Table of Contents
Tenda BE12 Pro
Supported Versions
Hardware Highlights
Installation
Option A - Using transition image
- Download transition be12 pro openWRT transfwr.bin image from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CAGYEBKFCbm5dd5A7TYB1Ez_YoLlf41D
- Go to More > System Settings > Firmware Upgrade > Local Upgrade, and flash the transition image from the link above
- The router will reboot and boot the transition image
- Flash the OpenWRT sysupgrade image from the table above, uncheck the keep settings box.
Option B - Using serial port
- Connect via UART and interrupt U-Boot by pressing 'Ctrl+C' during boot.
- From local TFTP server, serve and transfer the OpenWRT initramfs (factory image in the table above, rename the DLed file accordingly) by executing
tftpboot openwrt-initramfs.bin
- Boot the image by executing
bootm
- SSH or surf to (HTTP !) 192.168.1.1 and flash the OpenWRT sysupgrade image from the table above, uncheck the keep settings box.
Recovery / Back to stock
- Keep reset button pressed for 25 sec.
- Set client IP to 192.168.1.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
- Surf to http://192.168.1.1 to reach the web recovery, upload and flash the stock firmware.
- Unset static IP.
Flash Layout
Pre flash
Info
Photos
Serial
→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.
Serial (upper edge in the middle, in the photo above) have clear pin markings.
| Serial connection parameters for Tenda BE12 Pro | 115200, 8N1 |
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