due that some people got issues after to power off the device, will demostrate us how I fixed this issue for can enjoy of OpenWRT in our router:

Before you Power on your router, connect it to the LAN card on your computer

  • When the router finish to install now can access to the administration ip that u set while configuring the router (192.168.x.1)
  • Now we will do the same step but updraging from the WRT page (System>Backup/Flash Firmware)
  • Backup your settings if u want it
  • Now navigate to "Flash new firmware image" keep selected "Keep settings"
    Add the image that we downloaded in the emergency mode step: "openwrt-18.06.1-ramips-rt305x-dir-610-a1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
  • Now confirm upgrade and wait some minutes while the router is configuring
  • When it was sucessfully upgraded it will show u the login page
  • Now u can access normal, and can disconnect from the power your router, dont worry it take like 30 seconds starting the first time when u disconnect, then will be like 15 seconds.

And that's all now can enjoy of OpenWRT in DIR-610 A1 and now u will be able to power off the router :grinning:

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Are you the person that added a link to this thread here: https://openwrt.org/dir-610#dir-610_a1

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Yes I do it as some info not was useful for the most important, the installation, so i create a info more understable

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Hello Alemtro. Thank you for your guide. I own a DIR 610N+ which has the same hardware as DIR-610 A1.
Do you think that this method would work for me as well?
Thank you!

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Can not recommend OpenWRT on this router.
Installed latest OpenWRT (18.06.4) and getting only 5Mbit WiFi speed (RX)
Flashed back to stock and getting full speed.

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Hi! Sorry for replying to this thread after a long time it started. I have a DIR-610 A1 router. A long time ago, after installing openwrt on it by the more “usual way” - simple reflash through stock firmware - it can’t hold openwrt’s configurations after a reboot, resetting to the state after the reflash procedure.

This back-and-forth fix this issue? The configurations and changes keeps after power off?

Cheers!

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DIR-610 A1 has only 4MB flash.

Most likely one more case of 18.06 image too big to save overlay

See https://openwrt.org/supported_devices/432_warning
See also https://openwrt.org/supported_devices/openwrt_on_432_devices

Sooner or later you should buy a new device with sufficient resources (flash + RAM).

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I totally agree. But this problem I've faced on 2016. Kernel messages showed that a checksum error were found on boot and the upper partition had to be mounted read-only, preventing that configuration changes to be persisted.

This router is waaaaay to slow, the antenna power is weak and Wi-Fi coverage is horrible. But I'm planning to use it only for autossh service to tunnelling a couple of internal ports on a VCR camera recorder to a cloud instance with static IP (I have a CG-NAT here). Wi-Fi, dnsmasq, firewall, routing, dns, luci, etc etc will be disabled. It will act as a dumb SSH client.

Anyway, thanks for sharing those links!

Cheers!