Changes for page Openwrt for Linksys EA8100
Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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... ... @@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ 2 2 3 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 5 += 21.02.x = 5 5 7 +Thanks to [[this patch>>https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/97df795b78dc572ea2ec105ccbf8af27cc4b4d8e]], EA8100 is now supported from openwrt 21.02. 8 + 9 +The 21.02 release is currently at RC3. You can get it from [[openwrt firmware selector>>https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=21.02.0-rc3&target=ramips%2Fmt7621&id=linksys_ea8100-v1]] page. 10 + 11 +Both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wifi are working fine. 12 + 13 +If you are already on 19.07, please do not sysupgrade with 21.02 sysupgrade.bin, because sysupgrade.bin format in 21.02 is not supported by 19.07 sysupgrade utility. 14 + 6 6 = 19.07.x = 7 7 8 8 Openwrt 19.07.7 for EA8100 is here! ... ... @@ -12,14 +12,22 @@ 12 12 * Wifi (5Ghz) seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro. 13 13 * **Known issue**: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. You probably want to disable 2.4Ghz wifi. 14 14 15 -UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi! Follow these instructions:24 +UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi! 16 16 17 -1. Grab initramfs-factory.img from [[https:~~/~~/www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-initramfs-factory.img>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-initramfs-factory.img]] and flash it via Linksys UI. 18 -1. Wait for Openwrt to boot so that you get to LuCi at [[http:~~/~~/192.168.1.1/>>http://192.168.1.1/]]. Do NOT configure yet! It's not ready. 19 -1. Then grab squashfs-sysupgrade.bin from [[https:~~/~~/www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin]] and flash it via LuCi 26 +(% class="box warningmessage" %) 27 +((( 28 +Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet for flashing firmwares. 29 +))) 30 + 31 +Follow these instructions: 32 + 33 +1. Download ##[[initramfs-factory.img>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-initramfs-factory.img]]## and ##[[squashfs-sysupgrade.bin>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin||style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]]## 34 +1. Access Linksys UI (default [[http:~~/~~/192.168.10.1/>>http://192.168.10.1/]]). Flash **##initramfs-factory.img##**. It will reboot. 35 +1. Wait for Openwrt to boot so that you get to LuCi at [[http:~~/~~/192.168.1.1/>>http://192.168.1.1/]]. You might need to restart your PC so that it gets a ##192.168.1.x## address from openwrt. Once you get LuCI, do NOT configure yet! It's not ready. 36 +1. Flash **##squashfs-sysupgrade.bin##** via LuCi 20 20 1. Wait for it to reboot. Now you can configure! 21 21 22 -For kernel modules, replace with thisin your39 +For kernel modules, replace the relevant link in your ##/etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf(% class="small" %) (%%)##with this: 23 23 24 24 {{code language="none"}} 25 25 src/gz openwrt_core https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/packages