JFFS Format

[jjulez]

What will i be losing, don't want to lose any settings after i just setup this ax with merlin

 

[ColinTaylor]

"SSH Format" doesn't mean anything.

 

[jjulez]

Thanks for the info, was thinking it would wipe out other settings i inputted into the router

 

[ColinTaylor]

To be clear, the words "SSH Format" is meaningless without some form of context. What did you really mean?

 

[jjulez]

Oh my mistake i meant to say JFFS format

 

[ColinTaylor]

Formatting the JFFS partition will wipe out many of your router's settings and all of the "custom scripts and configs" stored there.

So any add-on scripts will either not exist anymore, or just fail to start until they are reinstalled.

Router settings like custom Client Names, icons, manual DHCP assignments, VPN settings, etc. will also be lost.

You will also lose things like Traffic Analyzer stats and web history.

 

[jjulez]

Thanks, good thing i didn't do it. I just setup my new router

 

[jjulez]

Well i must do something because now it won't let me input port forwarding. How cam the nvram be near full when i just got this router yesterday

 

[ColinTaylor]

What router?
What firmware version?

 

[jjulez]

RT-AX86U with latestest merlin

 

[matthew johnson]

Is there a way to check the jffs to make sure everything is still there and working?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Then it's unlikely you've run out of NVRAM space as that router has twice the space compared to the older models.

Why do you think the NVRAM is nearly full? What error message are you seeing?

If you go to Tools - System Information you can see the NVRAM usage.

 

[jjulez]

Please enter a value between 1 to 65535..that's what i am getting when i try to apply port forwarding. According to my searches that happens when the nvram has used up lots of space

 

[ColinTaylor]

Please enter a value between 1 to 65535..that's what i am getting when i try to apply port forwarding. According to my searches that happens when the nvram has used up lots of space

Can you post a screenshot showing what you're trying to enter so that we can understand the problem.

 

[jjulez]

here is the picture

 

[ColinTaylor]

here is the picture

I have no idea what you have been doing. That isn't the port forwarding screen, it's the Administration screen.

Your "Authorized Keys" box is filled with junk so I imagine many of the other settings are also wrong.

 

[jjulez]

it's a script for port forwarding from mullvadvpn..that must be done before i configure port forwarding in the router's interface

 

[ColinTaylor]

it's a script for port forwarding from mullvadvpn..that must be done before i configure port forwarding in the router's interface

That's not how or where you do port forwarding or create scripts. Where did you get that information from?

 

[jjulez]

That's where i did it last time and it worked for my RT-AC86U..That's part of mullvadvpn instructions for their port forwarding

 

[dave14305]

That's where i did it last time and it worked for my RT-AC86U..That's part of mullvadvpn instructions for their port forwarding

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You put the script in the wrong place.