Changes for page Openwrt for Linksys EA8100
Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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... ... @@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ 13 13 14 14 If your router currently has stock Linksys firmware: 15 15 16 -1. Flash the " initramfs-factory.img" via Linksys UI.Wait for it to start to reboot.16 +1. Flash the "squashfs-factory.img" via Linksys UI, Wait for it to start to reboot. 17 17 1. Configure your computer to have ip in 192.168.1.0/24 subnet but NOT 192.168.1.1. (so, use 192.168.1.2.) Start ping to 192.168.1.1. 18 -1. Cross your fingers that the router boots openwrt. Otherwise keep rebooting until it loads the openwrt partition. (Usually 3 times max.) Wait a few minutes from reboot to let it load. If you get pingresponse from 192.168.1.1 it means openwrt loaded.18 +1. Cross your fingers that the router boots openwrt. Otherwise keep rebooting until it loads the openwrt partition. (Usually 3 times max.) Wait a few minutes from reboot to let it load. If you get response from ping 192.168.1.1 it means openwrt loaded. 19 19 1. Scp the "squashfs-sysupgrade.bin" into /tmp in the router. root@192.168.1.1. No password. 20 -1. Log in as root via SSH into shell. No password .20 +1. Log in as root via SSH into shell. No password 21 21 1. Sysupgrade the uploaded squashfs-sysupgrade.bin. This should flash the openwrt firmware into both firmware partitions. It auto reboots. 22 22 1. opkg update 23 23 1. opkg install luci ... ... @@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ 29 29 30 30 Subsequently sysupgrade from 19.07.x should work. 31 31 32 -Wifi (5Ghz)seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro.32 +Wifi seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro. 33 33 34 -Known issue: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. 5Ghz seem ok though. 35 35 36 - 37 37 = 18.x = 38 38 39 39 9bebafcb5dfe37f25285fa18fb8bfe7b68011267 (with wifi support) Download: