Show pagesourceOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top × Table of Contents Ubiquiti UniFi 6 Lite Getting started with a new Device Page Keep the articles modular Supported Versions Hardware Highlights Installation Flash Layout OEM easy installation OEM installation using the TFTP method Upgrading OpenWrt LuCI Web Upgrade Process Terminal Upgrade Process Recovery On Linux Debricking Failsafe mode Basic configuration Specific Configuration Network interfaces Switch Ports (for VLANs) Buttons Hardware Info Photos Opening the case Serial JTAG Bootlogs OEM bootlog OpenWrt bootlog Notes Tags Ubiquiti UniFi 6 Lite Under Construction! This page is currently under construction. You can edit the article to help completing it. Write a short, relevant description of the device. Include a technical overview, but avoid marketing buzzwords/useless stuff. Two to four sentences is about right. A picture is good, too. Edit the page to see how to add pictures. Ubiquiti has released a new series of UniFi APs supporting AX. UniFi 6 Lite UniFi 6 Long Range Any text with a light background (like this one) provides instructions for creating the Details Page. When you have filled in correct/useful information (instead of any template that's there) remove the instructions, as well as the <WRAP> that encloses it. Getting started with a new Device Page This is an empty template that suggests the information that should be present on a well-constructed Device Page. This means, that you have to fill it with life and information. There are several “fixme” tags with text on a light background (like this text) throughout this template. As you fill in the page, remove those tags so that people can judge its completeness. When there are no more “fixme” tags left, delete this one too, along with the <WRAP> that encloses it. 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Supported Versions BrandModelVersionCurrent ReleaseOEM InfoForum SearchTechnical DataUbiquitiUniFi 6 Lite21.02.3https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-access-points/products/unifi-ap-6-liteUniFi 6 LiteView/Edit data Hardware Highlights ModelVersionSoCCPU MHzFlash MBRAM MBWLAN HardwareWLAN2.4WLAN5.0100M portsGbit portsModemUSBUniFi 6 LiteMediaTek MT7621AT88032256MediaTek MT7603, MediaTek MT7915b/g/na/n/ac/ax-1-- Installation ModelVersionCurrent ReleaseFirmware OpenWrt InstallFirmware OpenWrt UpgradeFirmware OEM StockUniFi 6 Lite21.02.3https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.3/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-21.02.3-ramips-mt7621-ubnt_unifi-6-lite-squashfs-sysupgrade.binhttps://www.ui.com/download/unifi/unifi-6-lite-ap Connect to the booted device at 192.168.1.20 using username/password “ubnt”. ssh ubnt@192.168.1.20 Update the bootloader environment. fw_setenv devmode TRUE fw_setenv boot_openwrt "fdt addr \$(fdtcontroladdr); fdt rm /signature; bootubnt" fw_setenv bootcmd "run boot_openwrt" At this point you may verify that everything is set correctly. fw_printenv Transfer the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the device using SCP. scp openwrt.bin ubnt@192.168.1.20:~/ Check the mtd partition number for bs / kernel0 / kernel1 cat /proc/mtd Set the bootselect (bs) flag to boot from kernel0 dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=1 of=/dev/mtdblock4 Write the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to both kernel0 as well as kernel1 dd if=openwrt.bin of=/dev/mtdblock6 dd if=openwrt.bin of=/dev/mtdblock7 Reboot the device. It should boot into OpenWrt. Flash Layout 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. OEM easy installation The instructions below are for Broadcom devices and only serve as an example. Remove / modify them if they do not apply to this particular device! This section deals with How you install OpenWrt from a device freshly opened The steps required such as reset to factory defaults if the device has already been configured Note: Reset router to factory defaults if it has been previously configured. Browse to http://192.168.1.1/Upgrade.asp Upload .bin file to router Wait for it to reboot Telnet to 192.168.1.1 and set a root password, or browse to http://192.168.1.1 if LuCI is installed. OEM installation using the TFTP method → generic.flashing.tftp Specific values needed for tftp 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 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 Recovery If flashing went wrong, your device may not be able to boot. You may find out what your device is doing with its