Here's how to make your router BETTER! (OpenWRT)

[@michaelenelmar]

When you get told that this might brick your device it starts to get interesting.

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

Yes, flashing can rarely result in your router being bricked. This can happen if the file doesn't reach the router somehow or the transmission process is disturbed. That's why I highly recommend using a cable when flashing your router

[@usernamesrbacknowthx]

I don’t see how using a cable would make a difference, once the file is uploaded to the router. It’s not like your device is streaming every single instruction to execute directly to your router during the flashing process.

[@thegodofsurvival]

@@usernamesrbacknowthx The part where he asked to use a cable is right, but for the wrong reason. The WiFi is disabled by default in OpenWrt.

[@JasperPlays]

​​@@thegodofsurvivaloh. I thought I bricked mine.

[@PlayJewel]

Thats why im attempting it while my new router is still under replacement/return period

[@thomasmaier7053]

Cheers, this is basically the only video which gives a high level intro into OpenWRT. Much appreciated!

[@lofilounge9554]

This is a very good and straight to the point tutorial. I tried to do it with OpenWRT forums alone and it was way over complicated. Thanks!

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

No problem!

[@tackier-n2g]

It's because technical people are more inclined to use jargon that people might not understand. It's like if two doctors were discussing your health, you wouldn't understand much of what they're saying, but once they explain it to you personally, they'll use simpler terms.

[@ericwood3709]

I just replaced the factory firmware on my Netgear Nighthawk router because the damned thing was flaky with my current ISP. I would keep losing internet for no apparent reason. I was happy to see that OpenWRT supports that model, installed the firmware, struggled to get it up and running (had to enable interfaces, etc.), and now it's working nicely. I expect it will eliminate the problems I was having. As a bonus, the web interface is actually nice and snappy, whereas the factory firmware interface felt very sluggish.

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

Nice! OpenWRT is awesome

[@sonic4life]

Any updates? I have a Netgear R7000 and have been coping with the constant wifi drops. I wanted to try this before building my own router setup.

[@ericwood3709]

@@sonic4life Well, it is happily humming along with OpenWRT right now. The connectivity issues I was having might have been more on the ISP side, as it turns out, but at least OpenWRT is doing the job nonetheless. If you can get past the more complicated setup process, it seems to be worth it.

[@sonic4life]

@@ericwood3709 thank you, I will give this a try!

[@panrov]

As a man who already broke 2 routers, i see this as an absolute win.

[@spacemeter3001]

Remember: It is not bricked if you have an SPI flasher lol These things are cheap af and you can debrick most devices that way (or back up your original firmware before fooling around)

[@Triro]

With openWRT you also get a massive privacy benefit, sense you're not using the secret sauce that is the default firmware. Its fully open, and you can see the code yourself!

[@bekim137]

Im using openwrt like 10 years and its the best on my tp link router

[@markthompson4225]

You forgot to mention Tomato and all of its flavors... DD-wrt... and for Asus there is Merlin... and possibility a few that I forgot also... just the main ones...

[@RealEstatebyMarcus]

I did this with a linksys WRT1900ACS V2 router and cant log in to the router gateway address. When I ping router gateway, it shows not available. I have internet when wired in, but it comes up as unidentified network. Not exactly bricked, but not usable in its current state as a router. Viewer Beware.

[@ChicharonBaka]

Should've watch the tutorial how to flash it. WRT1900ACS is stable with custom firmware.

[@RealEstatebyMarcus]

@@ChicharonBaka I did flash it. Should’ve asked instead of assuming.

[@zeenxdownz]

did u take a backup of your old firmware

[@jerrygreenest]

What's difference between versions: factory and kernel?

[@john-mi1ud]

the openwrt journey must start with a USB-TTL adapter at hand ))

[@e53]

What's that used for?

[@eugene9000pro]

​@@e53i guess for flashing

[@arunkhan4951]

​@e53 Most network devices have serial port (console). Its used to recover bricked routers, few require openwrt factory image to be flashed flashed via the serial port (console)

[@arunkhan4951]

Totally agree 😂

[@a892728]

​@@e53Flashing firmware when you make it bricks

[@miracataman2566]

Is ıt easy to seup for all router? I have an Xiaomi 4a 100mb version so can i install like this too?

