OpenWRT - ExtRoot Configuration - Expand Router Storage with USB Drive

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @cblack2863
    @cblack2863 3 года назад +12

    I love your content. You are the only one I have found that dedicates so ,many guides focused on Openwrt. They are detailed and extremely helpful.

  • @mr.anonymous298
    @mr.anonymous298 2 года назад +4

    Thank you so much, sir! It worked perfectly! Now I have 126GB storage on my router, previously it was only 9MB! A massive upgrade, really!
    Though I was facing problem, because my pendrive (sda1) was not showing. Then I installed all the USB drivers manually and reboot the router. Then I tried again, and this time I found my pendrive in "block info" list as sda1.

  • @alexanderwingeskog758
    @alexanderwingeskog758 Год назад

    Even though I followed the Wiki, I still could not get it to work exactly... but your video explained it easily! Just put a really old 2GB USB drive in and it made all the difference!
    16 MB flash was awesome but it ran out pretty quick :-) and the really really old 2 GB drive made this old router suite my every need!
    Can't thank you enough!

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  Год назад

      Thanks for the comment and glad that it helps!

  • @Mustafa-vz4uo
    @Mustafa-vz4uo Год назад

    Great explanation i’ve been searching for such tutorials for while keep the good work

  • @williamhsantos19
    @williamhsantos19 3 года назад +1

    Thanks. You've a real talent. I enjoy watching your videos. They're really helpful! Greetings from Brazil.

  • @carves123
    @carves123 3 года назад +4

    Is there size limitation on how big the USB stick can be ? I'm planning to stick a 16 GB USB.

  • @kelvinmok1
    @kelvinmok1 5 месяцев назад +1

    If I want to change the usb drive, do I need to type any cmd to change it? Or just plug and play should be fine?

  • @Taqiyya-Slayer
    @Taqiyya-Slayer 3 года назад

    Thanks, I was able to use my old router as ADGuard

  • @maxcarter5922
    @maxcarter5922 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks Van. Awesome work.

  • @batman6540
    @batman6540 15 дней назад

    Can i do this with a 500g disk where i make a small 500mb partition to use it as the routers storage? Or does the whole disk need to be in ext4

  • @Zuggin
    @Zuggin 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the video, got it working. How would I transfer adguard home installation to the USB?

  • @ssss835
    @ssss835 3 года назад +1

    Is this possible to use it with usb hub and 2 flash stick? On first make overlay and second for file server?

  • @michaeldina1103
    @michaeldina1103 3 года назад

    Thank you for your videos! You are a good resource.

  • @SoWhat07
    @SoWhat07 3 года назад +1

    How did you resolve problem with sleep cycle of read/write IO to USB related to Idle?
    If you not resolve the problem after 5 months usb will not mount and router will not start due to USB hardware problem.
    Do you even understand me?

  • @moviesxrax791
    @moviesxrax791 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the video & it's working to but there is only one problem I am facing sometimes whenever my Router goes Power OFF, the Storage come back to default to my router storage I tried so many times, but my all packages removed from it, I don't know how to explain this but I think in USB its already have the package's installed but the router mounting only default storage.

  • @inBuff
    @inBuff 2 года назад

    Hello 👋 . Perfect videos thx. Please tell me how to encrypt a partition and decrypt it when the system boots. 🙏

  • @Junnjx
    @Junnjx 2 месяца назад

    can you make updated tutorial on new firmware ?
    eg: 23.05.5

  • @alif-lk4pe
    @alif-lk4pe 3 месяца назад

    hi sir, could you do for arcadyan aw1000?

  • @mariuszzawierucha1310
    @mariuszzawierucha1310 Год назад

    Hi, I have done it a same time ago. And indeed it works. I extented my NanoPi R4S with 1TB SSD. However my /overlay size shows inccorrect (instead of 1TB it shows only micro sd size). That's why decided to move docker /opk to my /mnt/sdb1/Docker folder. Now I'm facing a new problem - really slow performance during pulling and exctracting docker images (it can take hours to handle small image, which is crazy on SSD). How to reverse that process back? Or how to make it much faster? Could you explain or prepare a new tutorial, please?

  • @semakof
    @semakof 2 года назад

    Good Video. Detailed. thank you

  • @ByteOriginal
    @ByteOriginal Год назад

    Is it safe to umount /rwm (the old overlay partition)

  • @xiv3r
    @xiv3r 2 месяца назад

    is it persistent across reboot?

