D-Link AQUILA PRO AI E30 rev A1

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AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Range Extender
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	D-Link
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	D-Link AQUILA PRO AI E30 rev A1
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7981BA
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.3 GHz ( 2 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7981BA
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes
Flags: Wi-Fi 6
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7981BA
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976CN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7981BA
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976CN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
MIMO status	2x3:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand D-Link AQUILA PRO AI E30 rev A1 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek D-Link AQUILA PRO AI M30 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek D-Link AQUILA PRO AI M60 rev A1 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek

For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

For a list of all currently documented D-Link devices with specifications, see D-Link.

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: mediatek
Subtarget: filogic
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 25.12.0
Current supported version: 25.12.5

LAN Comment: Only 1 LAN port
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7981BA, MediaTek MT7976CN
WLAN Comment: 2x2 MIMO in both bands
Installation method(s):
D-Link Recovery GUI, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
D-Link Recovery GUI, see git-commit
Comment:
E30 has 1 LAN port only. The device can either be configured as an Access Point or a WiFi extender

git • >>

filogic: add support for D-Link AQUILA PRO AI E30 Specification: The device is similar to the M30 but has only one LAN port and no WAN port. - MT7981 CPU using 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi (both AX) - 512MB RAM - 128MB NAND flash with two UBI partitions with identical size - 1 multi color LED (red, green, blue, white) connected via GCA230718 - 2 buttons (WPS, reset, LED) - 1 1Gbit LAN port Disassembly: - There are two screws at the power connector which must be removed. Afterwards the top case can be removed (it is clipped on, so some tools are required). Serial Interface: - The serial interface can be connected to the 4 pin holes on the board. Do NOT connect VCC. - The pins are labelled on the PCB (RX, TX, GND) - Settings: 115200, 8N1 MAC addresses: - LAN MAC is stored in partition "Odm" at offset 0x8f - WLAN MAC (2.4 GHz and 5GHz) is LAN MAC + 1 Reverting back to OEM firmware: - There is currently no easy way to revert back to the OEM image - The methods from M30 and M60 doesn't seem to work anymore - If you plan to revert back to OEM firmware later, do the following steps before flashing OpenWrt: - Boot from initramfs as described in "Flashing via U-Boot" but don't flash anything - Instead, make a backup of UBI and UBI1 partition - The created dumps must be written to the initial partitions to revert back to OEM Flashing via Recovery Web Interface: - Set your IP address to 192.168.200.10, subnetmask 255.255.255.0 - Press the reset button while powering on the device - Keep the reset button pressed until the LED blinks red - Open a Chromium based and goto http://192.168.200.50/ (recovery web interface) - Download openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-e30-a1-squashfs-recovery.bin - Note: The recovery web interface always reports successful flashing, even if it fails - After flashing, the recovery web interface will try to forward the browser to 192.168.0.1 (can be ignored) - If flashing was successful, OpenWrt is accessible via 192.168.1.1 - The recovery image boots an initramfs image, flash the sys upgrade image to get to „normal“ OpenWrt mode Flashing via U-Boot: - Open the case, connect to the UART console - Set your IP address to 192.168.200.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Connect to one of the LAN interfaces of the router - Run a tftp server which provides openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-e30-a1-initramfs-kernel.bin - Supply the board with 12V - Select "7. Load image" in the U-Boot menu - Enter image file, tftp server IP and device IP (if they differ from the default). - TFTP download to RAM will start. After a few seconds OpenWrt initramfs should start - The initramfs is accessible via 192.168.1.1, change your IP address accordingly (or use multiple IP addresses on your interface) - Perform a sysupgrade using openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-e30-a1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin - Reboot the device. OpenWrt should start from flash now Flashing via OEM web interface is not possible, as it will change the active partition and OpenWrt is only running on the first UBI partition. Signed-off-by: Roland Reinl Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22776 (cherry picked from commit 145bc7e52f2086c10b1705b6e708a954088b7c53) Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22958 Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens