MT3000 tethering Android Phone. Link Router tethering feature with EasyTether virtual interface/nic?

Technical Support for Routers
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Thanks!! That’s worked well! I’m writing this tethered.

Brief summary for anyone who wants it…

  1. Get Drivers
    If you don’t have them saved, get OpenSSL drivers for OpenWRT Download EasyTether drivers - EasyTether for Mac OS X, Windows, Ubuntu, Fedora and game consoles
    Copy file for 19.07.3/mediatek/mt7622 to the router’s /tmp folder via SCP.

  2. Install Drivers
    SSH into router and run this command…
    opkg install /tmp/easytether-usb-openssl_0.8.9-5_aarch64_cortex-a53.ipk

  3. Configure interface (can also do it steps 8-15 above in web portal)

cat << EOF >> /etc/config/network
config interface 'EasyTether'
        option device 'tap-easytether'
        option proto 'dhcp'
EOF

  1. Configure firewall (can also do it steps 8-15 above in web portal)
    vi /etc/config/firewall
    Press i to change edit mode to insert.
    You will see several entries starting with config zone. Find the one with option name ‘wan’.
    Add “list network ‘EasyTether’” to the area with all the other list network entries
    Press Esc, then type :wq

  2. Reboot

Does anyone know how to make the install or network/firewall modification persist after a firmware update? The configuration might remain, but I suspect EasyTether will be gone… we’ll see.

Does anyone know how to make it show connected under the tethering section of the gl-inet web interface? That would be a nice bonus.

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