Problem with installing OpenWrt to Asus RT-N66U (Bricked my device?)

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi,
I am having some trouble with my first install of OpenWRT on my Asus RT-N66U.

I tried to upload the install file to my router via the update firmware function, but it complained about the uploaded file being a third party firmware, so I put the router in recovery mode and used Asus utility to force-flash the firmware on it, but I can´t connect to the web interface. I connected my computer via ethernet cable to the router and did an ip scan, and I noticed that the router´s hostname had changed to "OpenWrt.lan" and it had got an ip adress.
But when I try to connect to the router via the IP I had been given through my ip scan, It wouldn´t connect but I can ping the device.

I havn´t tried to flash Asus firmware back. Should I do that?

What are my next steps?
Have I bricked my router?

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What's the IP you receive?

  • Can you SSH into the router?
  • Did you install a Snapshot by any chance?
  • Have you ever had OpenWrt installed before?

It doesn't seem so, as your device has an OpenWrt hostname now. It must have flashed successfully.

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192.168.1.1

No, don´t think so.

No, I don´t think so. I downloaded this file.

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/targets/brcm47xx/mips74k/openwrt-18.06.1-brcm47xx-mips74k-asus-rt-n66u-squashfs.trx

Nope, just Asus own firmware.