Sounds to me like Win10 recognises the USB adapter but OpenWRT on your Pi does not.
I don't use OpenWRT or that adapter so can only make some troubleshooting suggestions:
Regarding points 3 and 4, I don't know which of those OpenWRT uses so one may be missing.
I don't use OpenWRT or that adapter so can only make some troubleshooting suggestions:
- With the same OTG adapter does your zeroW recongise other USB devices?
- If you can log in to your zeroW does your adapter show up in the output of sudo lsusb?
- Are there any related error messages in /var/log/syslog*?
- Are there any related error messages in the systemd jounral?
- Are there any related error messages in the output from dmesg?
- Have you tried that adapter and the above with RPiOS?
- Have you tried asking, and searching, OpenWRT's support channels?
Regarding points 3 and 4, I don't know which of those OpenWRT uses so one may be missing.
Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Fri Jan 16, 2026 11:49 pm