Please change on Openwrt https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/re305_v1 the version that works on TP-Link RE305 v1 device that is according to user Iozone is ONLY works well

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I am not a programmer but I found on the OpenWRT forum about Brick TP-link RE305 v1 with new OpenWRT

USER Iozone said:

"You now have a working RE305V1 with the ability to save settings.
Bottom line: The more recent versions of openwrt do NOT work on the RE305V1. If you go back to earlier versions, you can recover your device.

On the Linux box, download the very old version of openwrt: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.6/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-21.02.6-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_re305-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin "

USER Iozone said:

"The problem is that the latest version of openwrt does not work with the REL305V1. It only appears to work, but the ability to save settings does not work. Power bump, and it's back to being a door stop.
The process to sort this out:

This user [solved} by On the Linux box, download the very old version of openwrt: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.6/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-21.02.6-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_re305-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
this is last working well version of OpenWRT."

Please change on Openwrt https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/re305_v1 the version that works on TP-Link RE305 v1 device that is according to user Iozone is ONLY works well **
** on https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.6/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-21.02.6-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_re305-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Thanks

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Huh? and do you have such a device?

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I'm sorry to ping an old topic, but I do have an RE305 on hand and was having issues with settings not persisting on it until discovering these posts.

Yes, downgrading from 23.05 to 21.02 does fix the issue with settings not being persisted.

The jiffs2 overlay seems to not get set up correctly on newer versions - I see the below error message in the log after a reboot. It seems as though this issue was introduced at some point after the release of 21.02

mount_root: jffs2 not ready yet, using temporary tmpfs overlay

A lot of time and energy for other users could be saved if a note is added to the wiki. It would naturally be preferable to fix the root cause instead, but I do not have the skills for this :slight_smile:

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Then maybe you'll be willing to explain what needs to be changed or added to the WIki?

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Sure, I'd be happy to.

On the RE305 v1 page, I reckon an infobox should be added to the supported versions section.

For instance:

This device is capable of running OpenWRT 23.05, but does not persist changes. Functionally speaking, it is factory reset on every boot. The newest version without this bug is currently 21.02. You can downgrade by installing the sysupgrade image through LuCI.

Version 21.02 can be found here

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OK, we know there's a broken version. Just to be clear:

  • Which version is broken (23, correct?)?
  • Which version works (22 and lower, correct?)?
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  • Yes, 23.05 is broken.
  • I personally didn't have any luck on 22.03 but I'd be happy to try that again tomorrow. 21.02 definitely works

Thank you for your prompt attention to this thread. I appreciate your help in resolving this :slight_smile:

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A note has been added to the Wiki, linking here.

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Thank you. Much appreciated!

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