Forgot to add about the wifi issue the 5ghz connection shows connected at 6Mbit/s but 2ghz connection shows at 64 Mbit/s however i get dropouts while connected to any. Also seem to get a much weaker reception on the 5Ghz band compared to the previous hh5 running LEDE version from 2016. ... View more

Hi   Recently installed the stable release showing as "LEDE Reboot 17.01.4 r3560-79f57e422d" on a fresh router with BT firmware. However the wifi keeps dropping connection to my laptop. Have tried on the 2ghz band and the 5 ghz band but both are the same, regular dropouts. Have tried various encryption types but still the same. No issues over direct LAN connection.   Only issue during installation that when usinng the "prepare" command it asked for confirmation if i backed up the nand dump, which i hadnt. So i typed no and it aborted. I then removed the usb and saved the dump file on my computer,  Ran the prepare command again and everything else went smoothly. Later on i read in bil888 instruction manual pdf it warns only run the command once. What will happen if you run it twice? Any ideas anyone why the wifi keeps dropping then reconnects after about 10 seconds? ... View more

To starfry Hi I want to convert another HH5 to use on ADSL using the latest LEDE as well. Couple of questions. (1) Did you use the squasfs file or the ubifs one? (2) did it come with Luci installed or did you have to load it on? ... View more

@iceze wrote: Hi   I've finished setting up lede on a home hub 5. The problem now is that I cannot seem to get an internet connection on my SKY adsl line.   Anyone had any luck and give any tips?   Thanks   See my message post number 147 on page 10 of this thread.   Running solid and never needed to reeboot. ... View more

Hi. Once lede is flashed to the router, how do you use the USB drive as networked storage? ... View more

Anyone had issues with the 5ghz WiFi band? Mine keeps crashing & shows 0% signal strength. A reeboot brings it back up. Running the mikeC openwrt version. Also how do you update all packages? ... View more

If you have a multimeter you can check for ground . With the hub power off, put the multimeter it on the lowest resistance/ohm settings. Touch one end on your braided cable, preferably on the end that's connected to your serial usb thingy and the other on various other switches or points you think are ground. If you get 0 ohms (or anything below 1 ohm) its looks like that point is ok. Similarly check your other connections. Put 1 end of your test lead on the end of your blue lead near the barcode sticker & the other on the R77 pad closest to your soldered wire. Again if you get 0 ohms then that connection is ok. Also do the same for the yellow lead and R78. Finally check the boot  select yellow lead and R45   Even if your leads are not touching anything they're not supposed to yet, they might in the the process of flashing. You have to connect an ethernet cable to one of the Lan ports at 1 point and connect/disconnect flash drive into the usb port a few times. I fried one board because i had the leads like yours which put a strain on the solder pads on the board and so broke off halfway through flashing!. Second time round i used a more flexible thinner lead and taped it to the edge of the board. ... View more

Hi was about to throw in the towel after many unsuccessful attempts to connect my hh5a flashed with openwrt (mikeC) to the internet. To a total newbie to openwrt, after i logged into Luci it was like sitting in the cockpit of a large plane. So many confusing settings!     I am with Sky fibre (fttc) and have managed to get it going. I have not found a single complete guide on the internet so decide to share it here. - I started by following the guide here. - After step 2.7, I also added the mac address of my original sky hub/modem to field " Override MAC address " (remember to include the colon : after every 2 digits). - Remeber to click "Save & Apply" after each entry. - i just ignored all of step 3 because i was plugging in my telephone line into the rj11 socket of the hh5.   - Then i proceeded to post by bill888. Scroll down his 1st post and download the pdf LEDE for HH5A - Typical Hub Configurations. Followed instructions in that file starting end of page 5 at "9.1 Quick PPPoE setup using DSL port for VDSL Connection". However in page 6 in the Protocol field instead of PPPoE I used the option "DHCP client" then saved and moved onto the advanced setting tab. All other settings were entered up until and including the end of page 8 ptm0.101 settings.   Then simply switched the homehub off the on again and it connected within 1 minute to the internet.   The reason I am posting the results here is because I see a few people followed the guide here to flash openwrt onto their hh5a's but were on Sky broadband. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to reply and getting me threw this hellish experience but seems worth it in the end.   ... View more

@alag20 wrote: Can you SSH? That should work. Alternatively, put a static ip of 192.168.1.2 on your Ethernet and then you should be able to get into router (192.168.1.1). Ref lash the router from Luci interface and ask it to not keep settings.   Hi tried setting my computer to a static ip 192.168.1.2  subnet 255.255.255.0, lan cable straight to router. I put it in failsafe mode by switching router on and when the green power light started to flash slowly i pressed the reset button a couple of time and the router light chaged to red and flashed very fast. Tried telnet, ssh no joy both in windows or linux.   Edit: Lucky I had setup up wireless access before messing with the lan setting. Restarted router normally then connected to wifi, logged into router Luci and changed the damn lan setting and voila, were back in business.   What worries me is what if it goes [-Censored-] up again for some reason or other/ Anybody had any joy telnetting in failsafe mode in the home hub 5 router? ... View more

After successfully flashing openwrt (mikecsmith version) onto the homehub5, I was messing around with settings in the Luci GUI. I was in the setting for lan ports and changed something and now cant even access the router luci webpage. How can I reset the router? ... View more

Thanks. Funny how nobody mentioned it before.   I think I am going to stick with the openwrt luci load version as originally in this post (probably the mikeCsmith version. LEDE seems in its infancy still with too many fixes and I need a solid working router/modem.   Besides i am a bit confused on what files to flash for LEDE ie cant see the LEDE*************install-uImage-initramfs file anywhere. ... View more

I am new to WRTing but not linux. However I am getting confused in the last 3 instructions of the flashing. Sorry for being a bit thick.   In this thread first post, after the backup of caldata and then unlocking the bootloader, it says then:-   A)  copy the UIMAGE-INITRAMFS.TAR file to the root directory of the flash drive. Then plug flashdrive back into the hh5.   B) copy the UIMAGE-INITRAMFS.TAR to /tmp   C) run the file UBIFS-SYSUPGRADE.TAR file   Is this correct because where did the UBIFS-SYSUPGRADE.TAR come from on the flash drive? I see in BIL888 post in message 46 (page4) of this thread that step B should actually be copy the UBIFS-SYSUPGRADE.TAR file which makes more sense. However what happens to the UIMAGE-INITRAMFS.TAR file in step A? ... View more

Hi. Newbie to wrt routers. I have read this whole thread 3 times but still a bit confused.   @core2lee - you said in a few posts up  "Hi mate, was wrong with my own guide on the first page of this forum post "   What part / line have you missed in your original instructions??   ... View more