Before I start getting too deep into this and in the terminal, I was wondering if there was a way in the UI to get my panda dongle working?
If you have a USB Adapter that’s compatible with OpenWrt - either in-kernel or via installing a driver - then you can manage it via your browser (LuCI) at http://192.168.3.14
The PiFi Kit adapter works in the app, but any third-party USB adapters (if supported by OpenWrt) would need to be configured via LuCI