Last modified by Leon Poon on 2021/07/16 18:40
From version 56.1
edited by Leon Poon
on 2021/07/16 10:35
Change comment: There is no comment for this version
To version 50.1
edited by Leon Poon
on 2021/04/13 12:00
Change comment: There is no comment for this version

Summary

Details

Page properties
Content
... ... @@ -2,34 +2,7 @@
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 =
6 6  
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 -21.02 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 -19.07:
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 -
33 33  = 19.07.x =
34 34  
35 35  Openwrt 19.07.7 for EA8100 is here!
... ... @@ -39,15 +39,13 @@
39 39  * Wifi (5Ghz) seem to work at 30-40MB/s with a MacBook Pro.
40 40  * **Known issue**: 2.4Ghz wifi performance is really bad. You probably want to disable 2.4Ghz wifi.
41 41  
42 -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:
43 43  
44 44  (% class="box warningmessage" %)
45 45  (((
46 -Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet for flashing firmwares.
19 +Always use a PC connected to the device via wired ethernet.
47 47  )))
48 48  
49 -Follow these instructions:
50 -
51 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 52  1. Access Linksys UI (default [[http:~~/~~/192.168.10.1/>>http://192.168.10.1/]]). Flash **##initramfs-factory.img##**. It will reboot.
53 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.