Changes for page Openwrt for Linksys EA8100
Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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... ... @@ -1,42 +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 -Openwrt 19.07.4 for EA8100 is here! 9 - 10 -Get images here: [[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 -Since [[19.07.03>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.3/linksys_ea8100/]], as of 19.07.04: 13 - 14 -* Wifi (5Ghz) seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro. 15 -* **Known issue**: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. You probably want to disable 2.4Ghz wifi. 16 - 17 -**Images do not contain LuCi! (The build process doesn't include it for some reason I have not yet time to figure out.)** You need to have the **squashfs-sysupgrade.bin** flashed, then install LuCI. (See instructions below.) 18 - 19 -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. 20 - 21 -How to flash if your router currently has stock Linksys firmware: 22 - 23 -1. Download the "**openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-initramfs-kernel-factory.img**" from link above, and flash it via Linksys UI. Wait for it to start to reboot. 24 -1. Configure your computer to have IP in ##192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0##. 25 -1. Check that your router booted Openwrt by visiting [[http:~~/~~/192.168.1.1/>>http://192.168.1.1/]]. It is in Openwrt if you see a white screen with message: "The requested URL /cgi-bin/luci/ was not found on this server." (Luci is not installed currently.) Do a reboot if you see Linksys UI instead, then check again when it boots. 26 -1. Download the "**openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin**" from link above, and upload it into ##/tmp## in the router via SFTP. You can use [[winscp>>https://winscp.net/]] if on Windows. [[root@192.168.1.1>>mailto:root@192.168.1.1]] (No password). 27 -1. Ssh into [[root@192.168.1.1>>mailto:root@192.168.1.1]] (no password). Use [[putty>>https://www.putty.org/]] to ssh if you are on Windows. 28 -1. In the ssh shell run: ##sysupgrade /tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin## 29 -1. It automatically reboots after a short while. Log in via SSH again. 30 -1. Run: ##opkg update## 31 -1. Run: ##**opkg install luci**## 32 -1. Access LuCI via [[http:~~/~~/192.168.1.1/>>http://192.168.1.1/]]. You can now configure. 33 - 34 -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. 35 - 36 -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. 37 - 38 -= 18.x = 39 - 40 40 9bebafcb5dfe37f25285fa18fb8bfe7b68011267 (with wifi support) Download: 41 41 42 42 * [[initramfs-kernel.bin>>attach:openwrt-ramips-mt7621-linksys_ea8100-initramfs-kernel-9bebafcb5dfe37f25285fa18fb8bfe7b68011267.bin]] ... ... @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ 44 44 45 45 Note that sysupgrade to a newer image is not likely to work. 46 46 47 -(% 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" %) 48 48 |[[image:1567332570723-651.png]] 49 49 50 50 Dmesg: ... ... @@ -756,7 +756,3 @@ 756 756 wireless.default_radio1.key='qwerty1234' 757 757 root@OpenWrt:/etc# 758 758 {{/code}} 759 - 760 -Firmware: 761 - 762 -./staging_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_glibc/root-ramips/lib/firmware/mediatek/mt7615_rom_patch.bin