Huawei EchoLife HG556a C OpenWrt Firmware
The Huawei EchoLife HG556a C is supported by OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt on the bmips/bcm6358 target. 4 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 and ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 stable releases — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.
Build matrix
Supported firmware versions
| Distribution | Version | Target | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenWrt | 25.12.5 | bmips/bcm6358 | huawei_hg556a-c |
| ImmortalWrt | 25.12.1 | bmips/bcm6358 | huawei_hg556a-c |
Downloads
Download images
OpenWrt 25.12.5 · bmips/bcm6358
| Image | Type | sha256 |
|---|---|---|
| openwrt-25.12.5-bmips-bcm6358-huawei_hg556a-c-squashfs-cfe.bin | cfe | 67ff5a3d1512… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-bmips-bcm6358-huawei_hg556a-c-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt. | sysupgrade | 7d75ed253e1c… |
ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · bmips/bcm6358
| Image | Type | sha256 |
|---|---|---|
| immortalwrt-25.12.1-bmips-bcm6358-huawei_hg556a-c-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt. | sysupgrade | 914587022a2e… |
| immortalwrt-25.12.1-bmips-bcm6358-huawei_hg556a-c-squashfs-cfe.bin | cfe | a66d0549e3bb… |
Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.
Packages & install
Default packages & installation
Default packages
Every image for the Huawei EchoLife HG556a C ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.
OpenWrt 25.12.5 · bmips/bcm6358
Device packages (6)
kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport kmod-usb2 kmod-rt2800-pci wpad-basic-mbedtls kmod-leds-gpio
Target default packages (26)
apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear ethtool firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd
ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · bmips/bcm6358
Device packages (6)
kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport kmod-usb2 kmod-rt2800-pci wpad-basic-openssl kmod-leds-gpio
Target default packages (30)
apk-openssl base-files block-mount ca-bundle default-settings-chn dnsmasq-full dropbear ethtool firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nf-nathelper kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-openssl logd luci mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd
Installation notes
- Already running OpenWrt or ImmortalWrt: flash the sysupgrade image from LuCI (System → Backup / Flash Firmware) or with the sysupgrade command.
- Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:
$ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-bmips-bcm6358-huawei_hg556a-c-squashfs-cfe.bin 67ff5a3d151227bfd6be923958f2cdb51f715a2c5469b5a414cfdfa6beb2d266 openwrt-25.12.5-bmips-bcm6358-huawei_hg556a-c-squashfs-cfe.bin
Build custom firmware
Need more than the default image for the Huawei EchoLife HG556a C? 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.
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Upstream
Upstream & source
- downloads.openwrt.org — bmips/bcm6358 25.12.5
- downloads.immortalwrt.org — bmips/bcm6358 25.12.1
- OpenWrt Table of Hardware
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.