Locked out of Open-WRT

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I have just installed open-wrt on a d-link covr-1860 wifi access point using the factory image, got an successful installation message, but I cannot log into it.
I can see that my router has assigned an IP to the open-wrt device, and I can ping it, but SSH port 22 and HTTP port 80 are both closed.

Is there any way to recover this?

Many thanks for any assistance.

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How are you trying to connect?

OpenWrt, by default, has ssh enabled and the port is open from the lan side. The same is true for the LuCI web interface as long as you're using a stable release build (snapshots don't have LuCI preinstalled).

Make sure you are connected via ethernet to the lan port. You should get an address in the 192.168.1.0/24 network and you can reach the router via ssh or web at 192.168.1.1 (username "root", no password).

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Hi and thanks for your response.

Version installed was factory image of version [23.05.5]

The open-wrt device is on a lan which already has a DHCP server. This server has assigned 192.168.12.36 to the the Open-WRT. Port 22 is definately closed on it.

I have then disconnect from the main switch to isolate from the DHCP server. When I do this my computer just waits for a IP assignement which does not happen. I manually enter an IP of 192.168.1.2/24 and try to ping 192.168.1.1: "cannot reach host"

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Do not connect it to your upstream network (at least for now).

  1. Unplug it from everything, including power.
  2. Plug power back in.
  3. Connect your computer directly to the device via ethernet into the lan port.
  4. Check that your computer is set as a DHCP client, and observe the address that is issued.
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I'm in!!
Thanks for your help, panic over

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