Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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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]].
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5 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
6 += 21.02.x =
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8 +Thanks to [[this patch>>https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/97df795b78dc572ea2ec105ccbf8af27cc4b4d8e]], EA8100 is now supported from v21.02.
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10 +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.
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12 +Both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wifi are working fine.
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6 6  = 19.07.x =
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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.
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15 -UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi! Follow these instructions:
23 +UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi!
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17 17  (% class="box warningmessage" %)
18 18  (((
19 -Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet.
27 +Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet for flashing firmwares.
20 20  )))
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30 +Follow these instructions:
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22 22  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);"]]##
23 23  1. Access Linksys UI (default [[http:~~/~~/192.168.10.1/>>http://192.168.10.1/]]). Flash **##initramfs-factory.img##**. It will reboot.
24 24  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.