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@Ralph-Hulslander @victoriano is correct, Omega is not a PC, there are limited resources available and any of the major GUI browsers are way too bloated to run on a device with limited resources. Take a look at lynx, it is a text based browser, has been around for decades and will run on your Omega.

@Jens-Modvig I'm watching with interest.

@CoffeeCat you need to press the letter i to get vi into insert mode.

crontab -e uses the vi editor. Vi has 2 modes, command mode and insert mode. If you are in insert mode you can type # and it will be inserted. If you are not in insert mode, you are in command mode, in which case # is interpreted as a command that does not exist.

So press i to put yourself into insert mode, then you can type the # etc

@luz Yes of course. Maybe dmidecode can help.

I track my device configurations using my serial number generator.

@CoffeeCat it sounds like there is an issue with your crontabs directory, assuming you have nothing in crontabs you need, you can use this command sequence to resolve the issue:

rm -rf /etc/crontabs
mkdir /etc/crontabs

Then try starting again at crontab -e

BTW instead of :wq command you can use ZZ to save and quit.

@luz try ubus call system board

    "system": "MediaTek MT7688 ver:1 eco:2",
    "model": "Onion Omega2+",
    "board_name": "omega2p",

I use /proc/cpuinfo to identify Omega2S vs Omega2S+ in my software.

I saw the dock a couple of weeks ago, seems like a good idea but personally I prefer discreet functional expansions.

@Pavel-Negrobov assuming you are using dhcp could check if you have a valid ip on that interface with ubus call network.interface.wwan status and examine the "ipv4-address.address"

@Pavel-Negrobov I don't know any way of actually checking the WiFi is successfully connected since UCI just changes the configuration. I just try to programatically open a connection to a known good host and check the response code.

@CAP-33 uhttpd is installed in the standard Omega firmware build and you can add php7 support. Take a look at this link:

https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/webserver/php

I find nginx performs a lot better than uhttpd, you can see the installation details here:

https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/webserver/nginx