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Information

Notes

  • Stock firmware reports d(149)+p(153)+d(157)+d(161) for 5GHz channels with 153 selected and 11(P)+7(S) for 2.4GHz with 11 selected
  • :!: Might perform worse than DD-WRT 1) 2)

Snapshot

sysupgrade

ssh 'root'@'192.168.1.1'
rm -fv '/tmp/sysupgrade.img' && sync && sysupgrade --force -n -p -v 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'
rm -fv ~/'.ssh/known_hosts' && ping '192.168.1.1'

Windows

"%UserProfile%\Downloads\OpenSSH-Win64\ssh.exe" root@192.168.1.1
rm -f '/tmp/sysupgrade.img' && sync && sysupgrade --force -n -p -v 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'
DEL /S "%UserProfile%\.ssh\known_hosts" && ping -t "192.168.1.1"

Packages

LuCI

ssh root@192.168.1.1
sync && passwd
apk update && apk add 'luci' && sync

Windows

"%UserProfile%\Downloads\OpenSSH-Win64\ssh.exe" root@192.168.1.1

LuCI

Settings

cron

# Restart 2:45:10 AM
44 2 * * * sleep '70' && touch '/etc/banner' && reboot

# End

DNS

2620:fe::11
2620:fe::fe:11
9.9.9.11
149.112.112.11

Firewall

HTTP
80
HTTPS
443

Recovery

  • Back to NETGEAR stock firmware
  • Can also initial-flash OpenWRT

nmrpflash

sudo ln -sv 'libpcap.so.1' '/usr/lib64/libpcap.so.0.8'
sudo ~/'Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.16-linux/nmrpflash' -L
sudo ~/'Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.16-linux/nmrpflash' -i 'enp6s0' -f ~/'Downloads/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-factory.img'
sudo ~/'Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.16-linux/nmrpflash' -i 'enp6s0' -f ~/'Downloads/R6260-V1.1.0.84_1.0.1/R6260-V1.1.0.84_1.0.1.img'
sudo ~/'Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.25-linux-x86_64/nmrpflash' -L
sudo ~/'Downloads/nmrpflash' -a '192.168.1.1' -f ~/'Downloads/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-factory.img' -i 'eno1' -R 'NA' -v

Windows

Npcap

  • [x] Install Npcap in WinPcap API-compatible Mode

nmrpflash

"%UserProfile%\Downloads\nmrpflash-0.9.25-win32\nmrpflash.exe" -L
"%UserProfile%\Downloads\nmrpflash-0.9.25-win32\nmrpflash.exe" -a "192.168.1.1" -f "%UserProfile%\Downloads\R6260-V1.1.1.88\R6260-V1.1.1.88_1.0.1.img" -i "net7" -M "255.255.255.0" -R "NA" -v
1)
this video 4K@60Hz has to buffer quick-enough to play ideally for HW-accel testing; OpenWRT notably doesn't buffer quick enough at times; 2025/10/25: DD-WRT at highspeed seemingly fine
2)
2025/11/01: pings 0.4ms average vs DD-WRT's lower 0.2ms
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