Ryan Leung
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EDUP EP-RT2983 comes with a factory installed version of OpenWrt 23.05
with device name "netis,n6".
Specification
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- SoC : MediaTek MT7621AT, MIPS, 880 MHz
- RAM : 256 MiB
- Flash : NAND 128 MiB (Toshiba)
- WLAN : MT7905DAN + MT7975DN
- 2.4 GHz : b/g/n/ax, 574 Mbps, MIMO 2x2
- 5 GHz : a/n/ac/ax, 1201 Mbps, MIMO 2x2
- Ethernet : 10/100/1000 Mbps x4 (1x WAN, 3x LAN)
- UART : 3.3V, 115200n8
- Buttons : 1x Reset
1x WPS
- LEDs : 1x Power (green)
1x WiFi (green)
1x Mesh/WPS (green); flashing green during boot
3x LAN (green)
1x WAN (green); flashing red during upgrade and failsafe
- Power : 12 VDC 1A
Installation
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1. Log in to LuCI
2. Go to System, Backup / Flash Firmware
3. If desired, backup the current system by saving (all) the mtdblock
contents.
4. Flash new firmware image, select Flash image.
5. Browse and select the sysupgrade file
"openwrt-*-ramips-mt7621-edup_ep-rt2983-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
and then Upload.
6. Unselect "Keep settings and retain the current configuration"
Note: All settings will be reset to default. WiFi is not enabled by
default so a connection via Ethernet is necessary to log in and set up.
7. Allow "Force upgrade" (tick the box if there is one), or press Continue
if there is no box to tick. This is because the name is now
"edup,ep-rt2983" as it should have been from the start.
8. Proceed to flash. Wait for reboot and keep power connected.
9. After reboot, default address to access LuCI is 192.168.1.1 with
no password
Recovery (UART)
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1. Remove the 4 screws on the bottom and pry open the cover.
2. Connect serial adapter to the unpopulated serial header pins
TX, RX, GND near the WPS button. Do not connect VCC.
3. Start serial terminal (e.g. minicom, screen, etc) on the computer and
turn on the router.
4. As prompted, hit any key to stop autoboot.
5. Enter 2 to select "2. Upgrade firmware"
6. Enter 0 to select "0 - TFTP client (Default)"
7. Accept the defaults by pressing Enter for
"Input U-Boot's IP address: 192.168.1.1",
"TFTP server's IP address: 192.168.1.2",
"Input IP netmask: 255.255.255.0"
8. Assign your PC's Ethernet port a static IP 192.168.1.2 with netmask
255.255.255.0 and connect to a LAN port on the router using the
Ethernet cable. Disconnect all other network connections (e.g. WiFi) on
the computer.
9. Serve the factory image
"openwrt-*-ramips-mt7621-edup_ep-rt2983-squashfs-factory.bin" using
a TFTP server, e.g. tftpd64. For convenience, the filename can be renamed
to something shorter.
10. In the serial terminal, when prompted "Input file name:", enter the
filename from the previous step and press Enter.
11. The factory image will be flashed as indicated. Wait for reboot.
MAC addresses prototype
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+---------+---------------------+
| | MAC example |
+---------+---------------------+
| LAN | CC:D8:1F:47:xx:yy |
| WAN | CC:D8:1F:47:xx:yy+1 |
| WLAN 2G | CC:D8:1F:17:xx:yy+2 |
| WLAN 5G | CC:D8:1F:77:xx:yy+2 |
+---------+---------------------+
Signed-off-by: Ryan Leung <untilscour@protonmail.com>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22197
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
Sunshine!
Download
Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.
If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.
An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or macOS system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.
Requirements
You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.
binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.7+ rsync subversion unzip which
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -ato obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -ato install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfigto select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
Run
maketo build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.
Related Repositories
The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
manager called opkg. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
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LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
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OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
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OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
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OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
Support Information
For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database
Documentation
Support Community
- Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
- Support Chat: Channel
#openwrton oftc.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-develon oftc.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0