Installing on Reyee AX3200 E5

[JackNWeems1]

Can anyone help get me get OpenWRT installed on a Reyee AX3200? It looks like someone has come up with a high level process however it's a little above me. https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/10951 specifically steps 1 and 2

1. Serve the initramfs.img using a TFTP server with address 10.10.10.3. - Where can I get the initramfs.img?
2. Interrupt the uboot startup process via UART. - How do I do this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[amirulandalib]

To get the initramfs image you need to build the openwrt image first ( since your router's model isn't available for support in official openwrt builds... )

You can further check out these tutorials for building an image for your router manually.....

My OpenWrt firmware image build guide

Building a initramfs image

Hi All, I am trying to build an initramfs image for a ar71xx based device. The below steps captures what I thought would work but since it didn't I tried a few other things with the config's and the Makefile and I not going into the details of those as it might be misleading. git clone "https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git" Edited the file “target/linux/ar71xx/generic/config-default to change the following. ”CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0,115200 loglevel=7 root=/dev/ram0 rootfstype=ramfs boa…

[lleachii]

@JackNWeems1

Interrupt the uboot startup process via UART. - How do I do this?

You'll open the case and connect to the Serial header with a TTL 3.3 V serial cable. Usually the display will instruct you to press a key to stop boot.

[JackNWeems1]

I very much appreciate the response. That's a little more than I want to do right now. Hopefully it will get official support soon.

[frollic]

Seems it happened yesterday.

https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/mediatek/mt7622/

[anon4457646]

it looks like a good device, better that xiaomi ax3200 and Linksys E8450,Belkin RT3200 if the antennas are real

[frollic]

Photos are at https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/2AX5J-E5

[JackNWeems1]

After siting on my shelf for 5 months I've finally found the time to get back to this. I've cracked open the router and am getting a serial console. When I select option 1 System Load Linux to SDRAM via TFTP gets highlighted but then nothing seems to happen. I've tried all 5 ethernet ports and none of them get a link light, my TFTP server doesn't show any activity either. Any help on what I'm missing would be greatly appreciated. This is what I get in the serial console.

[frollic]

@JackNWeems1

none of them get a link light,

No guarantee uboot actually switches them on.

@JackNWeems1

TFTP server doesn't show any activity either.

A firewall would usually have that effect.

[JackNWeems1]

I appreciate the quick response. I turned my firewall off before I started. I also set the port on my TFTP server to 10.10.10.3. Is there anything else I can check?

[frollic]

@JackNWeems1

I also set the port on my TFTP server to 10.10.10.3. Is there anything else I can check?

IP I hope.

I flashed mine without issues, and got PM from two members who's done the same.
I probably did it via the u-boot console though, not the menu.

Unless your ports or cable's broken, it should work.

[JackNWeems1]

I'm sure I'm still missing something. When the device is booting that menu I posted pops up for 1 second and I have to send one of the options or else the boot sequence completes as normal. Am I interrupting the boot sequence at the wrong time?

[frollic]

Nah, you're good.

I just picked the last option instead of the 1st, and did it manually.

[JackNWeems1]

Figured it out, the serial console in VS Code just sucks. I switched to putty and I was able to get everything installed properly. Thanks for all the help.