Understanding OpenWRT, LEDE, Pandora, Asus, Merlin, and Padavan: Differences and Features

Understanding OpenWRT, LEDE, Pandora, Asus, Merlin, and Padavan: Differences and Features

My home Asus AC51U was previously flashed with the Padavan firmware, but recently the signal has been disappearing frequently. Out of frustration, I decided to switch to a higher-end router, but the price of the high-end Asus series is quite shocking. So I looked at the Phicomm series; both N1 and K2P were legendary models … Read more

Comprehensive Guide to Flashing OpenWrt LEDE Firmware on Phicomm K3 Router

Comprehensive Guide to Flashing OpenWrt LEDE Firmware on Phicomm K3 Router

Two months ago, I had already flashed the root version of the official firmware for the Phicomm K3 router (see “Flashing ROOT Firmware on Phicomm K3 Router: Enable Ad Filtering, Internal Network Penetration, and Aria2 Features”), but during use, I found that it occasionally lost connection, and the ad filtering effect was not ideal, especially … Read more

Guide to Multi-Connection and Load Balancing with LEDE/OpenWrt

Guide to Multi-Connection and Load Balancing with LEDE/OpenWrt

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Enhancing Router Security for Remote Access with LEDE/OpenWRT

Enhancing Router Security for Remote Access with LEDE/OpenWRT

In the previous two articles, Blue Dot Network introduced how to configure DDNS to bind a custom domain name for public remote access on LEDE/OpenWRT firmware routers. Additionally, a trusted certificate can be bound to the custom domain name for HTTPS access. Blue Dot Network will also introduce how to configure IPv6 for public access … Read more

The Birth of LEDE: A New Era for OpenWrt

The Birth of LEDE: A New Era for OpenWrt

OpenWrt can be said to be the most famous home WiFi router Linux distribution in the world, birthed from the once obscure Linksys WRT54G router, and has been around for more than 12 years. In early May 2016, the OpenWrt user community announced another OpenWrt: the Linux Embedded Development Environment (LEDE). The official explanation states … Read more

How to Update TV Boxes with OpenWrt

How to Update TV Boxes with OpenWrt

SoC Device Optional kernel OpenWrt Firmware a311d Khadas-VIM3 All amlogic_a311d.img s922x Beelink-GT-King, Beelink-GT-King-Pro, Ugoos-AM6-Plus, ODROID-N2, X88-King, Ali-CT2000 All amlogic_s922x.img s905x3 X96-Max+, HK1-Box, Vontar-X3, H96-Max-X3, Ugoos-X3, TX3(QZ), TX3(BZ), X96-Air, X96-Max+_A100, A95XF3-Air, Tencent-Aurora-3Pro(s905x3-b), X96-Max+Q1, X96-Max+100W, X96-Max+_2101, Infinity-B32 All amlogic_s905x3.img s905x2 X96Max-4G, X96Max-2G, MECOOL-KM3-4G, Tanix-Tx5-Max, A95X-F2 All amlogic_s905x2.img s912 Tanix-TX8-Max, Tanix-TX9-Pro(3G), Tanix-TX9-Pro(2G), Tanix-TX92, Nexbox-A1, Nexbox-A95X-A2, A95X, H96-Pro-Plus, VORKE-Z6-Plus, … Read more

OpenWrt Guide: Configuring WireGuard VPN

OpenWrt Guide: Configuring WireGuard VPN

/etc/wireguard/wg0.conf configuration file content 1234567 [Interface] PrivateKey = ListenPort = 443 [PEER] PUBLICKEY = ALLOWEDIPS = 10.0.1.2/32 Script startup command 1234567891011121314151617181920 #!/bin/sh # Configure wg0 interface and set as default route ip link add wg0 type wireguard sleep 1 ip link set mtu 1420 up dev wg0 sleep 1 ip -4 address add 10.0.1.1 dev … Read more

OpenWrt DSA Configuration Guide

OpenWrt DSA Configuration Guide

In OpenWrt version 21.02, the configuration method for switch/vlan has changed. Instead of using swconfig, it has been changed to DSA, and as a result, the method for configuring switch/vlan has also changed. What is DSA? DSA stands for Distributed Switch Architecture, which is a Linux kernel subsystem for network switches. It is the upstream … Read more

How to Set Up a BT Downloader Using Raspberry Pi and OpenWrt

How to Set Up a BT Downloader Using Raspberry Pi and OpenWrt

Due to the changes in the article push rules of the public account, which no longer sort by publication time, please remember to hit the「Looking」 in the lower right corner, and click the “ … ” in the top right corner of the public account homepage to set Programmer Geek Laboratory as a star mark … Read more

OpenWrt USB File System Operations and Performance Testing

OpenWrt USB File System Operations and Performance Testing

1. Check the information of USB storage in the boot log # dmesg [ 5.720000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs [ 5.730000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub [ 5.740000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb [ 5.740000] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver [ 5.750000] ehci-platform: EHCI generic platform driver [ … Read more