Adding OpenWrt support for Xiaomi "Redmi Router AX6S"/"Xiaomi Router AX3200"

[wepee]

Alright thanks for the input.

[dsouza]

@wepee

Use the file: miwifi_rb03_firmware_stable_1.2.7_closedbeta.bin to flash my RB01 to flash
the Xiaomi AX3200 OEM Firmware? Right? If Yes, provided that my RB01 is able to do
Telnet? Right?

Wrong. The image above is intended only for RB03 units which do not have telnet open. It is a solution to enable telnet only on RB03 devices.

For RB01 either you have or you don't have telnet enabled from factory. If you don't have telnet enabled, stop. At this moment you will not be able to install OpenWRT on RB01 devices with telnet disabled.

If you are lucky and you've got a RB01 device with telnet enabled from factory, you can skip directly to step 2 as instructed:

The OpenWRT image you need to install via telnet is one of these at this moment:

Master Snapshot: xiaomi_redmi-router-ax6s-squashfs-factory.bin
22.03 Snapshot: xiaomi_redmi-router-ax6s-squashfs-factory.bin

[wepee]

Thank you for your clarification
You did a good job!

I am just a beginner here, so I have to be clear about what I am doing.
If not I will be wasting time fixing the problem (debricking)

The Master Snapshot is the very 1st firmware for the AX3200 and
the 22.03 Snapshot is the subsequent revised/ improved version, right?

[wepee]

@dsouza I am referring to your post:

Adding OpenWrt support for Xiaomi "Redmi Router AX6S"/"Xiaomi Router AX3200"

Just wondering: has anyone already checked if RB01 has telnet open before starting the configuration of the stock firmware? I mean, when I first powered on my RB01, initially telnet did not connect. I then connected to it via a browser, then clicked an option to select the country/region (stock web UI) but I did not move forward with the stock firmware configuration. Then before giving up I tried telnet again and voilà! Connection established. I did not think twice and installed OpewnWrt right …

You mentioned that you have an RB01 but did not have Telnet open,
however, you manage to "trick" the device, and have it open, by filling up the details in the
configuration wizard.

Would this be a reliable technique to have the RB01 Telnet port open?
Or this method is just based on luck, and you got lucky?

Can you please share what is the production date printed on the label?

Thank you.

[OW87]

@cliobrando : I saw a post in another from you in another tread saying this :

" Alternative: If you don't want to mod the bdata partition, you can flash the 1.0.378 image, get root, and use xqrepack to mod and flash the latest official firmware, and enable telnet and ssh but it's not permanent."

If I understand, if we have a RB01 router with telnet disabled by default,we can do the following to get OpenWRT on the router ?

1. Modify the RB01 .bin firmware to enable telnet and SSH
2. Install it on the router
3. Than install OpenWRT with the same process as RB03

Am I right ?

[dsouza]

@wepee

@dsouza I am referring to your post:
Adding OpenWrt support for Xiaomi "Redmi Router AX6S"/"Xiaomi Router AX3200" - #447 by dsouza

You mentioned that you have an RB01 but did not have Telnet open,
however, you manage to "trick" the device, and have it open, by filling up the details in the
configuration wizard.

Would this be a reliable technique to have the RB01 Telnet port open?
Or this method is just based on luck, and you got lucky?

Can you please share what is the production date printed on the label?

Thank you.

Answers here.

Bottom line: my RC01 came from factory with telnet open. I did not do anything special.

[wepee]

Alright thanks

[wepee]

@mikeeq

Is there anyone on the forum who've tried to crossflash RB03 fw on RB01?

Yes someone did manage to do that:

Adding OpenWrt support for Xiaomi "Redmi Router AX6S"/"Xiaomi Router AX3200"

Redmi AX6S/RB03 and Xiaomi AX3200/RB01 are the same hardware. The only thing they are different is how they are locked to the stock firmware regions. But only the AX6S/RB03 has a reproducible way to enable telnet access to unlock it. So the OpenWRT images are the same for both models. So Yes, you can instal the same OpenWRT image on both RB01 and RB03 if you manage to get telnet access. Sorry about "formosura". I meant "for sure", already fixed that typo. I'm replying from my phone and the auto…

[MaxwellZX]

Any benchmarks on this device? particularly in mesh?

[wepee]

Hi, can you confirm both these ImmortalWRT firmwares can be flashed on
both Xiaomi AX3200 RB01 and AX6S RB03 routers?

Thank you.

[wepee]

Does Immortalwrt firmware support AX3200 model: RB01 version?

[dsouza]

I just edited the Installation Wiki below adding more details to make it clearer. Please feel free to review it.

Xiaomi AX3200 / Redmi AX6S

[wepee]

Thanks @dsouza it will make life easier for those newbies, like me
trying to read in between the lines.

[kekesed97]

Guys, I just wondering for boxes that don't have telnet enabled. Is the firmware version different? Or it just like RB03, which is downgradeable in theory?
If its firmware dependant, can you install it using recovery method? This way, even if the webui doesn't accept downgrade, can recovery do?

Additional info: recovery method is the same as other redmi router. I used this method to restore the beta firmware when I messed with openwrt and lose access to it, so I don't know if this will work on stock firmware, or will work at all.

[alexanderk]

i haven't tried. i own 2 rb03

[johnd2]

On RB01 I wasn't able to install the RB03 firmware even in recovery mode. Also the OpenWRT image is not accepted this way.

[DDRRE]

Might want to add this to the wiki:

Adding OpenWrt support for Xiaomi "Redmi Router AX6S"/"Xiaomi Router AX3200"

Try adding... nvram set "boot_fw1=run boot_rd_img;bootm" to the list of nvram commands before doing nvram commit. The RB03 from my experience will typically boot from the 2nd firmware partition, which we don't touch during the initial mtd write operation.

I couldn't get my AX6S to boot the OpenWRT image without it.

[Gilgamesh]

Hello, I'm thinking of buying this router from here:

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005003424267312.html?spm=a2g0n.productlist.0.0.7a82De9YDe9Yjg&browser_id=8d36c77959a74db6b7b05313368afbb7&aff_trace_key=&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=y6xgoxfslecadlin1800f6fae57ef6e5e901c376e6&gclid=

will I be able to install OpenWrt on it as it's the AX6S model? thanks

[dsouza]

Thanks, Wiki updated!

[TrololoManPL]

Hi, is it possible to execute necessary commands on telnet-locked AX3200 using serial cable? Have anyone tried?