That one is quite expesive, but for the specs it is understandable it seems like a good SBC server
Problem with this sxtsq 5 ac is that it seems ultrasonic welded, not sure how to confirm that without breaking everything. I doubt that it does not have a serial port somewhere in there
When rebooting a RouterBoard the bootloader (RouterBOOT) will always use the serial console (serial0 on RouterBoards) to send out some startup messages and offer access to the RouterBOOT menu.
So at least the bootloader outputs to the serial port on every routerboard devices (read all mikrotik devices)
That is taken from the Wiki and it is not correct at all.
I can guarantee you that UART does not work on any never(As in 1-2 years old) device that does not adverise UART
From the internal and external pictures, the actual mainboard is small, only as big as the four inner holes on the back (external picture)?
Maybe to outer small holes on back of the outer picture is where one would need to drill ? and them pry it open
Also looking at how one install OpenWRT on the Cisco Meraki MR33, ubootwrite is used over serial port (not sure yet if this method could help since the serial port still need be enabled)
Not from me, i gave up since with the current hardware i have i need to break the case thus breaking it's waterproofing (unless the waterproofing is just a protection on the pcb itself, no idea)
I have test on my rb450gx4 (routeros v6.42.7), and I use https://github.com/0ki/mikrotik-tools to get the temporary root shell, here is some useful system info:
And I just need a netboot kernel file such as lede-ipq4019-mikrotik-vmlinux-initramfs.elf, (I see the master branch has ready support the ipq40xx), is there any guide line to build the netboot kernel file?
So it seems like there is another mikrotik router supported by owrt (by @robimarkoMikroTik rb450gx4 support ), would it be possible to port to this one?
Not sure about what dts is, but it seems to be needed, where to get that?
Any news on this one? Can i help in some way with my device? i tried the mikrotik tools exploit, but i guess that my firmware version was already patched, and the usb exploit is impossible to execute. Is it possible to downgrade the mikrotik firmware?