OpenWRT - Install OpenWRT on Xiaomi CR6608 Router

Xiaomi CR6608 is a Wi-Fi6 AX1800 Router with 4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports. Besides the CR6608 which was made for China Mobile, there are also CR6606 (China Unicom) and CR6609 (China Telecom). The router is powered by the MediaTek MT7621AT with 256MB DDR3 RAM and 128MB NAND. OpenWRT support for the Xiaomi CR660x was added by InfWang and migrated into OpenWRT master on Feb 2, 2022. The way to install OpenWRT on the Xiaomi CR6608 is simple and doesn’t required hardware modification. However, you will need a router running OpenWRT to proceed. It is a long video, but there are only 2 main steps: Get SSH access to the router Write OpenWRT firmware with mtd You can find the detail guide here https://vantc.net/install-openwrt-on-... After the installation, we will find out the CR6608 WAN to LAN and WiFi throughput with iperf3. The tests were done in normal firewall setting and with software/hardware offloading. Video timeframe: 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Download CR6608 OpenWRT firmware 01:29 - Upload xqsystem.lua on the OpenWRT router 03:37 - Configure Wireless (WiFi) on the OpenWRT router 04:42 - Set Static IP for br-lan to 169.254.31.1 07:28 - Get SSH Access to Xiaomi CR6608 10:25 - Connect SSH to Xiaomi CR6608 and unlock UART 12:02 - Upload OpenWRT firmware to CR6608 with WinSCP 13:01 - Flash OpenWRT on Xiaomi CR6608 15:08 - Connect to CR6608 OpenWRT with SSH & Install LuCI 18:17 - Login to LuCI on Xiaomi CR6608 & Initial Configuration 23:30 - WAN to LAN Throughput with iperf3 - No Offloading 24:50 - WAN to LAN Throughput with iperf3 - SW Offloading 25:35 - WAN to LAN Throughput with iperf3 - SW + HW Offloading 26:36 - Wireless (WiFi) Throughput with iperf3 29:15 - Bonus - PPPoE with VLAN Speedtest & CPU Overview Download Firmware: https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapsho... PR ramips: add support for Xiaomi Mi Router CR660x series - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pu... Thanks for watching and see you in the next video!