Is it possible to put SSH on an AC-66U with stock firmware?

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I need to be able to run commands locally with a script, and telnet just won't cut it.

I saw here:

Updated to latest (380_3264) but still can't enable SSH

I've been trying to enable SSH using OEM firmware. Learned it was in a newer release. Bit the bullet and updated to 380_3264. Release notes for previous (beta) release indicate "change to SSH and Telnet default access". I thought that was it. I have seen screenshots for the RT-AC66U with an...

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that, as it turns out, Asus didn't include the MIPS devices in their update to SSH. I have an old AC-66U (not B) running 3.0.0.4.382_52287 that has telnet available, but not SSH, which is apparently normal for stock. LAN-side SSH access is somewhat important to me, so does anyone know if it is possible to get SSH working on this router?

My guess is that no, it cannot be done without moving Earth and sun, and that the best option will be to install John's LTS fork. Which needs to be done anyway, the last official update to that box was early August, but updating the firmware will require me to physically be there, and this is a distant, remote site I rarely visit in person.

Without being able to run custom scripts from JFFS, I am stymied.

 

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Without being able to run custom scripts from JFFS, I am stymied.

That would be true whether you had SSH access or not (but I think I'm missing your point).

Maybe you could try telnet'ing in and running the following command just to see if it exists?

dropbear -p 192.168.1.1:22 -a

 

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That would be true whether you had SSH access or not (but I think I'm missing your point).

I assumed we cannot make custom modifications to the stock firmware without being able to enable custom scripts on JFFS. I might completely misunderstand the way the file system works, though. Looking around to see if there is a way to install software that isn't stock on the stock firmware, it looks like *if* it can be done, it isn't straightforward.

Custom scripts and stock firmware.

Will we ever be able to use custom scripts on stock firmware, it would be nice for example for stock firmware to have an option like merlins to allow for the use of custom scripts like freshjr qos script, so that units like the GT-AC5300 could have such functionality available to it

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Maybe you could try telnet'ing in and running the following command just to see if it exists?

dropbear -p 192.168.1.1:22 -a

Thanks, I hadn't even tried it yet. It didn't work, but we sorta expected that. It will probably be best to just preconfigure a new router, postal mail it to a friend near the remote location, and have them swap it out for me. It was worth asking though, just in case someone knew a better way.