Cudy WR1300
This page covers all currently supported versions of the WR1300 - v1, v2, v3.
Hardware Highlights
Installation
OEM easy installation
- Visit this URL to get the Cudy openwrt build: https://www.cudy.com/blogs/faq/openwrt-software-download
- Follow the Drive link found at “Download OpenWrt Firmware to Remove Signature Check”
- Download and unpack the file appropriate WR1300 ZIP file
- Login on the Cudy web UI, and go to Advanced - Firmware, browse to select Cudy's previously extracted image
- Let the device flash the firmware and reboot
- Surf (or SSH as root) to http://192.168.1.1 and login as root (no password)
- Flash the OpenWRT sysupgrade image matching your router from the table above
- The router will reboot, and boot vanilla OpenWRT.
OEM installation using the TFTP method
This TFTP method works to install OpenWrt on a device freshly opened
- Visit this URL to get the Cudy openwrt build: https://www.cudy.com/blogs/faq/openwrt-software-download
- Follow the Drive link found at “Download OpenWrt Firmware to Remove Signature Check”
- Download and unpack the file appropriate WR1300 ZIP file
Setup a tftp server
- Setup a tftp server with IP address 192.168.1.88
- Connect the device via ethernet on one of the LAN ports to the tftp server
- Copy the openwrt-22.03.0 file previous extracted (Cudy OpenWrt) to the root of the tftp server
- Rename the openwrt-22.03.0 file to recovery.bin
Flash the device:
- Power off the device.
- Use a sim extraction tool or pin to push the reset button and hold it in
- Power on the device while the reset button/pin is held in
- After 10 seconds you can let the reset button go
- The device will pull the recovery.bin file from tftp and flash it
- The power LED will blink fast while flashing
- At some point all LEDs will go off, then the device will boot the Cudy OpenWrt 22.03.0 imagine
- The device can be accessed via web on the default OpenWrt address of 192.168.1.1
Update to latest OpenWrt:
- Under name of model type in “Cudy WR1300 v3
- Select and download the upgrade file, typically the SYSUPGRADE file
- On the device OpenWrt web UI (192.168.1.1), select System - Firmware.
- Browse to select you latest OpenWrt SYSUPGRADE file and proceed to flash the device
- Allow the device a few minutes to flash and reboot itself
- Refresh the web UI at 192.168.1.1, you should now have the latest OpenWrt installed
Upgrading OpenWrt
Debricking
If it's a soft brick (bad configuration, incorrect package selection, etc.) you can:
- Reset the router. This deletes all router configuration and you can start with a clean install on minutes.
- Entering failsafe mode, where you can fix the problem manually.
More info: generic.debrick
If you need to fix a firmware problem (for example, a bad build) and trying with reset or failsafe does nothing, it isn't possible to unbrick OpenWrt directly. The Cudy bootloader will start a TFTP client for OEM recovery using the Reset button, but this only accepts OEM firmware.
You need to reinstall OEM Firmware using the TFTP method and then reinstall vanilla OpenWrt afterwards.
The procedure is described by Cudy at https://www.cudy.com/en-us/blogs/faq/how-to-recovery-the-cudy-router-from-openwrt-firmware-to-cudy-official-firmware
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