Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
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on 2021/04/13 11:57
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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 -= 21.02.x =
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7 -Thanks to [[this patch>>https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/97df795b78dc572ea2ec105ccbf8af27cc4b4d8e]], EA8100 is now supported from openwrt 21.02.
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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.
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11 -Both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wifi are working fine.
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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.
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15 15  = 19.07.x =
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17 17  Openwrt 19.07.7 for EA8100 is here!
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21 21  * Wifi (5Ghz) seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro.
22 22  * **Known issue**: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. You probably want to disable 2.4Ghz wifi.
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24 -UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi!
15 +UPDATED 2020-12-10 the 19.07.04 and later builds now includes LuCi! Follow these instructions (always use a PC connected via wired ethernet):
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26 -(% class="box warningmessage" %)
27 -(((
28 -Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet for flashing firmwares.
29 -)))
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31 -Follow these instructions:
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33 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 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.
19 +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. You might need to restart your PC so that it gets a ##192.168.1.x## address from openwrt.
36 36  1. Flash **##squashfs-sysupgrade.bin##** via LuCi
37 37  1. Wait for it to reboot. Now you can configure!
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39 -For kernel modules, replace the relevant link in your ##/etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf(% class="small" %) (%%)##with this:
23 +For kernel modules, replace with this in your ##/etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf##:
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41 41  {{code language="none"}}
42 42  src/gz openwrt_core https://www.codepowered.com/openwrt/v19.07.7/bin/targets/ramips/mt7621/packages