This morning, I dug an old TP-Link Archer C7 out of my supply closet (I wonder if we all at some point had one of those). For some reason, I’ve been thinking it’s the accursed v1 (aka The One That Never Worked Right), but the sticker on the bottom said v2. OK, good news so far… So I turn it on, and it’s got OpenWrt 22.03 on it. I am sure it was I who installed it at some point (my fingerprints are all over the installation), but I have no memory of having done it. Anyway, one auc run to upgrade to 23.*, another one to upgrade to 24.*, and the device is ready to operate in 2025 (hello owut, farewell auc, and thanks for the job well done!). Configuration transferred perfectly. No questions, comments, or concerns.
If only everything in technology worked so smoothly every time we try…
Mine's a v4, which I've been using as a test-install device for years. It has always just worked, too, it's a great little box.
(I have an ancient WRT54G -- "Wireless G" woo! -- that served me well for many years; I think I could put 15.05 on for some Legacy Networking.)
EDIT:
Just looked at my notes for the C7: "In-service date 2017-11-15 (Amazon $79.93)" and I see I've done firmware upgrades on it 36 times since 2019...
Upload sysupgrade file to /tmp/
verify sha256sum is same as it was in the web for the file !!!!
sysupgrade without keeping configuration
...... wait until it reboots
profit!!!
