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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 +
15 +19.07 images:
16 +
17 +{{code language="none"}}
18 +openwrt-21.02.0-rc3-ramips-mt7621-linksys_ea8100-v1-initramfs-kernel.bin: u-boot legacy uImage, MIPS OpenWrt Linux-5.4.124, Linux/MIPS, OS Kernel Image (Not compressed), 4912189 bytes, Sun Jun 13 22:02:19 2021, Load Address: 0x80001000, Entry Point: 0x80001000, Header CRC: 0x9C4276B9, Data CRC: 0xBC5373AC
19 +openwrt-21.02.0-rc3-ramips-mt7621-linksys_ea8100-v1-squashfs-factory.bin: u-boot legacy uImage, MIPS OpenWrt Linux-5.4.124, Linux/MIPS, OS Kernel Image (Not compressed), 2357363 bytes, Sun Jun 13 22:02:19 2021, Load Address: 0x80001000, Entry Point: 0x80001000, Header CRC: 0xAC8B8E31, Data CRC: 0xC42A191A
20 +openwrt-21.02.0-rc3-ramips-mt7621-linksys_ea8100-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin: POSIX tar archive (GNU)
21 +{{/code}}
22 +
23 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
24 +21.02:
25 +
26 +{{code language="none"}}
27 +openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-initramfs-factory.img: u-boot legacy uImage, MIPS OpenWrt Linux-4.14.221, Linux/MIPS, OS Kernel Image (lzma), 5049994 bytes, Mon Feb 15 15:22:37 2021, Load Address: 0x80001000, Entry Point: 0x80001000, Header CRC: 0x9EAE22DC, Data CRC: 0x739C919A
28 +openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-initramfs-kernel.bin: u-boot legacy uImage, MIPS OpenWrt Linux-4.14.221, Linux/MIPS, OS Kernel Image (lzma), 5049994 bytes, Mon Feb 15 15:22:37 2021, Load Address: 0x80001000, Entry Point: 0x80001000, Header CRC: 0x9EAE22DC, Data CRC: 0x739C919A
29 +openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-factory.img: u-boot legacy uImage, MIPS OpenWrt Linux-4.14.221, Linux/MIPS, OS Kernel Image (lzma), 2012291 bytes, Mon Feb 15 15:22:37 2021, Load Address: 0x80001000, Entry Point: 0x80001000, Header CRC: 0xD210527A, Data CRC: 0x404E16F6
30 +openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin: u-boot legacy uImage, MIPS OpenWrt Linux-4.14.221, Linux/MIPS, OS Kernel Image (lzma), 2012291 bytes, Mon Feb 15 15:22:37 2021, Load Address: 0x80001000, Entry Point: 0x80001000, Header CRC: 0xD210527A, Data CRC: 0x404E16F6
31 +{{/code}}
32 +
6 6  = 19.07.x =
7 7  
8 8  Openwrt 19.07.7 for EA8100 is here!
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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:
42 +UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi!
16 16  
17 -1. Grab [[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>>https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ea8100-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin]] and flash it via LuCi
44 +(% class="box warningmessage" %)
45 +(((
46 +Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet for flashing firmwares.
47 +)))
48 +
49 +Follow these instructions:
50 +
51 +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);"]]##
52 +1. Access Linksys UI (default [[http:~~/~~/192.168.10.1/>>http://192.168.10.1/]]). Flash **##initramfs-factory.img##**. It will reboot.
53 +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.
54 +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 this in your ##/etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf##:
57 +For kernel modules, replace the relevant link in your ##/etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf(% class="small" %) (%%)##with this:
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24 24  {{code language="none"}}
25 25  src/gz openwrt_core https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/packages