Teardown of DIR-X1860Z

Chips on the board:
ZXIC ZX279128R
Fudan Micro FM25S01A
Winbond Electronics W632GU6NB-11 256MB ROM
Mediatek MT7975DN
Mediatek MT7905DAN
Grouptek HST-48020DAR










This post has been edited by yujinloh: Jul 15 2023, 06:11 PM

hi .. can share step to do it ?
i upload firmware but login blank.. haha..

thanks

what I remember.. you need to ssh login the router..su login it..mount the /www something like that..and edit some file there..sorry.. I cant recall what I do..maybe You can try DM me..and provide some picture about the problem..maybe..just maybe i can remember something.

For those using fimware 3.07TM, set your pc to 192.168.0.100 and default gateway to 192.168.0.10, and you will be able to get into recovery page.

Been having trouble with the recovery page as well. Could not load the page with either 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.0.10 on 3.06TM.

Found out there is signed TM OpenWRT firmware which allows direct firmware upgrade in the admin page. Had try the firmware and successfully updated to OpenWRT.

Link for the TM router discussion
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/d-link-dir-842-...oad-form/157443

Direct link for the TM signed firmware
http://sebastianschaper.net/openwrt/openwr...y-TM_signed.bin

Then follow the OEM installation method will do. Upload the factory.bin firmware, then without powering it off, change IP to 192.168.1.2 and login to 192.168.1.1 (openWRT default). Upgrade the firmware with sysupgrade.bin

Any chance u fixed it?if so can u pls help im stuck with a blank page too😂

Well I just bought 1 for 20 hengget w/ a DIR-850l "balang Nescafe" same priced. Only to mess around w/ openwrt when I can find the time.

For DIR-842's move to 3.13 fw if y'all wanna get rid of that dreaded @unifi ssid AND DISABLE DNS relay back off again PROPERLY. Contrary to the usual "i can now haz porn back bites, TM ALSO filters out legitimate DNS providers' websites such as Control D and even infosec forums so YES y'all WANNA GET TO 3.13 no matter what.

From either the 1st really old version 3.01 (OR the back to the 3.02 middle bin), all you gotta do afterwards is just hit "check for new firmware", upgrade and repeat until it gets to 3.13. This is IF the 3.02 -> 3.10b flash are giving you problems.

That "blank page" would only happen if you didn't dc the ethernet adapter when that happens and rc it back to default obtain IP automatically, hit f5 to reload the recovery mode page back it'll appear.

I was able to test and flash openwrt 23.05.5 successfully but reverted back to stock 3.13 only because I couldn't yet figure out as to why I'm seeing TWO WAN conns in the settings and as mentioned above, will probably need some time to get around to that.

Else and as others more sifu than I am has already said in this thread, you'd only stick to this 842 for whatever reason but if you're well overdue for any other decent enough way better brand routers GO FOR IT. Preferably just in case do some research on your targets about which has the best possible openwrt support too.

This post has been edited by eq8all: Dec 1 2024, 05:27 PM