The Failed Rescue of a Bricked Router: An OpenWrt Adventure
My quest for functional IPv6 hit a wall with the ISP’s faulty modem (ONT). Since I couldn’t get a proper Prefix Delegation (PD) from it, I needed a router capable enough to potentially handle the connection differently, perhaps even taking over PPPoE duties if necessary. My gaze fell upon a Netgear R8000 Nighthawk X6 collecting dust – a once-powerful router I had previously flashed with OpenWrt, only to seemingly “brick” it during a configuration mishap. Could this be its moment of redemption? ...