OpenWRT for my tp-link EX510 AX3000 Dual Band Wi-Fi 6 Router?

Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming teo.en.ming at protonmail.com
Fri Mar 1 22:43:20 PST 2024


On Saturday, February 17th, 2024 at 6:26 PM, Felix Baumann <felix.baumann at freifunk-aachen.de> wrote:

> Am 10. Februar 2024 06:19:02 MEZ schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via openwrt-devel openwrt-devel at lists.openwrt.org:
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> Hi,
> 
> I just saw your mail from last year (22nd of march)
> No your EX510 is not supported.
> Look here: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/
> 
> No firmware available
> 
> It appears the device is not sold worldwide so noone else worked on adding support for it.
> It might be similar to a TP-Link AX53 (just branded under a different name) but noone can know for sure without taking a look at the device.
> 
> We don't know which processor is running in the device which is necessary to know whether its supportable.
> If it's close to a HX510 v1 then it's probably Qualcomm-based (Currently unsupported, might be in the future). HX510 v2 is Mediatek based, I think.
> There is no firmware online available for download (atleast I couldn't find any).
> There are also no pictures of the board/the inside of the device.
> TP-Link doesn't offer GPL firmware for it online, you would have to follow the instructions on your GPL notice and receive a copy of the firmware and share it with devs on the OpenWrt forum (probably you have to send TP-Link an email and receive a CD or download link). Even then devs would need hw access to such a device to implement support.
> 
> It might never receive support unless you put in the work yourself. It doesn't sound like you ever did such a thing in the past, so it's very unlikely.
> 
> Regards
> Felix

Dear Felix,

I think it is too troublesome already.

I might as well look through the Hardware Compatibility List and get another wireless router that is supported.

Simpler and easier this way.

Thank you.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individual in Singapore



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