OpenWrt 19.07.4 arrives with greater support, improvements in web interface and more

The new version of OpenWrt 19.07.4 has already been released and it is available for download and implementation within the more than 35 platforms that it supports. In this new version highlights the update of the Linux Kernel to version 4.14.195, as well as improvements in the web interface and above all it comes with greater device support.

For those who are unfamiliar with OpenWrt, you should know that this is a Linux distribution that is designed for use on various network devicessuch as routers and access points.

OpenWrt supports many different platforms and architectures and has a build system that allows you to easily and conveniently cross-compile, including multiple components in the assembly, making it easy to create a ready-to-use firmware or disk image tailored for specific tasks with a desired set of packages pre-installed.

Main new features of OpenWrt on 19.07.4/XNUMX

In this new version of the distribution Support for devices is highlighted: TP-Link TL-WR802N v1 / v2, TL-WR940N v3 / v4 / v6, TL-WR941ND v6, TL-MR3420 v2, TL-WA701ND v1, TL-WA730RE v1 has been ported for the ath79 platform, which replaces the ar71xx, TL- WA830RE v1, TL-WA801ND v1 / v3 / v4 and TL-WA901ND v1 / v4 / v5.

Besides that Added support for TP-Link TL-WR710N v2.1 wireless routers.

For the part of updated system components, we can find that the Linux kernel was updated to version 4.14.195 And it includes the new versions of mac80211 4.19.137, mbedtls 2.16.8, wolfssl 4.5.0, wireguard 1.0.20200611 and ath10k-ct-firmware.

In LuCI web interface, reloading of ACL rules has been provided after installing the packages, problems with menu rendering have been resolved After installing the opkg packages and allowing the sysauth.htm template to be overridden by themes to change the appearance of the authentication forms.

Fixed bugs in support for ELECOM WRC-1900GST and WRC-2533GST, GL.inet GL-AR150, Netgear DGND3700 v1, Netgear DGND3800B, Netgear WNR612 v2, TP-Link TL-WR802N v1 / v2, TP-Link TL-MR3020, TP-Link TL-MR3020 -Link TL-WR841ND v8, TP -Link CPE210 v3, Linksys WRT610N v2, mt7621 devices, ZyXEL P-2601HN-Fx, Astoria Networks ARV7518PW and ARV7510PW22, Arcor 802, Pogoplug v4, Fritzbox 3360, Xiaomi Fritzbox 73362 Fritzbox 73362 Mini, Wizy6616FXEL NBFi Clearnet, Wizy630S BaseG / ZFGNZG Base Pro, Arduino Yun, UniElec U7623

Furthermore, the announcement mentions that the default build for TP-Link devices with 4MB flash size was discontinued as the proposed core set of packages does not fit this volume.

In addition, SATA stability was improved for devices compatible with the oxnas platform.

Fixed a backward change in libubox which caused some services to not start and also fixed a bug in the musl library that could block applications like Fastd VPN on rare occasions.

Additionally, we can highlight the announcement of the transition of the OpenWrt project under the sponsorship of the Software Freedom Conservancy, which is dedicated to the accumulation and redistribution of sponsorship funds and the provision of legal protection to free projects, contributing to their concentration in the development process.

In particular, the SFC takes over the functions of collecting donations, becomes the owner of the project assets and releases the developers from personal liability in the event of litigation.

Since the SFC falls into the category of preferential taxes, spending funds for the development of OpenWrt through this organization will allow you to arrange a tax deduction when transferring donations. SFC-supported projects include Git, Wine, Samba, QEMU, Mercurial, Boost, OpenChange, BusyBox, Inkscape, uCLibc, Homebrew, and about a dozen other free projects.

If you want to know more about it about the details that are integrated into this new release of the OpenWrt firmware 19.07.4 you can check the information in the original publication In the following link.

Download the new version of OpenWrt 19.07.4

The builds of this new version are prepared for 37 different platforms, from which update packages can be obtained from the link below.


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  1.   franc said

    You did not comment on the Spanish translation which is 100%. Thanks to me!

  2.   J.N.L. said

    The TL-WR940N device support is false. I wish it were true :(