Open WRT any help?

[DVDR_Dog]

I have been staring at my Linksys wrt1900ac for years now. Don't get me wrong, it works quite well, I am not a gamer.
I do like to fiddle around with stuff at times. I have a brand new Netgear something or other still in the plastic should I mess up so I don't mind taking a chance.
Have any of out members had any experience flashing a router, with Open WRT and this model would be ideal although I would love to hear more about this project. I may proceed soon or not, trying to make up my mind. If I brick the Linksys, oh well time to recycle it.
Thanks for any input.

 

[ThumperTM]

I have been staring at my Linksys wrt1900ac for years now. Don't get me wrong, it works quite well, I am not a gamer.
I do like to fiddle around with stuff at times. I have a brand new Netgear something or other still in the plastic should I mess up so I don't mind taking a chance.
Have any of out members had any experience flashing a router, with Open WRT and this model would be ideal although I would love to hear more about this project. I may proceed soon or not, trying to make up my mind. If I brick the Linksys, oh well time to recycle it.
Thanks for any input.

Hey,

I had one TP link with Open WRT software, i havent flash it so i cant help you, sorry.

I agree, Open WRT is nice

 

[hacxx]

Why not develop some code with it?

 

[DVDR_Dog]

Why not develop some code with it?

I gave up coding a while back, too tedious for me.

 

[hacxx]

I like to code with routers, there is always something to change.

The last time i coded something was for ADB Broadband DA 2210 routers (Bit old)

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How to get wifi password on ADB Broadband DA 2210 [PT Sapo]
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Hardware required
ADB Broadband DA 2210
Ethernet Cable

Software required
SmartSniff v2.29 - http://www.nirsoft.net

Tutorial
1 - Start by pluging in a Ethernet cable from your computer to port ETH1 of the router.
2 - Start SmartSniff v2.29
3 - Open your browser on http://adsl.setup/ui/skin
4 - Start capturing packets in SmartSniff
5 - Click on "Save" in Wifi network
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7 - Open dump.txt and look for passphraseB64
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[philalethes]

I still have old workhorse WRT54G v8.2, and flashed it with DD-WRT and all worked fine. But not being a propeller-headed IT geek, I couldn't tell you much more, except there were now choices for a lot of settings. I recall you went to the DD-WRT site and it listed routers it works on.

 

[DVDR_Dog]

Oh wow. That brings back the good old WEP days. For those of you who know, that was fun.

 

[th3m]

Highly recommended to flash it, make sure which model you have exaclty. As i see there are 2 versions of wrt1900ac and 2 versions of wrt1900acs.

After you figure out which version you have just head to https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/ and get the factory image.

Installation and recovery instructions can be found on your model's device page. For wrt1900ac is https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt1900ac

I suggest you go with the Current stable series 19.07 and wait 1-2 days, cause a new version just released (19.07.8), before flashing.

 

[DVDR_Dog]

I ran across this article yesterday. Some interesting insights.

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[DVDR_Dog]

I confess I still don't have the balls to flash my router. I have like 20+ connected devices and to have to reconfigure doesn't appeal to me right now.

 

[hacxx]

I still have old workhorse WRT54G v8.2, and flashed it with DD-WRT and all worked fine. But not being a propeller-headed IT geek, I couldn't tell you much more, except there were now choices for a lot of settings. I recall you went to the DD-WRT site and it listed routers it works on.

I like WRT54G routers. You can get a few with shodan and using default password you can remotely change the ssid or read the internet connection username and password.

 

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[hacxx]

I like WRT54G routers. You can get a few with shodan and using default password you can remotely change the ssid or read the internet connection username and password.

I still have old workhorse WRT54G v8.2, and flashed it with DD-WRT and all worked fine. But not being a propeller-headed IT geek, I couldn't tell you much more, except there were now choices for a lot of settings. I recall you went to the DD-WRT site and it listed routers it works on.

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[oldgeek]

I have been staring at my Linksys wrt1900ac for years now. Don't get me wrong, it works quite well, I am not a gamer.
I do like to fiddle around with stuff at times. I have a brand new Netgear something or other still in the plastic should I mess up so I don't mind taking a chance.
Have any of out members had any experience flashing a router, with Open WRT and this model would be ideal although I would love to hear more about this project. I may proceed soon or not, trying to make up my mind. If I brick the Linksys, oh well time to recycle it.
Thanks for any

+Have you seen the vid on YouTube? I also had one of the same modems which I wanted to connect to a different system in the UK but had to upgrade the firmware. A bit difficult to understand at times, I think he has a speech impediment or like me No teeth!! The link is;

Best of luck...

Oldgeek

 

[Hotrod369]

Hey,

I had one TP link with Open WRT software, i havent flash it so i cant help you, sorry.

I agree, Open WRT is nice

A long time ago I installed Open WRT on a TP-link and it worked great until I decided to start adjusting it's vast setting I had no clue at the what they did. Bricked it. But you live and learn. LOL