Cudy M3000

Cudy M3000 is a WiFi-6 Mesh system having 1×2.5 Gigabit port + 1×1 Gigabit port. It may be sold in solo, two-pack or three-pack bundle. Sometimes, the selling name includes AX3000 like in “Cudy AX3000 Whole Home Mesh WiFi System M3000”.

  • M3000 V1 model is in black color but has already reached EOL.
  • M3000 V2 model is in white color and is still available for sale. There are two variants of V2 model, distinguished by the 2.5g PHY chip being used in the WAN port. See more info in Hardware Highlights section.

Cudy M3000 v1 M3000 v1 (black case)

Cudy M3000 v2 M3000 v2 (white case)

Supported Versions

Hardware Highlights

Installation

Before installation

Distinguishing between Realtek RTL8221B (v1/v2 older) vs Motorcomm YT8821 (v2 newer) variants

  • If you have a black color V1 model, then it has Realtek RTL8221B PHY chip.
  • If you have a white color V2 model, you can determine the 2.5g PHY chip model based on instructions per commit message 45b51eb of YT8821 variant: 
How to know if you have the a router with the YT8821 PHY:
 - Boot the router into the vendor's firmware. Go to Diagnostic Tools -> System Log. Try searching for "rtl8221b".
 - If there are some matches, you have the Cudy M3000 router with the Realtek PHY and you should NOT use the device defined in this commit. Instead, you should use the device defined in mt7981b-cudy-m3000-v1.dts.
 - If there are no matches, try searching for "yt8821". If that matches something, you have the Cudy M3000 with the Motorcomm PHY and you should use this device tree (mt7981b-cudy-m3000-v2-yt8821.dts).
 - If even the yt8821 string did not match anything, then something is wrong. Rebooting the router might help (the system log would be refreshed).

Installation instructions

As of Jan 2026, a new variant of M3000 V2 device was shipped with a different PHY chip (Motorcomm YT8821 2.5GbE) as its WAN port. This new variant is ONLY supported in version 25.12.1 and Main Snapshot branch by incorporating commits to include the kmod-phy-motorcomm driver.

If you own this new variant, you should flash the v2 (yt8821 new variant) image instead. See more info in GitHub PR# 22259 & PR# 22423.

FIXME Please add the installation procedure here. For now, check out Supported Since Commit field in the above table for basic flash instructions.

See OEM easy installation for a guide on how to install OpenWrt after unboxing the device

OEM easy installation

Similar to other Cudy routers

Refer to: https://www.cudy.com/blogs/faq/openwrt-software-download

Note: Reset router to factory defaults if it has been previously configured.

  1. Download the appropriate Cudy-signed OpenWrt image from Cudy's Google Disk or ask the Cudy Support to send you the file
  2. Download the official OpenWrt stable sysupgrade image that matches your M3000 version & variant - check the Before Installation section in above to confirm
  3. Browse to http://192.168.10.1/
  4. Choose a password. This won't be needed later
  5. Navigate to http://192.168.10.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/panel
  6. Click on the Firmware button
  7. Upload the Cudy-signed OpenWrt image
  8. Click on the proceed button
  9. Wait for the device to reboot
  10. SSH to 192.168.1.1 or browse to http://192.168.1.1
  11. Flash the official OpenWrt stable sysupgrade image

OEM installation using the TFTP method

→ generic.flashing.tftp

Specific values needed for tftp

FIXME Enter values for “FILL-IN” below

Bootloader tftp server IPv4 address FILL-IN
Bootloader MAC address (special) FILL-IN
Firmware tftp image Latest OpenWrt release (NOTE: Name must contain “tftp”)
TFTP transfer window FILL-IN seconds
TFTP window start approximately FILL-IN seconds after power on
TFTP client required IP address FILL-IN

Upgrading OpenWrt

→ generic.sysupgrade

FIXME These are generic instructions. Update with your router's specifics.

