ddwrt on bt homehub 5

[turner brown]

seen these on ebay when looking for a replacement router and have a few about

LEDE OpenWRT 18.06.1 Unlocked BT Home Hub 5 fibre nordvpn vpn fibre ac68u router | eBay

does anyone have one and how did you unlock it

 

[turner brown]

its ok looks like a jtag job
OpenWrt Project: BT HomeHub 5.0 Type A

just need to find the thing as I aint used it in 10 years . hope the ambit one I used will do the job

 

[Ferret]

its ok looks like a jtag job
OpenWrt Project: BT HomeHub 5.0 Type A

just need to find the thing as I aint used it in 10 years . hope the ambit one I used will do the job

Perfect example of why you dont throw tech away.

Interesting this let us know how you get on mate please.

 

[chookey]

Doesn't appear to be jtag turner brown. Connection is serial so you would need either a usb to serial port adapter or an FDI cable.

 

[turner brown]

ye was looking at that a bit more . think I will order usb to serial as not got one but have a serial card and a few cables a may be able to chop up

 

[turner brown]

just spent an hour finding bits and bobs and ripped router open to find a type b and board not the same
so back to looking for a router for vpn