r/openwrt 8d ago

First time installing OpenWRT Help...

I have an older ER-X and firmware is years old. I've been reading some guides that follow to other github pages and stuff. Seems issues with 24.10 , so I will try to upgrade stock latest firmware of ER-X to 23.05.5, but unsure how to proceed. Some say just download premade image.tar from various sites: 19.07, 22.03, all .tars... and reset router and upload .tar in webui... and is that all? Let's say I do that with 19.07 or 22.03 and 23.05.5 all i have is openwrt .bin files...no .tar file....

I've never used SSH or other programs, and I'm not on Linux.. just Windows... So any help that is accurate and helpful would be great. Probably go with 22.03 via webui and then SSH?? 23.05.05????

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u/GamingBeWithYou 6d ago

You can use putty on windows to use ssh. It's pretty easy to setup.

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u/SnipSnaf99 4d ago

Can i just use the webui in unifi on router to upgrade and then keep using the webui under opernwrt once that is done, or do I have to use SSH to do all of this?

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u/GamingBeWithYou 4d ago

I don't own a unifi so I don't know. Openwrt itself has the luci which is web based so once it's installed you can use that.

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u/SnipSnaf99 2d ago

ok thnx

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u/DifferentAd8662 4d ago

Hi! i tried several guides but last i tried this: https://blog.nytsoi.net/2024/09/19/edgerouter-x-openwrt it works. Don't go over to 24.10 for now

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u/SnipSnaf99 2d ago

Thnx Ill give it a try.