[SOLVED] Installing OpenWRT on the Dynalink DL-WRX36

[Oliumen]

@frollic

There's also a link to the very detailed how to forum post, on the wiki page.

Ah there it is. Thank you. I hate that the required information isn't on a single page and is instead spread across several different posts and pages and places, etc. Very disorganized in my opinion. Thank you for that link though.

4.2 If you have ever connected to another router, host key verification
failed may display: “Warning remotehost identification has changed!”
If this happens, run the command:
ssh-keygen -f "~/.ssh/known_hosts" -R "192.168.216.1"
or navigate to ~/.ssh/ in your file browser and manually edit the known hosts file removing the conflicting entry.

Moving on to the next step. I will post progress updates.

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UPDATE1:

Since I was already successful with part 1 step 8,9,& 10.

Note the SSH login is now also changed to OpenWRT's root login since OpenWrt is flashed/installed. So the username will become: root instead of admin.

You need to set a temporary password for the router:
1.1 ssh root@192.168.1.1
1.2 passwd and enter a temporary password (Note, typing Passwords is usually not visible in terminal)
1.3 exit

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UPDATE 2:

When installing the SNAPSHOT do not use the normal command.

Normal:
scp openwrt-23.05.4-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-squashfs-factory.ubi root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/factory_image.ubi

Instead use:
scp openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-dynalink_dl-wrx36-squashfs-factory.ubi root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/factory_image.ubi

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UPDATE 3:

@S7venLights

2.1 Open terminal at the path where your Factory Image file is downloaded
2.2 Sample of what the command should look like (replace the filename with your factory filename):
scp -O openwrt-23.05.2-ipq807x-generic-dynalink_dl-wrx36-squashfs-factory.ubi root@192.168.1.1:/tmp
2.3 you should see a 100% dialogue after running the above command.

So on my local machine, not the USB that's plugged into the router??? Or am I trying to get at the USB on the back of the router via the router's terminal in SSH?

Now I am stuck here. How do I access the USB and it's files from the router's terminal? I've never used a linux terminal to navigate to a USB drive. Especially one without lsblk so I can see what is and isn't there.

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UPDATE 4:

Yes you scp from the laptop you are hooked up to the router with and transfer the file from the laptop to the router's /tmp directory. Then continue following the guide's instructions which are very straight forward and easy to follow and understand after that.

I had to switch from my linux laptop to a Windows Laptop and I used the program WINscp to transfer the files. Very easy and intuitive.

Instructions here:

Dynalink DL-WRX36 Install

Dynalink dl-wrx36 Detailed Install Guide (Using SSH 'option A') Adapted from the Official Installation Wiki Please read all the instructions at least twice before starting or asking questions here. It seems intimidating but as you read and try it becomes clear. Disclaimer/Note for installing future versions of OpenWRT >23.05: The ipq807x target was renamed to qualcommax in main firmware snapshots, to support other Qualcomm AX chips, and ipq807x was bumped down to subtarget qualcommax/ipq807x.…

Thanks again frollic. Have a safe trip buddy!