Won't run Commands in WRT3200

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Blasters
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 20:18    Post subject: Won't run Commands in WRT3200 Reply with quote
Flashrouter purchase, maybe 2yr ago, suddenly No VPN service Sad

It's at r49418 (7/4/22) "as shipped".

I've done this to it Many times in the past;

192.168.11.1
Administration
Commands
Populate the Command field from the Startup with "Edit" and "Run Commands" returns "Installation Successful"

But not now, the button Run seems to work, comes back Processing please wait, but no successful installation. Numerous Reboots, Soft and Hard, nothing changes.

OK so what stands out to me is that after a reboot I'm never asked to sign back in though, it's like it never really did a through reboot (the time up does reset). I left it unplugged for 1/2 the day ~ hehe

So, is there a way to manually Log Out? Would I maybe get a fresh start (unconfused) if I could? Because it just seems to be in a confused state right now...
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 3:22    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Run Commands feature has NEVER been reliable. I'm not even sure how it's implemented. It appears to be a console interface of some kind w/ a lot of odd behavior.

That's why I recommend users (or even third-parties like FlashRouters) avoid it. It's far more reliable and predictable to use ssh (my preference), or at worst telnet, and simply copy/paste your commands/scripts into the terminal window.

Undoubtably FlashRouters is using the Run Commands feature because they're assuming the user is so naive as to NOT know what ssh is, let alone how to configure it. The Run Commands feature is embedded in the GUI, so in theory, it should work for everyone, even the most novice of users. But as I said, it has its own problems and is best avoided.

Frankly, I fail to see what value FlashRouters brings to the table that isn't available already w/ the GUI. The GUI has come a loooooong way over recent years (esp. thanks to @egc) making a lot of this third-party support highly questionable. And now w/ FlashRouters soon to drop dd-wrt support, it might be time to abandon it in favor of managing the router yourself.

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Blasters
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 17:10    Post subject: Reply with quote
So Ultimately,,, the reason is that Flashrouter has prevented this from working as it did. In those commands there is a web address to flashrouter that is now 404 Sad

Their answer to me is "you could Buy another one of our routers" (not bloody likely...) OR follow our Help Page on how 2 set it up yourself with IPVanish and OpenVPN (and, of course, something I could have always done in the first place but, opted to pay Them to give me an integrated system that was going to work smoothly)

I hope I'm on the mailing list for the Class Action!

So does this mean for me that there IS not alternative set of commands, without a supporting webpage that's no longer available, that I could replace in that field and have everything go back to as it was?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 17:38    Post subject: Reply with quote
You're going to just have to remove their "app" from DD-WRT and upgrade to a current release and use the guides in the Advanced Networking forum with whatever VPN provider you choose, most likely. I don't know what the reasoning is for their removal of DD-WRT support other than they refused to patch their app to match the webUI patches, etc.

Sticky: OpenVPN guides and documentation
Sticky: WireGuard guides and documentation

https://support.ipvanish.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000228214-Setup-Guides

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 17:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
The real culprit here is the dearth of support for AX (and beyond) routers among most third-party firmware. NOT just DD-WRT. Notice FlashRouters offering have come down overwhelmingly to ASUS routers (16 of 19). And that's primarily due to Merlin, which is a derivative of the OEM firmware, NOT a full replacement (I assume the rest are OpenWRT, but not really sure; they aren't specific in the advertising). So AX/BE compatibility is just less of an issue w/ ASUS.

So unless and until *all* third-party firmware can support AX (and beyond) similar to the way they've supported AC (and prior) (and at this point, that doesn't seem promising), the situation is NOT going to improve.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 17:59    Post subject: Reply with quote
The only easy way to support the routers is to use the OEM internals to some degree. That completely clobbers the whole point of DD- and OpenWRT. AsusWRT-Merlin is just basically semi-patched OEM firmware, which still uses proprietary everything and older versions of certain packages. I doubt he's bumped past busybox 1.25.x. Most OEM firmware outside of AsusWRT is based on older OpenWRT releases anymore.
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