Installing Third Party Applications on your Asuswrt-merlin router

If you have the Asuswrt-merlin router, then you have a world of possibilities unlike before. In order to install third party applications you will need to enter the world of Entware. Entware is a software repository for devices such as routers. To get into the world of Entware you will need to : 1. Be comfortable with using SSH 2. Have a USB flash drive/disk connected to your router. For 1 - Turn on SSH on your router. You can enable this under Administration > System > Enable SSH. I would enable this for LAN Only at this stage. To connect...

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Asuswrt-merlin mounting a USB device

So you've formatted your USB drive to ext4, stuck it into your router and your router recognises the plugged in USB device but it sez that it is unmounted. What gives ? Well, first step is to check the system logs (see the left hand side menu options). If the logs states something like "couldn't mount RDWR because of unsupported optional features" then most likely what's happened is that you've formatted your USB drive on your computer which is supporting features than what can be recognised by your router. A simple way to fix this is to format...

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