Installing 24.10.0 on TP-Link EAP660HD via web interface

OOOO · February 14, 2025, 9:31am

I downloaded the 24.10.0 firmware from this link:
https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=24.10.0&target=qualcommax%2Fipq807x&id=tplink_eap660hd-v1
The factory image is a .ubi file and when I try to select it in the stock firmware web interface it says its an invalid file type.
I'm not sure how to install openwrt on this device otherwise. I did try to use the sysupgrade .bin file, but that gave a bad file error.

I have previously used and configured DD-WRT and pfsense on different routers, but I have not installed openwrt on an access point. Is there something that I have missed?

frollic · February 14, 2025, 9:33am

https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=9b336455663482739868953b8b1bd46e1dd0943f

OOOO · February 14, 2025, 10:16am

I read the instructions on this page:

github.com/openwrt/openwrt

ipq807x: add support for TP-Link EAP660 HD v1

main ← ElectricGeorge:tplink-eap660hd-v1

opened 12:48AM - 29 Jun 24 UTC

ElectricGeorge

+258 -1

Specifications: * SoC: Qualcomm IPQ8072A (64-bit Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 @ 165…1MHz) * Memory: 2x ESMT M15T4G16256A-DEBG2G (1 GiB DDR3-1866 13-13-13) * Serial Port: 3v3 TTL 115200n8 * Wi-Fi: QCN5054 (4x4 5 GHz 802.11ax) * Wi-Fi: QCN5024 (4x4 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n/ax) * Ethernet: QCA8081 (10/100/1000/2.5GBASE-T) * Flash: Winbond W29N01HZSINF (128 MiB) * LEDs: 1x Blue Status (GPIO 42 Active High) * Buttons: 1x Reset (GPIO 50 Active Low) Installation Instructions (Serial+TFTP): 1. Solder 4 pin header to JP1 and bridge pads of R58 and R62. 2. Connect 3V3 TTL port to TX, RX, and GND, which are positions 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Be sure to crossover TX and RX. 3. Copy RAM firmware image openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-tplink_eap660hd-v1-initramfs-uImage.itb to TFTP server root, available at 192.168.10.1. 4. Connect PoE ethernet cable to the RJ45 port and hold Ctrl+B in the serial console (115200 baud) until autoboot is halted. 5. Run the following commands in the U-boot prompt: ``` tftpboot 0x44000000 openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-tplink_eap660hd-v1-initramfs-uImage.itb bootm ``` You may need to type Ctrl+C and Enter before running these commands to clear invisible characters from the buffer. 6. Run the following command in a terminal to copy the sysupgrade image to be installed: ``` scp openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-tplink_eap660hd-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/ ``` 7. Activate the OpenWrt serial console and run the following commands: ``` cd /tmp sysupgrade -n openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-tplink_eap660hd-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin ``` 8. The AP will reboot and OpenWrt will be successfully installed.

but I thought that it required Serial+TFTP for installation because it was in early development. I thought that once it is no longer a snapshot build it could be easily installed via web interface. The Serial+TFTP installation method seemed much more complicated than installing via the stock web interface.

Is the Serial+TFTP installation method the only one that will ever be possible for the TP-Link EAP660HD?

frollic · February 14, 2025, 10:21am

it should be the same as in the link I posted ?

there's no such connection.

your search skills are probably as good as mine ...

frollic · February 14, 2025, 10:35am

you could check if cliclientd described in https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/eap615-wall also exists on the EAP660.