Edimax CAX1800 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8070A
RAM: 512 MB
Flash: 128NAND MB

The Edimax CAX1800 is supported by OpenWrt on the qualcommax/ipq807x 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	Qualcomm IPQ8070A
CPU cores	4
CPU frequency	1400 MHz
RAM	512 MB
Flash	128NAND MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports	1
WLAN hardware	Qualcomm QCN5024, Qualcomm QCN5054

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	qualcommax/ipq807x	edimax_cax1800

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · qualcommax/ipq807x

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq807x-edimax_cax1800-initramfs-uImage.itb Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.	kernel	3ee35cbc353b…
openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq807x-edimax_cax1800-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	c6466f8b459d…
openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq807x-edimax_cax1800-squashfs-factory.ubi For first-time flash from stock firmware.	factory	b61a870654b1…

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Edimax CAX1800 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (1)

ipq-wifi-edimax_cax1800

Target default packages (38)

apk-mbedtls ath11k-firmware-ipq8074 base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs firewall4 fstools kmod-ath11k-ahb kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-leds-gpio kmod-nft-offload kmod-phy-aquantia kmod-qca-nss-dp kmod-usb-dwc3 kmod-usb-dwc3-qcom kmod-usb3 libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd losetup 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

First install from stock firmware: flash the factoryimage through the vendor firmware's upgrade page or recovery mode.
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-qualcommax-ipq807x-edimax_cax1800-initramfs-uImage.itb
3ee35cbc353b1b38ffb83d78d6154d31bd2db14fb7e33b3bcbf35c2c949ce16c  openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq807x-edimax_cax1800-initramfs-uImage.itb

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Edimax CAX1800? 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.