[@ahmadwahyudin5196]

How you got switch menu in openwrt? In mine doesn't have it

[@jaydenstowe0813]

I flashed the sys upgrade package first what do i do

[@mahmoudnasser1249]

Is OpenWrt Can Increase The Maximum Speed Of Download and Upload ? I Mean It Can Make Your Router VDSL

[@HEHEHIHI80]

Hmmm, i think yes, a little bit

[@julianporter5]

My TP-Link router just sits with lights flashing now. How do I unbrick it?

[@thunderlxrd]

Did you ever unbrick it?

[@kusettiadityasaikumar5805]

Yeah we need to know

[@breadcraft3605]

use the tftp method

[@thedestroyer3879]

So this guide works for all routers that support openwrt?

[@arunkhan4951]

Yes. Beware there's a learning curve as with any new platform you're not familiar with.

[@rcvg69420]

So what's dorkier? Flashing openwrt to your decade old netgear or installing opnsense on your decade old nuc?

[@princesskenny7222]

Try asking your GF and explain for an hour the pros and cons for the setup asking her advice, then experiment on her place by upgrading her to 6G backhaul mesh networking, Pi Hole ad-blocking and 10gigabit LAN connected to dedicated NAS with Steam caching and home surveillance recording, streaming with multiple WiFi cameras that you just nailed on every edge on her house outside and now she and family thinks why you soo weird - Totally worth it! Good excuse to move to her place because you broke anyway. If she haven't dumped you already at this point, Marry her

[@arunkhan4951]

Openwrt supports a *lot* more devices including x86 and x86_64. Whereas opnsense and pfsense are x86 and x86_64 only. So pick the distro based on the device you have.

[@arunkhan4951]

​@@princesskenny7222😂 ❤

[@arunkhan4951]

Also these wifi aps have multiple ethernet ports. With openwrt you can turn them into an actual routers serving as gateways to multiple isps with load balance/failover. The mwan3 package does this very nicely.

[@rcvg69420]

@@princesskenny7222 what girlfriend?

[@avimalla8518]

Good job bro😮 keep it up🙏

[@kuifmans2001]

I see what you're getting at but how does any update increase any online 'security'?

[@Heisenberg355]

For example, you have increased security if your stock firmware doesn't support WPA3, but OpenWRT does 😁 So the security aspect is mainly there because manufactures abandon router firmwares, and you can keep it up to date with OpenWRT.

[@finraziel]

If your router is actually working as a router (and it's not just running in accesspoint mode), it might be directly exposed to the internet (it also depends on your internet provider). If your router firmware has not been updated in a long time, it could be that certain bugs in that firmware have been found and it's possible for someone to use those bugs to hack into your router from the internet. Once they've done that they could change settings or even run their own modified firmware on it and for instance make your router part of a botnet, or they could use the access they now have to your home network to try to hack into any systems you have connected there. So it's not so much your security when you are actively doing stuff on the internet (though the VPN support that was mentioned in the video can also improve that), but mainly being protected against incoming connections from the internet that you're probably not aware of at all. The above is also why it's very important to have a strong secure password on your router. Don't just use the same password you use for other services! If one of those services gets hacked then your password could be out on the street and if someone can link this to your IP then they're in.

[@user-qc6yq1jh4j]

how often to update? do the creaters of openwrt notify you when it's time to update?

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

The general rule that I like to follow is that if the current OpenWRT version is still supported and if there's no feature that's exclusive to a new version then it's okay to have an older version. I would look out for security updates every now and then just in case

[@arunkhan4951]

​Also, if you are not daunted by cli shell, then an opkg shell script can do the updates via a batch job (cron).

