Huawei HG253s v2 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
Broadcom BCM6362
RAM
128 MB
Flash
128NAND MB

The Huawei HG253s v2 is supported by OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt on the bmips/bcm6362 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.

Specs

Specifications

CPUBroadcom BCM6362
CPU cores2
CPU frequency400 MHz
RAM128 MB
Flash128NAND MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports5
WLAN hardwareBroadcom BCM6362
SwitchBroadcom BCM53124S

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

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5bmips/bcm6362huawei_hg253s-v2
ImmortalWrt25.12.1bmips/bcm6362huawei_hg253s-v2

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · bmips/bcm6362

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-bmips-bcm6362-huawei_hg253s-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.

sysupgrade7a52d323065d…
openwrt-25.12.5-bmips-bcm6362-huawei_hg253s-v2-squashfs-flash.binflashcf3757b41d3c…

ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · bmips/bcm6362

ImageTypesha256
immortalwrt-25.12.1-bmips-bcm6362-huawei_hg253s-v2-squashfs-flash.binflash3ece95a7c9cf…
immortalwrt-25.12.1-bmips-bcm6362-huawei_hg253s-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.

sysupgraded4e3c30c88b3…

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 HG253s v2 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/bcm6362

Device packages (6)

nand-utils kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport kmod-usb2 kmod-leds-bcm6328 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/bcm6362

Device packages (6)

nand-utils kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport kmod-usb2 kmod-leds-bcm6328 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-bcm6362-huawei_hg253s-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
7a52d323065d5516b920f6486cdd47d99441cc9d1bbb8868e7643df0d0af4c49  openwrt-25.12.5-bmips-bcm6362-huawei_hg253s-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Huawei HG253s v2? 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.