I tried to install openwrt on my router but after restart and connect via ssh I can do nothing. I see the following screen:
> ############:~$ sudo ssh root@192.168.1.1
> [sudo] password di giuseppe:
>
>
> BusyBox v1.37.0 (2025-01-21 22:41:40 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
>
> _______ ________ __
> | |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
> | - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
> |_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
> |__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
> -----------------------------------------------------
> OpenWrt SNAPSHOT, r28656-761b244964
> -----------------------------------------------------
> === 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 <pkg> apk add <pkg> Install a package
> opkg remove <pkg> apk del <pkg> Remove a package
> opkg upgrade apk upgrade Upgrade all packages
> opkg files <pkg> apk info -L <pkg> List package contents
> opkg list-installed apk info List installed packages
> opkg update apk update Update package lists
> opkg search <pkg> apk search <pkg> Search for packages
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For more https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/opkg-to-apk-cheatsheet
>
> root@OpenWrt:~#
I tried to complete the installation via scp, sysupgrade, tftp, UAR serial port, etc...
Anybody can help me? Tanks.
What's wrong with that screen? What are you doing after that screen, and what are the results?
I can connect my laptop to the router using a static IP address 192.168.1.10 but I can't connect to the web page https://192.168.1.1 to administer the router. I tried to upgrade using "apk upgrade" command but I got only WARNING, and using the "apk info" command I got these information that I report below. I don't know how to continue.
root@OpenWrt:~# apk info
WARNING: opening from cache https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/packages/packages.adb: No such file or directory
WARNING: opening from cache https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mipsel_24kc/base/packages.adb: No such file or directory
WARNING: opening from cache https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/kmods/6.6.73-1-eeb037a5360ff5c249ad2ca718654150/packages.adb: No such file or directory
WARNING: opening from cache https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mipsel_24kc/luci/packages.adb: No such file or directory
WARNING: opening from cache https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mipsel_24kc/packages/packages.adb: No such file or directory
WARNING: opening from cache https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mipsel_24kc/routing/packages.adb: No such file or directory
WARNING: opening from cache https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mipsel_24kc/telephony/packages.adb: No such file or directory
WARNING: opening from cache https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/mipsel_24kc/video/packages.adb: No such file or directory
apk-mbedtls
base-files
busybox
ca-bundle
dnsmasq
dropbear
firewall4
fstools
fwtool
getrandom
hostapd-common
iw
iwinfo
jansson4
jshn
jsonfilter
kernel
kmod-cfg80211
kmod-crypto-acompress
kmod-crypto-aead
kmod-crypto-authenc
kmod-crypto-ccm
kmod-crypto-cmac
kmod-crypto-crc32c
kmod-crypto-ctr
kmod-crypto-des
kmod-crypto-gcm
kmod-crypto-geniv
kmod-crypto-gf128
kmod-crypto-ghash
kmod-crypto-hash
kmod-crypto-hmac
kmod-crypto-hw-eip93
kmod-crypto-manager
kmod-crypto-md5
kmod-crypto-null
kmod-crypto-rng
kmod-crypto-seqiv
kmod-crypto-sha1
kmod-crypto-sha256
kmod-crypto-sha3
kmod-crypto-sha512
kmod-gpio-button-hotplug
kmod-hwmon-core
kmod-leds-gpio
kmod-lib-crc-ccitt
kmod-lib-crc32c
kmod-lib-lzo
kmod-mac80211
kmod-mii
kmod-mt76-connac
kmod-mt76-core
kmod-mt7603
kmod-mt7615-common
kmod-mt7615-firmware
kmod-mt7615e
kmod-nf-conntrack
kmod-nf-conntrack6
kmod-nf-flow
kmod-nf-log
kmod-nf-log6
kmod-nf-nat
kmod-nf-reject
kmod-nf-reject6
kmod-nfnetlink
kmod-nft-core
kmod-nft-fib
kmod-nft-nat
kmod-nft-offload
kmod-nls-base
kmod-ppp
kmod-pppoe
kmod-pppox
kmod-slhc
kmod-usb-core
kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport
kmod-usb-net
kmod-usb-net-qmi-wwan
kmod-usb-serial
kmod-usb-serial-option
kmod-usb-serial-wwan
kmod-usb-wdm
kmod-usb-xhci-hcd
kmod-usb-xhci-mtk
kmod-usb3
libblobmsg-json20240329
libc
libgcc1
libiwinfo-data
libiwinfo20230701
libjson-c5
libjson-script20240329
libmbedtls21
libmnl0
libnftnl11
libnl-tiny1
libubox20240329
libubus20250102
libuci20250120
libuclient20201210
libucode20230711
libudebug
libustream-mbedtls20201210
logd
mtd
netifd
nftables-json
odhcp6c
odhcpd-ipv6only
openwrt-keyring
ppp
ppp-mod-pppoe
procd
procd-seccomp
procd-ujail
ubi-utils
uboot-envtools
ubox
ubus
ubusd
uci
uclient-fetch
ucode
ucode-mod-digest
ucode-mod-fs
ucode-mod-nl80211
ucode-mod-rtnl
ucode-mod-ubus
ucode-mod-uci
ucode-mod-uloop
uqmi
urandom-seed
urngd
usign
wifi-scripts
wireless-regdb
wpad-basic-mbedtls
wwan
zlib
root@OpenWrt:~#
if you don't have any particular needs I suggest you install version 24.10, not the snapshot as advised to you by @frollic
I also recommend you add the following packages:
at htop wget-ssl sed curl diffutils lsof usbutils procps-ng-watch coreutils-base64 flock lslocks picocom sms-tool qmi-utils luci-proto-qmi kmod-usb-net-cdc-mbim umbim luci-proto-mbim owut tcpdump kmod-button-hotplug openssh-client openssh-client-utils openssh-keygen block-mount e2fsprogs fdisk kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-usb-storage-uas mount-utils smartmontools
luci luci-ssl luci-app-uhttpd luci-app-firewall luci-app-https-dns-proxy pingcheck
show:
You have installed a snapshot image. Read the link for instructions how to install Luci, which is not installed by default in snapshots.
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Thank you so much for the correct suggestions. I have never installed OpenWRT on any router and I have definitely made some mistakes and wrong choices.
I successfully installed "openwrt-24.10.0-ramips-mt7621-zyxel_lte5398-m904-initramfs-recovery.bin" via TFTP Recovery over Ethernet using the instruction in "Installation from Z-Loader (vendor U-Boot application)" from "https://openwrt.org/toh/zyxel/lte5398-m904", and after rebooting I could connect to LUCI via browser and upgrade the system using "openwrt-24.10.0-ramips-mt7621-zyxel_lte5398-m904-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin".
Now I'm tring to configured the wifi connections but the WAN (LTE/3G) connection seems to be down. In "Network/Interfaces" the WAN is red and "unsupported protocol type" and "Install protocol extension" appear. How can I activate the LTE connection?
Please refer to https://openwrt.org/toh/zyxel/lte5398-m904#modem and start a separate topic if you need any help with the modem configuration.
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