Updates have been released for the OpenWrt distributions 19.07.9 and 21.02.2, designed for various network devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports many different platforms and architectures and features a build system that allows for easy cross-compilation, including various components in the build, which makes it simple to create a firmware or disk image tailored to specific tasks with the desired set of pre-installed packages. Builds have been created for 36 target platforms.
Key changes in OpenWrt 21.02.0:
- Support has been added for devices Xiaomi AIoT Router AC2350, Linksys EA6300, Linksys EA9200, Netgear RAXE500, and TP-Link TL-WA1201 v2.
- The rpcapd package has been added, implementing the RPCAP (Remote Packet Capture) protocol for capturing packets from external devices.
- Support for Wi-Fi 6 GHz has been moved to the mac80211 wireless stack.
- The ath10k-ct-smallbuffers driver has been added.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.4.179.
- Updated package versions include wolfssl 5.1.1, wireless-regdb 2021.08.28, mt76 2021-12-03, busybox 1.33.2, linux-firmware 20211216, openssl 1.1.1m, mbedtls 2.16.12.
Source: opennet.ru
