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May 12, 2024

How to install OpenWrt on the Linksys MR8300 Wireless Router

The Linksys MR8300 is not a bad wireless router, but one of its best features, as with the WRT1900ACS, is that it is supported by different open source firmwares including OpenWrt. So, if you’re like me and want to use this router with the open source router firmware to unlock all of its power instead of the limited stock firmware, read this guide to learn how to install it. It’s not a hard process, but you need to be careful with some of the steps, but don’t worry, I’ll guide you through the whole process.

April 21, 2020

Accessing your OpenWrt router via SSH

After installing OpenWrt on your router, you will be able to access it via SSH without having to configure anything else because it is enabled by default on port 22 for the root user + password.

April 20, 2020

How to reboot nightly your OpenWrt router

Setting our router to reboot every night is a good practice that can help the router to free up memory and processes, search for channels with less traffic, or resynchronize connections so that the stability of the router is improved.

September 15, 2019

How to install OpenWrt on the Linksys WRT1900ACS Wireless Router

The Linksys WRT1900ACS is a good wireless router, but one of its best features is that it is supported by different open source firmwares including OpenWrt. So, if you’re like me and want to use this router with the OpenSource router firmware to unlock all of its power instead of the limited stock firmware, read this guide to learn how to install it. It’s not a hard process but I had several issues when I installed the firmware on my router so I’ve written in this guide all the solutions I had to apply. I hope they will help you too.

If you have previously installed DD-WRT on your Linksys WRT1900ACS router and want to switch to OpenWrt, read how to rollback to the stock firmware before installing OpenWrt.

If you have a different router and you want to check if it’s supported by OpenWrt, you can check it in the table of supported devices. On the other hand, if you want to buy a router to install OpenWrt, you can have a look at the ‘Ideal for OpenWrt’ table.