Router Not in Table of Hardware

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I have a Huawei HG8141H5 which is currently not found in the table and I really want to change the firmware because I feel like there is some shady stuff going on in the background. I don't know much about build firmware but I can learn.
Any help is appreciated.

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This device is not supported by the OpenWrt project. So you cannot install anything that exists now from OpenWrt.

However, if you'd like to begin the discovery process to see if the device is supportable in the first place, you can start with this guide:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/add.new.device

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How do I test the image? if i cant install to my router that is

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What do you mean? I just said:

The link I provided for adding a new device involves:

  • Opening the device
  • Checking the markings on all of the key ICs to understand what hardware is inside the device
  • Finding a serial UART port and connecting to it
  • Capturing the boot logs as the device boots up into its factory firmware

None of this involves installing anything, but you do need to begin exploring to see what's actually going on with this device to understand if it is even possible to run OpenWrt in the first place.

Once that's determined, then the development begins... each device requires a bespoke firmware image, which means discovering the details necessary to make a hardware definitions file and include all the necessary drivers and such.

Just to be clear, adding a new device to OpenWrt is usually a months long process of development and testing.

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I haven't done any of that before. Maybe I'll start small and then after that I'll attempt the above. Or i will just wait until it gets supported.

Thanks anyways.

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Huawei devices aren't very likely to ever be supported, unless they run on non-Huawei hw.

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may I ask why?

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Proprietary hw, with no open source code supporting it published.

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isn't all most commercial routers proprietary hw

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That doesn't mean they don't have support in Linux.

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