--- title: Hardware ref: hardware lang: en fontawesome_icon: fa-microchip --- Installing LibreMesh is not always as easy as we would like to. It depends on the router model, revision and so on. The best way for getting an updated set of instructions is to find your model on the link:https://openwrt.org/toh/start[OpenWrt hardware page]. However, to cover some specific scenarios, we provide a list of articles which might help you. Please, take into account that these pages are third-party contributed, so if you find the opportunity expand this page with the "Edit this page" button in the upper right corner of this page. == Suggested Hardware Here we list some characteristics which should ensure a full compatibility with LibreMesh. Plenty of other OpenWrt-supported devices not matching these characteristics can also be used but some of LibreMesh features could be malfunctioning. The suggested devices have the following characteristics: * be supported by OpenWrt 19.07; * have at least 8 MB of flash memory; * have at least 64 MB of RAM memory; * have Atheros 9k radios (ath9k driver); * have at least one 2.4 GHz radio and one 5 GHz radio; * have at least one ethernet port labelled as LAN. The list of the dual band devices with Atheros 9k radio supported by OpenWrt link:https://openwrt.org/toh/views/$$toh_extended_all?datasrt=availability&dataflt%5BWLAN%20driver_wlan-drivers%2A~%5D=ath9k&dataflt%5BWLAN%205.0GHz%2A~%5D=n&dataflt%5BWLAN%202.4GHz%2A~%5D=n&dataflt%5BSupported%20Current%20Rel%2A~%5D=.0$$[can be found here]. Please check the device-specific installation procedure on the OpenWrt wiki, in some cases it can be prohibitively complex. == Tested Hardware This is a list of devices that were tested by the community and reported as fully compatible with LibreMesh, it is by no means a complete list of the working devices. * https://openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/mir3[Xiaomi MiWiFi R3] * https://openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/mir3g[Xiaomi Mi WiFi R3G] * https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/youhua/youhua_wr1200js[YouHua WR1200JS] * https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/librerouter/librerouter_librerouter_v1[LibreRouter] * https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr3500[TP-Link WDR3500] * https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr3600[TP-Link WDR3600] * https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300[TP-Link WDR4300] * https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer-c5-c7-wdr7500[TP-Link Archer C5] * https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer-c5-c7-wdr7500[TP-Link Archer C7] * https://openwrt.org/toh/dragino/ms14[Dragino MS14] * https://openwrt.org/toh/pcengines/alix[Alix 2d2] * https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/unifi[Ubiquiti UniFi AP] * https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/airrouter[Ubiquiti AirRouter] * https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/ubiquiti/ubiquiti_airgateway[Ubiquiti AirGateway] * https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/airmaxm[Ubiquiti NanoBridge M2 and M5] * https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/nanostationm2[Ubiquiti NanoStation M2 XW and LoCo M2 XW] * https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/nanostationm5[Ubiquiti NanoStation M5 XW and LoCo M5 XW] * https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/picostationm2[Ubiquiti PicoStation M2] * https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/airmaxm[Ubiquiti Bullet M2 and M5] * https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/airmaxm[Ubiquiti Rocket M2 and M5] * https://openwrt.org/toh/buffalo/wsr-1166dhp[Buffalo WSR-1166DHP] * https://openwrt.org/toh/arc/freestation[Flex mARC] * https://openwrt.org/toh/wd/n600[Western Digital My Net N600] * https://openwrt.org/toh/gl.inet/gl-ar300m[GL.iNet GL-AR300M16] == Supported only in the release candidate This is hardware that has been tested and works, but only with the latest LibreMesh code that is compiled on top of OpenWrt 22.03. * https://openwrt.org/inbox/toh/xiaomi/xiaomi_mi_router_4a_gigabit_edition[Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition v1] v2 cannot be flashed with OpenWrt and there is no indication on the box for understanding if you are buying v1 or v2. Also, requires the * https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/plasma_cloud/plasma_cloud_pa1200[Plasma Cloud PA1200] * https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/47de2c686291e69afc9f443e27e1dfd11ed5fbe7[Mercusys MR70X] * https://github.com/mikeeq/xiaomi_ax3200_openwrt#tutorial-how-to-install-openwrt[Xiaomi AX3200 / Redmi AX6S] * https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/re650_v1[TP-Link RE650 v1] * https://openwrt.org/toh/avm/fritz.box.4020[AVM FRITZ!Box 4020] * https://openwrt.org/toh/avm/avm_fritz_box_4040[AVM FRITZ!Box 4040] == Specific Devices Instructions * link:tp-link.html[TP-Link] * link:xiaomi-miwifir3.html[Xiaomi MiWiFi R3]