[@a892728]

I have the same one n750 router,TL-WDR4300 use for many years until now,begin with 18.06 and last year 23.05.5 release.and newer one version is 24.10.0 now rc5 status.still supported. I got new MT7981B base Wi-Fi 6 router weeks ago and Openwrt 24.10.0rc4 on it.24.10.0 stable will soon

[@themaximusone]

if i use surf shark my ISP is throttling my BW, so, I am trying to use a pie to get the proof and info is welcome

[@arunkhan4951]

You will not get the same "wire" bitrates with any VPN solution. I have a 100/100 Mbps service, without VPN SpeedTest gives close to 100/100. With VPN its in 90/90 range.

[@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439]

Wow the volume is so incredibly in your face loud compared to standard, You overdid it! ;)

[@mohammadseddighi5501]

some of routers need ssh connection to change there frameware , make video for those too i recommend xiaomi routers

[@IslamicAudiobooksCentral]

Check out Flint 2 by GL-inet, brother. It's OS is based on OpenWRT and the price is competitive compared to toher routers of similar specs.

[@piggylieu]

Would you please tell us how to successfully connect ANY COMPATIBLE ROUTER/MODEM combination? Instead of the ones that your PROMOTING! Thank You SURFSHARK CUSTOMER

[@I_think_its_funny]

"Where is my mouse, can I have a moues? 😅"

[@shelbyv2658]

I unbricked my tp link bricked in openwrt

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

OpenWRT rules!

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

Do you even use Windows?? lol

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

Who is even using Mac? lol.. Let's go Linux!

[@edzanjero353]

With the increasing information about TP-Link's CCP security attacks, I'm going to try this on an older Netgear Nighthawk.

[@fabok002]

Funnily enough, I'm here because tp-link might be banned because of the plethora of security vulnerability and the irony that tp link is this videos sponsors! 😂

[@VeritasVortex]

Nice informative video

[@Mopsie]

AHH... it all works except wireless doesn't show up. I'm on Nighthawk R7000

[@darvinhernandez973]

fuck how did you fix it, that just happened to me

[@zeenxdownz]

@@darvinhernandez973 connect using ethernet cable and change its settings

[@arunkhan4951]

By default Wi-Fi is off. Did you enable the radios and configure the AP parameters?

[@fulesmackofule]

Promo blabla... I need the configuration :)

[@arunkhan4951]

Follow the detailed guides on their website. It may sound like promotion but IMO the majority content was focused on openwrt! BTW, this is the only VPN vendor I've come across that is readily sharing how to use the vpn service at the gateway level. Thereby *all* devices traffic goes over the vpn tunnel. Most other vendors you have to install their client on each device and they restrict how many devices can use their service concurrently!

[@소마-x3p]

Does Archer AX10 support openwrt?

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

I'm afraid not, AX10 uses a Broadcom chip which usually don't work with OpenWRT.

[@Clyde6790pYoutube]

companies dont have the money to support the millions of wifi routers they make ig

[@royajunique]

Why can't all the complaints adopt openwrt and let the people maintain it.

[@walt_the_dolt]

Windows XP might be a bit of a stretch. I bet there aren't a lot of computer viruses that still work on systems running Windows XP. You might actually be safer using Windows XP than Windows 10.

[@zeenxdownz]

its less secure

[@walt_the_dolt]

@zeenxdownz Yes, if you are pentesting, but in practice, an end user is more likely to have problems caused by malware with a modern OS than Windows XP. Most of the malware created for Windows XP has been saved in archives. It is not floating around the internet anymore.

[@zeenxdownz]

@walt_the_dolt there's tons of vulnerabilities

[@Marcnicos]

Windows XP n'a plus été mis à jour, Bill Gates était trop occupé à jouer avec son jeu préféré : Le Démineur !

[@aminuddin6452]

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[@6Karaboudjan9]

Who user xp in 2023 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@neas15us]

alot of medical and some gov facilities still use outdated windows operating systems

[@arunkhan4951]

​@@neas15usto my knowledge, these vendors have an oem support with MS for extended security support. The bigger question is how many of their customers know about it 😢

[@richardhalili-k9h]

sorry its not that easy i tried

[@Elias-rb7ee]

That tooth gap is a big security risk

[@RogerHarlan-d8q]

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[@Zive_Production]

Very nice video

[@SurfsharkAcademy]

Thanks!