Download OpenWrt Firmware
Open https://openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-882_a1#installation and select Firmware Install. At this step we need to download factory version.
Flash OpenWrt Firmware
- Connect to D-Link router through Ethernet cable.
- Power off the router
- Hold on the reset key and restart the router, release the reset key until you see the LED starts blinking.
- On the computer, manually assign a static IP address on the 192.168.0.xxx subnet, other than 192.168.0.1 (e.g. 192.168.0.2)
- Open a web browser and navigate to http://192.168.0.1
- Choose the firmware file you have downloaded previously and click on Upload.
- After the file has been uploaded, you should see a Device is upgrading the firmware message on the web browse
- The device will reboot automatically after the flashing process finishes
Upgrade Firmware
Go to
https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=22.03.2&target=ramips%2Fmt7621&id=dlink_dir-882-a1
and add luci, luci-ssl and any of your
packages, in my case are luci,
luci-ssl, curl, adblock,
luci-app-adblock, htop, click
Request Build, and download the
sysupgrade OpenWrt firmware and then enter
System > Backup/Flash Firmware to upload the bin file, it is
recommended to backup and export the configuration.