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πŸ“ŒOpenWRT

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EA3500 bricked by nandboot command

Tried AttendedSysUpgrade from 25.12.4 to 25.12.6 on EA3500 Travel router. It failed. SysLog provided explanatory note and remedy instructions that entailed enlarging the boot partition again. It was set at 0x2E6 (shorthand) per fw_printenv. The SysLog provided command attempts to enlarge from 0x3E6 ...

2026-10-25 20:45:45 UTC OpenWRT
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System >> Software shows many updates... already installed?

Just upgraded to OpenWrt 25.12.6 r33311-981c978eff / LuCI openwrt-25.12 branch 26.288.56989~75a306d firmware. There were a few issues... The NVME drive didn't automount as /overlay. I edited the /etc/config/fstab file (the one on the internal drive) to set option enabled '1'. It had been '1' befor...

2026-10-25 14:33:52 UTC OpenWRT
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Installing openwrt into totolink x6000r V2

Hi ... I couldn't find the correct installation file for my totolink x6000r V2 router, is the x6000r V1 installation file works ? 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic

2026-10-25 12:04:54 UTC OpenWRT
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AI agent for development

Hi, I have been increasingly often using AI to help me solve issues and port openwrt to new hardware. This works so well that now I am considering spinning an autonomous agent (Claude Code), give it required access and ask it to crack the bootloader so openwrt can be ported to currently unsupported ...

2026-10-25 10:59:36 UTC OpenWRT
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TP-Link Archer AX10/AX1500 V3 (Realtek RTL9607C) β€” development thread

Earlier versions of this router were broadcom based, this one is not, rather it is based on a Realtek SoC (first discovered in ISP GPON/XPON Hardware?) Specifically the RTL9607Cv2 (a new revision?!?) Hardware info known so far: General Specifications Component Specification Device TP-Link Ar...

2026-10-25 09:39:10 UTC OpenWRT

πŸ“ŒSelf-hosting

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TREK 5.0: the only travel app you will ever need to self-host. Plan the trip, route the hike, split the costs, print the photo book, and more

TREK 5.0 is out, and it is the biggest release so far. What TREK is: a self-hosted trip planner. You plan a trip day by day together with the people you travel with, live, on your own server, and none of it leaves your box. Places, routes, bookings, costs, packing lists, documents, a travel journal ...

2026-10-25 11:55:09 UTC Self-hosting
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What are your selfhosting gems

I've been now two years into selfhosting and got the most typical applications up to running like immich, paperless, npm with dns challenging and wireguard, etc. I would like to explore new interesting applications to selfhost. I recently found out about Dozzle which is amazing for my own setup. I ...

2026-10-25 13:54:52 UTC Self-hosting
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Matrix server - which one is it for you?

Last time I checked, there was just Synapse and emerging Dendrite. There was only Conduit in Rust. Now all of a sudden, the same heavy Synapse (by Element) keeps around, Dendrite staying beta (forever) and two new stable Rust-based ones popped out (that I had never heard of). What's going on, why do...

2026-10-25 14:30:10 UTC Self-hosting
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What do you actually use to detect intrusions on your self-hosted servers?

I'm wondering how you guyz handle the security side of selfhosting Most setups I see cover the basics well like firewall, SSH keys, fail2ban, maybe a reverse proxy with some rules. But that’s mostly prevention. I’m more interested in detection, how would you know if something got through? No wrong a...

2026-10-25 16:23:32 UTC Self-hosting
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How to get notified (by e.g. Gotify) if a given service is not reachable/offline anymore?

TLDR: i want to get notified on my phone/via Gotify if my services are gone. So it happend, i updated my containers on friday, just before i went away over the whole weekend. And i forgot to restart my restic rest instance. All backups are also stored in my hetzner storage box so nothing was lost. ...

2026-10-25 17:59:42 UTC Self-hosting