I just got a GL-MT6000 router. After my first login, it automatically asked me to upgrade my firmware. I did this. So now I am running v4.6.8. However when I log into the OpenWRT firmware interface and look at the status, it shows I am running firmware version OpenWrt 21.02-SNAPSHOT r15812+1076-46b6ee7ffc / LuCI openwrt-21.02 branch git-22.335.71649-0ecaf74
I would like to use a more recent version of OpenWRT (the latest is 23.05.5), inside of the Factory firmware. How can I properly flash the OpenWRT firmware (23.05.5) so that I am using OpenWrt 23.05.5 instead of OpenWrt 21.02? Do I just flash the newer OpenWRT firmware while using the OpenWRT web interface? Or must I use the OEM Web interface and upload the openwrt firmware there?
Lastly,
What is your take on using the latest OpenWRT firmware with the factory firmware? Will there be incompatibilites or inconsistencies? Will everything still work with the latest version of OpenWRT?
Thanks