Changes for page Openwrt for Linksys EA8100
Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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... ... @@ -1,41 +1,8 @@ 1 1 switch0: port 0 = wan, port 1,2,3,4 = lan 2 2 3 -If you brick your router you should be able to recover by soldering the UART pin headers and connecting to the serial. See [[this page for pictures>>doc:Linksys EA8100.WebHome]]. 4 4 4 +[[https:~~/~~/github.com/LeonPoon/openwrt/compare/master...master-linksys_ea8100>>https://github.com/LeonPoon/openwrt/compare/master...master-linksys_ea8100]] 5 5 6 -= 19.07.x = 7 - 8 -19.07.4 is here! 9 - 10 -[[https:~~/~~/www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.4/linksys_ea8100/>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.4/linksys_ea8100/]] ([[https:~~/~~/github.com/LeonPoon/openwrt/compare/v19.07.4...v19.07.4-linksys_ea8100>>https://github.com/LeonPoon/openwrt/compare/v19.07.4...v19.07.4-linksys_ea8100]]) 11 - 12 -The EA8100 contains 2 firmware partitions. Using the Linksys UI will flash openwrt into only one of the 2 partitions. The booting process switches partition every few boots, so if you want to always boot into openwrt then you have to flash openwrt into both partitions. 13 - 14 -How to flash: 15 - 16 -If your router currently has stock Linksys firmware: 17 - 18 -1. Flash the "**initramfs-factory.img**" via Linksys UI. Wait for it to start to reboot. 19 -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. 20 -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 ping response from 192.168.1.1 it means openwrt loaded. 21 -1. Scp the "**squashfs-sysupgrade.bin**" into /tmp in the router. root@192.168.1.1. No password. 22 -1. Log in as root via SSH into shell. No password. 23 -1. **Sysupgrade the uploaded squashfs-sysupgrade.bin**. This should flash the openwrt firmware into both firmware partitions. It auto reboots. 24 -1. opkg update 25 -1. **opkg install luci (the flashed images does not contain Luci)** 26 -1. Access LuCI via http:~/~/192.168.1.1/. You can now configure. 27 - 28 -If you are on my 18.x below, sysupgrading to a 19.07 image will not work. You have to manually mtd write the 19.07 "kernel-initramfs.bin" into the nand and boot/log into it (192.168.1.1), then sysupgrade. 29 - 30 -Sysupgrade from 19.07.x to another 19.07.y will work. **HOWEVER: **sysupgrade will wipe entire firmware partitions! Backup your files/config before sysupgrade. 31 - 32 -Since [[19.07.03>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.3/linksys_ea8100/]], as of 19.07.04: 33 - 34 -* Wifi (5Ghz) seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro. 35 -* **Known issue**: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. You probably want to disable 2.4Ghz wifi. 36 - 37 -= 18.x = 38 - 39 39 9bebafcb5dfe37f25285fa18fb8bfe7b68011267 (with wifi support) Download: 40 40 41 41 * [[initramfs-kernel.bin>>attach:openwrt-ramips-mt7621-linksys_ea8100-initramfs-kernel-9bebafcb5dfe37f25285fa18fb8bfe7b68011267.bin]] ... ... @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ 43 43 44 44 Note that sysupgrade to a newer image is not likely to work. 45 45 46 -(% border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-right:auto; width:auto" %) 13 +(% border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-right:auto; width: auto" %) 47 47 |[[image:1567332570723-651.png]] 48 48 49 49 Dmesg: ... ... @@ -755,7 +755,3 @@ 755 755 wireless.default_radio1.key='qwerty1234' 756 756 root@OpenWrt:/etc# 757 757 {{/code}} 758 - 759 -Firmware: 760 - 761 -./staging_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_glibc/root-ramips/lib/firmware/mediatek/mt7615_rom_patch.bin