Hi.
I like to test a possible bug in OpenWRT. For that it would be helpful to know if there is a hardware switch that triggers the alternativ firmware. Did not find anything about this.
Cheers
Nils
Hi.
I like to test a possible bug in OpenWRT. For that it would be helpful to know if there is a hardware switch that triggers the alternativ firmware. Did not find anything about this.
Cheers
Nils
Not sure if you are specifically looking for a way to use a hardware switch or just for a way to switch to the alternative firmware. The latter can be done via a Luci package: https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/luci-app-advanced-reboot and see the support thread here: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/web-ui-to-reboot-to-another-partition-for-linksys-zyxel-dual-partition-routers-and-to-power-off-power-down
Hi,
looking especially for a hardware switch as I have a tagged network and after resetting the router it cannot be accessed anymore. So it would be easier instead connecting it to a laptop and restore a backup, etc.
Advanced reboot is cool and I am using it but it is not helpful if access is lost or it is not installed because of the reset.
I have never found a ways to trigger firmware failover on the nbg6817, which surely sounds nonsensical, but I'd love to be proven wrong.
But please, if you find another way to toggle the dualflag on a non-booting system (apart from serial console access), please holler and add that information to the wiki.
The dualboot script I did not know...that would be a good step forward as I can switch the partition without any internet connection easily. A candidate to add to the router specific image that it would be available every time...
I guess you could combine a button like “wps” to a simple script to toggle the dual boot feature. See https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/hardware/hardware.button
Install a “management” vlan into the image could also solve your “reset” problem. Kind of like done with the Netgear managed switch: https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/gs108t_v3
But: you say test for bugs, so I strongly suggest using the serial console for this and depending the type of bug or crash you can easily “recover” from the console.