Storage issue on OpenWRT

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi all,

I bought a router TP-Link Archer C6 v2. make a reset and install OpenWRT.
The process aims to set up a proxy server (IPRoyal) on the router. Hence, the Wireless devices use the Proxy IP automatically without modifying or changing any settings on their phone.

After some searching, I found that the best option is Squid, but I can not install it since I am facing issues with the disk space on my router.

I checked the documentation and found that the Disk Space is 8MB, however, my OpenWRT shows 1.31MiB

How can I fix the storage issue?
Any other good recommendations for the proxy?
Can anyone help me with a step-by-step guide on how can I achieve that?

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The 1.31 MB is the remaining space on overlay once OpenWrt itself has been installed which sounds about right. You could try using the firmware selector to exclude non-mandatory packages from your build if they're not needed (pppoe, ipv6, etc.) but you won't get very far with 8 MB nowadays anyway.

EDIT: also see https://openwrt.org/supported_devices/864_warning for why.

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