OpenWRT and Engenius

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Question: Can OpenWRT be installed on an Engenius ENS500EXT-AC*

Answer: Yes

Details?: It has actually been done with OpenWRT 19.07.10 (at the time 22.x was available, but there are too many busted things in that version, and nothing else that compelling to justify an upgrade)

*Sidenote: It turns out that in reality on an Engenius ENS500EXT-AC, v1 Hardware, v1 Software, that OpenWRT is already installed. Yup, version 12.07, "Attitude Adjustment" is what is installed. Now this might be different for other versions of the ENS500EXT-AC, but for v1 Hardware / v1 Software, it's OpenWRT. Also of note is the fact that the default IP Address is not 192.168.1.1, it is set to DHCP (with admin / admin being the user name password). Another interesting feature of this version is the fact that firmware upgrades, from OpenWRT and EnGenius, will fail.

Other Items of Note

Even though it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, the Flash Storage on the ...500 is 32 MB.

To "install" / "activate" the Mount Points Menu Item under Storage in the LuCI GUI: opkg install block-mount (there's no point in installing anything else as the ...500 doesn't have a USB port.

Useful Links

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