I was doing an initial install on a new AR300M16 today. It appears there may be a new/different built-in firmware than what is described in the main AREDN Install Docs.
There was a firmware checker on the Local Upgrade page that prevented the page from reflashing with the AREDN Firmware. The Upgrade section was in a different part of the menus and was not a side tab on the main admin frontpage. I was able to bypass this by going to the advanced config or "Luci" interface where I went to the Firmware Upload page under System. After uploading the AREDN Firmware, it showed prominent warning boxes. I unchecked the "Keep Settings" and then checked "Force Upgrade". This allowed the upload and reflash to occur, which took a little bit (I dunno, 3-5 minutes). After waiting for the IP address on my laptop to update to the correct IP range, I then entered the AREDN node as expected with IP address 192.168.1.1.
There was a firmware checker on the Local Upgrade page that prevented the page from reflashing with the AREDN Firmware. The Upgrade section was in a different part of the menus and was not a side tab on the main admin frontpage. I was able to bypass this by going to the advanced config or "Luci" interface where I went to the Firmware Upload page under System. After uploading the AREDN Firmware, it showed prominent warning boxes. I unchecked the "Keep Settings" and then checked "Force Upgrade". This allowed the upload and reflash to occur, which took a little bit (I dunno, 3-5 minutes). After waiting for the IP address on my laptop to update to the correct IP range, I then entered the AREDN node as expected with IP address 192.168.1.1.
Model - GL.iNet GL-AR300M (NOR)
Architecture - Qualcomm Atheros QCA9533 ver 2 rev 0
OpenWrt Version - OpenWrt 22.03.4 r20123-38ccc47687
Kernel Version - 5.10.176
All seems good