D-Link AQUILA PRO AI M30 A1 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU: MediaTek MT7981BA
RAM: 512 MB
Flash: 128NAND MB

The D-Link AQUILA PRO AI M30 A1 is supported by OpenWrt on the mediatek/filogic target. 3 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 stable release — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.

Specs

Specifications

CPU	MediaTek MT7981BA
CPU cores	2
CPU frequency	1300 MHz
RAM	512 MB
Flash	128NAND MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports	5
WLAN hardware	MediaTek MT7981BA, MediaTek MT7976CN
Switch	MediaTek MT7531AE

Hardware data from the OpenWrt Table of Hardware; verify against your unit before flashing.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

Distribution	Version	Target	Profile
OpenWrt	25.12.5	mediatek/filogic	dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mediatek/filogic

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1-initramfs-kernel.bin Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.	kernel	ef66945fab91…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1-squashfs-recovery.bin Recovery image for restoring a device that no longer boots.	recovery	33d3c41545c2…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	a246023469b1…

Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the D-Link AQUILA PRO AI M30 A1 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (4)

kmod-leds-gca230718 kmod-mt7915e kmod-mt7981-firmware mt7981-wo-firmware

Target default packages (30)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear firewall4 fitblk fstools kmod-crypto-hw-safexcel kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-leds-gpio kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd wpad-basic-mbedtls

Installation notes

Already running OpenWrt or ImmortalWrt: flash the sysupgrade image from LuCI (System → Backup / Flash Firmware) or with the sysupgrade command.
The kernel / initramfs image boots from RAM without writing to flash — useful for a first install or for recovering from a failed flash.

Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:

$ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1-initramfs-kernel.bin
ef66945fab91f53afa5660055d9cd11fc75376aeb1b05a0b0d71b51d21d88948  openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1-initramfs-kernel.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the D-Link AQUILA PRO AI M30 A1? Pick your packages — LuCI apps, themes, VPN clients — set the basics, and get a ready-to-flash OpenWrt image assembled from official packages in minutes.

Customize firmware for this device

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Upstream

Upstream & source

Images are assembled from packages compiled and published by the upstream OpenWrt and ImmortalWrt projects. The complete corresponding source code is available from those projects under the GPL.