Unable to use 24.10.5 on Linksys EA8500 behind Virgin Media Hub 3.0

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi,

I have just installed 24.10.5 on the second boot partition of my Linksys EA8500. The router sits behind a UK Virgin Media Hub 3.0. The Hub 3.0 is in a modem-only mode. The router is unable to obtain a DHCP lease from the modem. I have tried restarting the router and the modem in various successions, but no luck. Once I switch back to the 23.05 boot partition and reboot the modem, the router springs back to life.

I would be very grateful for any pointers. While 23.05 is not giving me any issues, I am aware of it being end-of-life and not scheduled to receive any further security patches. Therefore, I would very much like to migrate to 24.10.

Thank you.

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You might need to change the title of the subject it talks about 21.10.5

You are aware that you cannot keep settings because of the switch to DSA?

Furthermore there was a bug. see:

But I think that should be solved already

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@slh - thank you for fixing the typo in the title.

@egc - thank you for your very helpful reply. The bug you mention may well be the reason why I am unable to get a DHCP lease. The one time where I was able to get the internet by rebooting the cable modem was before I enabled the wireless. I will do some testing by disabling the wireless and see if this has any effect.