LuCI Web Upgrade Process

  • Browse to http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/mini/system/upgrade/ LuCI Upgrade URL
  • Upload image file for sysupgrade to LuCI
  • Wait for reboot

Terminal Upgrade Process

If you don't have a GUI (LuCI) available, you can alternatively upgrade via the command line. There are two command line methods for upgrading:

  • sysupgrade
  • mtd

Note: It is important that you put the firmware image into the ramdisk (/tmp) before you start flashing.

sysupgrade

  • Login as root via SSH on 192.168.1.1, then enter the following commands:
cd /tmp
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc
sysupgrade /tmp/xxx.abc

mtd

If sysupgrade does not support this router, use mtd.

  • Login as root via SSH on 192.168.1.1, then enter the following commands:
cd /tmp
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc
mtd write /tmp/xxx.abc linux && reboot

Flash Layout

FIXME Find out flash layout, then add the flash layout table here (copy, paste, modify the example).

Please check out the article Flash layout. It contains examples and explanations that describe how to document the flash layout.

Debricking

→ generic.debrick

Failsafe mode

→ failsafe_and_factory_reset

Basic configuration

→ Basic configuration After flashing, proceed with this.
Set up your Internet connection, configure wireless, configure USB port, etc.

Specific Configuration

FIXME Please fill in real values for this device, then remove the EXAMPLEs

Network interfaces

The default network configuration is:

Interface Name Description Default configuration
br-lan EXAMPLE LAN & WiFi EXAMPLE 192.168.1.1/24
vlan0 (eth0.0) EXAMPLE LAN ports (1 to 4) EXAMPLE None
vlan1 (eth0.1) EXAMPLE WAN port EXAMPLE DHCP
wl0 EXAMPLE WiFi EXAMPLE Disabled

Switch Ports (for VLANs)

FIXME Please fill in real values for this device, then remove the EXAMPLEs

Numbers 0-3 are Ports 1-4 as labeled on the unit, number 4 is the Internet (WAN) on the unit, 5 is the internal connection to the router itself. Don't be fooled: Port 1 on the unit is number 3 when configuring VLANs. vlan0 = eth0.0, vlan1 = eth0.1 and so on.

Port Switch port
Internet (WAN) EXAMPLE 4
LAN 1 EXAMPLE 3
LAN 2 EXAMPLE 2
LAN 3 EXAMPLE 1
LAN 4 EXAMPLE 0

Buttons

→ hardware.button on howto use and configure the hardware button(s). Here, we merely name the buttons, so we can use them in the above Howto.

FIXME Please fill in real values for this device, then remove the EXAMPLEs

The Cudy M3000 has the following buttons:

BUTTON Event
EXAMPLE Reset reset
EXAMPLE Secure Easy Setup ses
EXAMPLE No buttons at all. -

Hardware

Info

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Photos

Front:
Insert photo of front of the casing

Back:
Insert photo of back of the casing

Backside label:
Insert photo of backside label

Opening the case

→ Warranty

FIXME Describe what needs to be done to open the device, e.g. remove rubber feet, adhesive labels, screws, ...

  • To remove the cover and open the device, do a/b/c

Main PCB:
Insert photo of PCB

Serial

→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.

How to connect to the Serial Port of this specific device:
Insert photo of PCB with markings for serial port

FIXME Replace EXAMPLE by real values.

Serial connection parameters
for Cudy M3000 @@Version@@ 		EXAMPLE 115200, 8N1, 3.3V

JTAG

→ port.jtag general information about the JTAG port, JTAG cable, etc.

How to connect to the JTAG Port of this specific device:
Insert photo of PCB with markings for JTAG port

Bootloader mods

→ bootloader

Hardware mods

None so far.

Bootlogs

OEM bootlog

COPY HERE THE BOOTLOG WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE


OpenWrt bootlog

COPY HERE THE BOOTLOG ONCE OPENWRT IS INSTALLED AND RUNNING


Notes

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