OpenWRT One issue please help! [Solved]

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I am new to OpenWRT and have never used the OS before.

So, my OpenWRT router arrived, but unfortunately, I’ve already bricked it.

I attempted to update the firmware on the NAND flash, but the router didn’t reboot or shut down. Consequently, I closed the window and couldn’t re-enter the local IP address. It kept displaying an error message stating that it couldn’t connect.

I also had HTTP(S) redirection on during this, so I wasn’t sure if that was the issue.

As a last resort, I reset the router by pressing the reset button on the back. But that did not fix the issue. Still can’t get to the login screen.

Next, I attempted to reinstall the firmware using a USB drive while in NOR mode.

Prepare the USB Drive:

  • Format the USB drive as FAT32.
  • Download and copy the following files to the root directory of the USB drive:
    openwrt-mediatek-filogic-openwrt_one-snand-preloader. bin
    openwrt-mediatek-filogic-openwrt_one-factory. ubi

I believed the process was successful, but I still couldn’t access the login page.

Frustrated, I ssh’d into the router, which worked. I then tried a factory reset using firstboot.

However, when I attempted to ssh back into the router, I received a warning indicating that something had changed, and I could no longer sshwhile in NAND mode.

I tried the USB process again, but the USB drive kept flashing orange and didn’t turn green. It’s been 12 minutes, and the USB remains stuck.

I tried using Brave Leo, which provided some insights.

If the LED does not turn green within a couple of minutes, double-check that the USB drive is properly formatted and contains the correct files. If issues persist, consult the OpenWrt documentation or community forums for further assistance.

Please help me

Edit: I am also on Windows 11. I don’t know if that will make difference.

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it is normal. after flashing your device, SSH keys are changed, so your SSH client warn you about (in your case irelevant) possible security problem

so you need to delete old learned keys and/or accept new ones

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Yeah but now it won’t let me SSH. I don’t get any prompt to sign in in Window’s command prompt.

How would I do that on Windows. Also how do I fix not being able to login on the browser. As, I keep just getting an error when I do 192.168.1.1

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please use PUTTY for SSH logins
about WEB/Luci ... there was always a problem with preinstalled WEB (Luci), on some releases, Luci is included, on some not (snapshot/stable). Maybe you flashed image without Luci

best way is to, login through SSH

opkg update
opkg install luci

edit: yes, you need to have working out of box internet connection WAN/DHCP

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Ok, will get back to you after trying what you recommended. Thanks

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Ok for:

I am getting:

-ash: opkg: not found

For both commands.

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It said OpenWRT switched to “apk” package manager.

In the prompt.

So, I am going to use that.

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I installed PuTTY and used the APK to install Luci. Everything works now. Thank you for your help.

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i am glad you solved :slight_smile:

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Why? MS managed to include ssh into the terminal, no need for 3rd party soft...

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If you can tell me how to clear the SSH keys on MS then I would use it.

PuTTY just let me bypass it. Whereas MS command prompt wouldn’t let me. Unless I cleared the keys.

Which I don’t know how to do.

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as you could see from OP question, he does not know what are SSH keys/fingeprints, so he was stuck with changed SSH keys
since i using Linux, i have no experience with win/ssh client, i could not help him to delete old "known_hosts", but i know that PUTTY always ask (and accept) about changed ssh keys, so it was the "easy way"

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