  • @thunder_cover
    @thunder_cover 2 года назад

    Nak tanya kalau router saya ada usb dan sdcard slot. Usb nak sayang nk guna. Nk guna sdcard slot untuk expand mcm mne?
    Usb nak guna untuk NAS/ print wireless

  • @angcheeseong7341
    @angcheeseong7341 3 года назад

    dir 842 usb port can use for 4G dongle on openwrt?

  • @liuweixing
    @liuweixing 2 года назад

    Nice, in the same scenario, can we also make mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3, /dev/sda4 or /dev/swap etc?, what are the good points to have multiple partition in this setup?

  • @edneyhelenedossantos1875
    @edneyhelenedossantos1875 Год назад

    Thank you bro you lit!

  • @mohammadfahimuddin2212
    @mohammadfahimuddin2212 3 года назад

    Please show us the Print Server Setup and use it from mobile without pc. We can do it with tplink firmwares eg. wdr 3600. Now i use openwrt. So show us a way.

  • @vibrion121
    @vibrion121 3 года назад

    Great tutorial! Could you share your fstab file? I am trying to implement extroot on a TP-Link TL-WDR3600 v1 but have not been successful so far. I have a problem detecting uuid usb pendrive following this same openwrt guide.

    • @a892728
      @a892728 2 года назад +2

      you can intsall block-mount package.
      use blkid or block info get UUID

  • @fabianopereiradesouza6424
    @fabianopereiradesouza6424 3 года назад

    hello would like some information.
    is it possible to install the mikrotik RouterOS on a router of any brand?
    I appreciate if you can answer me.

    • @a892728
      @a892728 2 года назад

      x86 pc example R86S

  • @fixzakaria
    @fixzakaria 3 года назад

    Sir if router not have usb port . Still work using connector lan to usb ?

    • @welliopedrodelima4782
      @welliopedrodelima4782 2 года назад

      Hello. I have a router without USB.
      That's why I came up with the idea of ​​using rclone to mount a disk with GoogleDrive. It worked, I got 15Gb of disk. But I'm having a hard time getting the disk to mount at boot. I made the script "rclone mount -- daemon gdrive:/ /mnt/gdrive" . I chmod +x the script, saved it to init.d, "/etc/init.d/script.sh" , which worked great. But to start the router with the disk already mounted, many, many difficulties...
      I've tried rc.local, I've tried crontab -e , I've packed the script, but all without success. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, the script works but I can't get it to mount the disk on boot, but it's an excellent approach. Even in the tests, I was able to install packages like openvpn vpn, ddns, and set up an FTP server for my IP cameras to save directly to GoogleDrive.
      but when I restart the retractor I lose all configuration, because I still haven't managed to make the disk mount at boot

  • @syraffhere
    @syraffhere 3 года назад

    Hey Bro just want to ask could you use a 4G Dongle Modem inside at the DIR842 just want to know if it support 4G Backup or not.Thanks

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  3 года назад +3

      Hi bro, you will need to install driver to get the 4G/3G dongle working and then configure multiwan in failover mode with mwan3. You can find the videos to these topics on the channel home page -> OpenWRT Tutorial playlist.

    • @wiraagus5274
      @wiraagus5274 3 года назад

      @@VanTechCorner Hi thanks for the video, I have OpenWrt router with 2 ISP, can you please give me a tutorial on how to split the connection?
      ISP 1 = For all access
      ISP 2 = Only access youtube_com, instagram_com and tiktok_com?
      I try to use MWAN3, but it needs to input the IP address 1 by 1, is there any better way?

  • @ishakabrahman7936
    @ishakabrahman7936 2 года назад

    how install passwall include trojan, v2ray, etc on openwrt?

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  2 года назад

      I can see that each of the guide has their installation guide on the Github. What is your problem during the installation?

  • @cincaila
    @cincaila 2 года назад

    What if I want to unplug the USB, how can I switch it back to the default partition?

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  2 года назад +1

      There is guide in the doc on how to do that. You can also format factory the router to go back to default as well.

    • @cincaila
      @cincaila 2 года назад

      @@VanTechCorner Alright. Thank you for the tutorial.

