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Information

  • NETGEAR WNDR3800 1)
  • OpenWrt 2)

Notes

  • 2019/07/17 ath79 snapshot had broken port forwarding
  • :!: Using sysupgrade with factory images will soft-brick the router 3)

Stable

Version Check

  • Latest known version: 18.06.4

Download

  • 18.06.4
  • :!: ar71xx 4)
rm -f '/tmp/openwrt-stable-ar71xx-wndr3800-sysupgrade.bin' && wget -O '/tmp/openwrt-stable-ar71xx-wndr3800-sysupgrade.bin' 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/openwrt-18.06.4-ar71xx-generic-wndr3800-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'

Install

  • -n doesn't save old config
  • --force forces the flash
  • -v more verbose
ssh 'root'@'192.168.1.1'
sysupgrade --force -n -v '/tmp/openwrt-stable-ar71xx-wndr3800-sysupgrade.bin'

Configure

Snapshot

Date Check

Download

  • ath79
rm -f '/tmp/openwrt-snapshot-ath79-wndr3800-sysupgrade.bin' && wget -O '/tmp/openwrt-snapshot-ath79-wndr3800-sysupgrade.bin' 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ath79/generic/openwrt-ath79-generic-netgear_wndr3800-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'

Install

  • -n doesn't save old config
  • --force forces the flash
  • -v more verbose
ssh 'root'@'192.168.1.1'
sysupgrade --force -n -v '/tmp/openwrt-snapshot-ar71xx-ath79-sysupgrade.bin'

LuCI

ssh 'root'@'192.168.1.1'
opkg update && opkg install 'luci' && opkg install 'luci-ssl-openssl'

Configure

Recovery

Notes

  • Can seemingly still use tftp even if you can't ping the router

Image

  • Pick one
  • :!: The stable image URL will need updated if there's a newer version available
wget -O ~/'f.img' 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/openwrt-18.06.4-ar71xx-generic-wndr3800-squashfs-factory.img'
wget -O ~/'f.img' 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ath79/generic/openwrt-ath79-generic-netgear_wndr3800-squashfs-factory.img'

TFTP

sudo dnf install 'tftp'
tftp
verbose
trace
rexmt 1
binary
connect 192.168.1.1
put f.img
3)
see Recovery to fix
4)
ath79 isn't available yet, but should be used when available
/var/www/wiki/data/attic/devices/wndr3800_openwrt.1563356926.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/07/17 05:48 by Sean Rhone