Changes for page Openwrt for Linksys EA8100
Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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... ... @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ 11 11 12 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 13 14 - **Images donotcontainLuCi! (The build process doesn't include itfor some reason I have not yet time to figure out.)** You need to have the squashfs.bin flashed, then opkg update and opkg install luci.14 +How to flash: 15 15 16 - How toflashifyour router currently has stock Linksys firmware:16 +If your router currently has stock Linksys firmware: 17 17 18 18 1. Flash the "**initramfs-factory.img**" via Linksys UI. Wait for it to start to reboot. 19 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. ... ... @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 32 32 Since [[19.07.03>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.3/linksys_ea8100/]], as of 19.07.04: 33 33 34 34 * Wifi (5Ghz) seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro. 35 -* **Known issue**: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. Youprobablywanttodisable 2.4Ghz wifi.35 +* **Known issue**: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. 5Ghz seem ok though. 36 36 37 37 = 18.x = 38 38