Currently there is3 workersfirmware for our little animal with you:
1. Stock firmware:
Pros:
• Pre-installed and working;
• Has the ability to control through the app on a smartphone.
Minuses:
• Chinese andonly chinesenow English, to get the language, change the wifi region to Europe and upgrade the firmware;
• No support for USB modems;
• There is no normal L2TP support from Beeline (thank God, the Beeline changed its mind and in some regions allowed to connect without a tunnel);
• No IGMP support (IPTV);
• Strongly loads the processor.

2. OpenWRT (PandoraBox)
Pros:
• Flexible and with patience it can be completed by installing additional packages.
Minuses:
• Requires SSH access, and some configuration.

3. XRMWRT (Padavan)
Pros:
• Works great and is easily customizable;
• Excellent speed and stability;
• Everything comes immediately in the kit;
• The presence of skins;
• The standard firmware package includes a lot of programs;
• High security;
• Initially in Russian.
Minuses:
• Does not extend in open access, demands independent assembly;
• Requires access to SSH;
• The system section is read only.

If your provider provides the Internet through an L2TP connection, you will have to connect a router through the old one, for this, connect them to the LAN-LAN. The router will be available as an access point, you will only need to find its IP address, for this scan the network with an old router or via a PC.

"Plan A" From any network share, download with the console command:

"Plan b" Can use WinSCP (in SCP mode) in order to push the required file into the tmp folder: protocol - SCP, host - 192.168.31.1, port - 22, name - root, password - your password you received along with the SSH file.

1. Determine where to write the firmware with the command:

2. Remember what the console gives you: it can be "firmware", "OS1" or "Firmware_Stub";
3. Flash the firmware lying along the path /tmp/your_proshivka.bin with the command:

Where(section_name) - section ("firmware", "OS1" or "FirmwareStub" depending on your device);
(your_proshivka) - the name of the firmware file.

Please note that on the XRMWRT firmware, the command and section will be different:

To display sections we write:
Kernel + RootFS backup is not needed. Firmware_Stub is the sum of the Kernel + RootFS partitions. Ie the firmware image is entirely there, the entry point to RootFS is calculated automatically from the offset in the header image.
If the backup folder was created on the HDD, the approximate path to save will be / media / AiDisk_a1 / backup Note, the path depends on the firmware.
In turn, save:

(alternative way to drain)
After the procedure, it is desirable to transfer everything to the computer, and restore it if necessary (note that the openwrt command will notmtd_write , but mtd ):

Try changing the subnet from 192.168.31.1 to 192.168.1.1.

Try to connect via SHTTP or not via Wi-Fi and LAN.

One of the domestic antiviruses was noticed on blocking it, well, correctly, I would block Chinese garbage too, it can be treated by deleting it before flashing it.Read more ...

bit²(bit) - amount of information ¹ (usually used to denote the connection speed and the amount of information transmitted);
byte^2,3 - amount of information ¹ equal to8bit (usually used to denote the amount of data on the media).

1) The term “amount of information” is used in devices for digital processing and transmission of information, for example in digital computing (computers), to record the amount of storage devices, the amount of memory used by a computer program.
2) In accordance with the international standard IEC 60027-2, the “bit” and “byte” units are used with SI prefixes.
3) Historically, there is such a situation that the name “byte” is incorrect (instead of 1000 = 10³accepted 1024 = 2¹⁰) used (and use) SI prefixes: 1 Kbyte = 1024 bytes, 1 MB = 1024 Kbytes, 1 Gbytes = 1024 Mbytes, etc. At the same time, the designation Kbytes start with a capital letter unlike the lowercase letter “k” to designate a multiplier ten³.

Section on the official website ENG
Download from the official site
Download the version with drivers from PandoraBox
Installation Instructions ENG
How to reset settings

Download Chinese version for European population.
Pandora Box Firmware Installation Instructions
Alternative Installation Instructions
Fresh and correct repositories:miwifi.txt(635 bytes)

Installing packages in the Pandora Box [r583-20140827] firmware (Attention! May be irrelevant.)

Light skin outdated
Skin in gray tones outdated
Skin in yellow tones outdated
Skin in blue outdated
Skin in dark blue outdated

Before flashing, be sure to check md5, in case of a broken file, get a brick.
How to load uboot into the router read in the FAQ section. After downloading, check the checksum:

Be sure to verify the amount issued!
If xrmwrt:

If openwrt:

Reboot the router:

On the drain, the bootloader is closed for writing.