Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition (R4AG/R4A Gigabit) -- fully supported and flashable with OpenWRTInvasion

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2086

Hi There

the software package lists (/etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf) in byte's build still points to rc1 release,which has older version and cause them to be incompatible. you could update them to rc3 release list in Opkg configuration on luci

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2087

Is anyone here knows how to add custom hosts for adblock? I want to use Energized spark with only 8K hosts attached ,I don't like the Yoyo host it doesn't block some popups

2088

Hi there,
There must be some text file that contains all adlists and their URLs on it. I guess you can edit default adblock lists with your favorite text editor.
I'm not saying that this is the most elegant way to do that but if it works I'm okay with it.

ulpian

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2089

Thanks your solution also solved my problem :+1:
Now I can install mwan3

2090

Hello,
I wanted to announce that 21.02.0 RC4 is here. Cheers!
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.0-rc4/

ulpian

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2091

Wow this is the first time for "RC4" and i thought they gonna release the official this month....but I'll check it if they fixed the WiFi bridge issue

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2092

Yeah RC4 surprised me too!

21.02.0-rc4 Release Notes:

21.02.0-rc4 Change Log:

21.02 Roadmap and Release Goals:

ulpian

2093

download doesn't exist?

2094

Hi,
Buildbot is generating all images one by one. Please check back later.

ulpian

2095

On the 4th August as suggested okay

2096

Hello ,
Does anyone know if lan ports still drop connection and reconnect after a while with rc4? Has anyone tested it? I really want to upgrade but i had this issue on rc3 and rc2 which is a dealbreaker for me... I don't know if it is a hardware issue or a specific issue with my router as i don't see many users mentioning it but on @db260179 19.07 build it isn't happening and i even had a 60 day uptime at some point without any connection drop.
Thanks

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2097

OpenWrt 21.02.0 RC4 image is ready for mir4a: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.0-rc4/targets/ramips/mt7621/

direct link: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.0-rc4/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-21.02.0-rc4-ramips-mt7621-xiaomi_mi-router-4a-gigabit-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
sha256sum: 817d18c0066a8ea9f6964888178ead8d2abc5b9c440b1a902d4a20c689118609

ulpian

2098

Hi,
I think you can test it yourself without flashing to your router with initramfs image.

ulpian

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2099

hi guy's
i want flash my router on tftp but every time I get this error on TTL output

done
Bytes transferred = 4776915 (48e3d3 hex)
LoadAddr=82000000 NetBootFileXferSize= 0048e3d3
TRX MAGIC error!
Header check error!
Image verify failed!
========Upgrade fail!========

anyone can help me ?

2100

Hello,
Which firmware are you using? You must use the Chinese stock firmware for recovery process.
miwifi_r4a_firmware_72d65_2.28.62.bin

ulpian

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2101

When you mention of "drop connection and reconnect" what are you referring to this issue?

[17965.105187] mt7530 mdio-bus:1f wan: Link is Down
[17968.177242] mt7530 mdio-bus:1f wan: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control off

I am having a similar issue on another hardware model, I described it in the following post:

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2102

@nemesis
Hello,
Yes i was referring to this issue , i had it on all the builds i tried(even on 19.07) except for @db260179 builds so i guess he knows more about this switch issue.

2103

RC4 is officially annonced.

2104

Most likely the eee mode (energy saving mode) is triggering a port shutdown. The mt7621 has a few hardware bugs, if someone just looks at my v19.07 patches and mimics the similar feature turn offs, should help the issue.

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2105

Thank you for this information @db260179, can you point out to which patches exactly?
I am willing to dig deeper into this and find out if it's a software issue or not.