  • @heberreis
    @heberreis 2 года назад

    Exist any router that suport 100 devices wi-fi with openwrt ?
    Thanks

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  2 года назад

      Hi, it depends on the throughput/traffic each client sends and receives. For 100 devices connected to the access point of the OpenWRT, it shouldn't be a problem. But problem comes when the device surfing the internet or downloading files. Even the Linksys E8450 WiFi 6 router said they only support 25+ devices.

    • @heberreis
      @heberreis 2 года назад

      @@VanTechCorner hum ok thankss

  • @welliopedrodelima4782
    @welliopedrodelima4782 2 года назад

    Excelente vídeo. Muito bom. Já bloqueei muito roteador fazendo exroot. Mas depois de muito tempo consegui desbloquear e fazer o exroot. Hoje estou com o projeto de baixar o rclone, montar o disco com GoogleDrive, fazer script para o rclone montar o disco no boot e instalar pacotes com "opkg install -d" em uma pasta chamada etc2 no disco GoogleDrive montado. Mas aí da estou tendo dificuldades

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for the comment, I used Google to translate but I can't really get your point (I see that you are talking about rclone). I will be happy if someone can help to translate this to English.

    • @welliopedrodelima4782
      @welliopedrodelima4782 2 года назад

      Hello. Sorry for not having translated.
      Said I already did ext root on a tplink 1043 router, I was successful.
      But now I have a router without USB.
      so I came up with the idea to use rclone to mount a disk with GoogleDrive. It worked, I got 15Gb of disk. But I'm having a hard time getting the disk to mount at boot. I made the script "rclone mount -- daemon gdrive:/ /mnt/gdrive" . I chmod +x the script, saved it to init.d, gave "/etc/init.d/script.sh" , which worked great. But to start the router with the disk already mounted, many, many difficulties...
      I've tried rc.local, I've tried crontab -e , I've packed the script, but all without success. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, the scrilt works but I can't get it to mount the disk on boot

  • @Hungzehp
    @Hungzehp 3 года назад

    Ui làm đc 2 ngày ô mới ra cái này, hjx hjx mò chật vật ra, ak mà sao ô ko làm seri tiếng Việt cho dễ nhỉ?

  • @piasta8
    @piasta8 3 года назад

    How to restore factory settings?

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  3 года назад

      Hi, do you mean restore factory setting with extroot or return to the normal setup (no extroot with UBS drive)?

  • @NIKIFOX
    @NIKIFOX 8 месяцев назад +1

    nice

  • @jbgrenouille2527
    @jbgrenouille2527 3 года назад

    Good Job !!! thanks !!!

  • @hidden5200
    @hidden5200 2 года назад

    need update for sdcard too. pwwweeeeassee

  • @yoniondol9780
    @yoniondol9780 3 года назад

    tks bro

  • @sheikhsadi8605
    @sheikhsadi8605 3 года назад

    i tried on my Tplink 3420 v2, i got the mount point it shows the size of usb but it dose not mount, i have tried form 12.9 to 17 ver. of openwrt, i tried the same you did but did not work, i also tried this way ( ruclips.net/video/at_UZHkOYI8/видео.html ) still did not work can you point me the problem ? grate content by the way

  • @LetsSmash007
    @LetsSmash007 4 месяца назад

    haha i did every step and it bricked my GL-SFT1200

  • @theruby7780
    @theruby7780 2 года назад

    😄😄

  • @kingofsoq
    @kingofsoq 3 года назад

    your router only had 16M flash? so lame... 🤣 mine is 61Gig free.

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  3 года назад

      Haha, after this video it increased to 3.5GB 😅

    • @a892728
      @a892728 2 года назад

      my TL-WDR4300 only has 8MB flash and 128MB RAM

  • @cincaila
    @cincaila 2 года назад

    Guys don't install adguardhome on this router. My router start to hang after run the service.😂

    • @VanTechCorner
      @VanTechCorner  2 года назад

      I have tested and it was working fine. What is the read & write speed of your USB stick?

    • @cincaila
      @cincaila 2 года назад

      @@VanTechCorner write speed is 8.58MB/s and read is 16.6MB/s. It's processor(system) problem? Because when I start the adguardhome, it will having high usage on it but when I stop it, it will back to normal.

  • @fabianopereiradesouza6424
    @fabianopereiradesouza6424 3 года назад

    hello would like some information.
    is it possible to install the mikrotik RouterOS on a router of any brand?
    I appreciate if you can answer me.