LED pattern. See https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/204910134 for a description of LED patterns. Recovery can be done with TFTP as explained in https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/204910124-UniFi-TFTP-Recovery-for-Bricked-Access-Points. On Linux Download the OEM stock firmware at https://www.ui.com/download/unifi/unifi-6-lite-ap. I chose the oldest one available, which is 5.43.19 at the time of writing. I will assume it is called firmware.bin in what follows. (Direct Link, Alternative Link, sha256sum: 441436c111466b7c55bca294a401aaeb5f74500ca0724df23a6fa46466766176) Disconnect any ethernet cable and turn off the WiFi from your computer. Set your IP address to 192.168.1.25, subnet to 255.255.255.0 and gateway to 192.168.1.20. Preferably through your distribution's network manager, otherwise adapt the following lines to your setting. eno2 might need to be adapted, check your interface's name with ip a. ifconfig eno2 192.168.1.25 netmask 255.255.255.0 up route add default gw 192.168.1.20 Connect your UniFi 6 Lite to your computer. At this point you will need to know its IP address. The official documentation says it should be 192.168.1.20 but mine was at 192.168.1.33 so you may need to find its IP address by capturing network packets: tcpdump -i eno2 arp. You should see some packets with the AP's IP address when you plug it in. Launch TFTP. tftp If your device isn't in TFTP mode (flashing White-Blue-Off), put it in TFTP mode now. Mine was already, so this is from the official documentation: unplug the ethernet cable from the device, then press the reset button with a paper clip. While holding the reset button, plug the ethernet cable back in. Keep holding the reset button until you see the LED flashing. Issue the following commands. connect 192.168.1.20 binary rexmt 1 timeout 60 put firmware.bin The device should automatically reboot with the OEM stock firmware in place when the file transfer is done. 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 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) 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. Please fill in real values for this device, then remove the EXAMPLEs The Ubiquiti UniFi 6 Lite has the following buttons: BUTTON Event EXAMPLE Reset reset EXAMPLE Secure Easy Setup ses EXAMPLE No buttons at all. - Hardware Info General Brand Ubiquiti Model UniFi 6 Lite Versions Device Type WiFi AP Availability Available 2021 Comments - general OpenWrt Support Supported Since Commit https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fb4d7a9680117a00721936c98ce41eeb2dea95c9 Supported Since Release 21.02.0 Supported Current Release 21.02.3 Unsupported Hardware Bootloader U-Boot Target ramips System-On-Chip MediaTek MT7621AT CPU MHz 880 Flash MB 32 RAM MB 256 Network Ethernet 100M ports - Ethernet Gbit ports 1 Switch ¿ Modem - VLAN Yes Comments - network ports Wireless WLAN 2.4GHz b/g/n WLAN 5.0GHz a/n/ac/ax WLAN Hardware MediaTek MT7603, MediaTek MT7915 Detachable Antennas - Comments - WLAN ac/ax on 5 GHz only, 2x2 MIMO (300 Mbps @ 2.4 Ghz, 1201 Mbps @ 5 GHz) Interfaces USB ports - SATA ports - Serial Yes JTAG ¿ Comments - USB & SATA ports Misc LED count 2 Button count 1 Power supply PoE 802.3af, passive PoE 48 VDC, 0.32 A Links Forum Topic URL WikiDevi URL OEM device homepage URL https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-access-points/products/unifi-ap-6-lite Firmware OEM Stock URL https://www.ui.com/download/unifi/unifi-6-lite-ap Firmware OpenWrt Install URL Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade URL https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.3/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-21.02.3-ramips-mt7621-ubnt_unifi-6-lite-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Edit the underlying data View/Edit data 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 Note: This will void your warranty! 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 Replace EXAMPLE by real values. Serial connection parameters for Ubiquiti UniFi 6 Lite EXAMPLE 115200, 8N1 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 Bootlogs OEM bootlog COPY HERE THE BOOTLOG WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE OpenWrt bootlog COPY HERE THE BOOTLOG ONCE OPENWRT IS INSTALLED AND RUNNING Notes Space for additional notes, links to forum threads or other resources. … Tags Add tags below, then remove this fixme. How to add tags EXAMPLETAG This website uses cookies. 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