OpenWrt support for Xiaomi AX9000

I wont repeat answers to the same questions over and over, its all been answered in this thread

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ax9000

My ax9000 only up for around 3 hours and getting above requests, this is why we need OpenWRT.

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for those interested, it is currently priced at 189€, delivered from Spain. delivery time 3-5 business days.

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Eu or cn version?

Should be EU, so secure boot enabled

I am wondering if anyone tried flashing new ax9000 image from Robi after rebasing backports?

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Sirs i have a chinese ax9000 can i use openwrt can some guide me how to do it and can i turn off led lights of this routers since mi home app broken
I know this must have been asked before but noobie hwre

Stock version 1.041 do i have a chance

Hi @brainslayers
The procedure for flashing this device is "higher up in that very thread" (i.e. OpenWrt support for Xiaomi AX9000 - #179 by bruda)
It has been also described in robi's commit for that device: https://github.com/robimarko/openwrt/commit/7127d0ddbdf8c3fefd0048d1b8235d4152b1b67b
But I am afraid this is the end of good news... While we could get an exploit to work on Chinese firmware, there are some fundamental issues with the WiFi driver (+ some PCIe driver issues) so not everything works with OpenWRT.
And until these issues are resolved, there is probably no point in flashing OpenWRT into that device, not to mention some risks (you can brick your device if you don't know what you are doing)

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Thanks for the heads up

Hi, I am was so happy with AX3600 development state and its usability, that I decided to get AX9000 (CN)

just have few questions

  1. Not working * Fan controller (Lacking driver)
    so FAN spins constant speed or it is not working at all?

  2. Not working * QCN9024 (Most of the 5GHz band, actually works but cannot be used simultaneously with the AHB radio)
    so With AHB disabled radio1 and radio2 would be disabled and radio0 IOT and QCN9024 would be available? (this is also a satysfying scenario in my opinion)
    What was last working snapshot with QCN9024 working and was it usable? (if ever was usable)

  3. radio1(5.8GHz antennas) and radio2(2.4GHz are CN5024, but there are two colliding informations about

by @robimarko
OpenWrt support for Xiaomi AX9000 - For Developers - OpenWrt Forum
platform/soc/c000000.wifi radio1 5g Wiphy phy1 wiphy index: 1 5.8GHz
5180 MHz [36]-5240 MHz [48] (30.0 dBm) U-NII-1
5260 MHz [52]-5320 MHz [64] (24.0 dBm) (radar detection) U-NII-2a
5500 MHz [100]-5720 MHz [144] (24.0 dBm) (radar detection) U-NII-2c
5745 MHz [149]-5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm) U-NII-3
5845 MHz [169]-5865 MHz [173] (30.0 dBm) U-NII-4

and by @avalentin
OpenWrt support for Xiaomi AX9000 - For Developers - OpenWrt Forum
5745 MHz [149]-5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm) U-NII-3

which it is then?

  1. is regulatory still messed up?

  2. how is radio1 and radio2 performance compared to AX3600?

The router is a monster in terms of wifi range and speed i can say that owned it for 12 months but i have only run the stock fw which is limited in terms of chinese language and options i use it as ap

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  1. There is no driver for the fan controller, so the fan doesn't do anything.

  2. Known issue, nothing can be done until QCA sorts out AHB and PCI support concurrently.
    QCN9024 works, but then you cannot use the 2G radio

  3. Depends on what regulatory you selected

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What is a chance for/state of 4096-qam support?

is
ubiformat /dev/mtd22 -y -f /tmp/openwrt-ipq807x-generic-xiaomi_ax9000-squashfs-nand-factory.ubi
via ssh valid flashing method?

Where I can download openwork.bin for Xiaomi AX9000?

https://github.com/robimarko/openwrt/releases Unofficial builds are here

is bin working for Xiaomi ax9000?

Searching through this thread, it seems the 2.4GHZ radio do does not work.
Is this the case and is there any hope that it'll be resolved some day?

My understanding is that

  • IoT WiFI (AC) - works
  • 2.4 GHz Wifi (AX) + one of 5GHz (AX) bands works (but not both 5GHz concurrently)
    There is a hope to fix the above problem ... but no one knows when it will be fixed
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Il be damned(Or whatever the say goes), it looks like I figured out a not-so-horribly hacky workaround to allow AHB and PCI to live together.
As thought, it was a QMI conflict where they were both trying to use the same session.

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