Turris Omnia 6 not showing up

[torpedo]

Hey people!

I got an Omnia with Wifi 6 and want to use it as additional access point to a FritzBox over LAN.

I assembled the router, plugged it in and put the LAN cable from the router to the WAN port of the Omnia.

The Omnia glows the power light and blinks on the “Internet” symbol forever.

On my phone (a Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS, i.e. not Verizon) I dont see a network, same on my Laptop.

The Omnia should open a wifi network, shouldnt it? I waited a long time, changed the port to LAN4 but nothing happens.

May this be because of Wifi6? The phone should support it and my Laptop has an Intel AX200 which also supports Wifi 6.

[peci1]

It shouldn’t be too hard to follow the docs, should it? Turris 1.X and Omnia - Turris Documentation

[torpedo]

So for anyone reading:

1. Assemble the router
2. Connect the router to the power supply
3. Connect the router from one of the LAN ports to a Laptop via an Ethernet cable (in my package there was one)
4. In a browser, enter http://192.168.1.1
5. Follow setup instructions

Alternatively, it might be possible to set it up with the config file:

1. Use a USB Stick with a storage partition that normally works on Linux (like EXT4, BTRFS, FAT32)
2. Place a file in the main (root) directory here: medkit-config.json

{
    "foris_password": "password you enter in the web ui",
    "wireless": {
        "ssid": "Turris Router Name",
        "key": "Wifi password that users enter"
    }
}

Change these values!

3. Insert the USB Stick in the omnia, wait a bit, press the Reset button long until 4 LEDs glow. Let go and it should (?) reset and apply the override config, changing these passwords

This didnt work for me (before the first setup at least)

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To be fair, it is pretty unusual at least for home routers, to not open a wifi network by default. But I like this more secure approach.

The packaged documentation is extremely barebones. A setup guide would be very useful.

From these first steps on, the web UI is AWESOME. But the first steps are not easy to find.

Have a nice day!