Roland Reinl
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Specification:
The device is similar to the M30 but has only one LAN port and no WAN port.
- MT7981 CPU using 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi (both AX)
- 512MB RAM
- 128MB NAND flash with two UBI partitions with identical size
- 1 multi color LED (red, green, blue, white) connected via GCA230718
- 2 buttons (WPS, reset, LED)
- 1 1Gbit LAN port
Disassembly:
- There are two screws at the power connector which must be removed. Afterwards the top case can be removed (it is clipped on, so some tools are required).
Serial Interface:
- The serial interface can be connected to the 4 pin holes on the board. Do NOT connect VCC.
- The pins are labelled on the PCB (RX, TX, GND)
- Settings: 115200, 8N1
MAC addresses:
- LAN MAC is stored in partition "Odm" at offset 0x8f
- WLAN MAC (2.4 GHz and 5GHz) is LAN MAC + 1
Reverting back to OEM firmware:
- There is currently no easy way to revert back to the OEM image
- The methods from M30 and M60 doesn't seem to work anymore
- If you plan to revert back to OEM firmware later, do the following steps before flashing OpenWrt:
- Boot from initramfs as described in "Flashing via U-Boot" but don't flash anything
- Instead, make a backup of UBI and UBI1 partition
- The created dumps must be written to the initial partitions to revert back to OEM
Flashing via Recovery Web Interface:
- Set your IP address to 192.168.200.10, subnetmask 255.255.255.0
- Press the reset button while powering on the device
- Keep the reset button pressed until the LED blinks red
- Open a Chromium based and goto http://192.168.200.50/ (recovery web interface)
- Download openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-e30-a1-squashfs-recovery.bin
- Note: The recovery web interface always reports successful flashing, even if it fails
- After flashing, the recovery web interface will try to forward the browser to 192.168.0.1 (can be ignored)
- If flashing was successful, OpenWrt is accessible via 192.168.1.1
- The recovery image boots an initramfs image, flash the sys upgrade image to get to „normal“ OpenWrt mode
Flashing via U-Boot:
- Open the case, connect to the UART console
- Set your IP address to 192.168.200.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Connect to one of the LAN interfaces of the router
- Run a tftp server which provides openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-e30-a1-initramfs-kernel.bin
- Supply the board with 12V
- Select "7. Load image" in the U-Boot menu
- Enter image file, tftp server IP and device IP (if they differ from the default).
- TFTP download to RAM will start. After a few seconds OpenWrt initramfs should start
- The initramfs is accessible via 192.168.1.1, change your IP address accordingly (or use multiple IP addresses on your interface)
- Perform a sysupgrade using openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-e30-a1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
- Reboot the device. OpenWrt should start from flash now
Flashing via OEM web interface is not possible, as it will change the active partition and OpenWrt is only running on the first UBI partition.
Signed-off-by: Roland Reinl <reinlroland+github@gmail.com>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22776
(cherry picked from commit 145bc7e52f)
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22958
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